CLASS DESCRIPTION: As mythology has fascinated our students since the very beginnings of Goose Grease, this course is designed for them to plunge right in. Always in an age appropriate way, we will be concerned with the deep questions myths pose, as well as the similarities sometimes encountered between different myths in different cultures. We will spend time studying some main Greek, Roman, Norse, Aztec, and perhaps Indian myths as we make different art objects relevant both historically and culturally. We will potentially make a Greek amphora, a Roman statuette, a Norse ship, and an Aztec mask. THE STUDIO: Art-intensive, with a focus on multi-media art making and history learning. Students will gain confidence in their art skills as they work with quality art materials and build their own miniature worlds. Each class includes a topical or historical lesson, followed by project led art-making time. We teach history through art! Our afternoon workshops are supplemental learning sessions to your child's education, as we add geography and history to all of our art classes. Our unique curriculum is designed and taught by Anna (MFA), Juan Carlos Donado (PhD in Philosophy), and Lucy Schwartzreich (BFA). School Pickup: Mondays: Brooklyn Arbor, PS 132 Tuesdays: Brooklyn Arbor, PS 132, PS 18, PS 84 Wednesdays: Brooklyn Arbor, PS 132, PS 18, C’e Montessori (limited PS 84 upon request) Thursdays: Brooklyn Arbor, PS 132, PS 84 *IS 318 Students walk over in a group on Fridays Want to learn more about our studio to see if we're a good fit for your child? Please visit our Project Gallery as well as Instagram page to find out more: goosegreasehouse.com/projects
CLASS DESCRIPTION: Circa 1870, our studies will begin by addressing how oil replaced coal as the internal combustion engine was developed, leading humanity and the use of machines into WWI. We will study how the Second Industrial Revolution developed the machines used in WWI by making a related art object, potentially a trench. We will be taking a close look at inventions and natural resources, as well as geopolitics and military history. We will be thinking through the deep transformations that human beings went through as the ‘machine’ started to be a reality of war as well. THE STUDIO: Art-intensive, with a focus on multi-media art making and history learning. Students will gain confidence in their art skills as they work with quality art materials and build their own miniature worlds. Each class includes a topical or historical lesson, followed by project led art-making time. We teach history through art! Our afternoon workshops are supplemental learning sessions to your child's education, as we add geography and history to all of our art classes. Our unique curriculum is designed and taught by Anna (MFA), Juan Carlos Donado (PhD in Philosophy), and Lucy Schwartzreich (BFA). School Pickup: Mondays: Brooklyn Arbor, PS 132 Tuesdays: Brooklyn Arbor, PS 132, PS 18, PS 84 Wednesdays: Brooklyn Arbor, PS 132, PS 18, C’e Montessori (limited PS 84 upon request) Thursdays: Brooklyn Arbor, PS 132, PS 84 *IS 318 Students walk over in a group on Fridays Want to learn more about our studio to see if we're a good fit for your child? Please visit our Project Gallery as well as Instagram page to find out more: goosegreasehouse.com/projects
Art Lab Afterschool (For Our Youngest Artists!) Starting the week of September 14th Ages: 3K to Kindergarten (3s, 4s, and 5s) PS 84 & CE Montessori Pickup Available Give your little one a joyful, creative end to their school day! Our Art Lab Afterschool program blends process-based art, hands-on crafting, child-led exploration, and gentle transitions to create a warm and inspiring afternoon for your tiny artists with their beloved teachers! Children will explore a beautiful variety of art mediums throughout the semester: painting, collage, clay, stamping, crafting, sensory materials, seasonal projects, and collaborative creations. We're also so excited to have our kiln up and running, so your little artists can bring home real fired clay creations from all their hand-building projects! Our focus is always on exploration over perfection, helping kids build confidence, independence, and friendships in a nurturing environment. When weather and safety conditions allow, we enjoy outdoor time prefeably at Grand Street before or after our art projects to help the children reset, move their bodies, and soak up some fresh air with friends. Schedule Options Families may choose any days, Monday through Friday. Sign up for one day, two days, or all five, whatever works best for your family! School Pickup (now included!): PS 84 at 2:30 PM and CE Montessori at 3:00 PM, at no extra charge Program Time: 3:00 to 6:00 PM Flexible Evening Pickup (NEW!): pick up your child anytime between 5:00 and 6:00 PM We heard you, working parents! 🙌 We know how hard it can be to make it across town by a hard cutoff time, so we've created a flexible evening pickup window just for the families who need those extra moments. Your child gets to keep playing, creating, and winding down with friends in a cozy space, while you get the breathing room to finish your day without the rush. And here's some news we're so happy to share: our pricing will not go up this school-year, AND school pickup from PS 84 and CE Montessori is now completely free. We wanted to make this as easy and accessible as possible for the families. Reminders: For our recurring/weekly enrolled families, feel free to leave weekly snacks in the studio! We'll keep them in a designated cubby just for your little artist (and pop anything like fruit in the fridge), so no worries about forgetting to pack one. Please pack an afternoon snack (or use your studio cubby!) We are a nut, peanut, sesame, and tree nut free studio A safe, creative, play-focused environment designed for early childhood artists guided by teachers who deeply care! We can't wait to welcome your child for a cozy, art-filled semester at A Rosie Day! Let's make beautiful messes, new friendships, and magical memories together. 💛
Clay Makers Days: Mondays, September 14 to December 21 Ages: 9 to 12 Time: 3pm-5pm/6pm PS 84, CE Montessori & Arbor Pickup Available Hands in the clay, pencils in the sketchbook, and a real kiln firing up everything your artist makes! Clay Makers is a process based after-school program built around drawing and hand building clay, where students move from their very first pinch pot all the way to a finished, glazed portfolio pieces by the end of the semester. Jewlery making will be a big focus! Each week pairs a sketchbook warm up with extended studio time exploring pinch, coil, slab, and sculptural assemblage, plus surface techniques like sgraffito and glazing. We love tying our projects back to artists with real ties to New York City, so your young artist can see that the skills they're building in our studio connect to a whole world of working studios across the five boroughs. Below are some of the connected artists woven into Clay Makers this fall. Isamu Noguchi Charles Simonds Keith Haring Jean-Michel Basquiat Faith Ringgold Marisol Escobar Louise Bourgeois Alexander Calder Betty Woodman Yayoi Kusama Simone Leigh Pieces stay with us through the semester, building toward your artist's end of semester portfolio showcase. When the kiln finishes its work, your artist's pieces and sketches join their growing portfolio, all sketched, built, glazed , paitned, and finished by their own hands. This is not a craft kit project or product-based program...it's real studio practice, paced for curious hands and growing confidence. Schedule School Pickup (included!): PS 84 and CE Montessori, at no extra charge Arbor Pickup: $65 per semester for car pickup, which helps cover the cost of our teachers getting your artist safely from Arbor to our studio by Uber/Lyft Program start time: 3pm to 5pm/6pm Flexible Pickup: Pick-up your artist any time between 5-6pm with no addtional charge. Please note, we follow the NYC DOE calendar, with the semester closing out in a family showcase on December 21. 💛
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