Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts / Classes & Programs
Early Childhood ProgramsAges 6 and under
MCA is the best place to give your child a great start in the arts.
Because our instructors are so in-tune with the developmental stages and needs of children of this age your child will leave each class with a bounce in their step and eagerly return each week. MCA instructors know just how to strike just the right chord between creating fun, playful learning, and building a solid foundation in the arts. Children as young as 18 months old may start exploring the magical world of dance along with a special grown-up in their life in our “My Grown-up & Me” class.
See the handy chart below to help you decide which class is right for your child or click on the division below to explore offerings that are specifically designed for students ages 6 and under.
Art | Dance | Music | Theatre | Family Programs
2019 PTA Reflections
Since 1969, the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Reflections program has encouraged students across the nation to explore their artistic talents. The PTA Reflections program is designed to promote cultural arts in schools, encouraging students to create works of art in visual arts, photography, literature, music, dance, film and special artist categories. Every March since 2016 the walls of Galleria Valéncia have been adorned with all of the Minnesota state winners visual arts division of the 2018 Minnesota State PTA Reflections program. That will still be the case in 2019, but the newest development is that MCA is now a registered Northstar Minnesota PTA unit in good standing and any area youth in Preschool-Twelfth Grade is able to submit a work into the Reflections program now- Jan. 15, 2019. The program is open to any area youth that has been an MCA student within the past year, as long as the student’s school does not have a PTA unit regardless if they attend a public, private, charter school or are home educated.
Submission Deadline: Now through Jan. 15, 2019
Reflections Art Exhibit at MCA: March 2019
Ages: Preschool- 12th grade
Categories: Visual Arts, Photography, Literature, Music, Dance, Film & Special Artist
Price: Free
NEW! Mixed Media Extravaganza
Get ready to expand your art technique tool box and flex your creative muscles while you learn to create unique mixed media artwork. New techniques such as texture, layering, stenciling, and composition will be introduced each week as you collage with new, recycled, and other found materials.
Day/Dates: Mondays, Jan. 7-28
Times: 4:30-5:30 pm, grades 1-3
5:30-6:30 pm. grades 4+
Instructor(s): Brianna Haupt
Price: $59
“Frozen” Dance and Art Adventure Workshop
There will be miles of smiles as students dance and craft their way through a magical journey unleashing their imaginations in this workshop centered around the movie “ Frozen” and perfectly timed to align with Winona’s Winter Carnival celebration and Frozen River Film Festival.
Day/Time: Saturday, Feb. 9th, 12:15 pm- 2:15 pm
Ages: Preschool (3-5 years) & K-2nd grade
Price: $19 (snack included)
Location: Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts at Valencia Arts Center
NEW! 3-D Magic
Warm-up your hands, it’s time to sculpt, fold, and engineer art that pops off the page or stands on its own. MCA will provide materials
from clay to wires and colorful paper, all you have to bring is your imagination and be ready to learn new techniques.
Cost: $64
Instructor: Brianna Haupt
Day/Dates: Mondays, Feb. 18– March 18
Times: 4:30–5:30 pm, grades 1-3
5:30–6:30 pm, grades 4+
Instructor(s): Brianna Haupt
Price: $64
May the 4th be with you....Create a Comic Workshop
Kids Night Out
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts is so pleased to partner with the Page Series to offer childcare on-site at MCA's home, the Valencia Arts Center while parents enjoy the KEIGWIN + COMPANY's "Places Please!" Kids will be engaged in a variety of activities that will tickle their creative muscles and be provided with a snack. Tickets for "Places Please!" can be purchased through Pagetheatre.org.
Day/Time: Saturday, Nov. 10, 6:15 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. ("Places Please!" begins at 7 p.m., so parents will have time to get kids settled, grab a drink and then enjoy the show)
Ages: Open to potty-trained kids 3 years & up.
Price: $12 per child (snack included)
Private Lessons
MCA offers private lessons for all ages and abilities! Our experienced teaching artists prepare students for a lifetime enjoyment of music.
Private lessons are offered year-round. Instruction available in flute, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, trombone, baritone, tuba, violin, cello, guitar, bass. piano, percussion, and voice. Students will be expected to purchase method books the instructor feels best address the student’s needs. Students have the opportunity to perform during MCA’s Annual Fall and Winter Concerts and other performance opportunities based upon instructor recommendations. Some instruments such as the violin, guitar and piano are better suited for young students, if you have a young child who is interested in learning an instrument please contact us at 507-453-5500 for more information or by filling out a registration form indicating an instrument of interest.
- 4 lessons- $72
- 8 lessons- $136
- 12 lessons- $180
Lesson dates and times: Arranged
Music for Little Movers
You and your child will squeal with delight as you wiggle and spin with Amanda to both original and favorite preschool songs. This class will explore new topics each week including colors, animals, and seasons. It is designed to develop your child’s motor skills, tickle their ears and create a fun memories.
Instructor: Amanda Grace
Date: Wednesdays, Jan. 9- 30
Time: 9:30-10:00 am
Age: Birth-5 years with a caregiver
Fee: $28 per child or $35 per family
NEW! Music fun with Mr. Kerry
Are you ready to have fun? Are you interested in hand drums, the guitar or singing? Come play with MCA's new collection of children's instruments. Intended for children ages 3 to 7, with a special grown-up in their life. This class will teach basic music skills using a variety of instruments, songs, games, and activities. No experience required!
Instructor: Kerry Klungtvedt
Date: Saturdays, Jan. 12-March 2
Time: 2-3 pm
Age: 3-7 years with a caregiver
Fee: $64 per child or $77 per family
My Grown up & Me
Does your child love to move? Children ages 18 months – 3 years old are invited to explore a new environment and connect with a special grown-up in their life. This class will stimulate coordination, balance and listening skills and will be filled with smiles to last a lifetime! Grown-ups attending will be asked to participate along with their child.
Day/Dates: Wednesdays, Jan. 9- March 13
Time: 5:15-5:45 pm
Age: 18 months -3 years by 01/01/19
Fee: $70 (10 classes)
Instructor: J.Dienger
Creative Movement
Children will look forward to class each week as they creatively explore the world of movement.
Day/Dates: Thursdays, Jan. 10-March 14
Time: 4:30-5 pm
Age: 3-5 years by 1/1/19
Fee: $70 (10 classes)
Instructor: J. Dienger
Boys in Motion Ages 3-4
Calling all super heroes, knights and future athletic stars, this dance class rocks! Specifically designed for young boys ages 4-6 years, to enhance athletic skills, flexibility, coordination and strength while also being introduced to ballet and contemporary dance.
Day/Dates: Wednesdays, Jan. 9-March 13
Time: 4:30-5 pm
Age: 3-4 years
Fee: $18 (10 classes)
Instructor: D. Schleich
Pre-Ballet for 4 year-olds
Playful and engaging first steps into classical ballet.
Day/Dates: Mondays, Jan. 7-March 11
Time: 5 - 5:30 pm or 6:30-7:00 pm
Age: 4 by 1/1/19
Price: $75 (10 classes)
Instructor: R. Ryan-Dahlgren
Boys in Motion Ages 5-6
Calling all super heroes, knights and future athletic stars, this dance class rocks! Specifically designed for young boys ages 4-6 years, to enhance athletic skills, flexibility, coordination and strength while also being introduced to ballet and contemporary dance.
Day/Dates: Wednesdays, Jan. 9-13
Time: 4:00-4:30 pm
Age: 5-6 years
Fee: $18 (10 classes)
Instructor: D. Schleich
Pre-Ballet for 5 year-olds
An imaginative, technique based introduction to Classical ballet perfect for your 5 year-old.
Day/Dates: Mondays, Jan. 7- March 11
Time: 4:15-5:00 p.m.
Age: 5 by 8/1/18
Price: $88 (10 classes)
Instructor: R. Ryan-Dahlgren
Beginning Ballet
Continued introduction to classical ballet. Designed to build coordination, strength and body awareness through a range of creative techniques perfect for your 6 year-old.
Day/Dates: Mondays, Jan. 7- March 11, 5:30-6:30pm or Saturdays, Jan. 12- 16, 10am-11am
Fee: $95 (10 classes)
Age: 6 by 1/1/19
Instructor: R. Ryan-Dahlgren (Mondays), J. Dienger (Saturdays
Beginning Hip Hop
Get ready to move to the beat in this fun introduction into the world of hip hop dance with music and moves just right for your age.
Day/Dates: Saturdays, Jan. 12- March 16
Time: 12:15-1:00 pm
Age: 6-9 years
Price: $70 (10 classes)
Instructor: J. Dienger
MCA in partnership with the Winona YMCA this Summer & Fall
MCA is proud to be partnering once again with the Winona YMCA to offer more opportunities for local kids to explore the arts and get creative this year. Registration for these camp is through the Winona YMCA at: winonaymca.org
Thursdays, Jan. 17- March 7, MCA Dance Sampler, 4:15-5:00 pm, ages 6-9
Thursdays, Jan. 17- March 7, Adventures in Ballet- Fozen, 5:15-5:45 pm, ages 3-5 years
Click here for full Descriptions and more details or Click here to view the Winter 2019 Flyer
Kids Night Out
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts is so pleased to partner with the Page Series to offer childcare on-site at MCA's home, the Valencia Arts Center while parents enjoy the KEIGWIN + COMPANY's "Places Please!" Kids will be engaged in a variety of activities that will tickle their creative muscles and be provided with a snack. Tickets for "Places Please!" can be purchased through Pagetheatre.org.
Day/Time: Saturday, Nov. 10, 6:15 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. ("Places Please!" begins at 7 p.m., so parents will have time to get kids settled, grab a drink and then enjoy the show)
Ages: Open to potty-trained kids 3 years & up.
Price: $12 per child (snack included)
“Frozen” Dance and Art Adventure Workshop
There will be miles of smiles as students dance and craft their way through a magical journey unleashing their imaginations in this workshop centered around the movie “ Frozen” and perfectly timed to align with Winona’s Winter Carnival celebration and Frozen River Film Festival.
Day/Time: Saturday, Feb. 9th, 12:15 pm- 2:15 pm
Ages: Preschool (3-5 years) & K-2nd grade
Price: $19 (snack included)
Location: Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts at Valencia Arts Center
2019 PTA Reflections
Since 1969, the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Reflections program has encouraged students across the nation to explore their artistic talents. The PTA Reflections program is designed to promote cultural arts in schools, encouraging students to create works of art in visual arts, photography, literature, music, dance, film and special artist categories. Every March since 2016 the walls of Galleria Valéncia have been adorned with all of the Minnesota state winners visual arts division of the 2018 Minnesota State PTA Reflections program. That will still be the case in 2019, but the newest development is that MCA is now a registered Northstar Minnesota PTA unit in good standing and any area youth in Preschool-Twelfth Grade is able to submit a work into the Reflections program now- Jan. 15, 2019. The program is open to any area youth that has been an MCA student within the past year, as long as the student’s school does not have a PTA unit regardless if they attend a public, private, charter school or are home educated.
Submission Deadline: Now through Jan. 15, 2019
Reflections Art Exhibit at MCA: March 2019
Ages: Preschool- 12th grade
Categories: Visual Arts, Photography, Literature, Music, Dance, Film & Special Artist
Price: Free
Kids Night Out
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts is so pleased to partner with the Page Series to offer childcare on-site at MCA's home, the Valencia Arts Center while parents enjoy the KEIGWIN + COMPANY's "Places Please!" Kids will be engaged in a variety of activities that will tickle their creative muscles and be provided with a snack. Tickets for "Places Please!" can be purchased through Pagetheatre.org.
Day/Time: Saturday, Nov. 10, 6:15 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. ("Places Please!" begins at 7 p.m., so parents will have time to get kids settled, grab a drink and then enjoy the show)
Ages: Open to potty-trained kids 3 years & up.
Price: $12 per child (snack included)
2019 PTA Reflections
Since 1969, the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Reflections program has encouraged students across the nation to explore their artistic talents. The PTA Reflections program is designed to promote cultural arts in schools, encouraging students to create works of art in visual arts, photography, literature, music, dance, film and special artist categories. Every March since 2016 the walls of Galleria Valéncia have been adorned with all of the Minnesota state winners visual arts division of the 2018 Minnesota State PTA Reflections program. That will still be the case in 2019, but the newest development is that MCA is now a registered Northstar Minnesota PTA unit in good standing and any area youth in Preschool-Twelfth Grade is able to submit a work into the Reflections program now- Jan. 15, 2019. The program is open to any area youth that has been an MCA student within the past year, as long as the student’s school does not have a PTA unit regardless if they attend a public, private, charter school or are home educated.
Submission Deadline: Now through Jan. 15, 2019
Reflections Art Exhibit at MCA: March 2019
Ages: Preschool- 12th grade
Categories: Visual Arts, Photography, Literature, Music, Dance, Film & Special Artist
Price: Free
With busy work and school schedules we know it can be hard to find time to do things as a family so in addition to producing a variety of music, theatre and dance performances for you and your family to enjoy we have 4 classes that will help families make memories, get creative and learn together. Below are descriptions of our Family Classes, but you may also want to check out our Events listing to find out about #MCAontheGo events & performances out in the community.
My Grown up & Me
Does your child love to move? Children ages 18 months – 3 years old are invited to explore a new environment and connect with a special grown-up in their life. This class will stimulate coordination, balance and listening skills and will be filled with smiles to last a lifetime! Grown-ups attending will be asked to participate along with their child.
Day/Dates: Wednesdays, Jan. 9- March 13
Time: 5:15-5:45 pm
Age: 18 months -3 years by 01/01/19
Fee: $70 (10 classes)
Instructor: J.Dienger
Music for Little Movers
You and your child will squeal with delight as you wiggle and spin with Amanda to both original and favorite preschool songs. This class will explore new topics each week including colors, animals, and seasons. It is designed to develop your child’s motor skills, tickle their ears and create a fun memories.
Instructor: Amanda Grace
Date: Wednesdays, Jan. 9- 30
Time: 9:30-10:00 am
Age: Birth-5 years with a caregiver
Fee: $28 per child or $35 per family
NEW! Music fun with Mr. Kerry
Are you ready to have fun? Are you interested in hand drums, the guitar or singing? Come play with MCA's new collection of children's instruments. Intended for children ages 3 to 7, with a special grown-up in their life. This class will teach basic music skills using a variety of instruments, songs, games, and activities. No experience required!
Instructor: Kerry Klungtvedt
Date: Saturdays, Jan. 12-March 2
Time: 2-3 pm
Age: 3-7 years with a caregiver
Fee: $64 per child or $77 per family
4th Annual MCA Free-4-All & Winter Open House
Have you been waiting for just the right time to check out one of our classes? The wait is now over, MCA is having a FREE-4-ALL… a day of free classes for the whole family! This event will feature classes for both youth and adults- so bring some friends and try a class or two. All classes are FREE, space is limited so preregistration is recommended online, by phone or in-person.
10:15-10:45am- My Grown-up and Me (18 mo.-3 years with grown-up)- J. Dienger
Creative Movement (3-5 years)- D. Schleich
11:00-11:45am-
Music fun with Mr. Kerry (3 - 7 with grown-up)- K. Klungtvedt
Hip Hop Cardio (14 & up)- J.Dienger
Noon- 12:45pm-
Pre-Ballet (4-6 years)- R. Ryan-Dahlgren
Ballet (7-13 years)- R. Nehring
1-1:45pm-
Hip Hop (6-13) -J. Dienger
Barre (14 & up)- J. Goyette
2-2:45pm-
Musical Theatre Dance (8-12 years)- J. Dienger
Date: Saturday, Jan. 5
Price: FREE
LOCATION
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts
1164 West Howard (10th) Street
Winona, MN 55987
Phone: 507-453-5500
Fax: 507-453-5507
OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Tuesday
9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Wednesday
11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Thursday
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Friday
9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Building and Galleria open during programming
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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