We are always looking for community partners to host children’s art shows!

OneHouse Arts is an experimental art school that combines the spirit of active research, art practice and self-expression with children’s cognitive development process. Our mission is to establish an intimate relationship between people of all ages and art as well as improve students’ aesthetic ability and image communication skills. In collaboration with Authentic Children Art Association, we uplift children’s art as critical and genuine work that deserves to be shown in community and regional spaces. Our lessons emphasize that creative work goes beyond technique. By using a mindful philosophy, OneHouse focuses on drawing out the true imaginative potential of each artist, embracing authenticity and self-expression.

OneHouse Arts founder and contemporary artist Rachel Guan Rong’s 5-step children’s art education philosophy:

IDEA – helping children discover art on their own by asking questions about their ideas

METHOD – introducing them to various methods of artmaking

OPEN – staying open to their artistic inclinations

MAKE – providing them with safe space to create

WORLD – giving their art a place in the world at large

Our applied curriculum:

Color, Line, Shape & Design

1. Parasol Painting – Color Wheel (100×30#2 On the Upside)
   
2. Cartoon Color Lab – Complementary Colors in Character Design (100×30#14)
   
3. Watercolor Names – Expressive Watercolor Painting (100×30#21)
   
4. Line-pith – Line Art with Personality (100×30#7 Line Room)
   
5. Eyes Can Feel – Pattern and Texture Drawing (100×30#6)
   
6. Geometropolis – Exploring Shapes in City Design (100×30#10)
   
7. Galaxy Mosaic – Space Collage and Color Exploration (100×30#11)

Drawing & Observation Skills

8. On the Roll – Car Observation Still-Life Drawing (100×30#3)
9. Still Life Show – Drawing Objects and Form (100×30#9)
10. Hands & Feet Study – Observation of Human Detail (100×30#20 Halloween)
11. People Proportion Drawing – Human Figure Basics
12. Zoo Encyclopedia – Drawing Animals from Observation (100×30#1)

Form, Texture & Space

13. Supervision – Architectural Paper Mâché from Recycled Materials (100×30#8)
14. Dino Discover – Drawing Textures with Dinosaurs (100×30#15)
15. Positive / Negative Space – Black-and-White Compositions
16. Abstract Sculptures – Paper Mâché 3D Forms
17. Interior Worlds – Realistic & Imaginary Room Designs

Movement & Perspective

18. Dragon Boat – Gesture Drawing with Dancers and Karate Poses (100×30#18)
19. Point of View – Perspective & Visual Angles
20. City Garden – Cityscape/Naturescape Garden Design (100×30#19)
21. Landscape and More – Outdoor Field Drawing at Museums/Parks (100×30#5)

Personal Expression & Identity

22. Portrait Lab – Portrait and Self-Portrait Drawing (100×30#17)
23. My Family Story – Family-Inspired Art
24. My Dinner Table – Food and Cultural Memory in Art (100×30#12)

Storytelling, Writing & Mixed Media

25. Wild Scene – Thaumatrope & Moving Panorama Animation (100×30#4)
26. ZineFiesta – Comic Books, Zines, and Creative Writing (100×30#13)
27. Typography Design – Alphabet as Shape and Expression
28. Print Lab – Printmaking with Large Book Format
29. Optical Illusions – Spin Art and Surreal Robot Craft
30. Mural Magic – Collaborative Large-Scale Painting (100×30#16)

Digital lessons and classes include: 

• Little Lessons (3-5 years old)
• Who am I? 
• Old Master Art Class
• Storybook-Inspired Art (16 lessons) 
• History & Art
• Science Meets Art
• Virtual Traveling & Museum Drawings
• Composition & Perspective 
• Creative Rendering & Technique 
• Contemporary Art
• Philosophy & Comprehensive thinking
• Modern Art 

“OneHouse is a very special place. I am a fan and a follower. Every time I see pictures by the children, I am thrilled and inspired. I am an artist – one who believes that we are all artists because we all respond creatively to the world around us and want to share our feelings. Children understand this intuitively. This spirit of openness is clearly integral to OneHouse whose teachers understand how to nurture and respect the talent that exists in children before society divides us into hierarchies of the workaday world. I remember when I was eight years old, I had a very special art teacher and to this day I still remember all the projects I did with her. Likewise, I am sure that the children who participate in OneHouse will remember all the snakes and pandas and lions and duck ponds and faces that they paint with such gusto and those images will become part of who they are.”

– Zoe Beloff, Artist, Filmmaker, Professor at Queens College, NYC