visual/craft arts
dance
drama
music
creative writing
Visual
and Craft Arts .
New Frankford Community Y Leiper
& Arrot Streets
FrankfordStyle House 4900 Griscom St.
Crazy
Quilting ages 15/up
Times TBA FFStyle House
Diane Kunze
Non-traditional methods for designing and creating quilts
Painting ages 18/up
Tue: 7-9pm NFCY
Bob Seddon
In a studio setting, students learn the fundamentals of
composition, brush techniques, and use of oil paints
Young
At Art ages 6-9
Wed: 4-5pm FFStyle House
Diane Kunze
Introduction to art for young children, exploring drawing,
painting, collage, and sculpture.
Exploring
and Creating Art ages 8-13
Thu: 4-6 pm FFStyle House
Diane Kunze
Utilizing colored pencils, watercolors, acrylic paint, and mixed
media, students will create art using photos, art prints, still
life, and imagination.
Multi
Media ages 8-18
Sat: 10am-1pm FFStyle House
Martha Zavoudis
Create 2-D and 3-D projects using paint, collage, photgraphs,
papier mache, clay, and found objects and explore processes used
by other artists.
Design
and Renovate Your Own Home
Tue:
3:30-5:30pm ages 15-18 FFStyle House
Thu: 6:30-8pm ages 18/up
Christopher O'Leary
An introduction to home planning and renovation. The focus is on
a practical, hands-on approach, turning your own designs and
ideas into reality.
Intro
to Computer Graphic Arts ages 6-10
Sat: 10-Noon FFStyle House
Christopher Andrzejewski
Learn beginning computer graphic arts on the most recent
programs, including Photoshop and Illustrator.
Intermediate Computer Graphic Arts ages 12-up
Sat: Noon-2pm FFStyle House
Christopher Andrzejewski Creative writing, movie
presentation, cartoon animation and web design will be taught
with a focus on originality.
Advanced
Computer Graphic Arts ages 12/up
Sat: 2-4pm FFStyle House
Christopher Andrzejewski In-depth and original presentation
will be developed. Admission must be approved by the instructor.
Dance
The Studio
4446 Frankford Ave (second floor)
Flamenco
Dance ages 12/up
Mon: 4-6 pm
Elba Hevia Y Vaca (Please note: this is the only Flamenco dance
class offered in Philadelphia)
Explore the introverted and extroverted nature of Flamenco. Learn
the basic techniques of Flamenco dance. Students will perform at
the end of the semester.
Pop
Dancing ages 9-12
Thu: boys: 4-5pm; girls: 5-6pm
Yuri Sergeyev
Learn popular styles of street dancing, classic styles such
as the Charleston, and modern dance and ballet. Mr. Sergeyev is a
master teacher currently on the faculty at the University of the
Arts.
Drama
R.A.P.
(Rhythmic African Poetry) ages 15/up
Thu: 5-6pm / alt. Sat: 11am-1pm FFStyle House
Paul Wright
Class combines the elements of spoken word poetry, music, drama,
and dance, to create dramatic stories on student experiences.
Public performance.
Acting
and Public Speaking ages 16/20
Mon: 6-8 pm FFStyle House
Pierre Vincen
Students will learn how to present a speech on performance before
an audience, with a public performance at the end of the term.
Music
FrankfordStyle
House 4900 Griscom St. (at Harrison St.)
Band
Instruments ages 9/up
Wed: 4:30-6:30pm
Fred Eyrich
Band instruments (trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, oboe, and flute)
for beginners.
Beginner Guitar ages 7/up
Wed/Thu: 3-7pm
Matt Richards
Individual 1/2 hour instruction for individuals with little or no
experience in music.
Guitar ages 10/up
Wed/Thu: 3-7pm
Matt Richards
Individual 1/2 hour instruction for intermediate and advanced
students in rock, jazz, folk, and classical styles.
Bass Guitar ages 10/up
Wed-Thu: 3-7pm
Matt Richards
Individual 1/2 hour instruction for beginners through advanced
students.
Guitar Master Class ages 18/up
Times to be arranged
Matt Richards
Individual one hour instruction for advanced guitarists.
Improvisational concepts and techniques for jazz, fusion, and
acoustic fingerstyle.
Violin ages
9/up
Mon: 3-8pm
Joyell Washington
Individual 1/2 hour instruction for beginners to intermediate
students.
Introduction to Voice ages 6/up
Sat: 11am - 3pm
Lyudmilla Shubenkova
Individual instruction for beginner through advanced students
Music Theory ages 10/up
Wed: 6-8pm
Vassily Kifyak
Group Classes for beginners and anyone who wants a deeper
understanding of the art of music. An introduction to harmony,
tonality, and the theory behind musical styles. Mr. Kifyak is a
conservatroy-trained pianist and choral director.
Hip Hop
Lyrics
Tue: 3-5pm,
Sat: 11am-12:30pm The Studio
Bring your own hip hop and rap lyrics to life! You will write and
perform your own lyrics using instruments to create your own rap
rhythms. Students will perform in public at the end of the
semester.
Piano
Tue: 3:30-pm,
Diane Scudder......Fri: 3-8pm, Dr. Larissa Kifyak
Individual 1/2 hour instruction for all levels of students.
Beginning
Drumming
Tues: 4-6pm
Thomas Yancey, Jr
Students will learn basic techniques of the snare drum to apply
to marching rhythms and the trap drum set. Public performance
will result.
Creative
Writing
Creative Writing Tues: 6-7 pm ages 8-6, 7-8
pm ages 13-up
FFStyle House
Christopher Dilliard
Students recieve hands-on experience getting to the next creative
level in writing poetry, short stories, essays, long short
stories, and articles.
