Abstracting From Reality

Michael Certo

We will explore the language of abstraction and non-objective drawing and painting. Using mixed media painting and drawing tools and techniques the students will refine their expression in the realm of abstraction. The formal elements of composition, line, color, tone and surface texture will be honed.

African Adventure

Loreen LaBarre

Our journey takes us to the endless wonders of Africa. Using cardboard, paper mache, air dry clay and paint, campers will sculpt lions, giraffes, zebras, and elephants. Make an exotic ceremonial mask, jewelry and other crafts inspired by ancient tribal customs.

Egyptian Mystery

Loreen LaBarre

Make treasures to rival the Pharaohs as we explore 3D art making techniques as we wrap mummies and make a sarcophagus. We’ll paint hieroglyphics and create Egyptian scarabs and beads. Don’t miss this two-week art extravaganza! If you’re interested in Ancient Egypt, you’ll love this workshop!

Animation Exploration

Norah Solorzano

In this class we will explore animation techniques, including stop motion and digital editing. Bring the world around you to life with a variety of experimental animation techniques.

Botanic Ceramics

Helen Atkins

In this class we will create functional ceramics inspired by nature. Students will make botanical shaped dishes and various planters. They will learn a variety of ceramic making techniques while exploring their environment. They will also make tiles for a collaborative mosaic!

Building Forms in Gravity

Michael Certo

This class will introduce 3D building techniques with a focus on small sculptures and creating stable constructions against the force of gravity. A variety of mixed media materials will be employed to create expressive, sculptural works of art.

Capturing Light: A Photography Class

Jazmyn Crosby

In this class we will examine several different ways to make a photograph, looking at different ways of drawing with light, analog photography, photo-trasher, digital photography and more!

Cardboard Cutouts & Construction

CB Bryan

Grab your cardboard out of the recycling and let’s make a sculpture! This class explores techniques in attachment, color and texture in order to create big and small, totally out of the ordinary objects out of cardboard. We will start inside with giant self-portrait masks and finish with installations outside.

Ceramics

Jordyn Bernicke

In this class, we will explore many different types of clay building and sculpting. We will also collaborate on a tile mosaic project that many of the students throughout the entire summer will contribute to.

Ceramics Worlds

Helen Atkins

In this class we will use clay to create functional and decorative ceramics. Students will create their own world, fictional or realistic, and make maps, sculpted houses, and creatures to describe and inhabit their land. They will also make tiles for a collaborative mosaic!

Conscious Culture

Katie Doyle

Students will go on a series of walks and collect objects from their own environments. They will use their notebooks to draw, write, or doodle their reflections. We will translate their field notes into artist books, maps, small three-dimensional objects, and/or prints

Crazy Cool Ceramics

Jordyn Bernicke

In this class, we will explore and practice a variety of ceramic making techniques! We’ll make pinch-pot monsters, create sculptures, funky clay beaded jewelry and unique ceramic tiles for a collaborative mosaic. By sculpting, the use of color and collaboration, students will create beautiful and personal works of art.

Create Your Own Play

Blackout Theatre

Students will work together to create an original play. We will play lots of games to build trust within the group and focus on collaboration as we explore elements of playwriting, acting, directing, designing and more! The class will culminate in a final performance of a short original play.

Creative Movement / Dance as Storytelling

Welcome to the Art of Dance as Storytelling! This class will provide an integrated arts approach to creative movement enriched with pantomime and poetry. Each session will provide fresh opportunities for campers to discover and expand their own natural skills in movement to convey original stories for presentation.

Creative Weaving

Pearl Sunrise

The children will explore with weaving beginning with simple finger weaving, Osage finger weaving, simple forms of tapestry weaving, and incorporating the woven pieces into functional projects.

Drawing From Imagination

Michael Certo

Introduction to drawing techniques aimed at unleashing the imagination. The class will focus on mark-making, expression, and using a variety of drawing media. Students will engage in several innovative drawing games to broaden their means of expression.

Exploring Drawing & Painting

Michael Certo

We will explore a great range of drawing and painting techniques in this class. Starting with contour, and negative space drawings we will learn viewing techniques and mark-making strategies. Later we will transition to expressing 2-D representations of three-dimensional models with an eye on expressive painting.

Having Fun with Color

Jonathan Parks

In this class we will explore color theory, color fields, and learn how to make pastel washes, create bubble prints, and master marbling effects. Learn about color and how they interact.

Identity in Ceramics

Helen Atkins

In this class we explore notions of identity through ceramics. Students will create self portraits, masks, and sculptures inspired by the human form and identity. We will also make ceramic tiles for a collaborative mosaic.

Improv

Blackout Theatre

Students will learn the fundamentals of improv. Students will learn through a series of games how to think fast on their feet and create comedic scenes based on audience suggestions. The class will end with a final demonstration of the improv games we have learned.

Look, Draw, Paint

Michael Certo

The students will practice drawing from the three-dimensional models, mark-making, shading, and expression. The class will learn basic techniques using a variety of media for beginning drawing and painting.

Masks & Theatre

Blackout Theatre

In this class we will create masks and explore storytelling through movement and role-play. Students will create a mask and develop an original story to tell and perform for their final showing.

Master of Puppets

Lila Martinez

In this class, students will design “Muppet” style hand puppets using DIY techniques. Using their puppets and their imaginations, we will create a performance on the last day of class.

Movie Making

Blackout Theatre

In this class, students will learn how to create their own original films. We will discuss filmmaking techniques and explore different styles and genres of film. Students will practice screenwriting, cinematography, acting, and directing. The class will end with a DVD of the students work.

No New Objects

Jazmyn Crosby

No New Objects is a class that explores using materials that have already been used to create new things! For this class we will be making Shrinky-Dinks, Flags, and assorted sculptures!

Painting Outside The Box

Michael Certo

What is a good painting? How can an ugly painting teach you more? We will look at the formal elements of painting: composition, line, color, and brushwork to explore conventions of art making. We will also break the rules to see what amazing surprises can teach us.

Paper Sculpture

CB Bryan

Cut, bend, fold, paint, collage, glue and attach paper pieces to create sculptures. This class will involve many methods including: cardboard construction, papier mache, painting, scoring and cutting. Find new ways to transform your 2D thing into a 3D thing!

Paper Sculptures, Paper Cut-Outs

CB Bryan

This class will explore the many ways to turn a flat piece of paper into a three dimensional form. We will paint paper to incorporate in to all our projects, which will include: papier mache animal masks, bowls, a collaborative wall mural, and various free form cut paper sculptures.

Patterns in Ceramics

Helen Atkins

In this class we will use clay to create functional and decorative ceramics that combine 2D and 3D art making techniques. Students will make dishes, jewelry, and tiles that are sculpted and embellished with their own designs. They will also make tiles for a collaborative mosaic!

Printmaking

Dio Cramer (Session 3, Teen Arts)

This class will explore some of the essential practices of printmaking with techniques like stamps, stencils, monoprints, and linocuts. We will print first on paper and then on fabric as we experiment with wearable prints and dive into the wonderful world of printmaking!

Printmaking

Katie Doyle (Session 4, Group D)

Students will learn basic printmaking skills in addition to new ways of exploring use of colors, materials, acetate overlay, inkblot, and collage.

Printmaking

Katie Doyle (Session 4, Group C)

Students will learn a basic overview of printmaking. We will explore monoprints, sunprints, scratch foam, block printing, and spend time experimenting with combining methods.

Puppet Theatre

Blackout Theatre

Students will use various materials to make different kinds of puppets and masks for their final performance. Students will learn storytelling techniques and use their own puppets to present a play.

Puppets for Hands & Tables

Cecilia McKinnon

In this class, we will explore small-scale puppetry, both by building our own puppets and using found objects to tell stories on table-top stages. We will build our own hand puppets with fabric and papier-mache, and will animate everyday items and small toys, creating short stories and puppet shows.

Radio Arts

Jazmyn Crosby

In this class we will explore radio transmission, and themes around site-specific transmission, effective verbal description, sound and what it can communicate, what is journalism, and what are radio dramas!

Reimagination: Installation Art

Norah Solorzano

In this installation class we invite students to reimagine and reshape the space they inhabit, using found materials to create interactive artworks.

Science In Art

Jonathan Parks

In this class, we will explore the use of science, technology and mathematics to create artwork. We will incorporate scribble writers, geometric paper sculpture, mix colors with the sun, origami, paper tessellations and thaumatropes into our projects. And we’ll work together, combining what we’ve learned into larger art works!

Sculpture & Assemblage

Loreen LaBarre

Learn the basic techniques of sculpture. Explore the work of master sculptors like Louise Nevelson, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti and others. Learn about their methods and techniques to inspire your own creations. Assemble paper, wood, plaster and found objects to create a variety of sculptures.

Shadow Puppets

Cecilia McKinnon

In this class we will be learning how to create fantastic shapes and puppets using only light and shadows, and will explore different ways of making shadow images through paper cut-outs, transparencies, our own bodies, and more!

Size & Perception

Jazmyn Crosby

Size & Perception is a class exploring different sizes from large to small, flat to round, 2D to 3D, this class will play with scale in many different ways!

Storybook Adventure

Blackout Theatre

Students will experience stories through movement and crafts. For each story, students will create to have a take-home as a reminder of the lessons we learn from the characters in the story. After reading other stories, we will develop storytelling abilities to share our own story in a final performance.

Superheroes & Comic Books

Katie Doyle

Students will create their own superhero, including (inked) concept art and written backstory. They will create an illustrated nine-page comic book about their superhero/heroine’s adventures.

The Embellished Self Portrait

Harley Kirschner

What makes you, you? In this class students will explore self-portrait in both the literal sense and the metaphorical sense. Using costume design, photography, painting, collage and found object embellishment students will define and create themselves in their own vision.

The Illustrated Story

Harley Kirschner

A picture is worth a thousand words. In this class students will create an illustrated story from start to finish. We will explore different styles of bookmaking, collage, pop-ups and pull-outs to make our stories interactive and multidimensional.

Transformative Fibers

Cecilia McKinnon

In this class, we will be exploring how to use familiar and mundane materials to tell stories about our lives. We will repurpose used fabrics, such as clothing, sheets, and more, and transform them into soft sculptures and other new artworks using techniques including appliqué, rope-making, crochet, and more.

Trashion Fashion

Lila Martinez

In this class, students tap into their creativity while reinforcing the concepts of conservation and recycling. Students will be working with recycled materials to build a dress form, a garment and debut it in a “fashion show” for family and friends.

Watercolor Painting

Loreen LaBarre

Students will be introduced to the watercolor medium using traditional approaches and color theory. Using both liquid watercolor and pan paints we will explore different techniques such as wet-into-wet, wet-on-dry, resist painting and more.

Wax, Bubbles & the Sun

Jonathan Parks

Participants will use non-traditional printmaking techniques, methods and mediums, to open up their minds to new possibilities. Original drawings will be a starting point to the exploration of printing. We’ll take advantage of negative space and learn to make monoprints using wax, and more! (Encaustic monoprints, bubble prints, sunprints).

Wood Sculpture Assemblage

CB Bryan

This class explores techniques for assemblage construction. Assemblages are like 3D collages and often use an array of materials! We will focus on creating works with wood, taking inspiration from artists: Betty Parsons, Louise Nevelson, Jean Arp and Richard Tuttle. Students are encouraged to bring their own funky objects!