Join us for a 4 session April Saturday morning class for 5-8 year olds.
Saturday April 6th 10-11am Marbling Paper with Shaving Cream/Watercolor and Positive Messages
Saturday April 13th 10-11am Wire Sculpture Animals with wood bases
Saturday April 20th 10-11am Upcycled Spinning Tops with Markers
Saturday April 27th 10-11am Caterpillar, Butterfly, Dragon Sculpture
Ages 5-8 years old welcome
$48 for the full session
Design Your Own Skateboard Deck June 18th-21th 1-3pm
Have you got a little Thrasher in your home? Just can’t keep little sauce off the board, then this is the perfect summer class for them. Design, draw and paint a blank maple skateboard deck. Yes, it’s an art form. Students leave with a complete deck. No truks or wheels provided. Great intro to fuel their love of the sport. Bare Knuckle Arts t-shirt included in price. Please note this is a Tuesday to Friday class. $80 per participant Ages 8-14
Crochet Camp June 24th-28th
Graphic Novels are an art form where words and images work together to tell a compelling story (think El Deafo, Bone, Amulet and Maus.) If you love graphic novels— and are a motivated artist who wants to draw all week— this is the writing camp for you! This week is for 5-8th graders, it is run thru Greater Madison Writing Youth Writing Camps. Click here to register with them. https://registration.eop.education.wisc.edu/index.aspx?id=309 But attend at the Bare Knuckle Arts studio. July 8-11, 2019 (9am-2pm)
Sewing Sweet Treats and a Taco Workshop Saturday July 13th 1-3pm Who doesn’t love donuts with sprinkles, giant candy bars, ice cream cones, and tacos? This workshop is all about hand sewing these very fun sweet treats. Great workshop in developing fine motor skills or enhancing fun sewing experiences with kids. Ages 6 to Adult welcome $40
Inventing Camp Monday July 15-Thursday July 18th 1-3pm every day Got an inventor in the family, an engineer, a thoughtful inspired kid? This week we will engineer and invent using a variety of materials. We will create a machine that performs a most simple task. We will learn about Rube Goldberg, an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. Then get out a whole bunch of stuff, fire up the low fire glue guns, find the marbles, wood, dominoes, and duct tape to create a one-of-a-kind invention. Ages 8-14 Years old a Bare Knuckle Arts t-shirt included.
Make a Whirligig in Family Fun Camp July 29th-Aug. 1st Family fun week is an opportunity for family members or friends to create side by side in the studio. 2 siblings, Mothers and sons, Fathers and daughters, Grandmas and Grandkids all are welcome. It is two for the price of one which is an amazing deal. Summer 2019 we are offering Make a Whirligig Class from Monday July 29th till Thursday Aug 1st. 1-3pm every day. We will use a variety of materials mostly re-purposed wood. Hammering, painting, and drilling are all various techniques. $150 for two participants ages 8-Adult welcome and a Bare Knuckle Arts t-shirt is included. Leave with a complete Whirligig!
Painting, Painting, Painting Camp for Elementary is a week long camp from August 5th-9th 9-11am. EVERY day we paint-so painting clothes are encouraged. We learn about watercolors, acrylic, and spray paint. Looking at contemporary artists like Yayoi Kusami, Chuck Close, Banksy, Jackson Pollock, and more. We will paint on paper, canvas board, and unframed canvas. $125 per participant Ages 6-10 Welcome and a Bare Knuckle Arts t-shirt included.
Sculpture and Building Camp August 5-9th 1pm-3pm Every day offers a different opportunity to work with different materials. Day 1 Build an Armature/Plaster of Paris Gauze, Day 2 is Painting the Sculpture Day, 3 Wire Manipulation Day, 4 Building with Bottle Caps, Day 5 Building with wood $125 per participant Bare Knuckle Arts t-shirt included Ages 8-14 Welcome
Paint a Barn Quilt Saturday March 9th
What's a Barn Quilt? A larger piece of wood painted to look like a quilt block. Typically they are very large and usually are placed on the exterior of a barn, house, garage or shed. Most barn quilts are painted with simple geometric shapes, like squares, rectangles and triangles. They usually are painted in solid colors. The simplicity in shape and the vibrancy of solid colors make these blocks easily seen from afar and easy to create. Don’t have a barn? A screen porch will do. No Experience is necessary for this workshop. All materials provided-you just need to get it home in your car.
Saturday March 9th 9am-2pm Bring or get some lunch. Family groups can work on one.
Meets on Mondays 4-5:15pm
Punk Art Class is a class for the tween/teen that is interested in exploring graffiti art, street art, rock album covers, stickers, and magnet making. Ages 10-14 welcome
Monday Jan. 28th Learn about graffiti and how to manipulate letters
Monday Feb. 4th Create an album or CD cover
Monday Feb. 11th Sticker Mania
Monday Feb. 18th Magnets
Monday Feb. 25th Spray paint on canvas
10-14 Year olds $60 for entire session.
It’s the coldest day of the 2019 new year here in Wisconsin but believe it or not our summer registration is now open. For those of you that like to plan plan plan ahead-check out these amazing courses. More will be added soon.
Design Your Own Skateboard Deck June 18th-21th 1-3pm
Graphic Novels 5-8th grade thru Greater Madison Writing Camp July 8-11th
Sewing Sweet Treats and a Taco Workshop Saturday July 13th 1-3pm
Inventing Camp at Bare Knuckle Arts July 15-18th
Graphic Novels 9-12th grade thru Greater Madison Writing Camp
Make a Whirligig in Family Fun Camp July 29th-Aug. 1st
It’s going to be cold on Sunday but the studio is open and we have a few spots left in the Altered Cigar Box Class. Join us.
Altered Cigar Box Workshop is so simple yet so fun. Join us on Sunday Jan. 20th 1-3:30pm to upcycle, re-use, re-purpose old simple wooden boxes. We pull out all the supplies in the studio and you can use whatever you want to created a one-of-a-kind box on the inside and out. We also provide a wide and unique range of wooden boxes. Ages 5-92 Welcome $32 per participant
Start a lasting tradition by learning how to create and decorate panoramic sugar eggs at a workshop led by Linda Brudz.
Kids and parents can team up in this egg-scellent workshop to create a festive spring scene inside a hollow sugar egg.
A panorama sugar egg is a decorated, hollow egg made of packed sugar, with a hole in one end through which you can peep inside to see a tiny diorama. You can also decide to keep the decorations on the outside. We will decorate with royal icing, fondant and candy. Everything is edible.
All class materials are provided including: partially pre-made sugar egg, candy to decorate egg, materials to create your own decorations for the egg, icing, and instructions for everything to repeat at home. ***Included in this price is a Egg form to take home with you.
Saturday April 13th 1-3:30pm
Our Summer Art Muscle classes are in process but this summer is gonna be “Sick” at Bare Knuckle Arts. Check some of the options so far. Summer Art Muscle Camps/Classes Hustle That Art Muscle with us!!!
Using a wider variety of paint colors and an amazing assortment of texture tools students created their paste papers. Now they are in the process of creating butterflies, cocoons, eggs, and caterpillars. We are learning about symmetry and creating collages this week.
This year was good. This year was fun. Tomorrow is another one! Creating , painting, making, imagining, sculpting, laughing, friends, and FUN! Join us in the new year for more, more, more! Bare Knuckle Arts.
Build, make, create, invent, with cardboard, plastic, wood, basic stuff using hammers, nails, glue, hot glue, duct tape, and much more.
School's closed for MLK Day Jan. 21st 2019 but Bare Knuckle Arts is open! Sign up your mini-maker for a morning of fun and creativity! Today we are building with a wide range of materials. Traditional wood, recycled plastic, and repurposed materials to construct a 3D sculpture. Ages 4-12 Welcome.
Your 4 to 6 year old may need some additional parental help or involvement.
10am-Noon
$25 per participant
We are serious about art here, it is serious fun! In clinical studies(just kidding) of Bare Knuckle Arts-kids, teens, and adults keep coming back. We have been open almost 5 years now and thanks for growing up and growing with us. Rilo, Sammy, Abbott, Ruby, Tilly, JoJo, Naomi, Kathy, Amy, Laura, Simon, Heather, Linda, and so many more. Thanks for growing with us!
Bare Knuckle Arts is starting off the new year with a terrific Tuesday Tween/Teen Class.
Every session offers a different project ranging from drawing, painting to sculpture. This class is for the child that has a genuine love of making. The projects are a bit more advanced. It meets every Tuesday from 4pm-5:15pm
Tuesday Jan. 8th 2019 Oil Pastels
Tuesday Jan. 15th Watercolor Painting Techniques
Tuesday Jan. 22nd Acrylic Painting Techniques
Tuesday Jan. 29th Linoleum Carving/Printing
Tuesday Feb. 5th Chihuly Inspired Art with markers/plastic
This class is designed for 11-14 Year olds only
$60 for the full session
After-School Art meets on the following Mondays from 2:15pm-3:30pm. An excellent hands on class for your elementary aged child from 6- 11 years old.
Jan. 28th Printing with a Tissue Paper Background
Feb. 4th Sticker Love Surreal Landscapes
Feb. 11th Wall Hangings
Feb. 18th Salvador Dali inspired Melting Clocks
Feb. 25th The Science of Color-Mixing with Weird Stuff
March 4th Pringles Can Castles
March 11th Vial Cap Fish
$84 for a full session
You can also purchase a punch card for $120 dollars and use it on the classes your child would be most interested BUT please email us and let us know when your child will be attending because some classes will be full.
One of our favorite art books is Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon. It’s been out for awhile but definitely a great and inspirational book for all people trying to carve out some time to do art. It’s more about thinking and about self-initiated art making or creating. We invite you to join us Bare Knuckle Arts, in the upcoming 2019 year to carve out some time to make art, to create. There are lots of options from beginning painting classes, home school art, After School Monday and Tuesday Art classes for children. Thank you for this year and we hope to see you in the studio soon!!!
School's closed for MLK Day Jan. 21st 2019 but Bare Knuckle Arts is open! Sign up your mini-maker for a morning of fun and creativity! Today we are building with a wide range of materials. Traditional wood, recycled plastic, and repurposed materials to construct a 3D sculpture. Ages 4-12 Welcome.
Your 4 to 6 year old may need some additional parental help or involvement.
10am-Noon
$25 per participant
Graffiti art or Street art is teen art born from the Hip Hop Culture. You see it and maybe shake your head but they LOVE it. They want to know how to do it and here is the opportunity to do it legally.
Punk Art Class at Bare Knuckle Arts
Meets on Mondays 4-5:15pm
Punk Art Class is a class for the tween/teen that is interested in exploring graffiti art, street art, rock album covers, stickers, and magnet making. Ages 10-14 welcome
Monday Jan. 28th Learn about graffiti and how to manipulate letters
Monday Feb. 4th Create an album or CD cover
Monday Feb. 11th Sticker Mania
Monday Feb. 18th Magnets
Monday Feb. 25th Spray paint on canvas
10-14 Year olds $60 for entire session.
