MONTHLY CHILDREN’S ART PROJECTS
Join us for monthly children’s art projects here at the Hutchinson Art Center! Two groups will meet during a Saturday afternoon every month from September 2025 through May 2026. This is an opportunity for children aged 6 through 12 to create their own work of art! Students will be divided into two groups: Group A and Group B, with each group covering different skills. Group A meets from 1:00 to 2:30 PM, while Group B meets 3:00 to 4:30 PM. Each group art class costs $8 per child.
Lindsborg, KS artist and educator Beckie Vega will be teaching the monthly children’s art projects for the 2025-2026 academic season!
Beckie Vega is an artist living and working in Lindsborg, Kansas. Her artwork centers around painting and drawing, representing a range of subject matter including the human figure, nature, and still life objects. Some of the most compelling imagery that she finds comes from her observation of the natural world, and her underlying concept for an artwork usually centers around a current idea of theme in her life. Prior to moving to Lindsborg, Beckie received her M.F.A. in painting from Stephen F. Austin State University (2019) and attended McMurry University for her B.A. in studio art (2015). Her artwork has most recently been featured in the 2025 Smoky Hill Art Exhibition.
Artist and educator Beckie Vega
Parents can register their child by purchasing a spot using the button below. Hurry! Registration is limited to 15 students/group per month and closes on Friday, September 19th at 5:00 PM.
Parents and guardians are encouraged to sign up their child for either Group A or Group B depending on skill level and interest. In general, the Group A project is simpler and aimed toward children aged 6-7, while the Group B project is a bit more complex and is aimed toward children aged 8-12.
We will announce specific art projects and their theme on a monthly basis through May, so check back here regularly to see what projects will be available for the month.
September’s theme is All About Birger Sandzén!
September 20th, 2025
During these classes, students will create a pencil and chalk pastel landscape inspired by legendary Lindsborg, KS artist Birger Sandzén while learning about the use of complementary colors, perspective, smudging, contrast, and contour lines.
Groups A and B will first be shown images of Birger Sandzén’s landscape paintings and Kansas landscapes. There will be a brief discussion on the types of things we see outside — hills, trees, crops, etc. and how Sandzén painted them (emphasis on brushstroke, texture, and color contrasts). Students will then be guided through drawing a landscape first using pencil to draw hills, fields, etc. Students will be instructed on drawing a background, middle-ground, and foreground in their landscapes. Students are welcome to follow along or make their landscape a little different from the instructor’s example. Students will be encouraged to add general details such as trees, water, etc., and instruction will be given on how to draw these.
Before adding color, complementary colors will be introduced with a color wheel and different color pairs will be discussed as well as their use in Sandzén’s paintings. Students will have pairs of complementary colors to work with, and will be encouraged to alternate their use of color throughout the drawing, as well as outline parts of the landscape in the complementary color. The use of brushstrokes in Sandzén’s paintings will also be discussed, and the instructor will show how to emulate the direction of growth of trees and grass using the pastels. Students will be shown how to use a complementary color to add extra detail and contour lines using color complements. For advanced students, the use of smudging to blend colors or soften edges will be shown.
If you have any questions about our monthly children’s art projects, please contact the Hutchinson Art Center via email at hac@hutchinsonartcenter.net or call at (620) 663-1081. Thanks!
