AuSM Art Skillz
Session 1 - JUNE 25-28, 2013
Create with AuSM this summer! With a ‘hands on’ approach, we’ll use simple drawing, painting, print-making and collage experiences to access creativity as we explore social skills. We’ll consider such things as understanding body language and facial expressions, what it means to have a conversation, and how to understand our feelings and the feelings of others. No prior experience or special ability in art is needed. Our curriculum is designed to foster self-awareness, personal expression, empathy and creativity in a fun, playful, low stress environment.
Art Skillz will be offered for four consecutive days in two sessions, one for elementary (ages 8-11) and one for tweens (ages 12-14). Art Skillz is limited to 7 participants for each session. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
INSTRUCTOR: Sarah Schaleger
Click here to read the Art Skillz program goals and expectations (pdf).
Art Skills Session 1 will take place at the AuSM Office
2380 Wycliff, Suite 102
St. Paul, MN 55114
June 25-28, 2013
Art Skillz Elementary Session: 1:30-3 p.m.
Art Skillz Tweens Session: 3:30-5 p.m.
Art Skillz Orientation will take place at AuSM on June 24, 2013 from 7-8 p.m.
Art Skillz Cost
AuSM Member - $205; Non-Member - $255
To register for Art Skillz Session 1, click the button below and download the Art Skillz registration forms. Complete and return forms to AuSM with payment.
Session 2 - JULY 16-19, 2013
Create with AuSM this summer! With a ‘hands on’ approach, we’ll use simple drawing, painting, print-making and collage experiences to access creativity as we explore social skills. We’ll consider such things as understanding body language and facial expressions, what it means to have a conversation, and how to understand our feelings and the feelings of others. No prior experience or special ability in art is needed. Our curriculum is designed to foster self-awareness, personal expression, empathy and creativity in a fun, playful, low stress environment.
Art Skillz will be offered for four consecutive days in two sessions, one for elementary (ages 8-11) and one for tweens (ages 12-14). Art Skillz is limited to 7 participants for each session. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
INSTRUCTOR: Sarah Schaleger
Click here to read the Art Skillz program goals and expectations (pdf).
Art Skills Session 2 will take place at the AuSM Office
2380 Wycliff, Suite 102
St. Paul, MN 55114
July 16-19, 2013
Art Skillz Elementary Session: 1:30-3 p.m.
Art Skillz Tweens Session: 3:30-5 p.m.
Art Skillz Orientation will take place at AuSM on July 15 2013 from 7-8 p.m.
Art Skillz Cost
AuSM Member - $205; Non-Member - $255
To register for Art Skillz Session 2, click the button below and download the Art Skillz registration forms. Complete and return forms to AuSM with payment.
Session 3 - AUGUST 13-16, 2013
Let your creative juices flow in this special four-day art course that will include creating art projects using different mediums such as clay, photography, paper, pencils, crayons, and markers. At the end of the session, participants will put on an art show duirng which participant guests (parents, siblings, friends, etc.) will be invited to see what has been created throughout the week.
Art Skillz will be offered for four consecutive days in two sessions, one for elementary (ages 8-11) and one for tweens (ages 12-14). Art Skillz is limited to 7 participants for each session. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
INSTRUCTOR: Melissa Neff
Click here to read the Art Skillz program goals and expectations (pdf).
Art Skills Session 3 will take place at the AuSM Office
2380 Wycliff, Suite 102
St. Paul, MN 55114
August 13-16, 2013
Art Skillz Elementary Session: 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Art Skillz Tweens Session: 1-2:30 p.m.
Art Skillz Orientation will take place at AuSM on July 30, 2013 at 6 p.m.
Art Skillz Session 3 Daily Schedule
August 13 - Day One: Intro to Art Skillz
- Introductions—meet the other participants and instructor
- Intro to the Art—Explore the different types of art supplies and try out different mediums.
- Introduce the idea of community and what it means.
- Create a clay community
August 14 - Day Two: A Day in the Life
- Visual check-in—Create an image introducing who you are (likes and dislikes, personality traits, physical characteristics, etc.).
- Continue discussion about community
- “A Day in the Life”—each student will need to bring a disposable camera. Your assignment (with the help of parents, as needed) is to use the camera to visually illustrate what a day in your life looks like. Take pictures of family, friends, home, pets, activities, your routine - things that are important to you.
August 15 - Day Three: Inside/Outside
- Visual check-in—Create an image to show where you are today.
- Body tracing for Inside/Outside drawings—Have your body outline drawn on large paper. Use media of your choice to illustrate what you “look like” and how you feel on the inside. Then put things on the outside of your outline, things that describe or affect you: family, friends, school, society, etc.
August 16 - Day Four: Community
- Visual check-in—create an image to show where you are today.
- Create our Autism Community—Decorate a large puzzle piece using your developed photos to create a unique perspective of yourself. When you are all finished, you will see how each participant's puzzle piece is individual, but fits together to create one larger community.
- Final Day Art Show for guests of participants.
Art Skillz Cost
AuSM Member - $205; Non-Member - $255
To register for Art Skillz Session 3, click the button below and download the Art Skillz registration forms. Complete and return forms to AuSM with payment.
Sarah Schaleger Art Skillz Teacher - Session 1 and 2
Schaleger is an artist, teacher and story teller with a background in regular and special education classes, pre-K through adult. With a diploma in drawing and painting, a BA in history, coursework in holistic health and art therapy, Schaleger is now working to complete a master of divinity at United Theological Seminary to become a hospital chaplain. A member of the Midwest Arts in Healthcare network, Sarah has been a provider at Pathways Health Crisis Resource Center in Minneapolis. She shows her paintings at galleries and hospitals throughout the State.
Melissa Neff, Art Skillz Teacher - Session 3
Neff has a BA in Psychology from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, a BA in Fine Arts: Painting and Book Arts from St. Ambrose University in Davenport, and is currently working toward her Masters in Art Therapy from the Adler Graduate School. Her main areas of focus are photography, bookmaking and printmaking, and she enjoys trying new media any chance she gets. Neff has been an artist from the time she could hold a crayon, and she loves sharing her passion for art with kids of all ages.
