Drawing club at the Zimmerli museum

Children can discover the secrets of drawing when they participate in the Zimmerli Art Museum's popular drawing club this spring.

The drawing club takes place 4:15-5:45 p.m. Wednesdays at Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton St., New Brunswick. Aspiring artists from 9 to 14 years old will learn the gamut of drawing techniques, including pencil and charcoal, and genres such as still-life and portraiture. Teachers are professional educators who address the needs of both beginners and advanced artists.

Registration is required.

The program begins March 13 and runs for five consecutive weeks. Cost is $50 for members of the museum, and $75 for nonmembers. In the event of inclement weather, call the museum at (732) 932-7237 for a recorded message beginning at noon.

For more information about the program, contact the Education Department at (732) 932-7237, ext. 26766.

Art safari in Africa offered, in August

If a safari is on your bucket list, this could be your chance to go on one and boost your wildlife art skills at the same time.

The Academy of Art of Highland Park is partnering with Hemingway Safaris Inc. of New York to offer an art safari to southern Africa this August. Cost for the safari is about $4,500 per person. The experience is open to adults, and to teens from 14 to 18 years old.

The trip includes a full safari experience led by a long-established operator, including all safari ground transportation, two meals a day, lodging, daily game drives, and visits to cultural, archaeological and conservation sites, plus a 30-hour private field course for artists of all levels. The price includes all field gear and art materials.

Participants will return home with their own original drawings, illustrations and journaling from Africa.

Hemingway Safaris is a family-operated outfitter comprised of African art and archaeology connoisseurs who are also adventurers. The organization also is committed to wildlife and habitat conservation, and to protecting human societies and cultures.

For more information, call the art academy at (732) 777-2085