Macoupin Art Collective Kids Classes

Macoupin Art Collective Kids Classes include Tiny Art Explorers sessions such as Play with Color & Shape, Bubble Wrap Painting Party, Sticker & Collage World, Nature Prints & Stamps, Sensory Clay Play, and Big Mark Making with Chalk & Wash. Kids classes also include a Four-Day Impressionist Explorers Class, One Shot Wheel Throwing, a Four-Day Wheel Throwing class, a Four-Day Pointillism Party, and projects like a Glass Pebble “Starry Night” Mosaic, Torn Tissue Paper Collage Landscape, Faux Stained Glass “Water Lilies,” a Tactile Impressionist Landscape with Modeling Clay, color wheels with glass dots, a faux stained glass project inspired by Divisionism, and a “Dot-by-Dot” 3D relief clay project. Bubble Wrap Painting Party includes pressing, rolling, and popping textured prints with bubble wrap and paint; Sticker & Collage World includes using big sticker sheets, paper scraps, felt, and foam shapes to create textured collage scenes; Nature Prints & Stamps includes using leaves and found natural materials to stamp shapes and track patterns; Sensory Clay Play includes making soft clay pinch pots and sensory clay shapes with tools and stamps; and Big Mark Making with Chalk & Wash includes outdoor chalk drawings and water wash with brushes.

• Ages: 2–18 years old
• Schedule: Tiny Art Explorers sessions run in 45-minute blocks, and kids multi-day classes such as Four-Day Impressionist Explorers, Four-Day Wheel Throwing, and Four-Day Pointillism Party meet over four days for 2 hours per day, with additional single 2-hour options like Kids: One Shot Wheel Throwing.
• Price: Tiny Art Explorers sessions are $25; Kids: Four-Day Impressionist Explorers Class is $150; Kids: One Shot Wheel Throwing is $45 for 2 hours; Kids: Four-Day Wheel Throwing is $150; Kids: Four-Day Pointillism Party is $150; Kids Four-Day classes are also advertised as $50 on an upcoming kids classes section, and Zeffy may add an optional suggested 17% contribution at checkout that does not go to Macoupin Art Collective.

Tiny Art Explorers classes take place in Macoupin Art Collective’s studio space, and Big Mark Making with Chalk & Wash is held outside in the back area. Sensory Clay Play uses low fire earthenware clay, polymer clay, and ooblek clay, and wheel throwing classes use the ceramics studio, which has eight potter’s wheels, a clay extruder, a slab roller, extra tools, tabletop space, and shelves. Macoupin Art Collective states the mission, “We believe that creativity should be accessible to all. We believe art should be accessible to everyone — no matter their circumstances.”

Macoupin Art Collective offers scholarship opportunities for families who need support to access classes, workshops, and creative programs, and support from the Dana Brown Charitable Trust helps make youth programming more accessible and allows the organization to offer affordable and free opportunities like after-school art classes. The organization also has a traveling art bus, a thrifter’s treasures area, hosts community events, and offers volunteer opportunities, teaching roles, and scholarships.

Last updated May 23, 2026.