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kentuck's kids studios

instructed by molly nelko and sam wolf

Join Kentuck on Saturdays each month to let your children ages 5-8 experience the arts! Our Kentuck's Kids Studios explore a new theme in each class, and all offerings follow the visual arts standards for the state of Alabama. Kentuck's Kids Studios are a wonderful opportunity for younger children ages 5-8 to play, explore and learn what the arts have to offer. Children need to be accompanied by an adult.

All classes are 1 hour long, and take place at 9:30am on Saturdays. Children under the age of 5 can register for our "Imagination in Motion" class (coming soon), which takes place on Wednesday mornings.

let's learn together

Age Range: 5-8​

Dates: Saturdays

​Times: 9:30am-10:30am

Location: Kentuck's Studio 2 unless otherwise noted

Tuition: $15 all supplies included

 

​February 1 - Charcoal

February 8 - Musical Story Telling

February 15 - Watercolor Painting

February 22 - Process Art

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March 1 - Plein Air

March 8 - Collage

March 15 - Weaving

March 22 - Printmaking

 

All classes except for February 15 and March 15 will be located in Studio 2 in Northport, which is located behind Rusty the big red dog on our campus. Look for the blue double doors in the Courtyard of Wonders! The classes on February 15 and March 15 will be held at Kentuck at Queen City, 1901 Jack Warner Parkway, Tuscaloosa.

Secure your spot in the class today!

This class is limited to participants 18 & up. 

There is a minimum of 3 participants and a maximum of 10. If the minimum is not met, participants will be refunded.  This class will be located in Studio 2 which is located behind Rusty the big red dog on our campus. Look for the blue double doors in the Courtyard of Wonders!

This class will be held on Fridays from 11am-12pm January 10th-31st

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Please email Molly Nelko, Program Manager,  at mnelko@kentuck.org with any questions. Kentuck workshops are non-refundable after the registration closes. If you would like to cancel before the deadline passes, please email mnelko@kentuck.org or call 205-758-1257. If the class does not meet the minimum by the registration deadline and the workshop is cancelled, all participants will be refunded their registration fees.

meet the instructor: molly nelko

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About Molly Nelko: A native of Mobile, AL, Molly Nelko has joined Kentuck’s staff as our Program Manager! She attended Springhill College and received a BA in fine art with a focus on oil painting and printmaking. Her work has been in individual exhibitions from Portland, OR to Hilton Head SC, and can be found online. Molly currently lives in Tuscaloosa with her husband, three children, and cat Quill. She has experimented with many different forms of art, and some of her favorites are encaustic, tessellations, and ink wash. Molly currently works in her studio regularly, but her focus has become more about enjoying creative projects with her children. 

meet the instructor: sam wolf

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Samantha Wolf is an Australian-born, US-based composer, sound designer, and arts educator. Described as “haunting”, “enigmatic”, “inspired”, and “a force to be reckoned with”, her music has been featured around the world, including by the Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, Bang on a Can, the Sydney Opera House, Elision, the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music, Elm Shakespeare Company, the Australian National Academy of Music, Pique Collective, Impuls Academy, and the Performing Media Festival at the South Bend Museum of Art.

 

Samantha holds degrees from the Queensland Conservatorium, Melbourne University, and the Yale School of Music, where she was a President’s Public Service Fellow and the recipient of the prestigious Ezra Laderman Award. Other awards include the University of Sydney’s Sue W Composition Prize, Rubiks Collective’s Pythia Prize, Ensemble Offspring’s Noisy Women Commission, and a major project grant from Creative Australia. From 2022-2024, she was the inaugural Artist in Residence at the Longy School of Music in Boston, MA. Currently, Samantha is Visiting Professor in Composition at the University of Alabama School of Music, where she serves as Co-Artistic Director of the University of Alabama Contemporary Ensemble; Visiting Creative Partner with Grammy-nominated ensemble Sandbox Percussion; Composition Faculty at The Walden School; and a member of ICEBERG New Music Collective in New York, NY. Samantha is represented by APRA in Australia and ASCAP in the United States.

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​This workshop is made possible in part by support from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.

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