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  • After care extends your child's camp day until 5pm, and is available for all 2023 summer camps. You will need to purchase after care for each child enrolled in camp, for each week of camp enrolled. For example, if you enroll your child in two weeks of camp, and would like after care for both weeks, you'll need to add "2" after cares to your cart!
  • Doodle, design and draw your own cartoon characters, then make them leap to life on the page! From superheroes and villains to manga, your camper will create model sheets, expression storyboards, comic books and more – and have fun exploring the twelve principles of animation, all culminating in a spectacular, all-original art show.
    • Ages: 8 - 12
    • Camp Dates:
      • June 2023 Session: June 19 – 23
      • July 2023 Session: July 10 – 14
      • August 2023 Session: July 31 – August 4
    • Camp Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. After Care available.
    • Camp Tuition:
      • Early Registration (until March 31): $225
      • Regular Registration (until the Friday prior to each camp): $275
    • Camp Location: CCAC @ Short Vine (2728 Short Vine Street, 45219)
    • Registration Deadline: the Friday prior to each camp session
    Camp tuition fees are non-refundable. Please contact CCAC at 513-497-2860 with any questions.
    Lynn Arnsperger Lynn's training is in fine art as well as commercial art & advertising, and includes training at Hanna-Barbera for teaching animation. While there she trained to be (and eventually became) the Dean of Animation at ACA College of Design. At Hanna-Barbera Lynn learned how a real animation studio operates. Many of her students have gone on to have successful careers in art like a graphics designer for the Super Bowl, department head at Disney, and Assistant Editor for Dungeons and Dragons Magazine. Lynn is a regular teacher at CCAC, and has led classes, workshops, and camps for numerous years.
  • Summer is a time to get your hands dirty! Working with air-dry clay and tempera paint, your camper will learn traditional and non-traditional pottery techniques while learning the history of the medium. We’ll imitate existing artwork, and create pieces of our own – all presented in a beautiful end-of-camp display.
    • Ages: 8 - 12
    • Camp Dates:
      • June 2023 Session: June 19 – 23
      • August 2023 Session: July 31 – August 4
    • Camp Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. After Care available.
    • Camp Tuition:
      • Early Registration (until March 31): $225
      • Regular Registration (until the Friday prior to each camp): $275
    • Camp Location: CCAC @ Short Vine (2728 Short Vine Street, 45219)
    • Registration Deadline: the Friday prior to each camp session
    Camp tuition fees are non-refundable. Please contact CCAC at 513-497-2860 with any questions.
    Linda Schneider-Houghton Linda is an art educator with over 24 years’ experience working with K-12 students, at-risk youth, people with disabilities, and seniors. She holds a Masters of Art & Education from the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and has taught classes and led camps on a variety of art mediums for Kennedy Heights Art Center, Norwood City Schools, Art Academy of Cincinnati, and more. Linda is enthusiastic and passionate about people and making art; her goal has always been to use art as a tool to change lives.
  • Pilates Class Payments

    $8.00$60.00

    Mondays and Fridays, 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. and Thursdays, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

    Pilates is a form of exercise which concentrates on strengthening the body with an emphasis on core strength. This helps to improve general fitness and overall well-being. Similar to Yoga, Pilates concentrates on posture, balance and flexibility. Pilates also focuses on the mind-body connection. Class payment options:
    • $8 per class for a single class
    • $60 for a 10 class pass
  • Step up to the runway all of you fashion fans! This week let’s delve into transforming fashion dreams into reality.  Design and create an outfit for a wooden drawing model, complete with headwear and footwear. Make jewelry, hair clips and pins to wear. Friday we will show off all that was dreamed up and fabricated.
    • Ages: 5-8
    • Camp Dates: June 12 – 16, 2023
    • Camp Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. After Care available.
    • Camp Tuition:
      • Early Registration (until March 31): $225
      • Regular Registration (until June 9): $275
    • Camp Location: CCAC @ Short Vine (2728 Short Vine Street, 45219)
    • Registration Deadline: June 9, 2023
    Camp tuition fees are non-refundable. Please contact CCAC at 513-497-2860 with any questions.
    Melinda Welch Melinda E. Welch earned her Master’s degree and teaching license in Art Education from the University of Cincinnati's school of Design Architecture, Art and Planning. Melinda’s Masters thesis focused on developing a visual arts curriculum for a community art center. Melinda’s teaching experience includes Kennedy Heights Art Center, after school art at Pleasant Ridge Montessori, student teaching at Walnut Hills high school, Sherwood Elementary, North Avondale Montessori, and Anderson High School. For ArtsWave, she taught an arts integration curriculum at Bond Hill Elementary. She has completed internships at the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Taft Museum of Art, Manifest Gallery and Prairie Gallery. She was part of a youth community photography program in conjunction with Happen Inc, Prairie Gallery and the Mill Creek Restoration Project. Melinda is an active and experienced artist who works in ceramics, photography, collage and whatever else strikes her artistic fancy. She and her husband reside in Camp Washington with their two children.
  • Get three dimensional this summer! Working with wire, clay, duct tape, and more, your camper will create their own sculptural masterpieces influenced by the 3D works of Picasso, Debuffet, Michelangelo, and 21st century sculptors, to be shared with family and friends in an end-of-camp display.
    • Ages: 8 - 12
    • Camp Dates: August 7 – 11, 2023
    • Camp Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. After Care available.
    • Camp Tuition:
      • Early Registration (until March 31): $225
      • Regular Registration (until August 4): $275
    • Camp Location: CCAC @ Short Vine (2728 Short Vine Street, 45219)
    • Registration Deadline: August 4, 2023
    Camp tuition fees are non-refundable. Please contact CCAC at 513-497-2860 with any questions.
    Linda Schneider-Houghton Linda is an art educator with over 24 years’ experience working with K-12 students, at-risk youth, people with disabilities, and seniors. She holds a Masters of Art & Education from the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and has taught classes and led camps on a variety of art mediums for Kennedy Heights Art Center, Norwood City Schools, Art Academy of Cincinnati, and more. Linda is enthusiastic and passionate about people and making art; her goal has always been to use art as a tool to change lives.
  • Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

    The Nia technique is an expressive body-mind movement and fitness program incorporating dance, martial arts and healing arts, including yoga. It is a cardiovascular program that uses whole-body, expressive, grounded movement. Nia is adaptable to most levels of fitness, age and body types. Class payment options:
    • $10 per class for a single class
    • $6 per class for students (with a valid student ID) and seniors (over 65 years)
    • $80 for a 10 class pass
    • $140 for a 20 class pass
  • Thursdays, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

    This exciting semester-long after school class with Clifton Cultural Arts Center will allow students to express themselves using painting, fiber arts, collage, drawing and much more in a number of different projects. The only limit to what you can create is your imagination!

    Walkover service from Fairvew-Clifton German Language School provided. Tuition includes snack and all class supplies; tuition assistance available.

    • Ages: Grades 3-6
    • Session: 20 weeks (January 5 – May 25, 2023. No class March 30!)
    • Instructor: See monthly class topic list below for featured teachers
    • Cost: $300/student
    • Class Size: minimum of 3 students registered to run class; no more than 12 students total
    • Class Location: Every Nation Cincinnati Church (3722 Clifton Avenue)
    January 2023: Wearable Art with Linda Schneider-Houghton Work with beads, copper, and clay to create wearable pieces, shrinky dinks, and more. February 2023: Music & Games with Amy Dennison Each week students will build a new sound-making game, then challenge one another to a match! March 2023: Painting with Sihan Yao Learn the basics of painting and the color wheel while exploring with different types of paint! Dress to allow for mess, aprons will be provided. April 2023: Felting with Kelli Gleiner Get wild and woolly with fiber artist Kelli Gleiner! We'll learn how felt is made, explore needle-felting, dye some fibers, and make a felted sculpture in these four weeks of fun. May 2023: Space Art with Linda Schneider-Houghton Explore the solar system through art! Students will create their own galaxies and alien friends, star ships, constellations and more.
  • Tuesdays, 2:45 - 3:45 p.m.

    This exciting semester-long after school class with Clifton Cultural Arts Center will allow students to express themselves using painting, fiber arts, collage, drawing and much more in a number of different projects. The only limit to what you can create is your imagination!

    Walkover service from Clifton Area Neighborhood School provided. Tuition includes snack and all class supplies; tuition assistance available.

    • Ages: Grades K-2
    • Session: 20 weeks (January 3 - May 23, 2023. No class March 28!)
    • Instructor: See monthly class topic list below for featured teachers
    • Cost: $300/student
    • Class Size: minimum of 3 students registered to run class; no more than 12 students total
    • Class Location: Every Nation Cincinnati Church (3722 Clifton Avenue)
    January 2023: Puppetry & Animation with Visionaries + Voices Build your own puppet character, then bring them to life in a class showing! February 2023: Clay with Linda Schneider-Houghton Students will use air-dry clay to create basic bowls, slab-rolled pieces, small sculptures, and more. March 2023: Adventures with Yarn with Karen Anderson Students will experiment with yarn bombing everyday objects, try their hands at painting with yarn, then finish up the month creating yarn bowls! April 2023: 3D Painting with Linda Schneider-Houghton Students will be guided through painting fundamentals using tempra and gouache paints, adding plaster and other three-dimensional elements to make artwork leap from the page. May 2023: Space Art with Linda Schneider-Houghton Explore the solar system through art! Students will create their own galaxies and alien friends, star ships, constellations and more.
  • Mondays, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

    Express yourself freely from the inside out!  We’ll journey without judgement into the land of shapes, colors, lines, and more: an experiential journey, with drawing/painting exercises to deepen our understanding of visual language, our world, and ourselves. Students will learn from other artists’ work and words, and discover how abstraction in art can resonate both personally and universally. See below for materials list.
    • Age: Adults and Teens 16+
    • Session: 5 weeks (June 5 - July 10, 2023. No class July 3!)
    • Instructor: Deb Brod
    • Cost: $150/student
    • Class Size: minimum of 3 students registered to run class; no more than 12 students total
    • Class Location: CCAC @ Short Vine (2728 Short Vine Street).
    • Registration Deadline: June 2, 2023
    Materials for the first day:
    • White paper pad: good quality drawing paper (about 60 lb or better), at least 11” x 14
    • Oil pastels and/or water-soluble oil pastels (with water-brush): at least 12 colors, including white, black
    • Conté crayon, black; and/or square charcoal stick
    • Graphite pencil and/or charcoal pencil
    • Cloth rag(s), q-tips, cotton balls, and/or tortillons for smudging, smoothing, cleaning, etc.
    Deb Brod Deb enjoys teaching art and sharing her love of art-making and its countless therapeutic effects with people of all ages. She has taught and led community-based art projects through the Ohio Arts Council, community arts centers, schools, art museums, and many other organizations. She has created artwork for commissions (including for the Taft Museum of Art and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital), and exhibited her artwork made with many media and approaches including, painting, textiles, and installation, in the midwest (including at Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center), and occasionally other parts of the country and the world. In college, Deb studied French, art history, and fine art, culminating in a masters degree in fine art in painting. Although her work often appears abstract, or non-representational, the sources of Deb's inspiration draw on both her inner life and the outer world, and range from nature to human nature.
  • Thursdays, 2:45 - 3:45 p.m.

    This exciting semester-long after school class with Clifton Cultural Arts Center will allow students to express themselves using painting, fiber arts, collage, drawing and much more in a number of different projects. The only limit to what you can create is your imagination!

    Walkover service from Clifton Area Neighborhood School provided. Tuition includes snack and all class supplies; tuition assistance available.

    • Ages: Grades 3-6
    • Session: 20 weeks (January 5 - May 25, 2023. No class March 30!)
    • Instructor: See monthly class topic list below for featured teachers
    • Cost: $300/student
    • Class Size: minimum of 3 students registered to run class; no more than 12 students total
    • Class Location: Every Nation Cincinnati Church (3722 Clifton Avenue)
    January 2023: Wearable Art with Linda Schneider-Houghton Work with beads, copper, and clay to create wearable pieces, shrinky dinks, and more. February 2023: Music & Games with Amy Dennison Each week students will build a new sound-making game, then challenge one another to a match! March 2023: Painting with Sihan Yao Learn the basics of painting and the color wheel while exploring with different types of paint! Dress to allow for mess, aprons will be provided. April 2023: Felting with Kelli Gleiner Get wild and woolly with fiber artist Kelli Gleiner! We'll learn how felt is made, explore needle-felting, dye some fibers, and make a felted sculpture in these four weeks of fun. May 2023: Space Art with Linda Schneider-Houghton Explore the solar system through art! Students will create their own galaxies and alien friends, star ships, constellations and more.
  • Mondays, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

    Explore artmaking while embracing your inner weirdo in this new drop-in art class led by Bridget and Madison of Weird Girl Energy. Championing the idea that everyone is an artist, Weird Girl Energy encourages students of all ages and artistic abilities to celebrate their differences and create community through artmaking. Students will utilize thrifted items and traditional art materials – as well as inspiring items from home – to construct an upcycled art piece each week. Come to class every week or when you can!
    • Ages: All Ages 6+, students under 12 must attend with an adult
    • Session: Ongoing, class concludes for the spring on May 22, 2023
    • Instructors: Madison Britt and Bridget Hamilton, Weird Girl Energy
    • Cost: Free, suggested donation of $5 per class
    • Location: CCAC @ Short Vine (2728 Short Vine Street)
    How to Register: enter your first class donation amount in the box below, then click "Donate". Pre-registration requested, so everyone is included on class email roster.
    Madison Britt and Bridget Hamilton, Weird Girl Energy Madison Britt is a visual artist engaging with a variety of mediums including sculpture, painting, digital illustration, collage, and fiber arts. Her background is in social justice work and community organizing. Madison brings this training to her work as she views her art as a radical expression of identity and joy, and strives to make art education more accessible and community-centered. Bridget Hamilton is a writer and visual artist, focusing on sculpture and found-object art. Her work seeks to change the way art is perceived and expand the definition of fine art to include unconventional materials and methods. In her art, Bridget explores creation as an essential healing practice.

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