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teen camps:
teen fine arts series

Teenagers have artistic and creative impulses which can be encouraged and developed through guidance and instruction. With other, like-minded adolescents and professional-level instruction, there are no limits to what your teen could achieve.  

While all our summer camps are painstakingly planned to maximize learning without sacrificing enjoyment, the Teen Fine Arts Series is the most intensively developed and carefully crafted of all our camps. Because teenagers represent a more discerning and demanding clientele, they have to be.

While flexible enough to accommodate both novice and experienced artists, through our expert instruction, the goal of each week long camp is to produce seasoned experience in a specific medium, and a comprehension of all aspects of the design, composition, and execution of a masterwork. And, of course, for your teenager to walk away with a smile and some new friends.

Teen Fine Arts Series instructors include professional and semi-professional artists whose specialize in these mediums in the course of their own work. Camps run from 10am to 2pm with a lunch period (supervised or unsupervised, please specify).

Pricing

1 WEEK CAMP $130
SINGLE DAY $35

There are discounts for early enrollment, siblings, and  multiple registrations.

To guarantee quality of instruction, art camps have age and enrollment limits. Enrollment available on a first come/first serve basis. Children will be under adult supervision at all times. Fees include all supplies and usage fees for the duration of camps.

Wheel Pottery: Form and Function

Teens will learn how to create beautiful and function wheel thrown pottery (wedging, centering, trimming, shaping), proceed through advanced techniques (altering, decoration), and through to complex concepts (glaze chemistry, design for function).

MONDAY Intro to wheel thrown ceramics (wedging and centering)/shaping/bowls and cylinders
TUESDAY Trimming pieces and shaping forms/handles and decorations/other techniques for creating pieces
WEDNESDAY Combining wheel throwing and handbuilding/altering pieces
THURSDAY Reproducing forms/lids
FRIDAY Finishing projects/discussion of glazing

Teen Fine Arts Series run from 10am to 2pm each day during the week they are scheduled, with a brief lunch break--supervised or free time at parent's discretion. Field trips/outdoor activities may be scheduled depending on summer museum exhibit schedules.

6/11 [REGISTER]
7/2 [REGISTER]
7/23 [REGISTER]
8/6 [REGISTER]
8/27 [REGISTER

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  Syllabus is provided for informational purposes only, and is subject to change based on weather, theme, and other factors without notice.

Pencil & Ink from Anime to Realism

Teens will learn how to create dynamic and/or realistic draftsmanship with pen and pencil, including techniques to (re)create images from life, popular animation, and imagination.

MONDAY Blocking/line and shadow, depth and perspective/shapes/recreating figures form animation
TUESDAY Creating compositions/recreating pictures/working with ink/shading, stippling, crosshatching
WEDNESDAY Drafting from life/still lives/drawing movement
THURSDAY Framing compositions/working with color/color theory
FRIDAY Triptychs, sequences, narrative in two-dimensions

Teen Fine Arts Series run from 10am to 2pm each day during the week they are scheduled, with a brief lunch break--supervised or free time at parent's discretion. Field trips/outdoor activities may be scheduled depending on summer museum exhibit schedules.

6/18 [REGISTER]

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  Syllabus is provided for informational purposes only, and is subject to change based on weather, theme, and other factors without notice.

Fused Glass Jewelry and Suncatchers

Teens will learn how to create beautiful pendants, earrings, barrettes, and other jewelry from art and dichroic glass, as well as techniques for creating three dimensional items.

MONDAY Intro to glass/art glass/creating pieces/stringers
TUESDAY Making beads/pendants/earrings
WEDNESDAY Wire-wrapping pieces/making elaborate pieces
THURSDAY Slumping and three dimensional molds
FRIDAY Finishing projects

Teen Fine Arts Series run from 10am to 2pm each day during the week they are scheduled, with a brief lunch break--supervised or free time at parent's discretion. Field trips/outdoor activities may be scheduled depending on summer museum exhibit schedules.

6/27 [REGISTER]
8/15 [REGISTER]

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Syllabus is provided for informational purposes only, and is subject to change based on weather, theme, and other factors without notice.

Scrapbooking & Bookmaking

Teens will learn how to create scrapbooks and other forms of books, how to embellish them with calligraphy and stamping, and how to express themselves both visually and on the page.

MONDAY Making paper and books/binding techniques/intro to calligraphy
TUESDAY Stamping & embossing/expressing ones thoughts through the written word (narrative and poetry)
WEDNESDAY Designing books/aging pages and photos/other embellishments
THURSDAY Slumping and three dimensional molds
FRIDAY Finishing projects

Teen Fine Arts Series run from 10am to 2pm each day during the week they are scheduled, with a brief lunch break--supervised or free time at parent's discretion. Field trips/outdoor activities may be scheduled depending on summer museum exhibit schedules.

7/9 [REGISTER]

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  Syllabus is provided for informational purposes only, and is subject to change based on weather, theme, and other factors without notice.

Watercolors: Art from Life

Teens will learn the skills for producing landscape, still-life, and other realistic art with watercolors, as well as techniques for stretching paper and incorporating other media.

MONDAY Introduction to watercolors/still life/laying down foundations/color
TUESDAY Application techniques (salt, resists, drawing up pigments)/brush strokes/using watercolor pencils
WEDNESDAY Landscapes and other outside art/capturing motion and impressions/combining with other media
THURSDAY Designing and creating master projects
FRIDAY Finishing projects

Teen Fine Arts Series run from 10am to 2pm each day during the week they are scheduled, with a brief lunch break--supervised or free time at parent's discretion. Field trips/outdoor activities may be scheduled depending on summer museum exhibit schedules.

7/16 [REGISTER

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Fabric Dyeing & Batique

Teens will learn the skills for decorating and creating fabrics to produce functional items of clothing and accessories.

MONDAY Introduction to fabrics/tie-dye
TUESDAY Intro to batique/designing pictures/dying yarn
WEDNESDAY Continued batique/introduction to weaving
THURSDAY Weaving projects/incorporating found objects/beads as embellishment
FRIDAY Finishing projects

Teen Fine Arts Series run from 10am to 2pm each day during the week they are scheduled, with a brief lunch break--supervised or free time at parent's discretion. Field trips/outdoor activities may be scheduled depending on summer museum exhibit schedules.

7/30 [REGISTER]

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Pinch, Coil, Slab: Sculptural Ceramics

Teens will learn the techniques to form intricate, beautiful, and functional ceramics without using a wheel.

MONDAY Pinch, coil, and slab/simple sculptures
TUESDAY Creating symmetrical and asymmetrical pieces with coils
WEDNESDAY Sculpting complex figures/blocking/choosing master projects
THURSDAY Slab building functional items/continue projects
FRIDAY Glazing and decoration/finishing projects

Teen Fine Arts Series run from 10am to 2pm each day during the week they are scheduled, with a brief lunch break--supervised or free time at parent's discretion. Field trips/outdoor activities may be scheduled depending on summer museum exhibit schedules.

8/20 [REGISTER]

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  Syllabus is provided for informational purposes only, and is subject to change based on weather, theme, and other factors without notice.