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2008 Art Camp Class Schedule

June 16 - June 20, 2008
Cooking & Baking Teaching Artist: Michele Caputo Learn to read a recipe and make or bake a creative meal with this week's cooking lessons. We will make great desserts, delicious breakfast, lunch and dinnertime meals, eat together, and leave with a personal cookbook including the recipes that were used during the week. Campers will be asked to bring in one of their favorite recipes to be included in their personal cookbook. Hand Molding Sculpture Teaching Artist: Cristina Portela Make a plaster replica of your hand using plaster gauze bandages, plaster, and paint. Make a mold of the plater hand and add objects to the hand molded sculpture. Express your individuality with a personalized hand mold sculpture Dance: Hip Hop & Salsa Teaching Artist: Leanne Watson Develop your personal style of movement using the basic structures of hip hop and salsa dance steps. There will be a performance on Friday. This class is a last minute change in our schedule

June 23 - June 27, 2008
Clay: Making Playful Figures Teaching Artist: Alethia Walker Exploring different ceramic techniques, this class will show the campers how to construct a miniature figure sculpture by exploring form, texture, detail and shape. Coil, slabs and pinch pots will be combined to create the structure of the pieces. Inspiration and imagination will help personalize each individuals creatio Party Skills: Origami & Balloon Arts Teaching Artist: Jeremy Shafer Learn juggling, origami (paper folding), balloon art, dance, limbo, jumprope, handwhistling, rubberband magic and other amazing party skills. Monotype: Ink Printing with a Press Teaching Artist: David Dawson Monotypes are one-of-kind images made using a printing technique. In this case we will be experimenting with a 100-year old German etching press. Pictures will be created on metal or plastic plates in water-based inks and paint. We will use paint brushes, rollers, string, fabric, toothpicks and q-tips and other devices to create images on the plates. When the plates are done, the kids will put them through the press and the images will be captured on paper- in mirror image. A Magic Club will be offered during club time 1 day this week for children staying the full day

June 30 - July 3, 2008 (this is a 4 day week - No camp on Friday)
Capoeira: Brazilian Movement Teaching Artist: Melissa Crago The class will focus partially of the movements of capoeira and partially on the music of capoeira. Each day each class will have strength and conditioning through the movements of capoeira. Through repetition of the different kicks and defenses high movements and ground movement the kids will build strength in the arms and legs and also to build endurance. And we will incorporate some special movements that are more acrobatic, we call floreos or flourishs that are used to give the game a little something extra and fun. The kids will also learn how to use these movements in an interaction with one another "playing" capoeira with an partner in the roda. Portrait Painting Teaching Artist: Gabriela Nunez http://www.womenoftheandes.com/ In this class students will be guided into creating their self portrait or a person of their choice in a creative way. Children will learn to paint with acylics. Monster Madness: Hand Sewing Creations Teaching Artist: Meredith MacLeod Dragons and Beasts , Unicorns and Griffins: Monsters are the most amazing creatures never to exist! In this class we will imagine and concoct wild and weird monsters of our own. Using simple hand stitching techniques and our creativity, we will sew up some fierce and furry creatures to be our beastly companions. The fun will be monstrous!

July 7 - July 11, 2008 - THIS WEEK IS FULL
Digital Photography Teaching Artist: Moses LaSabra Learn to use a camera and how to take photos. The class will be divided into a small group (3 or 4 kids per group) sharing a camera and taking turns photographing one another. The focus of the class will be on portraits and taking people photographs. We will have a slide show to review each persons photos and then print the photos at camp using a color printer. Students will also have a chance to make their own picture frames for their photos. Re Making Clothes: Recycled Fashion Teaching Artist: Meredith MacLeod There's no need to buy the latest trends , you can make it yourself with a little creative ingenuity. In this class we will transform any old garment into something new and hip. We will learn how to use a sewing machine and work with basic pattern techniques. Your old t-shirt may be worn and torn , but it could have a new life as a ruffled skirt or hooded coat . We'll be sewing up some fierce fashions for everyone , even if you've never sewn before.It's rewarding and fun to turn something tired into some inspired! Hand & Machine Sewing Fantasy Box Sculpture Teaching Artist: Kirsten Bramstedt http://www.thecrimsontarot.com/ Students will explore the art of collage and assemblage pushing their imaginations to create compelling compositions in both two dimensions and 3 dimensions. We will use a variety of media including found objects and recycled materials. Soap Making (one day class) Teaching Artist: Judy Rattner Description to follow


July 14 - July 18, 2008 THIS WEEK IS FULL
Video Animation - Basic Animation Teaching Artist: Doug Calderon Students will explore the process of video animation. Activities involved will be creating a story, drawing a story board, with a collage backdrop. Their characters will be developed by drawing, collage and/or mixed media. The storyboard will involve sequencing the storyline and fleshing out their charters for a short animation video. Batik & Image Transfer on Fabric Teaching Artist: Asual Aswad Create functional or wearable fabric projects. Batik, poto transfer, embellishing, printing, applique, and embellishing. Hand sewing, gluing and iron on materials will be used. Drawing Animals with Colored Pencils Teaching Artist: Gabriela Nunez http://www.womenoftheandes.com/ Students will explore the techniques of drawing animals by using colored pencils. In this class students will create texture to make their drawing to look three dimentional. We will draw a different animal each day. Wire Jewelry Making Teaching Artist: Gabriela Nunez http://www.womenoftheandes.com/ In this class students will learn the basic techniques of wire making. Students will be guided to use the basic wire tools. They will make earrings, a bracelet and a pendant. Beads will be used to decorate jewelry..

July 21 - July 25, 2008 THIS WEEK IS FULL
Sewing with Shawn Teaching Artist: Shawn King http://www.mauisupcountrysewingcenter.com/ 6 - 7 year olds "Flying Puppets!" Faires, Butterflies, Birds, Dragons, Pigs?! We're going to create hand puppets with wings. From a sock and a sewing machine come fanciful, fluttering friends. 8 - 9 year olds "Krazy Hatz and Bagz!" Choose your style and create away. We have ooldles of fabrics and frills to get crazy with sewing. Make your own special hat or bag. 10 - 12 year olds "Design Your Own!" Top, skirt, dress, pants, what will you design from stretch fabric? We'll sketch and 'free-cut' our designer outfits, sew them up, and model them on our Camp Runway. Acrylic Painting on Canvas Board "For the love of paint" Teaching Artist: Judy Rattner Using one of/or a combination of abstraction, still life, surrealism, landscape we will concentrate on the different ways we can use our materials. Basic materials will be tube and fluid acrylics. Some acrylic mediums will be explored, such as gloss mediums for glazing and flow mediums for a water color effect. Other drawing may enter the picture. Lines, spaces, movement, composition and the surface (how the paint, itself is applied) looks will be constant themes. One painting on canvas board will be worked on for several days. Yoga Fun Teaching Artist: Laura Ward Yoga Fun takes kids on a new adventure each day into basic and imaginitive yoga postures, movement games, and group activities that promote feelings of self-worth and connection to community. Yoga Fun classes are tailored to the abilities and interests of each age-group, and help kids build confidence, improve their ability to focus, and learn to relax. Best of all, Yoga Fun brings expression and joy into everyday life! Fashion Jewelry Making (one day class) Teaching Artist: Moses LaSabra Description to follow

July 28 - August 1, 2008 THIS WEEK IS FULL
Woodworking: Make Toys and Small Furniture Teaching Artist: David Dawson In Wood Toys and Small Furniture kids will build a small furniture project or a toy to take home at the end of the week. This class will be a chance to learn some of the skills that woodworkers use, including planning and design, glueing and clamping, sanding and finishing. We will also learn how to work with wood safely. Folk Art: Mixed Media Painting Teaching Artist: Kara Fortune Folk art (outsider art) is work created from people's life experiences and personal visions using materials that are available. Students will learn folk art history and composition, as well as learning how to apply found objects and photographs within their paintings. Folk art was not a main stream art form but it has become popular within the recent years. Story Writing & Performance Teaching Artist: Erika Lopez During the week, we will make up our own theatre company where we come up with an original story; designate roles; rehearse; then put on a special little production at the end of the week for parents. My name is Erika Lopez and I'm an artist who happened into publishing illustrated books by accident. I have written a solo show that has toured across the country and throughout Scandinavia. I've been busy learning how to produce my own books into movies (www.monstergirlmovies.com). Now it's time to play "tag" and pass it on.

August 4 - 8, 2008
Improvisational Comedy & Performance Teaching Artist: Doug Calderon Students will be engaged in basics of comedy theatre. Students will also explore stage movement, voice projection and comedy expresion through various theatre games and exercises. A final performance will be presented Friday (starting at 5:00pm) in our outdoor performance setting. Architecture & Building Crafts Teaching Artist: David Dawson Architecture through Modeling will give each student a chance to build a model of an imaginary building. Kids will get to use traditional architectural modeling materials like wood, plastic, tagboard, metal and pourstone to design and build their models. We will be thinking about the scale of things, how things get built, and what it is like to try to make imaginary things real. Clay: Food Creations Teaching Artist: Alethia Walker Campers will have inspiring daily discussions about their favorite foods and where they come from. They will learn to construct these items using basic clay hand building techniques emphasizing the objects shape, texture and structure. The pieces will then be fired in a kiln and Glazed or painted in time to bring home and trick the family.
August 11 - 15, 2008 Loop de Loop: Chain Making Teaching Artist: J.P. Long In this class students will learn a variety of different chain making techniques, using a variety of different metals. From the ancient Etruscan Chain to the more contemporary step chain. Campers will be introduced to the basics of metallurgy (metal working) with an emphasis on fun. Twist and link metal rings into beautiful chains. Whimsical Sculpture: Plaster and Wire Sculputre Teaching Artist: Cristina Portela Colorful Wire and Plaster Casting: Wire inside plastic tubes are molded by hand to form shapes. In between a plaster cast of a simple plastic object runs through the wire, color is added inside tubes and the outside casting. A truly unique piece of art. Photo Book Making Teaching Artist: Aliza Rand http://www.alizavioletphotography.com/ Throughout the week in this class, students will explore the act of making a collaborative class mural through the use of finding or creating imagery and using transparency projections against the wall to then re-trace these images larger. Students will also make 20"x20" grid-drawing self portraits, and create and bind an individualized hardcover book to put his or her photographs and writing exercises. Each day we will study a different photographer to help enhance each student's own concepts and thinking in terms of his or her specific art-making for the week.

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2008 Art Camp Class Schedule