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July 2019
Clay Exploration
Is there an idea you have in your head, bud don’t quite know how to pull it off? Receive expert instruction from Kim Clarke or work independently. Bring your own ideas for projects. Demonstrations will be tailored to reflect each student’s individual needs and goals. Combined with personalized feedback from the instructor, this class will help you to make remarkable strides in your abilities to express yourself through clay. For beginners and experienced potters!
Find out more »Acrylic Pour Painting
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL! Instructor: Laura Eagle Watts In this fun workshop, learn how to create mesmerizing paint designs using the acrylic pouring medium technique. Create vibrant, abstract masterpieces on canvas with multiple colors and random patterns. You will leave the workshop with a gorgeous new painting for your home!
Find out more »Gelatin Plate Printing
Instructor: Joanna McGlothlin In this printmaking workshop, learn to use gelatin plates to create unique mini works of art utilizing age old mono-printing methods. Learn to print on virtually any surface; paper, fabric and even feathers. Students can bring a notebook (such as Moleskin cahier), blank greeting cards, and/or t-shirt to decorate. All other supplies included.
Find out more »The Great Outdoors
Instructor: Michelline Hall and Anna Ellis In this one-week art and pottery camp, young artists will create works of art centered around all things nature! Among other projects in the art studio, students will learn simple printmaking using real plants and flowers, use nature items as drawing prompts, and turn rocks into animal and plant friends. Projects for the pottery studio include animal/floral pinch pot planters and clay nature prints. Children will be encouraged to see the exciting, artistic beauty the great outdoors has to offer!
Find out more »Madagascar, A Musical Adventure Jr.
THIS CAMP IS FULL! To be put on the waiting list, please contact Kelly at kposenauer@academycenter.org. ___________________________________________ Academy Children’s Theatre is a two-week long children’s theatre camp that begins with an open group audition and culminates in two public performances. Students ages 8 – 12 are cast in a popular family musical that you will love! Everyone who participates in the camp will have a role but there will be auditions will be held for specific parts. This camp will be rehearsing and performing in our Historic Academy of Music Theatre. ___________________________________________ Auditions are Saturday, July 20 from 9:00 – 11:30am. We will send audition information closer to auditions. ______________________________________________________ ABOUT THE SHOW: Join Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip hip Hippo and, of course, those hilarious, plotting penguins as they bound onto your stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime. Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. follows all of your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar. ___________________________________________ Payment plans are available. Contact Kelly…
Find out more »PreTeen/Teen Drawing
Instructor: Arnulfo Jacinto Join us for a weeklong intro to drawing camp. In this class you will have the opportunity to express yourself through art while learning the different grades of paper and pencils and gaining an understanding of light and shadow and the basic principles of drawing. All supplies are provided.
Find out more »Beginner Painting
Instructor: Arnulfo Jacinto In this class, students will have the opportunity to express themselves through art while building upon the basic principles and foundations of painting. The class will include lecture and demonstration. While this class is perfect for beginners who are seeking to learn the fundamentals of painting, the lessons and projects will be geared toward individual skill and interest levels and is suitable for intermediate art students. Students will learn the basics of color theory, proper application of paint, and fundamentals of composition and design. Because each student is unique, projects may be altered and one-on-one instruction will be given to suit each student’s skills, talents, knowledge, and interest level. All supplies are included.
Find out more »Pet Portraits
INSTRUCTOR: Kenny Weinfurtner Learn tips and techniques for drawing animals, including your own, in the Pet Portraits class. Expand your drawing skills and learn some techniques such as alignments, proportions, and planar analysis. Discover tips on how to draw fur and feathers, shading and toning. The class begins with achieving the best photos for drawing animals, drawing from professional drawings, drawing from your own or our photographs, and experimenting with other drawing materials. Materials for Pet Portraits: Drawing pad, 11″ x 14″ or bigger, 70 lb – 90 lb. weight paper Two 4B pencils One kneaded eraser – small
Find out more »Principles of Drawing
Instructor: Arnulfo Jacinto This class is designed for beginner to advanced students who are seeking to express themselves through art while learning and building upon the basic principles and foundations of drawing, including grades of paper and pencils, light and shadow, and perspective. Basic life drawing and understanding of the human anatomy will be introduced by using wood figure models, photographs, and other reference materials. Students will work on drawing the skeletal and muscular structures of the human body and will gain an understanding of proportion, scale, and foreshortening. Because each student is unique, projects may be altered and one-on-one instruction will be given to suit each student’s skills, talents, knowledge, and interest level. Students will be encouraged to produce at least one illustration that will be matted and suitable for framing. All supplies are included. ____________________________________________________________ SENIOR DISCOUNTS (ages 62+) Enter your DOB and apply the coupon code ‘SENIOR’ for a $25 discount off any class over $75.
Find out more »Storybook Art
Instructor: Michelline Hall Young children will love this art camp as they create artwork inspired by children’s storybooks. The instructor will begin each day with story time, reading a fun, engaging picture book, followed by an art project that applies techniques and life lessons found in the book. Throughout the week, kids will hear stories including Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson, The Most Magnificent Thing, by Ashley Spires, and How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, by Marjorie Priceman. *Students must be toilet-trained.
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