The Academy Art Museum is offering a host of children’s programs this summer for beginning mid-elementary school students through advanced high school students. The Museum’s state-of-the art digital studio, featuring eight iMac All-in-One 27 computers and an Epson 24-inch wide format archival printer, will offer students classes in graphic design, Photoshop, and Adobe Flash and Illustrator. Other popular summer camps and classes for children ages two through high school include drawing, yoga and art, printmaking and the Museum’s signature Kaleidoscope and Young Explorers summer camps.
Summer camp offerings for the summer of 2014 include:
Digital Studio Camps
From Critters to Heroes: Intro to Digital Illustration, Week One
Grades 3-4
Instructor: Madison Fox
Week One: Monday–Friday, July 28-August 1, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Week Two: Monday–Friday, August 4-8, 10:00 a.m. – 12 :00 p.m.
Cost: $115 Members; $125 Non-members/week
Students will create digital art and characters using Adobe illustrator. Projects include designing greeting cards, characters, settings, and more. Learning how to use the Adobe Illustrator program is sure to open up a whole new world of design possibilities!
Advanced Design Studio
Ages 16+
Instructor: Garnette Hines (Interactive Media Production Teacher at Easton High School)
5 Wednesdays: July 2-August 6 (No class on July 30), 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $115 Members, $125 Non-members
This camp is offered to students who are in or have completed the Interactive Media production pathway or who have advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite. During this five-week summer seminar, students will be given a series of design challenges to complete between classes. Each week we will meet to critique and visit media installations.
Intro to Adobe Photoshop
Grades 5-8 (including incoming high school freshmen)
Instructor: Garnette Hines (Interactive Media Production Teacher at Easton High School)
Monday–Friday, July 7-11, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $115 Members, $125 Non-members
Students will learn how celebrities get “photoshopped,” enhance their own photos, and create cool special effects using industry-standard Adobe Photoshop.
Digital Illustration (Adobe Illustrator)
Grades 5-8 (including incoming high school freshmen)
Instructor: Garnette Hines (Interactive Media Production Teacher at Easton High School)
Monday–Friday, July 14-18, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $115 Members, $125 Non-members
Love drawing? Interested in computers? Come learn how the pros do it, using industry-standard Adobe Illustrator. Over the course of the week, students will design and print an illustrated book or comic that they will take home with them on the last day of class.
Animation Studio (Adobe Flash)
Grades 5-8 (including incoming high school freshmen)
Instructor: Garnette Hines (Interactive Media Production Teacher at Easton High School)
Monday–Friday, July 21-July 25, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $115 Members, $125 Non-members
Students will learn the basics of animating using industry-based Adobe Flash. Over the course of the week, students will create a narrative of their own design, applying animation principles and Flash animation techniques. Photoshop or Illustrator experience is helpful but not required.
Other Summer Camps for Children and Teens
Art and Movement
Ages 4-8
Instructor: Heather Crow
Monday–Friday, June 23-27, 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Cost: $100 Members, $110 Non-members
“Move” immediately into summer with a class that looks at the bodies of people and all kinds of animals. Each class begins with a movement/acting exercise to see how the bodies of humans and creatures move and bend. Students will create 2-D and 3-D art based on what they have discovered. Questions? Please email Heather at [email protected]. Bring a snack if you are staying for two classes.
Painting Weather–Hot, Horrible, Wet, Wild
Ages 6-10
Instructor: Heather Crow
Monday–Friday, June 23-27, 11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $125 Members, $135 Non-members
Kids will learn about at all kinds of weather on planet Earth–through drawing, painting, collaging, and sculpting. It might be raining cats and dogs inside!! Questions? Please email Heather at [email protected]. Bring a snack if you are staying for two classes.
Creative Self Portraits
Ages 9 and up
Instructor: Heather Crow
Monday–Friday, June 23-27, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $125 Members, $135 Non-members
Kids will look at themselves from head to toe – and make art that reflects what they see. At the end of the week, each student will leave with a personal portfolio of work in many media and from many points of view, including one full-sized self-portrait. All works are based on those of famous artists. Please email Heather at [email protected]. Bring a snack if you are staying for two classes.
Graphic Design Sampler, including a session in our new digital media studio!
Ages 13+
Instructor: Zac Del Nero
Monday–Thursday June 30-July 3, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $85 Members, $95 Non-members
From iPhones to magazines, fashion to games, images and words shape our lives as never before. We are surrounded by graphic design in advertisements, signs, graffiti, icons, slogans, posters, fonts…the list is never-ending! Students will look at examples of design in both familiar and unexpected places and develop their design skills. Projects may include creating a personal logo, inventing alphabets, dreaming up new words, creating fantasy maps and making up unusual advertisements. The instructor has designed new projects for previous camp-goers who would like to learn new things. In addition, towards the end of the camp, students will be able to work on a project in the Museum’s new digital media studio.
Life on Yoga Mountain: Embodied Awareness Through Art and Yoga©, Morning
Ages 5-8
Instructor: Wendy Cohen
Monday–Friday, July 7- 11, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $130 Members, $140 Non-members
Life on Yoga Mountain: Embodied Awareness Through Art and Yoga©, Afternoon
Ages 9-13
Instructor: Wendy Cohen
Monday–Friday, July 7- 11, 1:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $130 Members, $140 Non-members
Life on Yoga Mountain: Embodied Awareness Through Art and Yoga© takes children of all ages on an exploration of the world around them through the visual language of art and the body’s language of movement. Movement and art are natural ways for children to interact with their environment and define the space they occupy in their world. Art and yoga are tools to foster children’s trust in themselves, help them navigate the world in a healthy and personal way, and have fun.
Each session begins with the strengthening yoga postures of nature and breathing practices and follows with a creative art activity. Visual arts projects include puppet making, decorating a yoga mat (that students will keep) to create a personal practice space, life-size body mapping, mandalas, figure drawing, peace flags and more. Throughout the class we discuss yoga and art related themes, such as nonviolence and integrity.
Figure Drawing
Ages: 13+
Instructor: Jonathan Crist
Monday–Thursday, July 7-11, 10:00 a.m.– 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $85 Members, $95 Non-members
Students will learn how to create convincing representations of the human figure by drawing each other and/or a clothed model. Students will use a variety of media, such as charcoal, graphite pencil and blending sticks. Emphasis will be on technique, expression and mood. If weather permits, the class may work outside. Students should come prepared with sunscreen.
Monster Mash Camp
Ages: 8-11
Instructor: Dawn Malosh
Monday–Friday, July 14-18, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Cost: $105 Members, $115 Non-members
Students will explore the fun and fascinating world of monsters, mythical beings and imaginary creatures through art! Monster Mash campers will learn about monsters and mythological creatures of the past while inventing imaginary creatures of their own. Projects include illuminated monster letters, monster masks, imaginary beast trading cards, gargoyle sculptures and much more!
Adventures in Drawing
Ages 9 -12
Instructor: Susan Horsey
Monday–Friday, July 21-25, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $100 Members, $110 Non-members
This camp is for children who love to draw and want to develop their skills and their creative expression. It explores drawing from observation while using imagination. Students will learn value, line, form, shape and composition and use a range of materials. Artistic exploration is among the best ways for kids to build confidence in expressing themselves.
Kaleidoscope Summer Arts Camp, Week One
Ages 6+
Instructors: Alanna Berman and Maria Sage
Monday–Friday, July 21-25, 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $95 Members, $105 Non-members
Kaleidoscope Summer Arts Camp, Week Two
Ages 6+
Instructors: Alanna Berman and Christy Edwards
Monday–Friday, July 28-August 1, 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $95 Members, $105 Non-members
The Museum’s signature multi-media camp! Each week will feature opportunities to explore and develop projects from observation and imagination. Drawing, painting, sculpture, collage and printmaking may be included. Each week is different.
Music and Design
Ages 4-8
Instructor: Heather Crow
Monday–Friday, August 4-8, 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Cost: $100 Members, $110 Non-members
Music can look and sound like – well – ART!! Each class begins and ends with music and music-making that relates to the art students will be making that morning. Questions? Please email Heather at [email protected]. Bring a snack if you are staying for two classes.
People to Plants, Pets to Pools
Instructor: Heather Crow
Monday–Friday, August 4-8, 11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $125 Members, $135 Non-members
Students will improve their ability to create anything that can be seen and imagined. They will use various painting and drawing media in expressive ways and leave with a small portfolio of work based on their personal interests. Questions? Please email Heather at [email protected]. Bring a snack if you are staying for two classes.
Functional Art–Tapestry Weavings and Floor Cloths
Ages 10 and up
Instructor: Heather Crow
Monday–Friday, Aug 4-8, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $125 Members, $135 Non-members
There is a $10 materials fee per person payable to the instructor on the first day of class. (Parents and grandparents are welcome to attend with children; this class is suitable for any age–a second family member may attend at ½ price)
Learn basics of tapestry weaving on a table loom and paint acrylic table or floor cloths that are also suitable for wall hangings. All supplies are provided, but students are encouraged to bring left-over yarn ends from home. Questions? Please email Heather at [email protected]. Bring a snack if you are staying for two classes.
Young Explorers Summer Program
Cost: $125 Members, $135 Non-members per week (includes daily snack and all art materials) Choose from 3 weeks of fun themed camps! Activities include hands on art, music and movement, reading stories, exploring museum exhibits and more! The camps are for children ages 2 through 4 and up. All camps meet from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
June 23 – 27
Dinosaurs
Take a stomp through history as we learn about the time of the dinosaurs.
July 21 – 25
Great Art and Artists
Learn about a new artist each day and make artwork in the style of well-known artists like Andy Warhol and Picasso.
August 11 – 15
Transportation
Zoom, fly and choo choo through a week of learning about all things that go.
For further information, contact the Academy Art Museum at visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
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