MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM SCHOOL OF ART
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS for Kids, Teens, and Adults
GALLERY VISITS INCLUDED!
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE!
Fresh changes starting this fall!
A flexible new structure and new classes for kids and teens. The same great experience for adults and access students.
Make Art. Make Friends. Make MAM Yours.
Kids Ages 6–8 & 9–12
Teen Ages 13–17 Adult and Access
Starts week of September 15
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IMPORTANT DATES 2025
Priority Registration for all Members: August 11, 7 a.m.
Public Registration: August 18, 7 a.m.
Learn more and register at montclairartmuseum.org/mamsa-updates
Kids (Ages 6–12) Teens (Ages 13–17)
Starting Fall 2025, our youth programs have been redesigned to better fit your family’s schedule while maintaining the commitment to cultivating creativity and self-expression with the passionate, professional Teaching Artists you’ve come to expect.
• Five shorter sessions—6 weeks each, from September through June.
• Make up missed class time—Attend another similar class to continue working on projects in a creative environment.
• Studio Explorers—Now 90-minute classes focused on a single art medium.
• Teen Portfolio Series—Intensive, skill-building classes with guest artists and college admissions representatives.
Adults (18+) & Access (16+)
Continue to enjoy our well-loved format in a supportive learning community.
• 10-week seasonal classes
• More workshops that fit your schedule
• More Access Class small group learningenvironments
• Now a partner of NJPAC’s Arts Rx program and DDD Goods and Services provider
Ceramics (All Ages)
• Our 10-week seasonal schedule continues for kids, teens, and adults
• Wine and Wheel (21+) remains a favorite
• Workshops offered year-round including new family workshops
FAMILY WORKSHOPS NEW!
Family Ceramic Hand-building Workshop: Gnome Home
Sunday, October 19
2–4:30 p.m.
Ages 5–8 + adult companion
Instructor: Devany Di Paolo
$55* member
$69* nonmember
Family Ceramic Wheel Throwing Workshop: Spin & Sculpt
Sunday, December 7
2–4:30 p.m.
Ages 9-12 + adult companion
Instructor: Nicholas Diaz
$60* member
$75* nonmember * price per person
SESSIONS 1 AND 2
Ages 6–8
FALL 1: Sculpture Focus (6 weeks)
Studio Explorers:
Sculpture Build & Balance
Tuesdays, 4–5:30 p.m.
Thursdays, 4–5:30 p.m.
Instructor: Shannon Anderson
Saturdays, 10–11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Kristian Battell
$270 member
$340 nonmember
FALL 1+2 (6 weeks each)
Puppetry
Wednesdays, 4–5 p.m.
Instructor: Kristian Battell
$180 member
$225 nonmember
Ages 9–12
(10 weeks)
Pottery on the Wheel
Mondays, 4:30–6 p.m.
Instructor: Nicholas Diaz
Fridays, 5–6:30 p.m.
Instructor: Chevon Hopkins
Saturdays, 1–2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Jessica Martell
$365 member
$460 nonmember
KIDS CLASSES
Ages 6–8 and Ages 9–12
FALL 2: Painting Focus (6 weeks)
Studio Explorers: Painting Brush & Balance
Tuesdays, 4–5:30 p.m.
Thursdays, 4–5:30 p.m.
Instructor: Shannon Anderson
Saturdays, 10–11 a.m.
Instructor: Kristian Battell
$270 member
$340 nonmember
(10 weeks)
Universe of Clay Thursdays 4–5:15 p.m.
Instructor: Irene Domingo
$330 member
$415 nonmember
FALL 1+2 (6 weeks each)
Drawing and Painting Tuesdays, 4–5:30 p.m.
$215 member
$270 nonmember
FALL 1+2 (6 weeks each)
Drawing on Creativity
Wednesdays, 4–5 p.m.
Instructor: Monica Hill
$180 member
$225 nonmember
November Camp @MAM: Mixed Media Mashup Ages 6-8 and 9-12
November 6 & 7 | 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Encourage your child’s creativity while school is out!
$280 member | $350 nonmember
SESSIONS 1 AND 2
FALL 1+2 (6 weeks)
Teen Portfolio I
Mondays, 4–5:30 p.m.
Instructor: Emily Kenselaar
$250 member
$315 nonmember
FALL 1+2 (6 weeks)
Teen Portfolio II
Wednesdays, 4–6 p.m.
Instructor: Emily Kenselaar
$270 member
$340 nonmember
Teen Studio
TEEN CLASSES Ages
(10 weeks)
Teen Wheel Throwing Tuesdays, 4:30–6 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Jaskowak
$400 member
$500 nonmember
13–17
11 a.m.–2 p.m. on alternating Saturdays (starts September 20, 2025)
Winter/Spring Season: see montclairartmuseum.org for the complete schedule
Instructor: Andrea Ferreira
Designed for teens 13 through high school, Teen Studio is a space to explore new materials, learn new techniques, and challenge yourself creatively while collaborating with your peers. Have fun, de-stress, and enjoy artmaking outside of a school setting, with an opportunity to display your work in a seasonal exhibition.
Drop in when your schedule allows or attend all season!
A new Teen Access Pass provides free admission to Teen Studio, Museum galleries, andselect programs to young adults ages13 through high school. Benefits also include a 10%discount at Cornerstone Café at MAM for 12 months. Purchase the annual Teen Access Passfor $25 online today and be part of the MAM community.
Admission:
$15 member & nonmember
Free with $25 annual Teen Access Pass
ADULT CLASSES
Ages 18+
Classes and workshops for all levels of experience.
Beginner/Intermediate Watercolor Painting
Mondays, 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Instructor: Karen DeLuca
$340 member
$425 nonmember
Intermediate/Advanced Landscape Oil Painting
Mondays, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Instructor: TBA
$420 member
$520 nonmember
Intermediate/Advanced Wheel Throwing
Mondays, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Jaskowak
$440 member
$550 nonmember
Collage: Pieced Together Mondays, 1–3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Judy Gould
$330 member
$415 nonmember
Weaving, Wrapping, and Stitching: Making Fiber Art
Mondays, 4–6 p.m.
Instructor: Lauren Cirrito
$330 member
$415 nonmember
Ceramics On and Off the Wheel Mondays, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Deborah Guzmán Meyer
$440 member
$550 nonmember
Intermediate/Advanced Landscape Oil Painting Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Instructor: Oscar Peterson
$420 member
$520 nonmember
Beginner Wheel Throwing Tuesdays, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Instructor: Nicholas Diaz
$440 member
$550 nonmember
Beginning/Intermediate Watercolor Painting Tuesdays, 1:30–4 p.m.
Instructor: Karen DeLuca
$340 member
$425 nonmembers
Creative Growth Through Art Making Tuesdays, 4–6 p.m.
Instructor: Mary Amato
$330 member
$415 nonmember
Meditative Art Tuesdays, 6–8 p.m.
Instructor: Mary Amato
$330 member
$415 nonmember
Advanced Wheel Throwing Tuesdays, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Jaskowak
$440 member
$550 nonmembers
ADULT CLASSES
Ages 18+
Beginning/Intermediate
Portrait Painting
Tuesdays, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Janet Boltax
$420 member
$520 nonmember
Printmaking On and Off the Press
Tuesdays, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Kristian Battell
$330 member
$415 nonmember
Painting with Soft Pastels
Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Instructor: Sarah Canfield
$330 member
$415 nonmember
Access Program: Ceramics
Wednesdays, 2:30–4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Nick Diaz
$540 DDD students/MAM member
$650 nonmember
Introduction to Drawing Wednesdays, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Oscar Peterson
$345 member
$435 nonmember
Introduction to Landscape Painting Wednesdays, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Grace Brown
$340 member
$425 nonmember
Intermediate/Advanced
Portrait Painting
Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Instructor: Janet Boltax
$420 member
$520 nonmember
Intermediate Wheel Throwing Thursdays, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Jaskowak
$440 member
$550 nonmember
Access Program: Drawing and Painting Thursdays, 3:30–5 p.m.
Instructor: Mary Amato
$500 DDD students/MAM member
$625 nonmember
Beginning/Intermediate Functional Ware Thursdays, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Sabine Percelay
$440 member
$550 nonmember
Access Special Project: The Saul Steinberg Paper Bag Mask Four Fridays: October 3–24, 12:30–2 p.m.
Instructor: Rena Rubin
$200 DDD students/MAM member
$250 nonmember
Access Program: Princesses, Sidekicks, and Villains Fridays, 2:30–4 p.m.
Instructor: Malia Valchar
$500 DDD students/MAM member
$625 nonmembers
Printmaking On and Off the Press Fridays, 3–5:30 p.m.
Instructor: Kristian Battell
$330 member
$415 nonmember
Intermediate Wheel Throwing Saturdays, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Jaskowak
$440 member
$550 nonmember
ADULT WORKSHOPS
Ages 18+
Wine and Wheel
Friday, September 19, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Jaskowak
$75 member
$93 nonmember
Wine and Wheel
Friday, September 26, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Deborah Guzmán Meyer
$75 member
$93 nonmember
Introduction to Wheel Throwing
Sunday, September 28, 1–3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Jaskowak
$70 member
$88 nonmember
Studio Art Sampler: Soft Pastels
Sunday, September 28, 1–3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Sarah Canfield
$75 member
$90 nonmember
Wine and Wheel
Friday, October 3, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Jaskowak
$75 member
$93 nonmember
Bookmaking: Japanese Binding I
Sunday, October 5, 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
Instructor: Celene Ryan
$62 member
$77 nonmember
Bookmaking: Japanese Binding II, Hardcovers
Sunday, October 5, 2:30–5 p.m.
Instructor: Celene Ryan
$75 member
$90 nonmember
Exploring Forgiveness Through Art
Two Sundays, October 5 and 12, 12:30–2:30 p.m .
Instructor: Mary Amato
$130 member
$165 nonmember
Creative Writers @ MAM
Two Sundays, October 5 and 12, 2:30–4:30 p.m
Instructor: Mary Amato
$130 member
$165 nonmember
Wine and Wheel
Friday, October 10, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Deborah Guzmán Meyer
$75 member
$93 nonmember
Wine and Wheel
Friday, October 17, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Jaskowak
$75 member
$93 nonmember
Studio Art Sampler: Watercolor Techniques
Sunday, October 19, 1–3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Karen DeLuca
$75 member
$90 nonmember
Wine and Wheel
Friday, October 24, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Deborah Guzmán Meyer
$75 member
$93 nonmember
Introduction to Wheel Throwing
Sunday, October 26, 1–3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Jaskowak
$70 member
$88 nonmember
ADULT WORKSHOPS
Ages 18+
Wine and Wheel
Friday, October 31, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Sabine Percelay
$75 member
$93 nonmember
Visible Mending as an Artistic Process
Sunday, November 2, 1–3:30 p.m.
Instructors: Gwen Charles and Sonia Hawkins
$75 members
$90 nonmember
Exploring Grief Through Art
Two Sundays, November 2 and 9, 12:30–2:30 p.m
Instructor: Mary Amato
$130 member
$165 nonmember
Creative Writers @ MAM
Two Sundays, November 2 and 9, 2:30–4:30 p.m .
Instructor: Mary Amato
$130 member
$165 nonmember
Wine and Wheel
Friday, November 7, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Jaskowak
$75 member
$93 nonmember
Woodcarving and Whittling
Sunday, November 9, 1–3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Rick Ladd
$62 member
$77 nonmember
Wine and Wheel
Friday, November 14, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Sabine Percelay
$75 member
$93 nonmember
Studio Art Sampler: Collage
Sunday, November 16, 1–3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Judy Gould
$75 member
$90 nonmember
Studio Art Sampler: Punch Needle Embroidery
Sunday, November 16, 1–3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Lauren Cirrito
$75 member
$90 nonmember
Naked Raku
Sunday, November 23, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Jaskowak
$120 members
$145 nonmembers
Inspired by Tom Nussbaum: Hand Building with Clay Sunday, November 23, 1–4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Deborah Guzmán Meyer
$75 member
$93 nonmember
Wine and Wheel
Friday, December 5, 7–9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Jaskowak
$75 member
$93 nonmember
Offsite Studio Visit: Tom Nussbaum and Christine Romanell
Sunday, October 26, 2–4 p.m.
Open exclusively for MAM members who are registered for a fall MAM School of Art teen or adult class.
$75 member
MAM’s School of Art is a vibrant hub where artists come to share, explore, grow, and emerge transformed.
There is a seat for you in MAM’s studios this fall. Here is what you can expect:
• Classes designed and taught by professional artists and art educators
• Collaborative and supportive community where all ages, abilities, and skill levels belong
• Discover passions, make friends, and build skills
• Visit the Museum galleries for inspiration in studio classes
• Fully inclusive and welcome people with disabilities with a variety of learning environments
• We are a Goods and Services provider through the NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities. DDD benefits can be used to pay for any class, workshop, or private instruction
• Easy, free parking
• Scholarships are available. See montclairartmuseum.org for more information and deadline
• Bundle registration with a MAM membership. Members have early access to priority registration and receive a 20% discount on classes
IMPORTANT DATES
Member Registration Opens: August 11
Public Registration Opens: August 18
MAM thanks the generous supporters who make our Education programs possible. Major Support provided by McMullen Family Foundation. Support provided by Heather and Vincent Benjamin, Liza and Keith Helwig, Christine James and Nick De Toustain, Toni LeQuire-Schott and Newton B. Schott, Jr.*, Lois and David Stith, Frances Taber and Barry Lenson, Claire Walls and Banks Tarver, and Lisa and Bill Westheimer. Additional Support provided by Linda Anderson, Adunni Slackman Anderson and Herman Anderson, Angela Beekers-Uberoi and Hank Uberoi, Susan V. Bershad Charitable Fund, Alison Christmas, Lauren Cirrito, Kenneth Cole, Salvatore DiDomenico, Peter Eyes, Gary Goldin, Deborah and Peter Hirsch, Mary and Dennis Ingoglia, Ben Jones, Joseph Juliano, Francesca Kelly, Ilene and David Klein, Wendy and Andrew Lacey, Cassandra Martin, Carol Ann Pallonetti, Lisa and Matthew Russman, Gretchen Silver and Tony Norris, Sharon and Robert Taylor, Robert L. Tortoriello, Karen Thompson, Diana Lynn Tyson, and Joan and Donald Zief.
*deceased
All MAM programs are made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Museum members.
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Free unlimited admission for one year and priority MAM School of Art registration.
Family memberships start at $85 per year. Other member levels are also available for $35 and up. Visit montclairartmuseum.org for complete details.
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