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The studios at Common Street Arts provide a unique, safe, and supportive environment for creative endeavors for all ages and levels of experience. Common Street Arts is dedicated to providing a diverse array of educational experiences that enrich, engage and inspire. All of the programs at CSA are designed to reflect and promote diversity, creativity, and accessibility for the community.
For information on our current available classes, please see our list below.
CSA is pleased to provide afterschool art clubs. On Thursdays, the afterschool art clubs are directed toward children ages 6-12 with specific projects and themes developed from semester to semester.
CSA oversees week-long camps during the months of February and April and offers a series of summer camps with special themes devoted to that encourage participation and an appreciation for the creative arts.
The clay studio at CSA offers workshops, classes, and special demonstration events throughout the year. The studio has 6 wheels, a kiln, and a full range of tools and supplies.
A limited number of scholarships are available to teenagers interested in participating in teen afterschool clubs and other programs. For more information on classes, camps, clubs, or the clay studio at CSA, please call 207.872.arts or email ssanborn@watervillecreates.org.
Thursday Dates: October 10, 17, 24, (not the 31), November 7, 14, 21 This six-week pottery class will teach students the basics of throwing clay on the wheel. The class will start with clay basics and expand to creating mugs, bowls, plates, and other objects based on student interest. Skills that will be developed include…
You’ve heard of carving Jack-O-Lanterns for Halloween, but have you tried building fairy houses? Come to Castonguay Square on October 19th from 1 to 3pm and let your imagination run wild building miniature houses out of materials found only in nature. Once constructed, we will illuminate each house. The lighted houses will then welcome attendees…
join instructors from the snow pond community music school to learn about their teaching experiences—from teaching group and individual lessons to performing, writing, and producing music. they will share their journey which centers around music, practice, and teaching. instruments will be available to play—no experience necessary! slice (students learning innovative creative endeavors) is a pilot…
Create unique and festive pumpkins for Halloween using printmaking tools, safe carving tools, and sharpies. This program is very popular, register now! Ages 7 -12 $14 per session Snacks included Scholarships available
acting isn’t just memorizing lines and not bumping into furniture; it’s all about listening, reacting, and being able to think on your feet. building these skills helps not only with performing, but with a variety of interactions, such as job interviews, presentations, and interacting with new people. in this session, students will learn the basics…
the connections we have to our community builds friendships, supports businesses, and creates opportunities in our professional lives. during this interactive afternoon inspired by i am not a stranger: portraits by séan alonzo harris exhibition, which includes fifty five new studio photographs of waterville residents, teens will get to know each other through a photography exercise. afterwards, students…
Using the 3d printers, participants invent their own 3d print bubble wands. Once created, students will blow bubbles outside. Ages 7 -12 $14 per session Snacks included Scholarships available
Mondays 5:30-7:30 p.m. Begins November 11. This six-week pottery class is perfect for the individual with wheel throwing and centering clay experience who would like to further refine their skills. In this class, students will build upon basic pottery skills including building and throwing forms, creating more complex vessels including but not limited to, large…
television and film is a huge industry and there are many opportunities available beyond acting or directing. in this week of slice, students will workshop with professionals in mass media communications and film and video production to find out more about the diverse jobs in the film industry while exploring grip, lighting, camera rigs, and more!…
In this class, students will learn about the style and techniques employed by artist James McNeill Whistler. Whistler and the Industrial Thames, an exhibition currently on view at the Colby College Museum of Art focuses on Whistlers' works and his subject, the Thames River in London. The Thames was a global waterway and a hub…
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October 2019
beginning wheel class- 6 week workshop october SOLD OUT
Thu. Oct 10 - Thu. Nov 21
common street arts
fairy houses in castonguay square
Sat. Oct 19
Castonguay Square
slice: making music with snow pond
Tue. Oct 22
common street arts
after school art club: pumpkin carving
Thu. Oct 24
common street arts
slice: improv basics
Tue. Oct 29
Waterville Opera House
November 2019
slice: stranger no more: photos + letters to my community
Tue. Nov 5
Colby Museum of Art
after school art club: printed bubble wands
Thu. Nov 7
common street arts
intermediate wheel class- 6 week workshop november
Mon. Nov 11 - Mon. Dec 16
common street arts
slice: movie making
Tue. Nov 12
Railroad Square Cinema
masterpiece art – river works: whistler and the industrial thames
Wed. Nov 13
Waterville Brewing Company