Minerva's Hand

04/02/2024

01/13/2024

Professional artist John-Marc Grob returns to Arcademia with drawing and digital art! A retired college professor with extensive experience in the art and entertainment industry, Mr. Grob sees today's students entering college significantly lacking in technical, pencil-to-paper drawing skills. This class introduces and reinforces traditional drawing techniques, combining with digital art to create a class that ensures students get the most out of their time under Mr. Grob's mentorship.

Classes are available on a by-day basis or as a 5-class series. Mr. Grob is not available in March, so catch him while you can!

01/12/2024

CRITICAL thinking skills are vital in taming wild ideas. But before an idea can be tamed, it must be fed, trained, and released!

In this class students develop essential skills for CREATIVE thinking: improvisation, deconstruction, and play! Improvisational games from improv comedy and drama, unconventional writing drills from minimalist and surrealist authors, and collaborative projects make this class productive AND fun.

Taught by Mr. Ryan Masters, Thursdays from 12:30-1:20 for $200 (for program-registered students). Please ask about our non-registered rates and class options!

01/08/2024

Check out our new class offerings, including this first of many short-run classes! Learn how to manage your money AND your online presents with Financial Literacy and Online Safety/Digital Well-Being for students ages 13+.

10/22/2023

Last call for our ceramic pumpkin workshop! Looking for a different kind of fall activity for your student? Tomorrow (Monday, Oct 23) from 9am-11am, students (9+) will handcraft and paint their own ceramic pumpkin! It will be glazed, fired, and returned for pick up on October 30 - just in time to grace your Halloween and Thanksgiving table. Learn more about this therapeutic art at the link below!

Limited to 10 students. Includes materials to create your ceramic pumpkin (clay, hand-building tools, paints, and glazes), glazing and firing fee, and a snack.

https://arcademia-hsc.coursestorm.com/course/clay-pumpkin-workshop

07/29/2011

Updated blog - recipes for egg salad, lemon poppy seed dressing and ginger peach tea posted!

First off, the six-word memoir is an idea I got from my favorite tea brand, Honest Tea. They have really neat quotes on the inside of their lids, and their latest venture has been to take “six-word memoir” submissions from their fans and use them on the caps. It’s really neat trying to condense yo

05/18/2011

Yum! For an early taste of summer, mix up this Strawberry Mango Limonata and sit back and relax!

So about a month ago, we celebrated our daughter’s first birthday! A Mother Goose-themed party, I had to have something for Jack and Jill to contribute to the party. I didn’t want just plain water, and I didn’t want to have to go out and buy fancy sparkling water.

01/31/2011

A second tute for those baby sleepers - this one's a different style.

Today’s tutorial: take a baby wardrobe staple – the one-piece sleeper / baby pajama, and turn it into a footless creeper using the sleeves from an old t-shirt (or some other stretchy jersey fabric).

01/26/2011

01/26/2011

Now posted on the blog: how to turn your baby's footed sleepers into footless creepers!

Today’s tutorial: take a baby wardrobe staple – the one-piece sleeper / baby pajama, and turn it into a footless creeper using the sleeves from an old t-shirt (or some other stretchy jersey fabric).