Fall 2023 Session

Priority Registration for Members: Saturday, August 5 at 10 am
Registration for General Public: Saturday, August 19 at 10 am

Youth classes are an exciting opportunity for kids and young teens to learn new skills, pursue their creative interests, and have lots of fun! The Randall Museum has a variety of classes aimed at kids who are trying something for the first time or who want to get more practice in subjects such as woodworking, robotics, ceramics, and more. Class levels are designed to provide an encouraging and friendly environment for younger kids and for teens, but learners of every stage are welcome and should contact the museum to determine the perfect class.

Registration

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*Must become a member by the day before member registration to take advantage of benefits.

Note: The classes below are sorted by the day they meet

Arts & Crafts

Artist Workshop

Learn cool studio skills as you create multimedia art. Experiment with building, printing, embossing, sculpting, painting and more. Every session and every class meeting, we workshop different projects, new techniques, materials and creative approaches. Take the class as often as you like. You will expand your technical skills and exercise your creative license every step of the way.

Course #:
36816
Day(s):
Tuesdays
Dates:
9/26/23 – 11/14/23
(8 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Ages:
8 – 11
Instructor:
Amy Graham
Fee:
Randall Member: $180
Non-member: $190
Location:
Randall Museum – Art Studio

Interior Designers for the Land of the Tiny People

Create your dream home in miniature! Try your hand at interior decorating as you design and build furniture, select textiles and décor and create a scale model of your ideal living space. Randall’s miniature enthusiasts will delve deeper into realism, scale, tool use, and design. Previous attendance in ‘Architects for the Land of the Tiny People’ is great but by no means necessary.

Session One
Course #:
36813
Day(s):
Wednesdays
Dates:
9/6/23 – 10/11/23
(5 meetings)
No class 9/20/23, 9/27/23
Times:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Ages:
8 – 12
Instructor:
Sarah Watanabe
Fee:
Randall Member: $115
Non-member: $125
Location:
Randall Museum – Art Studio
Session Two
Course #:
36853
Day(s):
Wednesdays
Dates:
10/18/23 – 11/15/23
(5 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Ages:
8 – 12
Instructor:
Sarah Watanabe
Fee:
Randall Member: $115
Non-member: $125
Location:
Randall Museum – Art Studio

Ceramics

Ceramics – Randall Clay Club

Participants in the Randall Museum Clay Club tackle a variety of fun projects to address both functional & sculptural concerns. You’ll practice basic clay building skills as you make projects like animal figurines, self portraits, cups, boxes, bowls and much more. Slab, coil, and pinching methods and a range of decorative texturing and glazing techniques will be explored.

Session One
Course #:
36817
Day(s):
Tuesdays
Dates:
9/5/23 – 10/31/23
(9 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Ages:
6 – 7
Instructor:
Crystal Kamoroff
Fee:
Randall Member: $150
Non-member: $160
Location:
Randall Museum – Ceramics Lab
Session Two
Course #:
36818
Day(s):
Wednesdays
Dates:
9/6/23 – 11/1/23
(9 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Ages:
8 – 9
Instructor:
Mariko Allbritton
Fee:
Randall Member: $220
Non-member: $230
Location:
Randall Museum – Ceramics Lab
Session Three
Course #:
36858
Day(s):
Thursdays
Dates:
9/7/23 – 11/2/23
(9 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Ages:
10 – 12
Instructor:
Crystal Kamoroff
Fee:
Randall Member: $220
Non-member: $230
Location:
Randall Museum – Ceramics Lab
Session Four
Course #:
36859
Day(s):
Fridays
Dates:
9/8/23 – 11/3/23
(9 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Ages:
10 – 12
Instructor:
Mariko Allbritton
Fee:
Randall Member: $220
Non-member: $230
Location:
Randall Museum – Ceramics Lab

Woodworking

Woodworking for Kids

Do you like to make things? You’ll earn basic woodworking skills in this class by building build toys, tool boxes or simple furniture like a bench or a stool! Learn to solve 3D problems, use measuring devices, and how to safely use some power tools and hand tools. Creativity, craft skills, teamwork and lots of fun are all equally encouraged.

Course #:
36837
Day(s):
Tuesdays
Dates:
9/12/23 – 10/24/23
(7 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Ages:
6 – 7
Instructor:
Donna Di Meo
Fee:
Randall Member: $165
Non-member: $175
Location:
Randall Museum – Woodworking Shop

Science & Technology

Mad Scientists Mashup!

Join us Mad Scientists as we explore the physical sciences by building, experimenting and fiercely mashing up the boundaries between art and science. Pop rockets, build catapults and experience the awesome power of rubberbands! Perform chemical experiments in the kitchen and then eat them! Sculpt erupting volcanos! Uncover the mysteries of color, light and electricity—and much, much more!

Session One
Course #:
36822
Day(s):
Thursdays
Dates:
9/7/23 – 10/5/23
(5 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Ages:
6 – 7
Instructor:
Blu Fahey
Fee:
Randall Member: $115
Non-member: $125
Location:
Randall Museum – Art Studio
Session Two
Course #:
36861
Day(s):
Thursdays
Dates:
10/12/23 – 11/9/23
(5 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Ages:
6 – 7
Instructor:
Blu Fahey
Fee:
Randall Member: $115
Non-member: $125
Location:
Randall Museum – Art Studio

New Technologies: Creative Mechatronics

Are you somebody who loves learning new things? Are you excited for the challenge of leveling up your brain with awesome new skills that enable you to bring amazing mechatronic creations to life? In this class you’ll learn how create kinetic art by using electronics, sensors and programming to interact with motors, lights and objects. We will design, simulate and program circuits on the computer and then actually build them in the real world. We will learn the basics of designing, reading and making circuitry on breadboards, including soldering and other fabrication techniques. We’ll cover a lot of fascinating science and technical material including some coding that will empower us to activate our projects. The coding part will be instructions for the Arduino microcomputers that we’ll use in our circuits. No previous experience is necessary, only curiosity and the desire to learn new things. At the end of the workshop, everyone will take home their own creative electronic art project.

Course #:
36826
Day(s):
Tuesdays
Dates:
9/12/23 – 11/14/23
(10 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Ages:
10 – 13
Instructor:
Joel Dream
Fee:
Randall Member: $355
Non-member: $365
Location:
Randall Museum – The Garage

New Technologies: Inventor Lab

Are you curious about electronics? Would you enjoy turning your friends into piano keys, making your pencil sing or turning your stuffed animals into doorbells? We’ll work on fun projects like these using Makey Makey, an electronics invention tool that lets us connect ordinary objects to a computer, and then, make them do unusual things! Along the way, we’ll learn about circuits, sensors & even a bit of programming.

Session One
Course #:
36827
Day(s):
Wednesdays
Dates:
9/13/23 – 10/11/23
(5 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Ages:
7 – 8
Instructor:
Joel Dream
Fee:
Randall Member: $175
Non-member: $185
Location:
Randall Museum – The Garage
Session Two
Course #:
36863
Day(s):
Wednesdays
Dates:
10/18/23- 11/15/23
(5 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Ages:
9 – 10
Instructor:
Joel Dream
Fee:
Randall Member: $175
Non-member: $185
Location:
Randall Museum – The Garage

Teen Animal Care

Do you want to work with animals? Learn how to care for the Museum’s wild animals. You’ll learn animal biology, ecology and husbandry. This class is a prerequisite for volunteering in the animal exhibit.

Course #:
36870
Day(s):
Wednesdays
Dates:
9/6/23 – 10/11/23
(6 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Ages:
13 – 18
Instructor:
Dominik Moser
Fee:
Randall Member: $135
Non-member: $145
Location:
Randall Museum – Science Studio

New Technologies: Scrapyard Robotics

Do you like to figure out how things work? Do you enjoy building things? In this fun class at the Randall Museum, you’ll design and build your own robot from scratch using scrap parts, motors and common circuitry components. You’ll learn about gears, motors, sensors, LEDs, how electricity works and much more. Creativity, invention, problem solving and teamwork are emphasized.

Session One
Course #:
36864
Day(s):
Thursdays
Dates:
9/14/23 – 10/12/23
(5 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Ages:
8 – 9
Instructor:
Joel Dream
Fee:
Randall Member: $175
Non-member: $185
Location:
Randall Museum – The Garage
Session Two
Course #:
36830
Day(s):
Thursdays
Dates:
10/19/23 – 11/16/23
(5 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Ages:
10 – 11
Instructor:
Joel Dream
Fee:
Randall Member: $175
Non-member: $185
Location:
Randall Museum – The Garage

San Francisco Wildlife Ecology

Did you know that the San Francisco Bay Area is home to some of the most unique wildlife in Northern California? Join Randall Museum naturalist Mariana Montoya, and learn about our native species through interactive animal presentations, hikes on Corona Hill, and other hands-on activities. Through observation, identification, and by studying our local ecosystem, we can better understand the living world around us.

Course #:
36852
Day(s):
Thursdays
Dates:
9/21/23 – 11/16/23
(9 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Ages:
9 – 13
Instructor:
Mariana Montoya
Fee:
Randall Member: $215
Non-member: $225
Location:
Randall Museum – Redwood Buckley Room

New Technologies:3D Printing

Explore the awesome world of 3D printing and modeling! You’ll start right in designing and building your own simple three-dimensional objects in TinkerCad, a 3D modeling program. Then you’ll export your files to our MakerBot Replicator 3D printers, and learn how to finish & refine the printed objects. Your creative, design and digital skillsets will expand as you refine your designs through prototypes and revisions.

Course #:
36831
Day(s):
Fridays
Dates:
9/15/23 – 11/3/23
(8 meetings)
Times:
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Ages:
9 – 12
Instructor:
Joel Dream
Fee:
Randall Member: $235
Non-member: $245
Location:
Randall Museum – The Garage

New Technologies: Robotics Workshop

Use LEGO Mindstorms EV3 technologies to play robot games in this fun and engaging class. Robot engineers will write “Apps” to make robots do cool tasks! Learn programming, engineering and problem solving using our robotic system. We will start with prebuilt robots and progressively modify and adapt them for games and challenges such as robot races, robot bumper cars, robot baseball, robot tag and robot soccer. Mindstorm Robot kits and laptops are provided for students to use in class. This class has progressive learning. Students who miss more than one class without the instructor’s permission will be dropped with no refund.

Course #:
36829
Day(s):
Fridays
Dates:
9/8/23 – 10/13/23
(5 meetings)
No class 10/6
Times:
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Ages:
10 – 13
Instructor:
Michael Wong
Fee:
Randall Member: $150
Non-member: $160
Location:
Randall Museum – Redwood Buckley Room

Rocketmobiles

Blast off your own flying rocketmobiles! Design and build unique launchable rockets that shoot, race and roll. Make a monster truck that actually flies. Work with tools to take stuff apart, reshape materials, and rebuild into your own imaginative designs. Experiment, test, tinker, and play. Build spaceships that light up, flying rocketmobiles and even airborne astronauts… all rocket powered!

Course #:
36834
Day(s):
Fridays
Dates:
9/8/23 – 11/17/23
(9 meetings)
No class 10/20/23, 10/27/23 & 11/10/23
Times:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Ages:
8 – 9
Instructor:
Blu Fahey
Fee:
Randall Member: $215
Non-member: $225
Location:
Randall Museum – Art Studio
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