Girl Scout Classes
Bring your troop to Creative York to earn the creative art badges! We provide exciting classes for troops that will earn every level requirement for each badge that is offered.
To register your troop for a girl scout class, contact Steph for a registration form at steph@creativeyork.org or 717-848-3200. You will need at least 8 scouts to hold a class, or pay the class cost for 8 scouts. Creative York will provide the art supplies, the Teaching Artist, and the badges.
Daisy’s Art Adventure
Daisy troops are invited to tap into their creativity as they learn the basics of art. Girls will learn a variety of art techniques and will be taught to think about art as a way of self-expression.
2 hour class • $25 each Daisy • call to schedule 717-848-3200
Brownie’s Painting Badge
Brownies will learn about the various styles of painting and how to create a masterpiece of their own! This class is perfect for the troop full of big imaginations.
2 hour class • $25 each Brownie • call to schedule 717-848-3200
Brownie’s Potter Badge
After learning about clay, where it’s found, and what we use it for, Brownies will use clay to create a pinch pot or a coil pot and a decorative tile in our ceramics studio. Brownies will finish their pieces with colorful glaze. These projects will be fired in our kilns and will be available for pick-up within a month of the class.
2 hour class • $25 each Brownie • call to schedule 717-848-3200
Junior Drawing Badge
Junior Girl Scouts will learn about various styles of drawing including still life, shading, perspective, and graphic design. Each girl will create a masterpiece of her own!
2 hour class • $25 each Junior • call to schedule 717-848-3200
Cadette Comic Artist
Cadettes will delve into the world of comics and create a visual story using different art techniques. Girls will choose a story to tell, draw it out, frame it, and add words. They will learn about the elements of art while creating their own comic strip.
2 hour class • $25 each Cadette • call to schedule 717-848-3200
Senior Collage Artist
Senior Girl Scouts will create several collages using various techniques, colors, found objects, and textures. They will learn about the elements of art while having a fun time creating a collage that represents themselves.
2 hour class • $25 each Senior • call to schedule 717-848-3200
Holly Davis is an artist, wife and mom from York, PA. She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Beaver College, completed her PA Art teaching certification through Millersville University, and received her Masters in Education from Wilkes University. She also studied at Glasgow School of Art in Scotland and Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. Holly has exhibited work throughout Pennsylvania, in Scotland, and in North Carolina, and she was the recipient of a PA State Grant for the Arts. Holly loves clay and teaching art, especially ceramics. She has taught artists of every age and has a passion for sharing her appreciation of clay with those she gets to work with.
Amy Diamond is a senior at Millersville University studying Art education with a concentration in Inclusive Education. Her main focus is in ceramics, and Amy has attended multiple National Conferences dealing with ceramics and art education. While working with her own peers in class and her students in her middle school internship, she’s grown to appreciate the studio culture of collaboration. Amy enjoys learning through play and the educational and cultural benefits of creating art with others. She believes that all individuals have the ability to grow and learn and that art is a pathway to do so.
Kayla Krebs has been working with Creative York/YorkArts since 2009. She is involved in the Art in the Park program, teaching classes, and gallery sitting. In the past, she has been a judge for the Yorkfest Children’s Exhibit and the Yorkfest Chalk Walk contest. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education from Kutztown University.
Allison received her Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education from Towson University and a Master’s from Millersville University. She lives in Southern York County with her family and has been an elementary school art educator for 20+ years. Currently she teaches for Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland and has taught there for the last 17 years. Although she has experience in teaching all areas of art, her passion is working with clay. She taught for the Baltimore Clayworks for 4 years and spent 5 summers running her own Creative Clay Camp for kids.
