Online Virtual Classes Archives

Digital Art & Animation

Offered hybrid; join virtually, or in-person at our Toronto studio. Mondays, 7pm-8.30pm (ET), Ages 11-17, Semester 2 (14 weeks) Monday 27 January-Monday 12 May Instructor: Aaron Alviano Develop your digital art skills as you work on fabulous original art in our weekly after-school digital art classes. Become proficient with open-source sketching and painting programs. Explore digital painting, illustration and even digital cartooning as you create your own dossier of work. Create fantastical and futuristic characters, landscapes and stories… and bring them to life using animation techniques. Explore real-world applications for digital art as you design a product, create a marketing campaign, and create everything from carousels to cars, clothing to condos! Whether you’re a beginner, or looking to create a digital art portfolio, we’ll [...]

An On-Line Creative Writing Salon for Teens

Ages 11-17, Virtually, on Zoom: Wednesday, 7pm-8.30pm (ET) Semester 1 (15 weeks) begins late September Semester 2 (15 weeks) begins late January Young creative writers belong at Centauri! In our writing classes explore plot, character and setting as you discover your unique writer’s voice and experiment with form and style. Our weekly workshops are endlessly varied! Try your hand at poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, fantasy world-building, genre fiction, novel structure, flash fiction, podcasts, graphic novel writing and more. A typical class includes exploration of a writing technique, 2-3 inspiring creative writing prompts, a chance to collaborate with other writers and an opportunity to share work for encouragement or feedback. Beginner and experienced writers are welcome and the content of classes is always new, so writers [...]