Marion Art Center

The Marion Art Center (the MAC) is a dynamic non-profit organization offering a broad range of cultural experiences both in our historic building and across our community. The mission of the Marion Art Center is to enrich the SouthCoast community by supporting and promoting a vibrant arts experience for all.

The Marion Art Center (the MAC) is a dynamic non-profit organization offering a broad range of cultural experiences both in our historic building and across our community. The mission of the Marion Art Center is to enrich the SouthCoast community by supporting and promoting a vibrant arts experience for all.

Join a weeklong art intensive for tweens! Young Artists will take lessons with several different instructors, many of whom are professional artists working in their fields. The MAC may add additional projects or make some changes to the schedule of activities. The cost for all materials will be added into the registration total, but artists may be encouraged to bring a few items from home. Sketchbooks will be provided. Young artists should bring a water bottle and a bag lunch and/or snacks each day.

In this session we will create stylish, personalized tote bags, unique backpack accessories, and the skills to continue your printing journey at home.

Get ready to crawl, flutter, and buzz your way into a world of whimsical insect creations! In this exciting class, kids will unleash their imaginations to design and construct colorful cardboard insects, create stunning, one-of-a-kind dye-dipped beetles using vibrant colors and unique folding techniques.

Does your child love to get hands-on and a little messy? This is the class for them! Experiment with paint, clay, paper collage, glue, string, and more!

Explore the art of the self-portrait in this cool class! Well learn the best artistic techniques for drawing faces, learn to mix shades and tints of paints, and add collage details with paper cut-outs!

Join us for a morning of creative exploration! Well make our own robot that really draws, experiment with exploding paint colors, and build glow-in-the-dark sculptures!

Lets experiment with the fascinating art of monoprinting! This will be an engaging class for kiddos who love to explore with art materials! Well create handmade cards, original works of frame-worthy art, and more!

Tumbling trapeze artists, roaring lions, and so much more at this fun and engaging circus themed camp! Well make clay animals and old-timey circus box cars, and a few more big top themes projects!

Learn the basics of clay hand-building techniques with slabs, coils, pinching and texture to create 3D animals, pots, ornaments and sculptures. Clay work will be kiln fired, decorated and made to last.

Join us for a fun-filled session of sticker magic! Let your imagination soar as you create personalized sticker journals. You'll learn how to arrange stickers to tell stories, express emotions, and design beautiful layouts. Plus, you'll discover the joy of making your own custom stickers!