2026 Spring Academy of LVA Schedule
(course descriptions are listed below the schedule)
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: January 13
Studio Art
Bart Galloway Studio, 1206 Belmar Drive, Louisville, KY 40213
Tuesdays, 6:00-8:00
Instructor: Bart Galloway
Classes start: January 13
Painting 2
UCHM, 150 State St., Louisville, KY 40206
Wednesdays, 5:00-7:00
Instructor: Deborah Zimlich
Classes start: January 14
Printmaking – “Stamps, Stencils, & Screen Printing"
JCTC Downtown
110 W. Chestnut St., Louisville, KY
Thursdays, 4:15-6:15
Instructor: Erica Lewis
Classes start: January 15
Ceramics
Southern High School
8620 Preston Hwy, Louisville, KY 40219
Thursdays, 4:00-6:00
Instructor: Rose Kiewel
Classes start: January 15
Visual Storytelling - A Dive into Sequential Art (held in the Spring Semester only)
Illustration from the fall semester is required for this class.
UCHM
150 State St., Louisville, KY 40206
Thursdays, 6:30-8:30
Instructor: Lilly Higgs
Classes start: January 15
Drawing 2
KyCAD
849 S. 3rd St., Louisville, KY 40203
Saturdays, 9:00-11:00
Instructor: Wilma Bethel
Classes start: January 17
“Without a good drawing the foundation of a painting will collapse,” artist Ken Danby
Course Descriptions:
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.
Studio Art
Studio Art is an introductory course designed to provide students education in the foundations
of art making and critical thinking. It provides artists with the tools needed to advance and helps
focus the skills of those who already have artistic experience. The curriculum in this course
provides instruction in drawing, painting and mixed media. The drawing curriculum provides
experience in line, value, and space using a variety of media and subjects. The painting
curriculum provides students an opportunity to investigate color and painting techniques in
watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media. An examination of historical and contemporary artwork
and suggested gallery visits will correspond to assignments.
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, handcut
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!
Visual Storytelling - A Dive into Sequential Art (held in the Spring Semester only)
Visual Storytelling - Sequential Art is defined as any series of images that tell a story or convey a message. In this
intensive course, use physical mediums to tell a story from beginning to end. Students will create
a portfolio-ready story either in the form of Storyboards, Illustrations, or Comic Pages over the
course of ten weeks learning the subtle but powerful art of visual storytelling. (Intro to Traditional
Illustration is required before this taking class).
Illustration (held in the Fall Semester only)
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 now reduced to $250 per semester. Need based
scholarships are available, scholarship info will go live online on the Academy of LVA
registration webpage which opens on December 1st.