Arts center registering for spring semester classes

The South Arkansas Arts Center’s Arts Academy is offering a new roster of classes for the 2018 spring semester.

Classes will be offered for all ages, from PreK4 through high school. Registration is open now in the SAAC office. The first week of the spring class schedule will begin the week of Jan. 8-12, and all classes will meet for 12 weeks.

New to the visual arts line-up this semester is “Art in Spanish,” for pre-kindergarten through fourth graders, with Maria Villegas, which will meet from 3:30 until 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Students will learn basic Spanish in art class! Cost for this class is $125/145.

Gay Bechtelheimer will teach a PreK4 art class which will meet from 3:30 until 4:15 p.m. Mondays at a cost of $120/$140.

Villegas will teach classes in art for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Kindergarten and first grade students will meet from 3:30 until 4:30 Tuesdays. Villegas will teach art classes for students in grades two and three from 4:30 until 5:30 p.m. on. The cost for these classes is $125/$145.

Visual art for students in grades four through six with Villegas will be offered from 3:30 until 4:45 p.m. Mondays. For students in grades seven through 12, Villegas will offer art classes from 4:30 until 5:45 p.m. Wednesdays. The cost for these classes is $140/$160.

Graphic artist Mike Means will offer graphic arts for students in grades two through 12. Grades two and three will meet from 3:30 until 4:30 p.m. Thursdays and grades four through six will meet from 4:45 until 5:45 p.m. Mondays. The classes will meet for 12 weeks and the cost for these classes is $125/$145. For students in grades 7-12, Means will teach Graphic Arts on Mondays from 3:30-4:45p.m. The cost will be $140/$160.

For students in grades seven through 12, Means will teach graphic arts from 3:30 until 4:45 p.m. on Mondays. The cost will be $140/$160.

Special Gifts/Special Needs Art with instructors Jorge and Maria Villegas will meet from 5:30 until 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. The class will meet for 12 weeks and students will explore different ways of expression through the visual arts. Students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Amy Allen will again head up Glee, which will meet from 3:30 until 4:30 p.m. Mondays from 3:304:30 for grades one through 12. The cost for Glee is $125/$145.

Drama classes, taught by Hannah Davis, will be offered for grades

PreK4-12. The PreK4 drama class will meet from 3:15 until 4 p.m. Thursdays. Cost for PreK4 Drama is $120/$140. Drama K-1 will meet from 4:30 until 5:30 p.m. Thursdays. Cost for Drama K-1 is $125/$145.

Drama students in grades two through eight will have a special opportunity to be part of the production of “Disney’s The Aristocats KIDS,” beginning with auditions which will be held at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 5-6. Rehearsals will be held from 3:45 until 5:30 p.m, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The production is scheduled to run April 20-21. Drama Club grades nine through 12 will be held from 3:45 until 5 p.m. Thursdays, with some additional scene work from 5 until 6 p.m., as needed. Class fee is $140/$160.