Camps

You will recieve via email our curriculum for our Rainbow camp which explores color through mixing, using a variety of hues and values.   It will include 2 painting projects, a printmaking project and 2 sculpture ones which you can alter and use over and over again. The step by step instructions also includes a material list. 

You will recieve via email our curriculum for our Potions camp which pairs both imaginary potions that bubble and hiss along with recipes that use the power of herbs to heal and soothe like bath bombs.  It will also include instructions for fabric sun prints. We offer step by step instructions for each project along with images and a material list. 

You will recieve via email our curriculum for our Printmaking camp which pairs abstract printing methods along with some observational drawing. It will include 5 different printmaking processes which you can alter and use over and over again. The step by step instructions also includes a material list. 

Fairies and trolls and gnomes oh my! We will talk about different kinds fairies, water ones and winter ones. We will build little spaces for fairies to live using natural materials, dried flowers and moss and clay and troll homes from recycled materials and make little creatures to live in them. 

This week we will be exploring all kinds of printmaking techniques and layering them with collages and painting. We will make our own stamps and printing plates to print on fabrics to make banners, on cardboard to make sculptures. We will do mono-printing, foam printing and printing from everyday objects.

Let's see what we can find in our neighborhood to create artworks. Using materials we forage from our daily walks, leaves, sticks, rocks and combining them with paint, clay and paper, students will create sculptures, prints, banners and collages. 

Students will learn the tabby stitch, soumak stitch, looped tabby stitch, rya knot, lark’s head knot and how to make tassels and pom poms. We will use yarn, paper and ribbon and even some natural materials we find on our walks through the neighborhood to make different kinds of weavings and wall hangings. 

Design your own house. We will paint it and do some printmaking to make wallpaper and rugs. We will build furniture and sew mattresses. This is a great week for those kids who like to use variety mediums, creating a house they can play with for hours. 

Cardboard is such a versatile and abundant material. This week using cardboard as the base to create all kinds of artworks from train cars, collages, and abstract stulptures.  This is a great week for those who love sculpture and building. We will also be combining the sculptures with collage, printmaking and painting. So save your cardboard and shoe boxes because we are going to need them. 

Lions and Tigers and Bears OH My! We will explore the animals found in a circus, make trains for them, build circus tents and make posters and create a collaborative circus together. 

Large scale drawings, tiny drawings, plein aire drawing, self-portrait drawing. We will use a variety of materials, charcoal, pencil, watercolor, chalk pastels to make sculpture drawings, narrative drawings, still-life drawings. We will be doing a lot of drawing from observation both in the studio and while walking around the neighbohood.

This will be a messy week of making paper mache ice cream cones complete with sauces and sprinkles. We will also take a look around the neighborhood for different kinds of cacti and choosing which one to form. We will use a few different kinds of papermache and paper clays. This is a week for those who don't mind getting their hands dirty, I mean VERY dirty. 

This is a color theory week. We will be mixing, mixing and mashing colors together. This class will explore color in its many forms. Students will be painting using watercolors, tempera and paints we will be mixing ourselves. Students will create collages sculptures and doing some science experiments. 

We will make worlds inside of shoe boxes and mint tins, underwater worlds and imaginary worlds and little bakeries. This is a great week for those who love to draw from images and from their imagination.