In the Studio

The Museum offers a wide range of classes and workshops for children and adults including instruction in all media. Some of the courses offered are: drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, stained glass, jewelry, photography and textiles. The main facility contains ten studio classrooms. Students have the opportunity to learn new skills, express themselves visually, and experience a community of creative people. These classes are an excellent, economical source for creative knowledge and information. The museum faculty, a diverse group of community artists, provides an important bridge for the museum between the display of art and the production of art.

In the Studio News & Announcements!: The SBMA is going GREEN by reducing the amount a materials we print. As of February 1, 2009 we will no longer mail out a booklet of art classes offered each session. Instead, only postcards will be sent to households alerting that a new schedule is viewable from our web site. We urge you to think before you print! Also, if you have not done so already, please become a member of our free e-newsletter to help us in our venture to go as green as possible.

Also new this spring, the SBMA Education Department has introduced a shortened 4-week class session for adults. This session will give students less of a commitment and a taste of what is offered in our world class studios.

Finally, have you noticed that the SBMA now offers classes not only for the mind and soul, but also the body? In partnership with The Memorial Health & Lifestyle Center, Yoga in the Gallery is new to the class offerings. We hope you check it out!

The following may be viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader (please call 574.235.9102 or email kleinerta@southbendart.org for comments, questions or problems):

Click here to download Summer 09 Youth & Adult Art Classes

Click here for download of registration form

Upcoming Session Calendar for 2009 (listing published approx. 4-6 weeks prior to session start)

Spring Classes | 8-week session: March 30 - May 23 --- 4-week session: March 30 - April 25

Summer Camp 1 | June 8 - 12

Summer Adult Classes | June 15 for 5 weeks

Summer Youth Classes 1 | June 15 - 19

Summer Youth Classes 2 | July 13 - 17

Summer Youth Classes 3 | July 20 - 24

Fall Classes | September 14 - November 7

Winter Class Blast | November 16 for 4 weeks

In the Schools

School programs take many forms at the SBMA:

Museum Morning is a highly successful program. Every fifth grade student from three school systems visits both the Regional Museum and the Snite Museum of Art on the same morning for a docent led tour. Click HERE for more information.

The Docent Program is in its sixteenth year and has fifty participating members. These community volunteers receive ongoing education related to exhibitions and art history.

Sculpture Quest combines looking with doing. Students receive a docent tour and then participate in a studio art activity related to the current exhibition.A variety of programming was offered to local public school systems including teacher workshops, career counseling for students and jurying of visual art contests. Production of printed matter to support all school programs, personal visits with teachers and administrators and informational mailings keep the programs running at full capacity.

Outreach

The SBMA is constantly busy working with groups outside our walls. Special outreach programs are designed in consultation with outside organizations and based on the unique needs of the group. Over the years the SBMA has worked off-site and on-location with AWS, Logan Center, El Campito, La Casa de Amistad, Boys & Girls Club of St. Joseph Couty, Juvenile Justice Center, Colfax Cultural Center, City of South Bend, There Are Children Here, The Center for the Homeless, and many more. We are always looking for new groups to partner with, call Jessi Lentych at 574-235-9102 to begin your group's discovery through art! Click HERE to visit the Outreach Photo Album.