Youth Classes and Camps

AVA Programs Youth Classes and Camps Register For Youth ClassesRegister For Camps Learn, Play, and CreateAVA’s youth classes give young artists the opportunity to learn artistic skills, experiment with new mediums, have fun, and maybe get a little messy! Our regular schedule of afterschool programs and vacation and summer camps offer a wide range themes and mediums for ages 6-12 and beyond. OUR ART STUDIOS The Carter-Kelsey Building The Sculptural Studies Building Classes for Youths Register for Classes Register For Youth Classes Register For Youth Camps  Call For More Information (603) 448- 3117  Email Questions nick@avagallery.org Financial Assistance Thanks to the generosity of family and friends of prominent past AVA supporters, AVA is honored to offer financial assistance to mitigate the cost of classes and workshops. Learn More Policies Information on registering, refunds, Covid, and cancellation policies. Learn More Discounts Become a member and receive a discount on all classes and workshops. Become an AVA Member More Information and Links  Teaching and Modeling at AVA Modeling: If you are interested in modeling for art classes at AVA (clothed or unclothed), please contact our Education Manager, Nick Gaffney, at nick@avagallery.org. Teaching: AVA is always interested in learning more about creative educational experiences for our community. If you are interested in teaching a workshop at AVA, please fill out this form.  AVA Bench Rental Do you want more hands-on practice at refining your sculpture skills? Our open studio schedule is now LIVE! Bench rentals are available to qualified AVA Members when classes are not in session. Students enrolled in a sculpture, wood, metal, stone or clay class may participate in open studio time for free. Learn More Sculpture Building Calendar  AVA Faculty Learn More  AVA Youth Faculty Learn...

2013 Internships and Camp Assistants

AVA’s 2013 Internships and Camp Assistants

Application Deadline: April 15

AVA’s diverse programs provide dedicated and capable high school and college students the opportunity to make an essential contribution to the work we do in the community, while also gaining skills as they learn about the art world.

Camp Assistants, who are generally high school students passionate about the visual arts, work directly with faculty members to create exciting and memorable Summer Art Camps for children and teens. Click here to download AVA’s 2013 Camp Assistant Application. The application deadline is April 15.

Interns, who are generally high school seniors and college students, help in multiple ways with our education, exhibition, and community arts programs. AVA internships are designed with the unique interests of each applicant in mind —  individuals seeking experience in a fine art gallery, art education and community arts programming, or arts administration would be rewarded by their time at AVA. Click here to download AVA’s 2013 Internship Application. The application deadline is April 15.

AVA Studio Chats

AVA Studio Chats AVA Studio Chat | Spotlighting AVA’s Artists Did you know that we have over twenty artist studios at AVA on the second and third floors of the Carter-Kelsey Building? Welcome to AVA Studio Chats, spotlighting AVA’s artists on our upper floors. On this page, you will find artist interview videos with information and images of their work. Artist Interviews No videos found Meet the Interviewer Sadie Mielcarz is a 2023 graduate of Lebanon High School. She is delighted to have received a LHS Common Good Grant funded by Gail and John Wasson allowing her the opportunity to be a summer intern at AVA Gallery. She will be attending Mount Holyoke College in the fall and will be majoring in Art History with a goal of one day pursuing a career in museums. She loves art and enjoys creating collages in her free time. Sadie enjoys music, plays saxophone, and sings, and has appeared in many Lebanon High School theater productions at Lebanon Opera House. A life-long resident of Lebanon, she has fond memories of attending summer camps and birthday parties at AVA. Her favorite artists include Faith Ringgold, Barbara Kruger, and Liza Lou. She believes that art is for everyone and should be accessible to all people. Become an AVA Member Financial Assistance...

Micro Macro 2013

AVA Partners with Dartmouth College for a Two-Week Art and Science Summer Camp

Sponsored in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation

Ages 9-12: July 29 – August 9

Teens: August 5 – 16

AVA is delighted to announce the launch of Micro Macro, an art and science camp offered this summer in partnership with Dartmouth College’s Biology Department, the Dartmouth Microscopy Lab, and the Murdough Greenhouses at Dartmouth.

Participants will take field trips to see tropical, sub-tropical, desert, and aquatic plants— including the Brout Orchid Collection—observing plants and their environments from a Macro perspective. A visit to the College’s Microscopy Lab will introduce students to plants on the Micro level, as they see incredibly close using contemporary technology. The insights gained through these trips will be brought back into the art studio, where participants will interpret and express their experiences through 2D and 3D projects, both big and small.

Micro Macro is funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Sincerest thanks go to Dr. Eric Schaller of Dartmouth College, a longtime AVA member and volunteer, for his leadership and vision in making Micro Macro a reality.