Spring schedules for Art classes is available. Accepting 1st grade - Adult
Summer 2012 open for enrollment. Accepting 2nd - Adult
New customers, please download and sign, Registration Form. A signed registration form and payment are required to reserve a space.
Returning customers, please download the Renewal Registration Form.
Please see our comprehensive Gallery for example of students' artwork. We do not archive completed artwork in the studio due to lack of space.
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Our mission is to preserve and further the academic study of fine arts and art history. Our goal is to elevate the standards of education by utilizing the arts as a vehicle to enhance and reinvigorate the learning process. Equal emphasis is placed on the learning/studio process and craftsmanship. Pedagogy is broad and derives from a college based curriculum for grades 7 to adults. For grades 1 - 6, we have specific age appropriate and challenging fine arts curriculum.
Avant-Garde Art Studio is the premier creative space in the Bay Area founded in 2004, by Nalyne Lunati who has a M.F.A degree .The curriculum embraces the Eight Habits of Mind, from the "Studio Thinking" Framework by Harvard's Project Zero (an educational research group at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.)
Many are wondering what Avant-Garde means. It is one of the most significant movement in art and society that led to Modernism. The Avant-Garde movement challenged the status quo with their cutting edge, experimental and innovative work. Without this movement, we would not have a "modern" society as we know it today. The Avant-Garde art movement began in France in 1850 with Courbet. Believe it or not, art historians categorize the start of Modernism from 1850's - 1970's. Impressionism is considered the beginning of Modernism. The works of the Impressionist seem cheerful and harmless today, but back in their time, painting outdoors with subjective colors and breaking from the academic ideals represented a serious threat to institutionalized art and politics of the Third Republic.
Avant-Garde Art Studio provides a rich visual arts and language arts program for beginners to advance levels. For those who are soon college bound, the curriculum is designed to help you transition in to a 4 year college. Classes are offered year round during the week and Saturdays.
“Not everything has a practical utility, but maybe it’s experientially valuable,” said Elliot Eisner, a professor emeritus of education at Stanford. “Learning through the arts promotes the idea that there is more than one solution to a problem, or more than one answer to a question.”
Our class size is no more than 10 students. The studio is spacious, light filled and fully equipped with the best art making materials. It is also an inspiring space for writers. Avant Garde Art Studio methodology fosters creativity, manual dexterity, self motivation, problem solving and communication skills.
Studying fine arts is similar to learning a new language. One must learn the vocabulary, grammar, nuances and cultural aspects of the language in order to fully express yourself. Avant-Garde Art Studio is dedicated to helping students master the language of art. Your child will enjoy the benefits of Art educationearly on. Avant-Garde Art Studio also offer college level adult painting classes and private lessons.
Avant-Garde Art Studio is located in Pleasanton, California :
435 Boulder Court, #600 Pleasanton, CA 94566
Tel/Fax: 925-484-1378
info@avantgardeartstudio.com
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Avant-Garde Art Studio in Pleasanton