Teen Classes - Winter/Spring 2025
Because we are a member-supported center for the arts, a non-refundable Family Membership of $75, valid from September 1 through August 31, is required to enroll in all activities (exceptions are noted and include all workshops) and will be pro-rated to $40 for activities beginning after March 1. The Family Membership may be tax-deductible and allows Darlington to maintain facilities, provide excellent administration, care for our instruments and studios, and fulfill our mission to provide Every Art for Everyone.
Visual Art
Costume Design II: Costume Building **NEW CLASS**
Ages: 13-18, Mondays, 6:30pm-7:45pm
Expand your costume design skills by delving deeper into building costumes from scratch. This class will focus more on the sewing aspect of costume design. Students will take a basic dress pattern and learn how to adapt it to various styles and time periods. Basic sewing skills required.
Teaching Artist: Grace Elliott
Winter/Spring Session 2: March 31, 2025 – June 2, 2025 (8 weeks)
Skip Dates: 4/14/25, 5/26/25
Price Before/After March 3: $224/$236
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Pottery by Wheel & Hand **Delayed Start - Now starting on Tuesday, February 11**
Ages: 11-17, Tuesdays, 5:30pm-7:00pm
Have you enjoyed taking Play With Clay or Paint and Clay Works? Have you always wanted to learn how to work the wheel? If your answer was YES, then this class is for you. Learn the basics of wheel throwing and continue creating amazing clay creations by hand.
Teaching Artist: Jessica Rogers
Winter/Spring Session 1: February 4, 2025 – March 25, 2025 (8 weeks)
Skip Dates: None
Price Before/After January 6: $269/$283
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Winter/Spring Session 2: April 1, 2025 – June 3, 2025 (9 weeks)
Skip Dates: 4/15/25
Price Before/After March 3: $303/$319
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Teen Studio Art
Ages: 11-17, Tuesdays, 6:30pm-8:00pm
Develop your visual arts skills and complete individual projects in a social classroom environment. With guidance and instruction from our professional teaching artist, you may develop technical skills in drawing, painting, illustration, design and more. Complete personal projects with expert assistance or build a portfolio of works for school and beyond.
Teaching Artist: Erika Matyok
Winter/Spring Session 1: February 4, 2025 – March 25, 2025 (8 weeks)
Skip Dates: None
Price Before/After January 6: $269/$283
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Winter/Spring Session 2: April 1 – June 3, 2025 (9 weeks)
Skip Dates: 4/15/25
Price Before/After March 3: $303/$319
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Introduction to Costume Design (Teen Edition) **NEW CLASS**
Ages: 13-18, Wednesdays, 5:30pm-7:00pm
Expand your costume design skills by delving deeper into building costumes from scratch. This class will focus more on the sewing aspect of costume design. Students will take a basic dress pattern and learn how to adapt it to various styles and time periods. Basic sewing skills required.
Teaching Artist: Darlington Teaching Artist
Winter/Spring Session 2: April 2, 2025 – June 4, 2025 (9 weeks)
Skip Dates: 4/16/25
Price Before/After March 3: $303/$319
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Drama
Stand Up Comedy!
Ages: 11-14, Mondays, 5:15pm-6:15pm
Learn to think on your feet and develop your comedic skills for the stage. Students will use improv techniques and fun writing prompts in a supportive atmosphere to create stand-up routines to share with family and friends on the final class!
Teaching Artist: Kate McGrath
Winter/Spring Session 1: February 3, 2025 – March 24, 2025 (8 weeks)
Skip Dates: None
Price Before/After January 6: $163/$172
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Darlington Adventurer's Guild: Community Games
Ages: 10-18, Saturdays, 11:30am-1:30pm
Roleplaying games are about adventures, sure, but they're also about the friends you make along the way. In this class, we're going to focus on how building a community of characters in a roleplaying game can be an adventure all its own! From gathering resources to build a village to negotiating peace between rival factions, we're going to talk about different ways that groups can come together through stories. (Prerequisite - For the 2024-2025 academic year, students must have taken two sessions of last year’s Dungeons and Darlington class in order to enroll in this Master level class).
Teaching Artist: Griffin Horn
Winter/Spring Session 1: February 8, 2025 – March 29, 2025 (8 weeks)
Skip Dates: None
Price Before/After January 6: $326/$343
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Winter/Spring Session 2: April 5, 2025 – June 7, 2025 (8 weeks)
Skip Dates: 4/19/25, 5/24/25
Price Before/After March 3: $326/$343
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Music
Digital Music Production (10-14) **NEW CLASS**
Ages: 10-14, Wednesdays, 4:00pm-5:00pm
Come learn the fundamentals of electronic music production. Designed to acquaint students with the necessary skills and vocabulary to utilize completers for music creation, this course aims to demystify cutting-edge technology and allow students to explore the vast, unchartered reaches of electronic music. No prior knowledge necessary! Garnet Valley Students may be bused to Darlington as part of our Afterschool Club! **All students must bring a laptop and headphones to class**
Teaching Artist: Jan Jurchak
Winter/Spring Session 1: February 5, 2025 – March 26, 2025 (8 weeks)
Skip Dates: None
Price Before/After January 6: $238/$250
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Winter/Spring Session 2: April 2, 2025 – June 4, 2025 (9 weeks)
Skip Dates: 4/16/25
Price Before/After March 3: $267/$281
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Digital Music Production (14-18) **NEW CLASS**
Ages: 14-18, Wednesdays, 5:00pm-6:00pm
Come learn the fundamentals of electronic music production. Designed to acquaint students with the necessary skills and vocabulary to utilize completers for music creation, this course aims to demystify cutting-edge technology and allow students to explore the vast, unchartered reaches of electronic music. No prior knowledge necessary!
Teaching Artist: Jan Jurchak
Winter/Spring Session 2: April 2, 2025 – June 4, 2025 (9 weeks)
Skip Dates: 4/16/25
Price Before/After March 3: $267/$281
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Dance
Leaps & Turns Technique for Teens (Recital class)
Ages: 13-18, Wednesdays, 8:00pm-9:00pm
Want a dance class with a particular focus? Looking to improve your dance technique? This semester class will focus on the dance technique of leaps and turns. Come join like-minded teen dancers in a creative, safe environment to improve your technique.
Teacher: Emily Ackin-O'Mahoney
February 5, 2024 – June 11, 2025
Winter/Spring Semester Skip Dates: 3/19/25, 4/17/25
Price Before/After January 6: $378/$398
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