Early Childhood Family Education
ABE Early Learning is for children that have a parent/guardian attending ABE (Adult Basic Education) classes at the Wayzata Early Learning School. Parent/Guardian must be onsite for children to attend.
Wayzata Kids is a school-age childcare program.
Classes for all levels to keep you active!
Join us in-person or online for a cooking class!
Online Youth Classes
Fill your sketchbook with beautiful works of art. Art journaling is a great stress reliever and way to practice and refine your drawing skills. Each week we will follow practical examples that will strengthen our drawing and painting skills, as well as tap into our creative sides. We will work on basic to more advanced drawing skills, color theory, watercolor technique, and explore our creativity as artists, as well as, learning therapeutic art approaches for mental health and healing. Students should bring 8 x 10 or larger notebook or pad of mixed media paper 90 lb. or higher to class each session.
Note class location: Ridgedale YMCA, 12301 Ridgedale Dr, Minnetonka, MN 55305
Vanessa Merry moved to Florence, Italy at the age of eighteen to study the methods of the great masters in painting, drawing, and printmaking at Palazzo Spinelli. From here she continued her education and exploration of the human-figure, still-lifes, and landscapes at Atelier de Chimere in France were she enjoyed Plein-Air painting in the French countryside. She moved back to the United States were she attended and graduated from the University of Minnesota in Visual Arts and Art History.
She has been actively involved in the Twin Cities art scene for many years. Vanessa Merry has won several awards for her paintings in local galleries. She was the President of the Robbin Gallery in Robbinsdale, Minnesota and worked for WARM (Women's Art Resources of MN).Vanessa currently enjoys creating works of art in many different styles, but finds herself happiest when she is in the classroom teaching others all the skills that she has acquired in her studies.
Vanessa Merry
