2026 Fall Academy of LVA Schedule
(Course descriptions are listed below the schedule.)
Ceramics
Southern High School
8620 Preston Hwy, Louisville, KY 40219
Mondays, 4:30-6:30
Instructor: Rose Kiewel
Classes start: September 14
Drawing & Painting 1 (required before Painting 2 and Drawing
2) UCHM, 150 State St., Louisville, KY 40206
Tuesdays, 4:45-6:45
Instructor: Lauren Cockroft
Classes start: September 15
Drawing 2
Portland Community Center
640 N. 27th St., Louisville, KY 40212
Tuesdays, 4:30-6:30
Instructor: Bart Galloway
Classes start: September 15
Painting 2
UCHM, 150 State St., Louisville, KY 40206
Wednesdays, 5:00-7:00
Instructor: Deborah Zimlich
Classes start: September 16
Printmaking – “Stamps, Stencils, & Screen Printing"
JCTC Downtown
110 W. Chestnut St., Louisville, KY
Thursdays, 4:15-6:15
Instructor: Erica Lewis
Classes start: September 17
Illustration
(fall only, illustration is requirement for Visual
Storytelling which is only taught in Spring)
United Crescent Hill Ministries
150 State St., Louisville, KY 40206
Thursdays, 6:30-8:30
Instructor: Lilly Higgs
Classes start: September 10
Drawing & Painting 1
Drawing and Painting 1 is an introductory class providing instruction in both drawing and
painting, focusing on working from still life objects. The drawing curriculum provides experience
in basic drawing principles including; line, value, and space using a variety of media and
subjects. Students will receive instruction on the importance of perspective, proportion, gesture,
line, and depth. The painting curriculum will introduce the painting process, incorporating the
importance of value relationships and paint handling. Simple compositions will lead to various
painting approaches where multiple brushes, painting mediums and surfaces will be
demonstrated. Through this course, students will learn to successfully depict objects and forms.
Painting 2
Painting 2 builds upon instruction from Drawing and Painting 1. Focusing on the study of
portraits and still life utilizing both acrylic and oil paints. The curriculum provides opportunities for
experimentation with painting on a variety of different textures and provides further knowledge of
a variety of tools, including palette knives and specialty brushes. This course is a comprehensive
study of the principals of composition, staging, line, pattern, value, tone, and color theories.
Emphasis is placed on the creative process from concept to completed work.
Printmaking - "Stamps, Stencils, & Screen Printing"
Printmaking explores artistic modes of creating multiples in the form of carved stamps, hand-
cut stencils, silkscreen printing, and scratched plexiglass. Students will learn key terms in the
medium and how to use a printing press. Alongside the medium, the course will touch on
technical skills inherent to the medium, such as bold black and white compositions, layered
colors, hatching line work, and dither patterns.
Ceramics
Ceramics explores the endless possibilities of clay! In this course students will learn the
foundational knowledge of ceramics as well as the skills to work hands on with clay. Throughout
the course, we will be exploring the three hand building construction techniques: pinch, slab, and
coil. Students will also be challenged to use texture, shape, form, and color while creating their 3-
dimentional works of art that can be functional, expressive or both!
Illustration (held in the Fall Semester only, this class is required before Sequential Art)
Intro to Traditional Illustration A picture is worth a thousand words, but how do you create
one? In this course introducing the art of illustration, students will learn the history of the art and
how to create compelling compositions to carry their message. Through color theory, character
design, and symbolism, this class will guide students over the course of ten weeks through
crafting several portfolio-ready explorations of storytelling in the medium of their choosing. This
class is required before taking Visual Storytelling (which will be held in the spring at this same
time and location).
Drawing 2
Drawing 2 builds upon instruction from Drawing and Painting 1. The curriculum provides the
opportunity to work with a wide range of different medias, focusing on the use of graphite,
charcoal, oil pastels, colored pencils, mixed media and collage. Students will gain a deeper
understanding of line, value and space through a variety of media and subjects along with
composition, perspective, proportion, focal point, and the use of light and shadow. Processes
include study from life, work from imagination, invention and experimentation.
All Academy of LVA classes are $250 per semester. Need based scholarships are
available, scholarship info will go live online on the Academy of LVA registration
webpage which opens on August 3rd.