Museum School - 2025 Fall Class Schedule
Make the Museum your summer classroom! Art classes for ages 3–14.
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Albuquerque Museum seeks to enhance children's artistic and cultural development through year-round classes and workshops in art and history. Classes for all ages from preschool to seniors are offered at nominal fees so that they are available to all.
- Museum members receive a 10 percent discount
- No multi child discounts available.
- No registration by telephone is accepted.
- Due to food allergies, no eating will be allowed in the classroom.
- If your child needs accommodations to participate in the class, please let us know at least two (2) weeks in advance.
- Refunds are available if requested at least two (2) weeks before the start date of class
MUSEUM SCHOOL 2025 FALL CLASS SCHEDULE
Child and Young Adult Classes (ages 3 - 14)
Class registration will be available August 1
Abstracting the World Around Us (Ages 6-9)
September 12, 19, 26, October 3, 10, 17, Fridays from 4:00–5:30 p.m.
In this class we will explore and create using found, local and natural materials including New Mexico clay, plants and rocks. We will create sculptures out of sticks and clay, prints using leaves and found objects and mixed media collages! Limited to 14 students. Instructor: Harley Kirschner
Fee: $75
Working Whimsy (Ages 11-14)
September 13, 20, 27, October 4, 11, 18, Saturdays from 9:30–11:00 a.m.
Much of our lives are filled with boring, plain and not that interesting necessities. In this class we will make art that is both functional and fun! We will look at designs from real nature as well as the Abstracting Nature exhibition to help us bring those aesthetics into our art and homes! Limited to 14 students. Instructor: Remy Sinegal
Fee: $75
Abstracting Nature (Ages 9-12)
September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, Wednesdays from 4:00-5:30 p.m.
In this class we will explore and create using found and local materials including New Mexico clay, glass from the glass graveyard which has been softened over many years, rocks and gathered plants. We will paint with oils and pigments on wood and canvas and sculpt using clay, found objects and wool roving. Limited to 14 students. Instructor: Harley Kirschner
Fee: $75
Between Hand, Land, and Material (Ages 3-6 with an adult caregiver)
October 2, 9, 16, 23, Thursdays from 2:30-4:00 p.m.
What is our relationship with the natural world, and how can materials help us forge deeper connections? Young children explore the many ways artists have interpreted the natural world. In each session, we will explore color, texture, pattern, and shape through observations using digital microscopes, binoculars, and magnifying devices, examining nature both up close and at a distance. We will work with natural materials—such as shaping clay, blending vibrant natural pigments, and creating expressive marks with graphite and charcoal—to inspire stories, our imaginations, and narrative artworks. Join us in this journey, where imagination intersects with nature! Limited to 7 students and their caregiver. Instructors: Gigi Yu and Shelly Korte
Fee: $70
Open to Dogs! (Ages 6-9)
October 24, 31, November 7, 14, 21, December 5, Fridays from 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Taking inspiration from the library exhibition, Open to All, and our furry friends, we will create animal portraits on old book pages, clay and book page sculptures, a book necklace and book and animal themed shrinky dink jewelry! Pictures of your pets are strongly encouraged for inspiration. Limited to 14 students. Instructor: Harley Kirschner
Fee: $75
Comic Creation (Ages 11-14)
October 25, November 1, 8, 15, 22, December 6, Saturdays from 9:30–11:00 a.m.
Do you have a story that needs to be told? Ideas just bursting out of your head? This class will be about story creation: how to write a short story, how to illustrate and make short comics. If you are a lover of drawing, painting, collage and a little bit of writing, this is the class for you! Let your ideas finally leave your brain and leap onto the page! Limited to 14 students. Instructor: Remy Sinegal
Fee: $75
Book It Dog! (Ages 9-12)
October 29, November 5, 12, 19, December 3, 10, Wednesdays from 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Taking inspiration from the library exhibition, Open to All, and our furry friends, we will create papier-mâché animal sculptures covered in old book pages, pop up collages, a bound book, and pet and book themed jewelry! Limited to 14 students. Instructor: Harley Kirschner
Fee: $75
An Open Book: The Art of Storytelling (Ages 3-6 with an adult caregiver)
October 30, November 6, 13, 20, Thursdays from 2:30-4:00 p.m.
How can a book also be a work of art? In this class, young children and their caregivers explore bookmaking as an intersection of design, text, materials, and visual storytelling. The exhibitions will inspire storytelling through found object sculptures, paintings, and printmaking. We will learn creative methods for book construction, including hand-sewn binding, book boxes, accordion books, collage, pop-up books, and flip books. When materials and narratives are combined with our imagination, they create compelling storylines, thrilling adventures, and one-of-a-kind works of art. Limited to 7 students and their caregiver. Instructors: Gigi Yu and Shelly Korte
Fee: $70
Instructor Bios
Gigi Schroeder Yu, PhD, is an assistant professor in art education in the art department at the University of New Mexico. She has over 20 years of experience teaching art with young children to adults in community settings, museums, and public-school classrooms. The early learning programs of Reggio Emilia, Italy and their deep respect for children's artistic languages inspire her creative work and research. Gigi's work with young children inspires her to see her own artistic practices in new ways.
Harley Kirschner (He/They) is a mixed media artist and lead instructor at the Albuquerque Museum School. When not actively instructing young students, he is passionately delving into his own creative works which toe the line between art nouveau fairy tales, robotic technologies and discarded relics. While he learned various art methods on his own, Kirschner's recent BFA from the University of New Mexico gave him a deeper understanding of how to navigate the artworld as well as how to create works he could previously only imagine.
Michelle (Shelly) Korte is a multimedia artist-painting, drawing, sculpting, collaging, writing, printmaking, and performing. She is fascinated by the ways in which ecology, industry and ceremony intersect - defining the role of humans as animals, consumers, and healers. As a curious traveler and investigator, Shelly has taught and shown her work around the world for over 20 years. As an educator, she also allows art to be a conduit of self-inquiry, expression, and problem solving. She has lived in the Manzano Mountains of Tijeras, NM with her young son since 2014 where she has been growing a creative, communal arts and healing space.
Remy Sinegal was born in California, coming to the University of New Mexico for college where she received a Bachelors in Art with a minor in Medieval Studies. She is a poet and illustrator, using a variety of media such as pencils, paints, pastels, sculpture and digital media. History both true and fictional inspire the themes of her work. Inspired by multicultural mythology, folklore, as well as modern influences like animated media, wildlife and how everyone's personal experiences shape the world around them. Believing that there is magic in embracing the mundanity of life she tries to create something exceptional and fun every time she picks up a pencil. The art of storytelling to pass on cultural superstitions inspires her to write, and illustrate her own fantastical tales, which she hopes to bring to life one day through graphic novels or animation.
Teen Corner | Ages Up To 17 | Free
Get Inspired. Get Creative.
Make art anywhere at any time! Teen Corner is a resource for teen artists offered by Albuquerque Museum. Expand your art making abilities or try something entirely new. Browse video lessons that explore a variety of techniques, artist designed color pages, and creative exercises to keep your mind active.
Details subject to change.