CREATIVE WORKSHOPS FOR ALL AGES
An art class can be set up by me at your house or a local park. I can also bring the supplies.
Classes can be anywhere from 1 hour to 2.5 hours long. Classes are $10 per hour. If you bring a friend, it's only $7. Art parties are a flat rate of $75 for 2.5 hours.
Please contact me for more info
Beginners Clay Sculpture
Acrylic Painting
Beginners Oil Painting
Basic Drawing
Drawing With Color
Mural Mania
Crazy Collage
Fun With Paint Parties for Holidays and Birthdays
Classes can be anywhere from 1 hour to 2.5 hours long. Classes are $10 per hour. If you bring a friend, it's only $7. Art parties are a flat rate of $75 for 2.5 hours.
Please contact me for more info
Beginners Clay Sculpture
Acrylic Painting
Beginners Oil Painting
Basic Drawing
Drawing With Color
Mural Mania
Crazy Collage
Fun With Paint Parties for Holidays and Birthdays
Past Teaching Experiences Released to the Press
Our mentor/art instructor, Corinne Pedulla (Mazzola), is a talented artist who taught at KidsArt, so she knew how to provide basic art techniques to girls with little or no experience. The girls looked forward to our workshops and we had waiting lists for future classes. Their talent abounded. Most of these teens never knew they could draw, paint, or mold clay into something special. They would complete an art piece and then proudly show it off to their friends, staff, and anyone else around. Exclamations such as, “Look what I made!” were heard throughout.
After each workshop was completed, Create Now arranged for the girls to to set up their own art exhibition in their gymnasium. All of the girls at the detention camp were allowed to file through the art exhibition to admire their dorm-mates' creations. The young artists’ egos were bolstered as the other girls enthusiastically pointed out the pieces that they liked. The other wards at the camp developed more respect for the participants and wanted to join our next workshop. Our mentor, Corinne, said, “I was really impressed with the change of attitudes within the first couple of classes. The girls became positive and motivated. Most did not even realize that they had any artistic talent because they had never tried something like this before.”
Evaluating Our Program's Effectiveness
We have proof that our Introduction to Art Workshop designed by Corinne made an impact, thanks to the support of Vince Iaria, Bureau Chief, Quality Assurance Services at the Department of Probation, who assigned Aracely Miron to evaluate the effectiveness of our Workshop. Aracely is a second year MSW student at USC with a background in working with teenagers in group, family, and individual therapy settings. She helped Create Now to develop a survey that measured the participants' self-esteem both before and after each workshop. Here's what she had to say:
“Research shows that gender-specific treatment for girls in the juvenile justice system calls for treatment and rehabilitation with attention to self-esteem. Using a self-esteem questionnaire, we were able to find the following after only four weeks of the workshop:
Here’s what the girls have to say about our Introduction to Art Workshop:
Jasmine – “I’ve learned how to work together as a team. I also learned how to ask questions if I didn’t know how to mix a color and how to respect the people that were helping us. I would like to try the things that I’ve learned when I get out.”
Trinity – “I really enjoyed drawing and painting. It’s a way to show my individuality and creativity. I really feel all my art is special whether or not anyone pays attention to it. They’re all parts of who I am.”
Carissa – “I really enjoyed this class. It gave me something to look forward to each week and really helped me to learn some good skills. I plan to use the things I learned in the class in the future in as many ways as possible.”
Marlene – “The art program lets us expand our minds and it gives us a chance to get creative. I learned how to ‘score’ clay and it was fun. The teacher was very helpful.”
After each workshop was completed, Create Now arranged for the girls to to set up their own art exhibition in their gymnasium. All of the girls at the detention camp were allowed to file through the art exhibition to admire their dorm-mates' creations. The young artists’ egos were bolstered as the other girls enthusiastically pointed out the pieces that they liked. The other wards at the camp developed more respect for the participants and wanted to join our next workshop. Our mentor, Corinne, said, “I was really impressed with the change of attitudes within the first couple of classes. The girls became positive and motivated. Most did not even realize that they had any artistic talent because they had never tried something like this before.”
Evaluating Our Program's Effectiveness
We have proof that our Introduction to Art Workshop designed by Corinne made an impact, thanks to the support of Vince Iaria, Bureau Chief, Quality Assurance Services at the Department of Probation, who assigned Aracely Miron to evaluate the effectiveness of our Workshop. Aracely is a second year MSW student at USC with a background in working with teenagers in group, family, and individual therapy settings. She helped Create Now to develop a survey that measured the participants' self-esteem both before and after each workshop. Here's what she had to say:
“Research shows that gender-specific treatment for girls in the juvenile justice system calls for treatment and rehabilitation with attention to self-esteem. Using a self-esteem questionnaire, we were able to find the following after only four weeks of the workshop:
- 71% of the girls had an increase on the self-esteem scale.
- 35% of those girls with an increase in their self-esteem score had an increase of over four points compared to the other girls.
- 100% of the responses stated that the workshop helped them feel positively about themselves saying, 'I felt I was good at something,' and "I learned to do something I didn't know before.'"
Here’s what the girls have to say about our Introduction to Art Workshop:
Jasmine – “I’ve learned how to work together as a team. I also learned how to ask questions if I didn’t know how to mix a color and how to respect the people that were helping us. I would like to try the things that I’ve learned when I get out.”
Trinity – “I really enjoyed drawing and painting. It’s a way to show my individuality and creativity. I really feel all my art is special whether or not anyone pays attention to it. They’re all parts of who I am.”
Carissa – “I really enjoyed this class. It gave me something to look forward to each week and really helped me to learn some good skills. I plan to use the things I learned in the class in the future in as many ways as possible.”
Marlene – “The art program lets us expand our minds and it gives us a chance to get creative. I learned how to ‘score’ clay and it was fun. The teacher was very helpful.”
