Museum Classes

Classes for Teens

Teen workshops meet every day for one week.

Alaska History Productions
1 to 4 p.m., August 11 through 15
$120 members, $130 non-members
Create the drama of Alaska history! Be part of a team of actors, playwrights and costume designers.

Alutiiq Paddle Making Workshop
1 to 4 p.m., August 11 through 15
$120 member, $130 non-member
Learn how to make an Alutiiq kayak paddle. Carve a cedar paddle and decorate it with time-honored designs, while learning about the Alutiiq culture.

Art Studio, "I am"
Ages 13-18
Saturdays, Sept. 13 - Oct. 18 (6 Weeks)
1-4 pm.
$100 member/$120 non-member
Learn how to work with traditional and mixed media techniques while experimenting with the concept of a self-portrait in your art. You will combine drawing, painting and collage to create works of art that mix the symbolic and the representational elements in self-portraiture. You will be encouraged to play and experiment with the process of making art in this workshop taught by Christina Barber. All skill levels are welcome.

Teen Volunteer
Ages 16-18
Wednesdays, Sept. 10 - Nov. 12
2:30-4:30 pm
Come learn the ins and outs of education at the museum and become a part of this great institution. Help develop authentic hands on gallery activities for kids of all ages, and possibly lead tours. If you have a passion for art and history, or digital photography and graphic arts, this would be a great volunteer opportunity.

FEES
Fees as indicated in schedule.

REGISTRATION
Registration for art classes continues through the first meeting of each class.

REGISTER BY PHONE
Register by calling
(907) 343-6185.

REGISTER BY MAIL
Download, print, fill out and mail this form to:
Education Department
Anchorage Museum
121 West 7th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501.

REGISTER BY FAX
Download, print, fill out and fax this form to: (907) 343-6149

PAYMENT
Payment must be received prior to the first class meeting. Payment can be made by credit card, cash (if paying cash you will get a receipt) or check (payable to Anchorage Museum Association) made out to the Anchorage Museum Association.

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NOTE:
The museum is an accredited cultural institution offering year round programs for children and adults. Its Art Classes are exempt from the Municipality of Anchorage child care and educational center code (under AMC 16.55.050B.8.) which states that the museum has a "recreational program that children are allowed to attend voluntarily in which the program assumes no responsibility for care of the children, and in which all children are of school age.