ArtCamp 2011

ArtCamp is a time to experiment with materials and ideas, collaborate on group pieces, be outside and play with the elements. The morning runs from 9am-noon. We had great weather this year, inspiring student artists. I am grateful for the efforts of everyone who took part. Thanks!


Themes of ArtCamp 2011
Week 1 Animal Architecture
Week 2 Somebody Else's Garbage: transforming found materials
Week 3 Disguise
Week 4 Stories

The Flow
-gathering play activities
-meeting and games, stories, intro to art project
-art project
-snack
-freeplay or games at the park


Freeplay
-chalk
-weaving
-tent construction
-big clay
-bubbles
-ramps and balls
-waterplay
-pipe cleaner construction
-building with cups
-drawing
-blocks
-food colour mix
-painting

Animal Architecture Projects
-spider webs
-bird's nests and eggs
-bird paintings
-big clay (potter's clay recycled)
- mat board marble runs 

Found Material Projects
-magazine and paste paper collage
-transform a box
-foam core scrap assemblage
-mat board marble runs

Disguise Projects
-animal camouflage: paperclay animals with backgrounds
-mix a family of colours
- monochromatic paintings
-papier mache masks

Story Projects
-The Fisherman and his Wife: wish collages
-Jack and the Beanstalk: giant paintings
-The Elves and the Shoemaker: little people from wood forms and felt and fairy houses
-Aesops Fables, The Tortoise and the Hare: Shadow puppets and stained glass windows

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In Praise of Paint!

"whenever you have fun you have to take a bath" (wise words of a student this spring)

The last spring class is all about paint! We pray for sun and get outside where paint can be off the paper, in the air and on the skin. Children and paint are a wonderful combination. Paint moves and so do they! The outdoors allows us to relax about the mess and find more ways to see what paint will do. Colour, motion and viscosity are infinitely entertaining. It is truly a SENSORY experience!

Kinds of Painting
-splatter
-marble
-body

Open Studios Every Other Friday at 3:30-5pm

Please note the change in Open Studio start time: 3:30! 
Fridays 4/15, 5/6, 6/3
115 Robbins Rd Studio door off the driveway
This Friday 4/15 watercolour /pastel resist

sometimes Gumby shows up!

As always this is a session for children parents, siblings and friends to come and do their own thing with materials available. Drop off is fine if your child can take care of themselves (bathroom, sharing, basic happiness etc) I will help with problems if urgent but I don't do any lesson. Sometimes I do my own work. It's very relaxed. $5 material fee

Summer Art Camp 2011

papier mache marionette

Happy Spring to all! 

Summer Camp Plans are underway. All weeks are fully enrolled as of 5/18/11. Email me at annwynne@verizon.net if you are interested in a spot for your child on the waiting list. I will send a registration package toward the end of the school year.

Thanks, Ann

Summer Art Camp 2011
Mornings 9-12noon
Children 5-11yrs old
Maximum 12 children per week

115 Robbins Rd Studio and back yard and Robbins Farm Park
Art Projects, games, stories, nature exploration, snack
teenage assistant
drop off and pick up at 115 Robbins Rd, studio door off the driveway to the right of the house

Themes:
Each week will have a loose theme that will allow us to use a variety of art materials, read great stories and focus our games outside. Sorry I can't tell you exactly what they are.(I'll let you know soon) Last year I used the elements- water, fire and light, earth and air. My guiding principle, no matter what the theme, is immersion in the elements. I also want to use my natural history experience at Habitat to exploit the flora and fauna in the neighbourhood. I promise that your children will run, get dirty, get wet, explore and make something with their hands daily! (to look at last year's camp go to blog archive under August 2011)

Camp Weeks 
July 5-8 (full)
July 11-15(full)
July 18-22 (full)
August 22-26 (full)
Fee: July 5-8 $160
July 11-15,18-22, Aug 22-26 $200 


Past Camps:

big bubbles

ramps and balls in the backyard

balls at the park

looking for natural objects that fit on a penny

sun paintings

Clay collaboration- mountains, river, forest

sculpey salamanders with tempera background camouflage

tempera paintings for rock surface, charcoal cave drawings