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Drawing for Teens (Winter) (WAITLIST ONLY)

During this 8-week winter session, the class will focus on contemporary methods and techniques in drawing. Teens will learn how different materials and methods can create different textures, surfaces, and effects in drawing. We will investigate and push the idea of what a drawing is by using methods including erasure, layering, unconventional materials, and 3D drawing, to name a few. Participants will experiment with different ways of creating abstract or non-representational drawings. All levels are welcome. Differentiated instruction is provided to meet each student’s interests, needs, and strengths.

Throughout the year, participants will explore a drawing curriculum beyond the basics, focusing on drawing as a method to observe, design, and think about the world around them. Participants will have a strong arsenal of drawing tricks and techniques in their pockets and an expanded idea of the possibilities and types of drawing that exist in the world today.

Grades:  6-12th
WINTER SESSION: January 20 – March 10, 2026 (8 sessions)

Join with a friend and get 10% off! Contact youtharts@kala.org to let us know about the referral and we will apply the discount to both registrations.

10% multi-session / sibling discount. Monthly payment plan options, sliding scale tuition,  and tuition assistance are available.

Not sure if you’d like to register yet? Sign up for a Trial Day!

  • Tuition: $476
  • Location: Kala Gallery and Classroom
  • Instructor: Ali Vaughan
  • 7 Classes
  • Tuesday, January 27, 2026 — March 10, 2026
  • 4:00 PM — 6:00 PM
  • Materials fee included with tuition

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About the Instructor:

Ali Vaughan (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist based in the Bay Area who works between sculpture and drawing. Her work investigates the confluence of geology and the body, and the complicated intersections of memory and family history. She has exhibited work at the de Young Museum, the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, the Coulter Gallery, West Magazine, and the Stanford Art Gallery. She was a metal arts resident at the Steel Yard in Providence, RI, and most recently a resident at Radio28 Creative Studios in Mexico City.  Ali received a dual major and received her BA in Art Practice (with honors) and Art History at Stanford University.  In her teaching, she believes that artmaking can foster resilience, focus, investigation, and self-reflection, and is interested in allowing students to explore various mediums as means of self-expression, including drawing, painting, collage, and sculpture. As an educator and artist, she works with students to understand the different possibilities and challenges of different mediums, and feel that they have the freedom and confidence to move between them to express personally meaningful narratives. www.alivaughan.com