Street Art and Graffiti (Ages 14-17)

Get inspired by graffiti-art pioneers like Swoon and Raymond Hains, who use the street as their canvas. Then try your hand to create an artwork to take home. Led by instructor Peyton Russell.

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 June 19.

 

About the instructor:

Born in Minneapolis, MN. Peyton’s earliest memories, as a child were making art and being creative. This continued into high school were he discovered graffiti art from the film Style Wars, in 1984. This consumed his art interest. A portfolio of traditional art and graffiti influenced works helped earn acceptance into the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Graduating in 1991, Peyton became a professional artist and teaching artist and focused on non-traditional ways of teaching art through graffiti styled concepts. As a Bush Fellow in 2012-2014, Peyton formed SPRAYFINGER, his latest project for teaching Graffiti: The Art of Creative Lettering to youth, adults, seniors, and the community at large. Peyton’s focus is to increase the awareness of graffiti as a fine art and a teachable art form.