ArtVentures Summer Art Classes

Summer Art Classes for Ages 5-7 and Ages 8-12

Gorgeous grounds, trails, gardens and more than 35 outdoor sculptures are just part of the classroom for ArtVentures 2012, Nassau County Museum of Art’s two three-week sessions of summer exploration and art work beginning on July 9 and again, on July 30. Students enrolled in ArtVentures will have the opportunity to create and explore on the museum’s extensive art-filled 145 acres of grounds and nature preserve, in the museum’s free-standing Art Studio building, and in the galleries of the museum’s main building.

 
Classes are held Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. including a half-hour lunch break. Art Exploration, for ages 5-7, is taught by Robin Iovino. Art from Nature, for ages 8-12, is taught by Kristen Conaty. Session I of Art Exploration and Art from Nature runs from July 9-July 27. Session II runs from July 30-August 17.
 
The per-child fee for each three-week ArtVentures session is $850 (museum members, $750) plus a $40 materials fee. 
 
Log onto http://www.nassaumuseum.com/class.php?typ=summer for further information or to register. 
 
Nassau County Museum of Art, ranked among the nation’s most important suburban art museums, is located at One Museum Drive in Roslyn Harbor, just off Northern Boulevard, Route 25A, two traffic lights west of Glen Cove Road. The museum is open Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Call (516) 484-9337 for current exhibitions, events, days/times and directions or log onto nassaumuseum.org.