Do you or your loved one love to draw—or do you just want to try something creative in a relaxed,
supportive setting?
Arts Academy at Memorial UMC offers drawing and painting classes for children, teens, and adults,
focused on hands-on learning in a fun, low-pressure environment. Whether your child is brand new
to art or has been drawing for years, they’ll build excellent foundational skills in drawing, painting,
color, and composition—while enjoying the creative process.
- Relaxed, encouraging atmosphere
- Small group instruction
- All experience levels welcome
- Real art techniques taught in an age-appropriate way
Classes meet weekly, and are designed to be relaxing, enjoyable, and hands-on. There’s no pressure
to be “good”—we focus on learning strong fundamentals in a supportive, low-key environment.
Whether students are brand new or returning to art after years, they’ll build real skills while having
fun.
Class Details – Spaces are limited!
Adults Tuesday 2:30-4:30 $120 per month
Teens 13-18 Tuesday 4:30-5:30 $80 per month
Kids 6-12 Tuesday 6:00-7:00 $80 per month
Supplies included
Debra Riggs is an active artist and has been teaching art classes for several years. Her themes focus
on portraits, figures, and landscapes.
Debra recently held a solo exhibition at Arts Theatre 202 in Lexington, which featured a collection
of original works in oil, pastel, and gouache. Debra’s work is featured in private and public
collections throughout the Southeast, Midwest, and West Coast.
She’s passionate about helping others explore their creativity while building real artistic skill.
Explore her work www.debrariggs.com
Follow her at
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deb.riggs
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debra.l.riggs.7
ENROLL NOW – CLASSES ARE FILLING FAST!
No experience necessary – just a love of art or curiosity to try!
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Let’s make something amazing together!
Art Class for Kids: Tuesdays 4:30-5:30pm. This weekly one hour class focuses on drawing with charcoal and pencil, and painting with pastels and acrylic. Have fun while learning lots of new skills! Price is $80/month.
Adult Art Class. Tuesdays 2:00-4:00 pm.
This weekly, 2 hour class focuses on drawing with charcoal and pencil, and painting with pastels and acrylic. Have fun while learning lots of new skills!
Price is $160/month.
Currently, we are offering private music lessons in Piano, Guitar, Mandolin and Ukulele. All ages are welcomed to sign up for lessons.
Price: $100/month for weekly 30 min lessons
We would like to thank our generous sponsors and you all for supporting our students and our program with your time, talents, and gifts.
Here at The Arts Academy at Memorial, we strive to provide affordable and quality art classes and private music lessons to all ages in our community!
We currently have private music lessons for guitar, mandolin, ukulele, and piano.
We also have art classes for kids and adults that focus on drawing with charcoal and pencil, and painting with pastels and acrylic.
No matter your age or ability level, everyone is welcome to sign up!