Sculpture Arts with Tricia McCloskey

Open to grades: 5th through 8th
Classes will be held on: Tuesdays
3:15pm – 5:00pm
MLWS Sculpture Studio

Tricia will guide students working with both clay and wood to help them bring their ideas to life! This program gives students an opportunity to create a unique piece that they can cherish, or make gifts for friends and family.

Tricia McCloskey is a sculptor, artist and teacher. She attended Massachusetts Art College and received her BFA in Sculpture, and completed her three-year Waldorf training in Foundations and Early Childhood from the Alkion Center in Hawthorne Valley. She has worked on large-scale kinetic sculptures and puppetry from Broadway, Las Vegas, and Disney World to small-scale puppetry right here in New Paltz. She has been a teacher for 16 years, teaching private art classes, special education, and kindergarten, and is currently the Sculpture teacher at Mountain Laurel Waldorf School. She loves building and working with others to bring their ideas to life! Tricia has two children and feels that, through becoming a mom, she has discovered that children are our teachers. She loves teaching and is honored to be able to share her love of sculpture and art with others.