South Central Kentucky has a number of opportunities for art lessons for children. Below are some resources. If you know of any additional resources that we have not listed, please email info@bgparent.com.
Teresa Christmas, WKU alumni, has been artist in residence at Cumberland Trace Elementary for the past ten years and won art awards several times at the U. S. Bank Festival of the Arts. She has also conducted numerous Super Saturdays art workshops for children at WKU. If you are interested in your child taking private or small group art classes in her home studio, please contact her at 270-781-0361 for more information.
Laura Bain-Selbo, a local potter, offers weekly, semi-private, 90 minute lessons in her home studio. The cost is $20 per child. She also offers mini-sessions at The Pots Place located at 428 East Main Street in downtown Bowling Green. Checkout LBS Ceramics on Facebook or email potsbythepound@yahoo.com for more information.
If you have a school-aged child interested in drawing, watercolor, oils or pastels Lana Williams is an art teacher who offers private lessons. Her lessons are $10 an hour. Lana is an Artworks member and can be contacted at (270)784-9305 or Lanalain@aol.com
Angela Kuprion, a world-renowned portrait artist, offers private oil painting classes twice a year for a 6-week session for advanced students. For more information, call Angela at (270) 793-0641.
VSA Kentucky offers private and small group art lessons for children with and without disabilities at the ArtsACCESS Gallery and Studio. Explore a variety of subjects in drawing, painting, and mixed media. For more information call 781-0872 or email: vsaky@bellsouth.net.
Make spring break exciting for your child by enrolling him/her in art camp hosted by Lynne Ferguson, Artist in Residence at the Kentucky Library and Museum. Camp will be April 9 -13, 8 am-12 pm. Camp participants will be working in low relief sculpture with board, wood and paper. They will also be working two-dimensionally with acrylic paint and metal foil. For more information contact Lynne Ferguson at 270-745-2594 or Christy Spurlock at 270-745-6082.