Art and Humor (Ages 11-14)

Find artworks that make you smile and laugh at Mia. In the studios, learn basic drawing and painting skills to express your own humor through art. Led by instructor Michael Gaughan.

Mia’s youth classes provide fun and challenging hands on art experiences that are enriched and inspired by works of art in the museum’s collection and special exhibitions. Led by experienced art instructors, museum classes offer young people a global view of art history, as well as fascinating insights into artists, techniques, and styles. In the galleries, students spend time learning directly from masterpieces. In the studio, students develop basic art skills, experiment with an array of artistic mediums, and gain confidence through exercises that foster self expression. Creative problem-solving and art-making activities are integrated into each class. Selected artworks by students are displayed in the Community Commons Gallery in the fall.

Click here to register for this class. Registration closes August 21.

About the instructor:

Minneapolis-based artist Michael Gaughan has an MFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, and M.Ed in art education from the University of Minnesota, and a BFA in painting from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He has over 17 years of teaching experience and over 20 years experience as an exhibiting visual, performing, and commercial artist. He has been a visiting artist at the Walker Art Center and the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, and has been a visiting lecturer at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has exhibited his paintings in numerous group and solo shows.