Kids Will Stay Busy At Spokane Art School

The Spokane Art School has something for students to do during spring break. All children from 3 years of age through high school will find something to keep their hands busy Tuesday through Friday. Each two-hour class will be taught by professional artists; classes are scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day.

Kids 3 to 6 can enroll in “ArtStart” classes. Those from first through third grade can dabble in collage, mobiles, tie-dye, clay, mask making, drawing, painting, wood and wire sculpture and papermaking.

Fourth- through sixth-grade students can do all of the above, plus take classes in copper enamel, calligraphy, cartooning, printmaking and woodburn. Teens can select from papermaking, clay, oil pastels, acrylic painting, calligraphy and nature photography.

One two-hour class is $12; a full day of classes is $30; four days of one class in $42. For a complete schedule and registration information, call 328-0900.

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Spokane Art School begins their spring session April 21. More than 65 classes will be offered, including ceramics, painting, drawing, photography and calligraphy. Master classes on glassblowing, enamel and monotypes will also be available. Classes are for all ages and all levels of experience.

For a complete class schedule and registration information, call 328-0900, or picked up at the school, 920 N. Howard.

The least bit

Carrie Anderson, a Spokane artist who specializes in minimalist nature studies, has her work on display at several locations around town.

Anderson was influenced by the Sumi-e art form of ink painting.

An artist’s reception will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, at The Met, where some of her art is on display until May 3.

Anderson’s work was twice exhibited in Spokane’s annual Corbin Christmas Show. One piece appeared in the First International Etegami Exhibit in Sakae, Japan. Etegami is the Japanese art of illustrated correspondence.

Anderson’s art is also on display now at the Cheney Cowles Museum Shop, the Made in Washington Store in Riverpark Square and the Metropolitan Mortgage Metro Mall Art Gallery.

Hours for the Metropolitan Art Gallery are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Met’s hours are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday, and during performances.

Best Sculpture also Artist’s Choice

Colville artist Jerry McKeller received two awards for one sculpture at the recent C.M. Russell Art Auction in Great Falls, Montana. His bronze “Osage Silver” won Artist’s Choice and the people’s choice as Best Sculpture.

Auditions

Auditions for Missoula Children’s Theater’s production of “Jack and the Beanstalk” will be April 21 at the Ponderosa Elementary in Post Falls. Fifty children in grades K-12 are needed. No preparation is required.

The performance is scheduled for April 26.

Performance tickets are $6 for adults, $4 for student and seniors, or $18 for a family of four. To purchase tickets, call the Post Falls Arts Council at (208) 777-9278.

On display

The work of Spokane artist Janet Ivie is on display the Art Echoes Gallery, in the Sherwood Mall on the Skywalk level.

“A Tribute to our Northwest Heritage,” includes watercolors and drawings of ghost towns, old mine buildings, farms, and nature scenes.

Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.