Center for Creative Arts

This week is our first session of Teens and Tweens Art Camp: Surrealism Studio!
In our Surrealism Studio Camp, artists will create double-exposure colored pencil drawings, photo-collage dreamscapes, reverse-perspective optical illusions, a melting-moon painting, and a surreal eye piece filled with symbolic detail. This camp encourages creative risk-taking, personal expression, and developing a unique artistic voice within the world of surreal art.

Summer Semester begins TODAY! ☀️🍉
We have so many exciting things happening this summer. We are so glad you are spending your summer with us at The Center!

We will be closed on Monday, May 25th! Email us if you have any questions.

Also Reminder that the summer session will begin the next Monday, June 1st!

Instructor Spotlight!
Phyllis Coffman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Church Music from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught piano lessons for 33 years, and has served as a church musician for various churches and denominations for over 44 years. She has directed and accompanied choirs of all ages from children to adults. Phyllis plays piano, organ, and loves to sing. She enjoys introducing her piano students to the four main periods of Music History and guiding them through learning excerpts from these genres. Phyllis is the organist and pianist at Ridge Baptist Church. She loves gardening with her husband, Robert, and playing in the Handbell Choir at church.

Have you confirmed your summer music lessons yet? Current students have received emails to enroll. Didn't receive an email? Contact us!

We had a great time at the Teen Art Exhibit Reception last night! Family and friends joined to see the work of these talented teen artists. Come by and see the exhibit until May 22nd.

Join us tomorrow to see what our teen students have been working on this year!

We have a few spots left in our Teen Art Camps! 🎨

In our Surrealism Studio Camp, artists will create double-exposure colored pencil drawings, photo-collage dreamscapes, reverse-perspective optical illusions, a melting-moon painting, and a surreal eye piece filled with symbolic detail. This camp encourages creative risk-taking, personal expression, and developing a unique artistic voice within the world of surreal art.

Light and Atmosphere Studio explores how artists use shadow and dramatic lighting to transform a scene’s mood. Students will create mixed media lightning bugs, a dramatic painting of a lightning storm, candle-lit oil pastel studies, and atmospheric foggy forest drawings. The week ends with a personal-choice final piece where students apply the lighting techniques they’ve mastered to create their own atmospheric artwork.

Camp Highlight!
Our Treats and Sweets Art Camp invites young artists to playfully explore the delicious world of food through art. Students will create an acrylic painting of adorable kawaii snacks, design a landscape made from desserts, paper-mâché giant donuts, and sculpt a s’mores-themed tic-tac-toe board. We’ll also explore playful printmaking using real vegetables, giving kids a mix of creativity, color, and hands-on fun.