ORANGE BEACH, Ala. -- Orange Beach Arts

Center’s After School Arts Program (ASAP) will begin the fifth

class term of the 2011-12 school year on Feb. 13. Term 5 lasts for

six weeks, ending March 23.

ASAP is a limited enrollment program designed

to supplement children's education with the best arts education

possible. Individual attention is a hallmark of ASAP as children

are guided through a broad spectrum of artistic educational

experiences by qualified instructors who recognize and value the

natural creative talents of each child, taking them beyond the

often limited offerings of public education.

To enroll a student call the Art Center at

251-981-2787.

ASAP is offered to first- through

sixth-graders each school day from 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. (class time is

3:30- 5 p.m.). Transportation from Gulf Shores Elementary and

Orange Beach Elementary School is available.

An additional class for middle and high school

students is offered on Thursday afternoons.

Term 5 Classes are:

Mondays

Public Art/Creative Writing. For term 5, this

class will focus on “land art,” exploring the elements of design by

escaping the canvas, interacting with our natural world in defined

and deliberate ways to create meaningful and exciting temporary

works of art. The instructor is Katie Avant, art/art history

graduate of the University of Montevallo and Artist Relations/Adult

Education Administrator at OBAC.

Tuesdays

 Mosaics. This class is about design, shapes,

colors and patterns. Students will work with ¾” colored tiles,

mortar, and grout to create functional designs and pieces of art.

Individual pieces and group projects will be created. The Mosaics

instructor is Brittney Rush, a local professional photographer with

a degree in Graphic Design from Brooks Institute in California.

Wednesdays

Island Voices Performance Choir. Sing! Move!

This ongoing class presents an opportunity for Pleasure Island

children to learn to sing and perform in our community. Island

Voices is led by Gay James, Tim Brannan, and Ryan England, all of

whom are music teachers at Orange Beach Elementary, Gulf Shores

Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, and Swift School.

Thursdays

Art Adventures. Learn the style and techniques

of the masters and the moderns. A different noted artist will be

studied each week. Students will produce their own work using the

style and techniques of those artists, working in watercolor, oil

pastels, pencil, marker, collage, and more. Yvette Jones, art

teacher for Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, and Swift Schools teaches

this class.

Also on Thursday: Drawing for Real. This class

is for both beginning and advanced middle & high school

students. Sixth graders serious about their art are accepted on a

case-by-case basis.

Spend Thursday afternoons exploring the

fundamentals of drawing, shading and perspective. Pencil, colored

pencil, charcoal, and pen and ink media will be introduced.

Students will have a strong foundation in draftsmanship by the end

of this course.

Shaun Conroy, a Graphic Arts graduate of

Pensacola Christian College, leads Drawing for Real. Individual

instruction is a hallmark of Mr. Conroy’s teaching.

Fridays

ASAP Theatre Troupe. The Theatre Troupe will

present “The Aristocats” at the Orange Beach Arts Festival March

10-11, 2012. The ASAP Theatre Troupe is led by Grace Collins

Stanton and Kathryn Price. Theatre Troupe enrollment is closed

until Term 6, which begins April 2, right after Spring Break.

Students may enroll at ASAP for one or more

days per week. The cost is $10 per day or $40 a week for full-time

students.

For more information contact the Arts Center

at 981-2787.