Clay Art 4 Kids


Clay Art 4 Kids has been setting the standard for enrichment programs in New Jersey for over 25 years

Joan Tamasco has been molding, fusing, and firing the minds of children with her creative ability to teach the arts in an after school enrichment setting. Clay Art 4 Kids specialties include clay, mosaics, and glass fusing.

Her affiliations with 30+ schools demonstrate her ability to maintain healthy relationships with administrators and parents alike. Joan is the motor that drives her staff to share her passion in the world of art and teaching. The art created by the children go far beyond the expectations of their parents. The creative and relaxed setting sets the tone of a successful classroom experience.

Parents and children are an integral part of our passion for creativity. For without them there would be no art to teach.

Parents beam with pride when they see the beautiful projects their children have created. Feedback from parents is important to not only Joan but to her committed staff as well. It is what makes us do better and feel better about the work we do. It helps us to stay positive and committed to aiding children in creating gorgeous pieces of art.

We love what we do and we love bringing the beauty of art into every home

When parents come to pick up their children at the end of class, we receive nothing less than positive reactions. When we see the look of surprise on their faces and hear the good graces of how amazed they are about how their child’s art project came out, we beam with pride.

But what else other than the positive reactions of the parents can brighten our desire to be the best and do the best we can? It’s the children. They are the reason we come into work. They are the reason we work so hard. And their joy is the reason that our hard work is paid off.

Nothing more can boost a teacher’s level of energy and desire to teach when a child comes into class and says “I’ve been waiting to come here all day!” Or “I wish this class wasn’t once a week, it’s so much fun” Who wouldn’t want to hear that and just keep going? It’s the fuel that makes her strive to be the best. We love what we do and we love bringing the beauty of art into every home.

For Clay, they are molding what they imagine into a real life figure, constantly getting their hands dirty, and painting. Creating their vision into reality.

Mosaics is a beautiful art that goes back thousands of years, and it seems our students master this art from the very first day. We provide a number of different projects for students to work on and create based on various age groups. But no matter the child’s age, or the project they select, the student’s success is never less than what is expected. Materials for this class included tiles, clay tiles, and sometimes even various different types of glass in many assorted means of material, shapes, and colors that will make any home sparkle, and any parent or child come back and want to create again.

Glass fusing is a design based class, the child is not involved in any of the work regarding firing the projects, but they do in fact work with glass and parents can be assured that all pieces are small and will cause no harm to their child when being used. Parents can also be assured that they will pick up their child at the end of class and be pleasantly surprised away when they see the beautiful glass projects their talented young children have created throughout the program.

We promise that your child will come home with a masterpiece.