Hello and Welcome to the Open Studio. Where everyone is an artist and is encourage to create, learn and explore. Below is the registration form for our weekly workshops (chugim). If you would like more information about private events, birthday parties, English tutoring, or holiday workshops at the First Station, please WhatsApp Avigayle at 054-626-8496

For full descriptions of each workshop please check out our website.

Note: We are happy to help arrange pick up from Efrata, Tali Geulim, Mkor Chayim and the Lifschitz ganim if there is a minimum number of children interested.

Chugim will meet for approximately 30 sessions throughout the year and will start the week of October 8. A calendar will be provided upon registration. Chugim will take place at The Open Studio (Tziporra 9) in Baka, Jerusalem. While most of the children are English speakers, non English speakers are also welcome. An art class is an excellent way to become comfortable hearing and speaking English!

Ages in each group are flexible providing the opportunity for siblings to learn together. Please fill out a separate form for each child.

At-a-Glance Schedule

SUNDAYS: English through Baking & Art Sundays 4:00-4:50, ages 3-5 TUESDAYS: English Reading & Writing Chugim are by level. If you are unsure of your child's level. Do discuss which chug is right for your child, please WhatsApp me @054-626-8496 English Beginners, Tuesdays 4-4:55 English Intermediate, Tuesdays 3-3:55 English Advanced, Tuesdays 2-2:55

WEDNESDAYS

Wednesdays

Open Studio Creators (grades 2-5) 3:15-4:30 pm Open Studio Little Guys (gan hova-1st grade) 4:45-5:45 pm

Descriptions

Open Studio "Little Guys" - Wednesdays 4:45-5:45 pm Gan Hova - Grade 1 (flexible) Cost: 270 + 30 (materials fee) = 300 per month (including MAM) Process oriented & aimed at exposing children to many different medium, allowing them to get messy, manipulate different materials, strengthen fine motor skills and make choices. There will be 2-3 stations and children will be free to move throughout. As the year progresses, stations will be changed to meet the interests of the children. There will also be the opportunity to create holiday specific projects.  and I will be customized based on the interests of the children. On a typical week, the stations might be: An individually focused station such as Self portraits utilizing different materials each time.  (colored pencils, watercolors, paints, collage, clay, etc.); A fine motor based activity such as sewing, fuse beads, shrinky dinks, beading or weaving; A sculpture or manipulative activity (clay, fimo, plastalina, salt dough, etc.); A messy option which may or may not result in a finished product (encouraging free play, engagement of different materials, and more gross motor manipulation)

ArtBC's - Baking & Art Tuesdays 4:45-5:45 pm Gan Hova - Grade 1 (flexible) Cost: 270 + 30 (materials fee) = 300 per month (including MAM) We will create our way through the English alphabet, learning how to form and recognize letters as they build upon each other. Children will build their own portfolio/dictionaries to take home at the end of the year; including their artwork, photos and recipes. In addition to hearing English, children will speak in English, hone their fine motor skills, make choices about their artwork and engage in open-ended process art. We will start with A is for Apple Cake and Apple Prints, then move onto B is for butterflies, C is for carrot cake, D is art with dots, S is for Slime and so on. 

Open Studio "Creators" Wednesdays 3:15-4:30 pm Grades 2-5 (flexible) Cost: 350 + 40 (materials fee) = 390 per month (including MAM) Children will navigate through a hub of art & ideas.Various medium will be introduced via 3-4 stations each week and children will be free to move through them at their own pace. We balance just the right amount of instruction and allow the children to discover the medium for themselves. The stations will change every couple of weeks and reappear throughout the year to give children the change to reflect on their own growth and process in a particular art form. Thoughout the year, more materials will be added to stations and will be customized based on the interests of the children. On a typical week, stations might include: A painting or drawing activity (charcoal, watercolors, oil pastels, acrylic paints, etc.) in both realistic and abstract; A sculpture activity (clay, fimo, plastalina, salt dough, etc); A fabrics or craft option such as shrinky dinks, fuse beads, wood staining, glass painting, sewing, mosaics, etc.; A holiday or Jewish life based project: Hanukkiot, mezuzot, havdalah sets, Purim costumes and more. 

Open Studio "Masters" Mondays 5-6:15pm Grades 6-9 (flexible) Cost: 350 + 40 (materials fee) = 390 per month (including MAM) The same as above but a bit more advanced and with a bit more freedom and more professional grade art materials. Designed to allow older children to focus in a preferred medium while also creating a non-competitive space encouraging them to reach outside of their comfort zones, explore and be inspired by others. We will start with an "art meditation" where a different medium will be out on the table and participants come in and silently work in that medium. Then there will be a short “lesson” demonstrating a new medium or technique. The rest of the time (usually an hour) is the students' choice. Based on individual interests, various art forms will be available such as machine sewing, glass painting, mosaics, polymer clay, painting in large & small, plaster of paris, papercutting and more. Opportunities will also be given to create objects surrounding the Jewish year and life in Israel such as Hanukkiot, Purim costumes, Seder Plates, Havdallah sets, mezuzot, tzedekkah boxes and more.

"Fizz, Pop, Bang" - The Science of Art
Mondays 3:30-4:30 pm
Gan Hova - Grade 2 (flexible)
Cost: 270 + 30 (materials fee) = 300 per month (including MAM)
Come hang out with us in the creative space where science and art meet and anything is possible. Make slime, rainbow volcanoes, sidewalk chalk paints, homemade egg paint and more in our STEM inspired workshop. We will learn about color mixing, crystals, solutions, mixtures, magnetism, absorption and apply these concepts in our artwork.