MARION — The Children’s Art Lab, currently Mattapoisett, is changing to a mobile format for its classes at the end of the year, and will be hosting some at the Marion Art Center, beginning Jan. 8.

Benares Angeley, founder and owner of Art Lab, has an MFA in Fiber Art from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and studied as a Core Fellow at Penland School of Crafts. Angeley
has been working with children in creative art endeavors for more than twenty years and is inspired by children’s exploration and art-making.

The MAC will host several Children’s Art Lab programs beginning in early 2020. Art and Music is scheduled on Wednesday mornings from 10 to 11 a.m. beginning Jan. 8 in the art center studio. This eight-session program is for children four and under, accompanied by an adult, and  includes music, movement, and creative art exploration. The cost is $125 for art center members, $145 for non-members, with a one-day drop-in option for $20.

Another eight-week program, Art in the Afternoon: Art is Magic, is scheduled on Friday afternoons from 3 to 4 p.m. beginning Jan. 17. This program will give children in grades 2 to 5 as a “weekly dose of art magic at the Marion Art Center” where children will explore potion making, create spell books, practice drawing fantastic creatures, and more. Special arrangements can be made for students at Sippican School who want to attend Art Lab directly after school. Art in the Afternoon is $160 for art center members and $180 for non-members.

Art Lab at the MAC will also feature a one-day program, Mini-Camp: Teeny, Tiny Worlds. This course is offered on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 20 from 9:30 a.m. to noon, for ages 5 to 10. Children will explore art making by creating from cardboard, tape, collage materials, and more. Participants will create teeny furniture, itty bitty clay food, people, and animals inhabit their teeny, tiny world. Mini-camp cost is $50 for art center members and $60 for non-members.

For more information, or to register for Art Lab at the MAC, visit the Marion Art Center online at marionartcenter.org/art-lab-at-the-mac.