Arts & Education - The Community Arts Center of Danville, KY

Arts Education

The Community Arts Center has studio space available for a full range of lessons and activities in dance, drama, music, and visual arts for people of all ages. Individual arts instructors design their own programs and set their own schedules. Therefore, our schedule of classes fluctuates from month to month and from season to season.

We welcome new arts programming and new arts instructors. if you have expertise in an area of the arts and would like to teach a class, contact Nancy Martindale, 859-236-7993, for more information.

Ongoing Arts Classes:

Painting: Contact instructor Jack Carey, 859-236-2848.
Arts for Kids, ETC.: drama and related arts for children. Contact instructor Rebecca Ryland, 859-324-0371.
Guitar, bass, mandolin, flute, clarinet: all ages. Contact instructor Jack Covell, 859-319-0773.
Heritage Area Strings Program: youth orchestra program. Contact director Jeremy Mulholland
Piano: Contact instructor Richard Ferreira, 859-329-7814.
Piano: Contact instructor Corinne Baskin, 859-329-1619.
Violin: Contact instructor Phil DeHaan, 859-509-4293.

Scheduled Classes:

For details on registration and class fees, please contact the instructor listed for each course.

Children's Ballet - Tuesdays, 5-7
Led by local dance instructor Robin Cooper, weekly classes for ages 3 and older through September. Contact instructor for details on class fees and registration.
Instructor: Robin Cooper
Contact: 859-238-7943
Beginning Hands in Clay - Tuesdays, 4-5 (Sept. 9-30) - NEW class!
Learn to make clay pots, beads or figures with your hands and simple tools. We'll experiment with pinch pots, coil and rolled figures and small tiles. Demonstration and hands-on work. Children and adults are welcome for this 4 week session. Class size is limited. $30 includes materials.
Instructor: Nancy Martindale
Contact: 859-236-4054
Tai Chi - Wednesdays (9-10 a.m.)
Weekly sessions focus on the elements of Tai Chi. Class meets at Millenium Park, or the CAC during inclement weather. $10 per week session fee.
Instructor: Deborah Larkin
Contact: 859-236-4054 or 859-236-7954
Arts for Kids, ETC. - resumes September 15
REGISTRATION: Thursday, Sept. 10, 4-6:30 pm
Beginning the week of Sept. 15, Arts for Kids, ETC. Mini Production Classes for students, Kindergarten - High School. Children meet once weekly in age appropriate theatre training classes using theatre games and exercises to develop character and performance skills. All students enrolled in classes rehearse and play roles in "Elves in the Toyshop," a one-act play which will be presented in collaboration with Pioneer Playhouse in mid-November. Tuition: $60 K- 1st grade; $80 2nd grade and up. Scholarships available to qualifying students.
Instructor: Rebecca Ryland
Contact: 859-324-0371
The Basics of Drawing - Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m. (begins September 10)
Designed for all ages, this beginner’s five-week session covers the basics of drawing from a still life, starting with simple lines, shapes and forms, building up to texture and shading. Students are encouraged to bring their preferred drawing tools. $30 class fee.
Instructor: Brandon Long
Contact: 859-236-4054

Heritage Area Strings Program - resumes September 4 (Monday & Thursday)
Youth orchestral program providing group lessons, individual instruction, orchestra sessions and a string chamber group. Monday and Thursday sessions offered for third grade through high school students.
Contact: Jeremy Mulholland, HASP Director
Acoustic Jam - Musicians gather every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Contact: John Hughes, 859-236-4054