Bring some art to your child’s summer by joining our Summer Art Camp.
There are five weeks to select from.
Sibling discounts available.
Information for all weeks.
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Price: $187.00 a week. 10% sibling discount ($168.30). Email if you are signing up siblings.
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Age: 6 – 11
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Drop off: 9:30 – 9:45 AM ,
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Class time: 9:50 – 11:50 PM
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Optional Snack Time: $4.00 a day: 12:00 PM -12:20. Snacks are prepackaged with a bottle of water. You can send them with a sandwich. Email if you are interested in adding this option.
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Pick-up: If not staying for snack time, pick-up is 11:50 – 12:00 PM. Pick up by 12:00 to avoid a $10.00 late fee. If staying for snack time pick up is 12:20 – 12:30. Pick up by 12:30 to avoid a $10.00 late fee.
Week One, Up-cycle
Dates: July 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th
Get ready to empty your junk drawers, gather your lunch trash and mix in a bit of imagination to change trash into treasures. Join us for a fun-filled week of found objects and residual imaginative materials curated by our own Penelope Fox. Create sculptures and collages with character and stories to give them new lives.
These projects involve group brainstorming and teamwork. The student will learn about the creative process, the basics of construction, and balance.
OBJECTIVE: To develop reasoning skills
Week Two, Dinosaurs SOLD OUT
Dates: July 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th
This week is all things dinosaur, from environments to models and dioramas. A roar-o-sauros time awaits as we paint, cut, glue, mix materials to create three-dimensional dinosaur era environments. Bring your dino knowledge with you as we study, expand and share our knowledge as a group.
OBJECTIVE: To expand our historical knowledge
Week Three, Art & Science ONLY 5 SPACES LEFT
Date: July 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” Thomas Alva Edison
Calling all geniuses alla Edison genre! We do the work for you, and you bring the imagination as we study, develop and execute scientific principles. We will explore safe chemical reactions using simple household products and make our very own lava lamps and germinate seeds. A Pop & Fizz messy week is in store for our budding scientists.
AND Papermaking – it is like baking from scratch for the beginner. We will shred fabric, natural grass fibers, recycled paper, and other found objects to create beautiful paper. We will learn the science and the art behind this ancient craft.
OBJECTIVE: To learn the scientific process through experimentation
Week Four, Space ONLY 4 SPACES LEFT
Dates: July 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th
This week is filled with not only science but sculpture. We will recreate a volcanic eruption and make stick figures dance suspended in water. WOW! Then we will design and build imaginative space crafts from rockets to lunar landing modules to whatever one can imagine. To dream is to soar!
OBJECTIVE: To apply the imagination to scientific knowledge.
Week Five, Making Characters ONLY 7 SPACES LEFT
Dates: August 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
This is a Character-Building class in every sense of the word.
The student will work in teams to support each other as they learn the basics of drawing the human figure. In the process, students will be guided to practice the decision-making process as a group. Campers will write a short cartoon story and build/draw the characters of the story.
OBJECTIVE: To develop not only personal character but drawing skills