What is the Young Artist's Workshop?
The Young Artist's Workshop (YAW) is an enrichment program that teaches the production, evaluation, and appreciation of art to local youth. All classes are taught by USC Art Education students and align with South Carolina Visual and Performing Arts Standards. Classes are offered for children ages 5 - 18 years. They are designed to meet the needs of students in public, private, and home school environments.
Fall 2022
Young Artist's Workshop will be held on Friday afternoons September 16 - November 4. Please see the downloadable Fall 2022 application below for more details about YAW.
How do I register my child?
Applications must be printed, completed, and signed by the parent or guardian, and turned in or sent to the YAW Coordinator at the School of Visual Art and Design. The cost is $100 per student (reduced rate of $90 for children of USC faculty, staff and students).
- Download the Fall 2022 application.
- Deadline for submitting applications: Wednesday, September 14.
Class Offerings
Classes are held on six Friday afternoons, from September 16th - October 28. YAW's Fall 2022 exhibition and reception to display student artwork will be held on November 4.
Students will develop perceptual and motor skills by drawing from observations and using their imaginative skills, while experimenting with a variety of media such as pencil, marker, paint and clay.
Students will use hand-building techniques to create functional and nonfunctional art works of clay, learn about the kiln firing process and use various glazes and slips on their finished works of art.
Students will explore print processes using techniques on a variety of surfaces. Students will also use drawing, painting and dyeing techniques on fabric surfaces. Fiber arts may include learning about the ancient art of Batik, a dyeing and waxing process.
Students will learn the basic operations of Adobe Photoshop and other computer art software. This knowledge will be used to create works of art and additional art media may be used to enhance computer images.
Students will be encouraged to combine traditional art making processes with contemporary or non-traditional art forms using different painting and drawing media and techniques.
Students will use a wide variety of media to construct three-dimensional relief and freestanding artworks.