Arts & Education - The Community Arts Center of Danville, KY

Arts Education

The Community Arts Center has studio space available for a full range of lessons and activities in dance, drama, music, and visual arts for people of all ages. Individual arts instructors design their own programs and set their own schedules. Therefore, our schedule of classes fluctuates from month to month and from season to season.

We welcome new arts programming and new arts instructors. If you have expertise in an area of the arts and would like to teach a class, contact Nancy Martindale, 859-236-7993, for more information.

Ongoing Arts Classes:

Guitar, mandolin, flute, bass, song-writing, and improvisation: all ages. Contact instructor Jack Covell, 859-319-0773
Heritage Area Strings Program: Contact instructor Jeremy Mulholland.
Piano: Contact instructor Richard Ferreira, 859-329-7814
Piano: Contact instructor John Pope, 859-516-3053
Violin: Contact instructor Phil DeHaan, 859-509-4293
Brass Lessons: Contact instructor John Pope, 859-516-3053

Scheduled Classes:

For details on registration and class fees, please contact the instructor listed for each course.

Drawing Class for Middle Schoolers
July 12-23 (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
Learn skills and techniques in drawing form, shading, light, movement, and perspective. This class aims to build up skill for students of all levels of experience and ability while having fun. Students will learn to draw what they see with accuracy, including still-lifes, people, and landscapes, as well as drawing from imagination and printed sources. Cost is $45 per student for the whole program or $10 per session. Students will need a sketchbook, a number 2 pencil, a blending stump, and a kneaded eraser; all other supplies will be provided. To register, contact Nora Weston at the.endub@gmail.com.
Kindermusik Our Time - Mondays, 10 a.m.-through August 2nd
Weekly Monday sessions using the ABC Music & Me curricula designed to provide toddlers (ages 1 to 5) and a parent/caregiver a unique opportunity to interact and learn about music, while the child builds self-confidence, self-control and communication skills. More details available at www.kindermusikbysamantha.com.
Instructor Samantha Tomlin
To register: 606-346-2033; samantha@kindermusikbysamantha.com
Jazzercise
Weekly hour-long sessions: Monday & Wednesday (5:45 p.m.) and Saturday (9 a.m.)
The largest dance-fitness program in the world has arrived at the CAC! Sign up for this 60-minute class that includes a warm-up, high-energy aerobic routines, muscle-toning, and a cool-down stretch segment. The workout offers a fusion of jazz dance, resistance training, Pilates, yoga, and kickboxing movements. Benefits include increased cardiovascular endurance, strength, flexibility, and an overall "feel good" factor. Push your body. Find your beat. To register, contact instructor Amy Trimble at 859-948-4817.

Heritage Area Strings Program
Youth orchestral program providing group lessons, individual instruction, orchestra sessions and a string chamber group. Monday and Thursday sessions offered for third grade through high school students.
Contact: Jeremy Mulholland, HASP Director
Acoustic Jam - Open jam session for musicians every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 7 p.m.