Author: Sharon

January Online Art Intensive 23 – 27* 

$60 if you pay before 2023 then 100 for the class.     If you have signed up to do this art intensive on your own time, you don’t need to come to online class in the mornings unless you want to.  This content is similar to what you would learn in a half semester of art incorporating the elements of art, art history of the masters, and techniques of the masters. 

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 *February 6 – 10 Local Art Intensive*

$200 for the week from 9AM – 3PM

We will be doing art techniques in graphic art and painting.  We will also do a sculpting art project.  We will spend a morning at the art museum looking at and copying some great master artwork.  The final two days we will focus on doing a mural for ministry and a powerful original poster. 

Art Supplies are included

Bring a lunch

Ebooks Included are Master Drawing, Visual Manna Complete Art Curriculum

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March Art Retreat at Montauk 6 – 10

$500 Room & Board per person  Do you need to get away and just enjoy nature and do art?  Come to the beautiful Montauk State Park and learn how to do art in ministry graphics and photography and create a mural for a local ministry.  This is a great place for family to stay because of the amazing fishing, hiking and canoeing.  All supplies included except you need to bring your own sketchbook. 

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*April 3 – 7 Montauk Art Intensive*

$500 Room & Board per person  Do you need to get away and just enjoy nature and do art?  Come to the beautiful Montauk State Park and learn how to do art in ministry graphics and photography and create a mural for a local ministry.  This is a great place for family to stay because of the amazing fishing, hiking and canoeing.  All supplies included except you need to bring your own sketchbook. 

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(May is to prepare for the Virginia Homeschool Convention)

*June 8 – 10 VIRGINIA HOMESCHOOL CONVENTION*

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June 26 – 30 Art Camp Local 

We will be doing art techniques in graphic art and painting.  We will also do a sculpting art project.  We will spend a morning at the art museum looking at and copying some great master artwork.  The final two days we will focus on doing a mural for ministry and a powerful original poster. 

Art Supplies are included

Bring a lunch

Ebooks Included are Master Drawing, Visual Manna Complete Art Curriculum

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July 17 – 21 Art Camp Local 

We will be doing art techniques in graphic art and painting.  We will also do a sculpting art project.  We will spend a morning at the art museum looking at and copying some great master artwork.  The final two days we will focus on doing a mural for ministry and a powerful original poster. 

Art Supplies are included

Bring a lunch

Ebooks Included are Master Drawing, Visual Manna Complete Art Curriculum

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August 7 -11 Art Camp Local 

We will be doing art techniques in graphic art and painting.  We will also do a sculpting art project.  We will spend a morning at the art museum looking at and copying some great master artwork.  The final two days we will focus on doing a mural for ministry and a powerful original poster. 

Art Supplies are included

Bring a lunch

Ebooks Included are Master Drawing, Visual Manna Complete Art Curriculum

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August 21 – 25 Montauk Art Retreat

$500 Room & Board per person  Do you need to get away and just enjoy nature and do art?  Come to the beautiful Montauk State Park and learn how to do art in ministry graphics and photography and create a mural for a local ministry.  This is a great place for family to stay because of the amazing fishing, hiking and canoeing.  All supplies included except you need to bring your own sketchbook. 

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September 18 – 22 Online Art Intensive

60 dollars if you pay before 2023 and then it goes to 100.    If you have signed up to do this art intensive on your own time, you don’t need to come to online class in the mornings unless you want to.  This content is similar to what you would learn in a half semester of art incorporating the elements of art, art history of the masters, and techniques of the masters. 

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October 16 – 20 Montauk Art Retreat

$500 Room & Board per person   Do you need to get away and just enjoy nature and do art?  Come to the beautiful Montauk State Park and learn how to do art in ministry graphics and photography and create a mural for a local ministry.  This is a great place for family to stay because of the amazing fishing, hiking and canoeing.  All supplies included except you need to bring your own sketchbook. 

Just 9 years ago I was traveling all over the country teaching art! I am very serious about training young people in visual communication. We are offering a Christmas gift that lasts a lifetime. I am doing a weeklong morning online art intensive the week of November 28 to December 2, that will normally be 250 dollars for only 25 dollars. This is a one time opportunity for older students and adults wanting to learn art. Classes will be at 9:00 AM central time live, but if you can’t make the live classes, you can watch a recording of the lessons and do it on your own time table. This will brighten your holidays. I am also offering a wonderful intern and mentoring program for young people. Rainbow Resources has an amazing art kit to go with the intensive. You will love it! Email us at vm.scheduleart@gmail.com.

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Online Art Intensive January 23-27

This online intensive is 50 dollars for the week. It is the same one offered the last week of November.

Kansas City Art Intensive Camp February 6-10 We will have week long art training in art basics, doing ministry and creating murals. We will spend one day at the Nelson Art Museum. We will have guest speakers that will be experts on video and movie making and graphic design. Cost is 300 dollars for the week. All supplies are included. Cost is 300 dollars for the week. All supplies are included. Let us know if you need a place to stay. We will do a mural for a local nonprofit. You can send a 100 deposit to reserve your space.

Montauk Art Camp Intensive April 3-7 Our camp will be located within walking distance of the beautiful Current River. If families want to come, there are many fun activities available including fishing at one of the best fly fishing spots in the midwest. Canoeing, caving, hiking and much more are things to do.

Why is it important to teach art? In learning we retain approximately 20
to 30 percent of what we hear and read, 50 percent of what we hear
and see, 70 percent of what we see, hear and do, and 90 percent of when we
teach the same information. It just makes sense that
art is a really good way to learn. I am offering the following classes and
taking students for mentoring in the Kansas City Area. Please
let me know a good way to promote this.
Sharon Jeffus and the Visual Manna team will offer these classes.
Please email us for detailed information and questions.
ART TEA PARTY CAMP
Cost is 25 dollars a morning from 9:00 to 12:00. Reserve your place
with 25 dollars to paypal and receive the Art Tea Party book upon
registration. Appropriate for ages 6 through 12
July 18-20
Monday; Narnia Art Tea Party Tuesday; Mad Hatter Tea Party
Wednesday; Jungle Book Tea Party
July 25 -27 Monday: Monet Art Garden Party, Tuesday; Tea Party in the
Rain, Wednesday; Tea By the Sea
ART INTENSIVE CAMP
Appropriate for ages junior high/high school to adult.
August 1-5 Online art camp. 9:00 to 2:00 250.00 for online camp.
450 for local art camp. All supplies included. All students will
learn techniques in a variety of media and learn how to teach lessons.
August 8-15 (optional week to finish art and get one on one time with
teachers).
September 5-9 Art Intensive Online and Local
October 17-21 Art Camp at Montauk State Park Room and board are
included for the week. We will do a mural for a local nonprofit with
all intensives. This is a great place for a family outdoor vacation.
When you put 25 dollar deposit; you will receive five ebooks.

Visual Manna Internship 

Here are some questions answered:

How long does this last?  An internship lasts for 3 months of training or 300 hours: Students will be recognized as graduates of Visual Manna Academy and mentored by Sharon Jeffus.  There are three more months of working for salary after the training.  This is optional.    Students work basically at least two days a week. 

What is the cost and what does this include:

Cost for the training is 500 a month. Bartering is accepted as well.   

 All materials and supplies are included and students will develop their own portfolio including one in a digital format.  They will also receive permission to teach using Visual Manna materials. 

What will they be learning? 

  Students will learn the basic elements and principles of art.  They will learn techniques in media including watercolor and acrylic painting, drawing perspective skills, sculpting in different media, cartoon art and graphic art on the computer, skills in Adobe Photoshop or Gimp, beginning video and filmmaking.   We will try to find their favorite media and then develop their own original style.  We will do murals for ministry and business.  We will work on book illustration and running an art gallery and exhibiting their work.   

All materials and supplies will be included in the internship.  If we are getting payments for the commercial work, students will get partial payment for their work and credit for their work.  They can retain the copyrights for the work, but Visual Manna will have permission to use any of their work created in the internship.  

We would also like them to attend at least one camp where they receive mural training and learn art for ministry, this will count as part of their training.    

To Whom it May Concern, 

I had the pleasure of working under the guide of Sharon Jeffus with Visual Manna. Though an aspiring Artist, I knew little about the foundations and principles of art. Now I know not just definitions but the application of said skills. Sharon is extremely knowledgeable as well as optimistic in her teachings. She has personally guided me into being able to be proud of my art, as well as encourage my own creativity. Visual Manna is involved in many different ministry and schooling activities. The heart for using the beauty of art to inspire others and encourage the gospel is a worthwhile cause that God is using all around Kansas City. The Visual Manna Artist Tea Parties are wonderful educational parties to spark creativity, encouragement, and the Gospel in children. The projects are fun for even adults to finish. I love how family-orientated Visual Manna aims to be, and there are benefits and opportunities for people of all ages through their educational services.  

 
 
– Hannah Bond 2019 – 2020 

Your mentor is:  

Sharon Jeffus has a B.S.S.E. in Art Education from John Brown University and continued on in her studies to be certified to teach English from the University of Arkansas. She studied painting at Metropolitan in Denver and sculpting at Southern Illinois University. She has written over twenty books and has the internationally known company Visual Manna. Sharon wrote her first book in 1992 and developed the Visual Manna teaching method where art is integrated with art appreciation, techniques, vocabulary and core subjects. She has also written an Indian Arts and Crafts program that was rated outstanding by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sharon taught in the public schools in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. She then left the public school system to write books, travel and homeschool her two children.  Sharon also taught Intensive English as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Missouri-Rolla and has given presentations on teaching art to college classes including Azusa Pacific University and Columbia College and the Audubon Society. She has three AP courses that have been approved to teach. Art internships are also available. Sharon developed and presented workshops in coordination with Wonders of Wildlife Museum and Bass Pro on art and science. Her books are available in ebook form and at Rainbow Resources.    

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