Class Descriptions

Classes listed below are through Messes & Masterpiece’s Community Art Center in New Richmond and The Phipps Center for Arts in Hudson.

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Messes & Masterpieces Community Art Center
Our Summer Classes are here!! See details below.

Our next Open Shop is May 11, 6:30-8!
We’ve witnessed amazing things on these open shop nights!
The students have been presenting what they make, putting on performances and
displaying great inventiveness! All impromptu and student led!

(Perhaps we should start calling them Open Shine night!)

Friday, May 11

6:30 - 8:00pm
Messes & Masterpieces, New Richmond

Fee: $8 all ages

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Our Summer Classes are here!! Our Summer Classes are here!!

For New Richmond summer classes, please fill out and mail in registration form at bottom of this page.

People Poles – for our Fun Fest Parade Float
Ages 3-5 yr with parent (parent is free)
Ages 6-16 yr (groups will be divided by ages)
We’re going to take recycled materials, shrink wrap them to forms; add paint, decoupage, and wacky additions! Stuck on a pole, these fun – waterproof heads make great yard art! When we’re done we’ll show them off at the Heritage Hillside Series and on our float in the New Richmond Fun Fest Parade!

July 10, 11
4:00 – 6:00pm
New Richmond Heritage Center Pavilion
Fee: $20
Heritage Hillside Series is a free music event at the Heritage Center starting Wednesday, July 11 at 6:30. You’re welcome to bring a picnic dinner and stay for the music and a quick People Pole parade!
Fun Fest Parade is Saturday, July 14

Public Art Classes

In the following New Richmond summer classes, students will work together to create artwork for display in public spaces throughout the community.

Make a Mini Monster – for the New Richmond Public Library
Ages 6-9 yr
We are excited to offer this age group the opportunity to help us create “mini monsters” who will be listening to the “big monster” read a book in the park at the Library! (High school youth will create the big monster on Service Learning Day.) Students will shape soil and clay to form the heads for the mini monsters and add fun plants for the hair! There will be time for a few other garden projects as well! Don’t miss this playful opportunity to create a lasting piece of garden art at the Library!

June 12, 13
10:00 - noon
Glover Park at the New Richmond Public Library
Fee: $20
Wear clothes to get dirty in. Please bring child size gloves and have sunblock on.

Bring the Monsters to Life!
Ages 10-15 yr
Three “monsters” have been created by the high school youth on Service Learning Day and they’re ready to come to life! In this class, students will use recycled materials to create the parts of each monster that bring it character and life (eyes, nose, etc). We will mosaic using tile and found objects, and learn how to create outdoor structures using cement and wire. Drop off locations will be determined prior to start of class.

June 12, 13, 14
10:00 - noon
Glover Park at the New Richmond Public Library, Mary Park, Paperjack Creek Greenway (corner of Cty Rd. G. and Knowles Ave.)
Fee: $30
Wear clothes to get dirty in. We will be working outside, please bring garden gloves, water bottle and have sunblock on.


Plastic Bottlecap Mosaics
All ages
Ages 4-6 must attend with adult.
This is a great parent/child(ren) project. Adults are free.
Starting with a 4’x4’ piece of plywood, students will create a mosaic from start to finish including: drawing the image, painting and screwing down the bottlecaps. The finished mosaics will be displayed in a public location -tbd! Groups of 3-4 will be formed based on age or students can sign up with friends/siblings to work on one piece together.

June 20, 21
9:00 - noon
Messes & Masterpieces Community Art Center, New Richmond
Fee: $30

Mary Park Cement Planter Mosaics
Ages 10-up
There are 6 cement planters in Mary Park that need sprucing up and we have just the thing! Students will learn how to create a mosaic by designing, assembling and grouting ceramic tiles to create beautiful planters that will be displayed for years to come!

July 24, 25, 26
10-noon
Mary Park, New Richmond
Fee: $30
Class will meet at Mary Park. Please dress appropriate and bring water bottle, sunblock, sunglasses and a snack.

Scholarships for all our classes in New Richmond are available.
Contact Christine for information 651-308-2938.

For New Richmond classes, please fill out and mail in registration form at bottom of this page.

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The Phipps Center for Art
The following are classes we offer through Summer Art Camp at the Phipps.

Register online through the Phipps at:
http://www.thephipps.org/events/summer-art-camp

Kid Caves
Ages 7 and older
Start with a perfectly good, usable tent then combine wacky materials with your imagination to create a one-of-a-kind kid cave that's decorated inside and out.  Have fun playing in it all summer.

June 26 and 27

9:00 – 11:00
Fee:  $37

Remote Control Madness

Ages 7-9
Start with a perfectly nice remote control car and make it into an awesome remote controlled art piece. New cars are provided, along with found objects, recycled materials, hot glue, tools, and paint. Turn your car into whatever kind of vehicle you can dream up.

July 12 and 13

10:30 - noon

Fee:  $29

Tracks, Tunnels and Jumps

Ages 10-12
Work as a class to make a track for your remote controlled vehicle with wood, found objects, recycled materials, hot glue, and tools.  Use your imagination to create tunnels, ramps, jumps and more.  Bring your own vehicle, or borrow one from the instructor.  (Instructors are not responsible for vehicles brought to class.)

July 30 - August 1

10:30 - noon

Fee:  $64

Get a Head of Me!

Ages 9-12
Using recycled materials, make 3-dimensional, larger-than-life heads and shrink-wrap them!  Give them personality with paint, decoupage and wacky elements.  Put on a pole, these make wonderful garden art.

July 31 and August 1

1:00 - 3:00
Fee: $37

Preschool Canvas Art

Ages 3-4
Create 3-dimensional canvases with paint and found objects such as puzzle pieces, marbles, feathers, and more.  Kids get to create and adults assist with glue guns and assembly. The finished project is sure to be a family treasure.

August 7 and 9

9:00 – 10:00
Fee: $21

Crazy Stacks

Ages 8-10
Stack pennies, cards, paper cups, Oreo cookies, milk caps and more into gravity-defying towers and sculptures.  Work to set records and make something unbelievable along the way.  Pictures will be taken, but towers will not be able to be moved.  No glue will be used, just imagination and careful fingers.

August 7 and 9

10:30 - 11:30
Fee:  $19

Magical Mini Vignettes

Ages 11-14
There is something about tiny scenery that captures our imagination.  Use a fun collection of mini items to create furniture for a room or garden items for an outdoor scene.  Bring patience and a steady hand.

August 7 and 9

12:30 – 2:00
Fee:  $29

Mr. Potato Head Makeover

Ages 3-4 with an adult
The iconic Mr. Potato Head was originally produced as separate plastic parts to stick into a real potato or other vegetable.  This class will go back to basics and preschoolers will create the real deal, with a funky twist.  Use found objects, recycled materials and many treasures to create potato people, accessories, and more.

August 14 - 16
10:00 - 11:00
Fee:  $21

For the Phipps classes, please register online through the Phipps at:
http://www.thephipps.org/events/summer-art-camp