Professional artists teach teens to use a variety of mediums and advanced techniques in pottery and cartooning. Education Manager Julie Williams is particularly excited to offer Anime – Cartooning Now!, “this cartooning workshop is being led by Rob Dewing of Smithfield, VA, a recent graduate of The School of Visual Arts in New York with a degree in cartooning.” Dewing has studied under Phil Jimenez, artist of DC Comic’s Wonder Woman who also worked on Marvel's The Amazing Spider-man and under Klaus Janson, most noted for his inking with Frank Miller for the Daredevil series and the The Dark Knight Returns graphic novel.

In pottery and ceramics, Williams says, “we’re offering the class, Light Up the Night,Beth Turbeville is teaching advanced techniques on the potter’s wheel in Teen Wheel.” Turbeville is a professional artist who has been teaching at Pfac for ten years and managing Pfac’s Ceramics Studio for eight years. where form really does follow function in the design and creation of table lamps and nightlights out of clay.

Registration can be completed in person or online www.pfac-va.org. Each teen course costs $100 for Pfac members and $115 for non-members.

The schedule for these courses is as follows:

• Anime – Cartooning Now!, July 8, 10, 15 and 17 from 2-4 pm, teaches the drawing technique, coloring style and story development for cartooning.
• Light Up the Night, July 9-12 from 1:30-4:30 pm, uses pottery techniques to create functional and beautiful lamps and nightlights.
• Teen Wheel, August 5-8 from 1:30-4:30 pm, involves advanced techniques on the pottery wheel.

For younger artists, ARTventures Summer Camps offer multiple sessions. These classes are only a few among many that Pfac’s Studio Art School offers throughout the year. Classes are offered for artists of all ages and skill levels, ranging from one day to ten weeks in courses such as painting, drawing, photography, ceramics and art appreciation.