SS10 Arts


SUMMER SPOTLIGHT Welcome Schedule Fees Camps Academics Arts Athletics Calendar Registration Brochure Contact Us	Home l About Us l Admissions l Academics l Fine Arts l Athletics l Special Events l Summer Programs

	ART CAMPS Clay Kids Taught by Britteny Hamilton Dates: July 26-30 Times: 1:00pm-4:00pm Grades: K-2nd coed Fee: $125 Description: Students will be pinching, coiling and working with a variety of tools to mold fun ceramic pieces that parents and students will be able to keep for many years to come. We will be creating 2 – 3 pieces a day that will be both functional and decorative. Students will also explore painting with different mediums. Creative Kids Taught by Britteny Hamilton Dates/Times: June 14-18 from 1:00pm-4:00pm Dates/Times: July 12-16 from 9:00am-12:00pm Grades: K-2nd coed Fee: $85 on or before April 1st/$125 after Description: Young boys and girls will be exploring different artistic styles, methods and techniques using different mediums like paint, crayon, oil pastel and pencil. Students will be creating still-lifes, landscapes, figurative art as well as exploring the imagination. The students will be taking home several completed works of art to show proudly at home. Computer Camp Taught by Anne Lewis Dates: July 12-16 Times: 1:00pm-4:00pm Grades: 4th-6th coed Fee: $85 on or before April 1st/$125 after Description: Lights! Camera! Action! Produce a movie using Movie Maker. Learn how to plan, film and edit a video that includes effects, transitions, text overlays, sound clips, and narration. Course Objectives: • plan a storyboard by sketching each scene • work cooperatively in a production team • use a camera to capture a variety of action shots • identify basic parts of Windows Movie Maker • isolate a frame by clicking and dragging the play head • split a clip into two pieces and delete frames • edit clips to add transitions, effects, and text overlays • add a title clip and a credit clip • narrate action sequences and add sound track • save a project as a Windows Media Player file Dancing with the Rams Taught by Aimee Allen Dates: August 2-6 Times: 1:00pm-4:00pm Grades: Incoming 1st-6th coed Fee: $125.00 Description: Culture in Dance Youth Ballroom Program: A mix of Ballroom, Hip Hop, and Jazz. The class will include a warm-up, stretching, and flexibility exercises as well as technique drills and choreography. There will be performance opportunities for your young dancers to show off their new skills at the end of the camp! Digital Art Taught by Britteny Hamilton Dates: June 28-July 2 Times: 1:00pm-4:00pm Grades: 3rd-5th coed Fee: $85 on or before April 1st/$125 after Description: We will explore making art with the computer as one of the most exciting creative tools. Students will work individually and collaboratively on a series of projects that integrate traditional art media (painting, drawing and collage) into digital media (digital photography, photo manipulation and animation). The computer lab is equipped with the latest software, Adobe Photoshop, used by professional photographers, artists and graphic designers. Drawing and Painting Taught by Bob Earll Dates: July 26-30 Times: 1:00pm-4:00pm Grades: 3rd-adult coed Fee: $125 on or before April 1st/$135 after Description: Art students will use a variety of mediums such as watercolors, gouache, and acrylic paints. Students will explore different styles and methods of painting as well to create several finished works to be proudly exhibited in any home. Art students will also improve their basic skills in drawing various objects using different mediums (pencil, colored pencil, oil pastel, conte, and charcoal) and then how to use composition to make a more complex drawing. Students will explore the drawing of still-lifes, landscapes, figurative and architecture. Everyone Should Play with Clay Taught by Bob Earll Dates: June 14-18, June 26-30 Times: 9:00am-12:00pm Grades: 3rd-adult coed Fee: $150 on or before April 1st/$160 after Description: Art students will create clay artwork in a variety of methods from throwing on the wheel to creating hand-built ceramic pieces. Artists will create an average of three works per day from functional to decorative ceramic pieces. Students will need to schedule an extra session to come back for glazing and finalizing their fired artwork. Beginning Photography Taught by Rhonda Yetman Dates: July 19-23 Times: 9:00am-12:00pm Grades: incoming 5th-8th coed Fee: $125 on or before April 1st/$135 after Description: Together we will spend a week becoming better photographers. We will learn about our camera features and the terminology that goes along with it. We will take a lot of pictures, exploring flash photography, portraits, landscapes, and candid photography. We will discuss composition, lighting, and camera angle: how these things contribute to better photographs. We will learn simple editing and then publish our own photo book with many of the pictures that we take during the week. You will need to provide your own camera (at least 5 mega pixel) with photo card (at least 1 g of memory), a flash drive (at least 1 g memory), a card reader adapter, or USB cord, to download pictures to computer, and a notebook. Piano Dates: June 28-July 2 Times: 9:00am-12:00pm Grades: 1st-2nd coed Fee: $125 on or before April 1st/$135 after Description: This camp is for beginners who have never had piano lessons but want to learn. Students must have a keyboard or a piano at home to practice. The last day will culminate with an “informance” (not quite a performance!). Piano Dates: June 28-July 2 Times: 1:00pm-4:00pm Grades: 3rd-5th coed Fee: $125 on or before April 1st/$135 after Description: This camp is for the beginner or experienced pianist. Students must have a keyboard or a piano at home to practice. The last day will culminate with a performance. Introduction to Sewing Taught by Janelle Creme Dates: June 28-July 2 Times: 9:00am-12:00pm Grades: 3rd-12th coed Fee: $85 on or before April 1st/$125 after Description: Students will be introduced to sewing through several small projects. They will learn hand-sewing and basic sewing machine skills. The culminating project will be a pillow.