Youth Enrichment Classes

Develop essential art skills while exploring a variety of drawing and painting techniques, including pencil, watercolor, and more. Students will work on themed projects inspired by art history, contemporary artists, and personal creativity. This class is ideal for building confidence in artistic expression within a supportive and engaging environment. Ages 13-17.

Character Design will have students developing and creating their own characters that could be used for comics, video games, or animation. This course is intended to teach students how to use character design to tell a story and how to create unique and original characters. We will discuss shape language and how color impact a character’s design and create a wide variety of characters that can fit different roles in a story. Youth Ages 14-18

Unleash your creativity and step into the realm of virtual reality to design heroes, monsters, and the worlds they inhabit. In this hands-on course, you'll start by crafting your own digital character using 3D creation tools like Hero Forge and Eldritch Foundry. Then, watch your creations come to life as we import them into cutting-edge VR art platforms like Open Brush and Gravity Sketch, scaling them to life-size (or larger!) and building immersive worlds for them to explore. From fantasy landscapes to urban environments and beyond, each project is entirely student-driven and tailored to your unique artistic vision. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, you'll find a supportive space to learn, grow, and experiment with 3D techniques—including starting with simple tracing methods. No prior experience is needed—just your imagination! Ages 14-18.

This course is intended to help you feel more confident in understanding a variety of vehicle systems. The class will be presentation followed by hands-on lab time. You will learn topics including fluids, tires, brakes and more, so that you may do it yourself when needed. This course will also help prepare you to discuss issues when your vehicle needs to be repaired.

Safe Sitter® prepares students in grades 6-8 to be safe when they’re home alone, watching younger siblings, or babysitting. Students learn life-saving skills such as how to rescue someone who’s choking, and helpful information like what to do if there’s severe weather. The lessons are filled with fun activities and role-playing exercises. Students even get to use CPR manikins to practice choking rescue and CPR! This course includes friends and family CPR. Please note students do not get certified in CPR.

Are you interested in learning how to weld? This is 3 week introductory welding course geared toward ages 14-17 year olds. Types of welding we’d be covering are day 1 SMAW (stick welding), day 2 GMAW( mig welding), and day 3 TIG welding. We’ll cover basic mild steel and touch briefly into Stainless steel Tig welding the last week! Safety items needed would be, safety boots, safety glasses and welding gloves.

Elevate your welding skills in this 4-week intermediate course designed for high school students. Perfect for those with basic welding experience, this class focuses on advanced techniques, real-world applications, and project creation. Class will include Advanced SMAW (Stick Welding) techniques, mastering precision and out-of-position welds, GMAW (MIG Welding) with thicker materials, multi-pass welds, and troubleshooting and TIG Welding on stainless steel and aluminum, emphasizing finesse, control, and high-quality welds. You will apply your skills to functional and artistic projects.