Summer Art Camps for Ages 6-12
Fabulous art camp teacher leads each of these week-long camps grouped by theme. Campers will work on a variety of projects, exploring several differet art media.
All camps are $150 plus supply fee (except one). Full registration fee due upon registration.
Puppet Theatre and Masks
Session 1: July 5-July 9 9 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Session 2: July 19-July 23 12:30 p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Materials Fee: $15/week
Explore the world of drama as you create several colorful characters to take home with you! We’ll collage with paper, fabric, and found materials to make original masks and puppets for the aspiring storyteller! We’ll also incorporate improvisational theatre games into our day. Session 1 will focus on fabric and recycled hand puppets and finger puppets with a collaged stage. Session 2 will explore stick puppets, marionettes, and face painting. Both sessions will have a mask-making day as well.
Art for Good
Session 1: June 21-June 25 12:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Session 2: July 5 -July 9 12:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Materials Fee: $10/week
Would you like to create and help others at the same time? Young philanthropists will create several projects during the camp to be donated to help others. We will make on catnip toys for an animal rescue group, greeting cards and placemats for a retirement home, cheer posters for local firemen and police, and message t-shirts. We’ll also work on blankets and toys for animals at the animal shelter, feeders for wildlife, and clay jewelry to be sold to raise money for a food bank. Spread a spirit of peace with the joy of art!
Art Around the World
Session 1: July 12-July 16 9 a.m.–11:30 p.m.
Session 2: July 26-July 30 9 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Session 3: August 2-Aug 6 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Session 4: August 9- Aug 13 12:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Materials Fee: $15/week
Explore crafts from around the world in this eye-opening camp! Each day of camp we’ll “visit” a different location and try our hand at its traditional crafts! Session 1 will explore India and the Middle East. Session 2 will have crafts from Africa and Australia. Session 3 will explore Japan and China, and Session 4 will cover the Americas. All sessions will involve sewing, painting, printing, and lots of information on the history of these traditional crafts!
Prints, Paint and Collage
August 23 –Aug 27 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Materials Fee: $15
There is there a masterpiece inside you just waiting to get out! During this week we’ll explore a variety of painting, collage, and printing techniques to start you on your way towards building your own portfolio. You’ll get comfortable using real artists’ materials and expressing yourself on both paper and board. We will focus on collage techniques such as creating Artist’s Trading Cards, altered books, and collaging on 3-D objects with found materials, as well as sessions on using acrylics and color mixing. We’ll also try Japanese monoprinting, stenciling, and carving your own rubber stamps. Please remember to bring a smock or apron!
Summer Tea Party
Session 1: July 12-July 16 12:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Session 2: July 26-July 30 12:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Materials Fee: $15
Beat the heat with our Tea Party camp! All week long we’ll make fabulous tea accessories… designing our own placemats, decorating napkin rings and the tablecloth, and assembling over-the-top headwear to wear and jewelry to the party. At the end of the week, we’ll put it all together and have ourselves a high tea like no other! Food allergy form required for enrollment for tea party on Friday.
Polymer Beads, Buttons and Pendants
Session 1: June 21-June 25 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Session 2: July 19 -July 23 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Materials Fee: $15/week
Necklaces, bracelets, anklets, and earrings—not only will you learn to make your own during this camp, you’ll learn to make many of the beads in them as well! Utilizing polymer clays, paper, vintage buttons and found objects, you’ll come away with a new stash of wise and witty jewelry. Bring your sense of adventure and let loose your inner designer! Both sessions will allow artists to create their own beads and pendants using polymer clay, which we will then bake, glaze, and combine with other beads to create wearable works of art.
Terrific Textiles
Session 1: August 2-Aug 6 12:30-3:00 p.m.
Session 2: August 9-Aug 13 9 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Materials Fee: $12/week
Needlework your way to bliss and you the time-honored craft of working with textiles! We’ll be using traditional methods of working textiles to create decidedly un-traditional projects that are one-of-a-kind! Artists will learn to batik, make a beading loom, and weave a straw-loomed bracelet. We’ll also tie-dye, learn to use a knitting loom, and make our own drop spindles so we can spin wool into yarn! Please bring two plain, light-colored t-shirts and pair of socks to be dyed to your first day of camp. Please also bring one skein of a light color (no dark brown, navy, or black) Lion Brand ® bulky or super bulky yarn and an oblong knitting loom to class. The knitting loom looks like a long oval with two rows of pegs, and can be any length. One popular brand is the Knifty Knitter by Provocraft. Both yarn and looms are available at Michael’s or A.C. Moore in the knitting aisle. If you have difficulty finding the loom, please leave a message for the instructor at the time of registration and she will bring one for you to class (fee is $8 for the loom.)
Polymer Clay Studio
August 23-Aug 25 12:30-2:30 p.m. ($90)
Materials fee: $12
Can’t get enough polymer clay? Come to our three-day afternoon workshop to make beads, models, and unique treasures to your heart’s content. We’ll be using stamps, pasta machines, and texture tools to create some art from this fun and flexible medium.