Registration for Winter 2027 After School Art opens on Monday, November 2.
To sign up for a winter series, email Maya at FeatherPressAmherst@Gmail.com.
Please include your artist’s name, age, and class choice.
Class descriptions and additional information are available below.
Groups will not meet over the winter break, February 15 – 19.
Inclement Weather Policy
In the event of an Amherst Regional District snow day, classes will be rescheduled and/or refunded.
Artists, Movements & Media
Mondays 3:45 – 5:15
January 4 – March 22
Spaces available: 6
10 weeks | $40/class | $400.00 total
Class will not meet on 1/18
Early Elementary Art
Tuesdays 3:30 – 4:30
January 5 – March 16
Spaces available: 6
10 weeks | $35/class | $350.00 total
Possible snow date on 3/23
Studio Choice Art
Wednesdays 3:30 – 5:00
January 6 – March 17
Spaces available: 6
10 weeks | $40/class | $400.00 total
Possible snow date on 3/24
Drawing & Painting
Thursdays 5:00 – 6:00
January 7 – March 18
Spaces available: 6
10 weeks | $35/class | $350.00 total
Possible snow date on 3/25
Artists, Movements & Media
A class ideal for older elementary and middle school-aged artists with some visual arts experience, curious about artists and art movements throughout history and across cultures, and developing their skills. Technical instruction is provided for more advanced projects in painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, and fiber arts.
Early Elementary Art
A class ideal for early elementary-aged artists, with equal focus on building fundamental skills and space for individual expression and creativity. Projects and materials range from drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, collage, fiber arts, and mixed media. No previous experience required.
Studio Choice Art
A class ideal for self-directed elementary-aged artists with some visual arts experience. Weekly choice stations in drawing, painting, sculpture, fiber arts, and mixed media provide a self-directed creative studio experience. Guided steps and instructions are provided for weekly project choices.
Drawing & Painting
A class for artists 7-12 interested in a regular drawing practice in a relaxed setting, with some painting projects integrated in addition to drawing. Classes focus on fundamentals including line, form, style, perspective, value, observation, and more. No previous experience is required.
To sign up, email Maya at FeatherPressAmherst@Gmail.com.
Please include your artist’s name, age, and class choice.
In after school art classes, students explore drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, printmaking, fiber arts, and mixed media in a relaxed and open-ended structure. We find inspiration in nature, observation, abstraction, imagination and fantasy, and in global art works and traditions from ancient to contemporary times.
We consider artwork by various artists for inspiration and conversation, and for developing different ways of seeing and interpreting the world of visual arts.
Artists are encouraged to find their own unique creative perspective through their studio experience.
After school art classes include art instruction and space for self-direction and choice. Emphasis is on nurturing creativity and connection with materials and each other.
Health & Safety
Artists are welcome to bring a snack and water bottle to the studio. Artists may have their snack at any time in the library nook.
Accessible restroom onsite
Regular sanitation of high-touch surfaces
Masks are now optional. Wearing a mask is encouraged for children who were recently under the weather, or have mild residual symptoms. Disposable masks provided.
Sibling Discount
After the first artist, additional artists from the same family receive a discounted rate of 10%.
Inclement Weather & Absence Policy
Feather Press Studio follows the Amherst Public School District for inclement weather cancellations. In case of a snow day, the class series will be extended or rescheduled to make up for the cancellation.
Absence policy: One or two missed classes may be applied as class credit to a future Feather Press Studio program. One missed class may be refunded.
Financial Aid
Financial assistance and payment plans are available. To inquire about financial aid, please email Maya at FeatherPressAmherst@Gmail.com.
