Artcamp 2018

What: Summer Art Camp is a morning program for 5-11yr olds. Art projects are linked to games, stories, playful physical challenges and experimentation with elements like water, sand, clay, bubbles, earth and air. We do individual and collaborative work with a variety of 2D and 3D materials. The work is inspired by nature, fine artists, the materials themselves, and each other. It’s summer and the aim is to get wet, dirty and immersed in the elements!

When: 9am -12noon

Week 1 June 25- June 29
Week 2 July 16- July 20
Week 3 July 23-July 27
Week 4 July 30-Aug 3

Where: 115 Robbins Rd, Arlington
Camp will be held in the studio down the driveway to the right of the house. Door is on the left. We will also work and play in the yard and at Robbins Farm Park

Approximate Schedule:
9:00 Gathering activity outside and inside
9:15 Meeting and Art Project, free play
10:30 Bathroom and snack
11:00 Walk to the Park, Games (this timing is subject to weather, how much everybody needs an open space to run and the whim of all the artists involved)
OR
Free play at studio

12:00 Pickup at 115 Robbins Rd

Early Pickup: Let me know if you need to pick up your child early. You can come to the park if we are there.

How to contact us during camp:
Studio: 781 646 8880
Ann’s cell: 781 366 5955
Drop off and Pick up: 115 Robbins Rd

What to bring

Bring:
-water bottle
- if raining, a rain coat

Wear:
- hat
-shoes to run in(no flip flops please)
-clothes that can get dirt, paint, glue and more on them(I have smocks)
-sunscreen (please apply at home)

It is also helpful if you eat breakfast and do a bathroom visit before you come to camp! (full stomach, empty bladder)

Snack: I will provide this
-Mid morning snack of some combination of crackers, cheese, bagels, muffins, yogurt, fruit or vegetables.
-Water for the drink.

Let me know if there are food issues

Assistants:
I will have an assistant with me from 10-12 each day. They will help me with materials, bathroom runs, cleanup and the trip to the park.

The Art
Visit my blog for pictures of past projects and summer camp archives. It will give you an idea of the materials I use regularly and the kinds of activities we do at camp. During Summer Camp we will do more with the outdoors and nature for inspiration. Each week will have a loose theme to tie the activities together. Some of the projects will produce products that we can play with outside. Some projects will be collaborative and others will simply be art to look at. There will be free time to experiment with materials.
The media will be a mixture of 2D and 3D.

I’ll let you know the themes later! (Not only do I need time to get it altogether, I also think that a theme does not tell a child what camp’s going to be like)

Registration! Please Read-  send me an email and I will send you the paperwork you need. I am not going to take information by email rather by mail (paper). When I receive a complete package your child will be registered.

Fees: $200 per week per child, $50 due at time of registration, balance due on or before 1st day of class
Sibling discount: 10% off total

The Registration Package
-contact information form
-photo and walk release
-$50 deposit per child per week
-cheques payable to Ann Wynne, address above

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Winter Art 2018

This fall we printed. This winter we will build!
-paper folding to create 3D forms to assemblage, bas relief and sculptures from recycled materials.
And middle schoolers who enjoyed the castle/manor/mosque project at Ottoson come build some more with Eileen!

Tuesday K-Gr 3 3:30-5pm 1/2, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27
Wednesday Gr2-5 3:30-5pm 1/10, 1/24, 2/14, 2/28, 3/14
fee: $100 for the session, 10% discount for siblings
Registration: send me an email with class preference, bring fees first week of class, and if first class this school year please bring contact information I will send by email

Architecture for Middle Schoolers
Gr 6-8
Do you like to move the furniture in your room? Do you imagine designing you own buildings? Do you notice how being in different spaces affects how you feel? Do you like to make things with your hands?
Join Eileen Murphy McNamara, artist and architect, for a 4 week hand on workshop that explores basic architectural principles. Through exercises and model building we will play with important ideas about space making!

4 Thursdays: 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8
fee: $100 for 4 classes

Fall Art 2017

Hi Everyone- 
Happy End of Summer! I hope you are enjoying the cooler weather we are having. We are fortunate not not be dealing with catastrophic weather like so many people in this country and others. Thanks to all who are sending aid!

It has been a summer of transitions for me. I apologize for the lateness of this email but have been traveling back and forth to Canada this August. My parents are adapting to the loss of independence in old age and my youngest son just took on more as he starts University in Montreal at Concordia.Life is change!
Speaking of change, this Fall classes at A Room for Art will be different. I will be running an after school course at Decordova in Lincoln this October and November on Thursdays in Lincoln. I am reducing classes in the studio to concentrate on this. It is a great education for me to get to know the art, some artists and staff at this sculpture park and an opportunity to integrate natural history, art and pedagogy. So out of the studio into the park! All this is contingent upon the course enrolling of course. Look out for the course called What do You See Now? for 7-11 yr olds in Decordova’s Fall offerings at decordova.org 
Maybe some of you can join me?

Here at the studio I will run a Tuesday and a Wednesday class. Each class will be every other week allowing for no class the week of Hallowe’en. Tuesdays will be younger school age and Wednesdays older school age. These aren’t rigid categories.

Tuesdays K- Gr 3 10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 11/21, 12/5
Wednesdays Gr 2-5 10/11, 10/25, 11/15, 11/29, 12/13

What will we do? play with a variety of media, 2D and 3D, a project a class and some time to breathe and play!

To register : send me an email with your name, your child’s name and date of birth

Bring first day of class:

and 
Fees $100 for 5 classes, 10% off total for siblings

Thanks, Ann

Art Camp 2017

What:

Summer Art Camp is a morning program for 5-11yr olds. Art projects are linked to games, stories, playful physical challenges and experimentation with elements like water, sand, clay, bubbles, earth and air. We do individual and collaborative work with a variety of 2D and 3D materials. The work is inspired by nature, fine artists, the materials themselves, and each other. It’s summer and the aim is to get wet, dirty and immersed in the elements!

When: 9am -12noon
Week 1 June 26- June 30
Week 2 July 17- July 21
Week 3 July 24-July 28
Week 4 July 31-Aug 4

Where: 115 Robbins Rd, Arlington
Camp will be held in the studio down the driveway to the right of the house. Door is on the left. We will also work and play in the yard and at Robbins Farm Park

Approximate Schedule:
9:00 Gathering activity outside and inside
9:15 Meeting and Art Project, free play
10:30 Bathroom and snack

11:00 Walk to the Park, Games (this timing is subject to weather, how much everybody needs an open space to run and the whim of all the artists involved)
OR
Free play at studio

12:00 Pickup at 115 Robbins Rd
Early Pickup: Let me know if you need to pick up your child early. You can come to the park if we are there.

How to contact us during camp:
Studio: 781 646 8880
Ann’s cell: 781 366 5955

Drop off and Pick up: 115 Robbins Rd

What to bring
Bring:
-water bottle
- if raining, a rain coat
Wear:
- hat
-shoes to run in(no flip flops please)
-clothes that can get dirt, paint, glue and more on them(I have smocks)
-sunscreen (please apply at home)
It is also helpful if you eat breakfast and do a bathroom visit before you come to camp! (full stomach, empty bladder)

Snack:
-Mid morning snack of some combination of crackers, cheese, bagels, muffins, yogurt, fruit or vegetables.
-Water for the drink.
Let me know if there are food issues

Assistants:
I will have an assistant with me each day. They will help
me with materials, bathroom runs, cleanup and the trip to the park.

The Art
Visit my blog for pictures of past projects and summer camp archives. It will give you an idea of the materials I use regularly and the kinds of activities we do at camp. During Summer Camp we will do more with the outdoors and nature for inspiration. Each week will have a loose theme to tie the activities together. Some of the projects will produce products that we can play with outside. Some projects will be collaborative and others will simply be art to look at. There will be free time to experiment with materials.
The media will be a mixture of 2D and 3D.

I’ll let you know the themes later! (Not only do I need time to get it altogether, I also think that a theme does not tell a child what camp’s going to be like)

Registration! Please Read-
Send me an email and I will send you a registration package.

Fees:
$200 per week per child, $50 due at time of registration, balance due on or before 1st day of class
Sibling discount: 10% off total

The Registration Package-contact information form
-photo and walk release
-$50 deposit per child per week
-cheque payable to Ann Wynne, address above

Spring Art 2017

Spring Session
April-June 2017



Welcome to the Spring Session at a Room for Art!

As in the Winter Session Art Play gatherings invite students to define their own projects, choose materials, and experiment. The studio is set up as a work space for the group to share.

Art Classes offer a specific project with a set of materials. Experimentation is encouraged within the limits of the project.

Art Play

Choose from materials available: build, paint, play. All gatherings 3-5pm, for K-Gr5
Art Play Tuesday 4/4, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, 6/6
Art Play Thursday 4/6, 4/27, 5/11, 5/25, 6/8

Art Class
Art that Moves: splatter, marble, tops and pendulums? Let’s experiment with paint! All classes 3:30-5pm, for K-Gr5
Art Class Tuesday 4/11, 5/2, 5/16, 5/30, 6/13
Art Class Thursday 4/13, 5/4, 5/18, 6/1, 6/15

Registration:

Send me an email with your choice of class. Fees and contact information (if you have not been with me this school year) due by first class/gathering. I will send you the file.

Returning students let me know now if you are doing the Spring Session.  

Winter Art 2017

HI All-
The fall session is winding down! It has been a pleasure working/playing with your children. Thanks to Elyse Spink (Thursday Art Play) and Eileen Murphy-McNamara (Tues. and Thurs. Art Class) Eileen’s annual middle school Architecture Workshop will happen in the Spring this year.

We have a few more classes to enjoy but here is the winter schedule for you to ponder. The session starts the week of Jan 9 and ends the week of March 20. It would be great to have your decisions before the holidays.

I am keeping the Art Play times on Tuesday and Thursday. If you are currently in these groups let me know if you would like to continue ASAP. I will invite others to enroll if the numbers allow. Art classes will be slightly different. They will be on Tuesday and Thursday but will be divided into 4 workshops. Families will be able to opt for 5, 3 or 2 classes. See below- it will make more sense!

To Register: if your child is a returning student from the fall session just send me an email letting me know which gathering/class you would like. If you were not enrolled this fall send me an email with your child’s name and birthdate and mail me the contact information below. 115 Robbins Rd, Arlington, Ma 02476
Fees are due the first day of classes or before.

Art Play
For K-Gr 5, free choice from a number of art activities/media- paint, draw, build, play 

Tuesdays 3-5pm 1/10, 1/24, 2/7, 2/28, 3/14
Thursdays 3-5pm 1/12, 1/26, 2/9, 3/2, 3/16

fee: $100 for 5 gatherings

Art Classes
For K- Gr 5, students will be led through different projects/ processes. The family grouping may be divided by age between 2 teachers depending upon the composition of the group.

New this winter the art class sessions will be divided into 4 workshops with a specific focus- process or medium. Eileen will work with me again this session and she will lead workshop 3.
You can sign up for the whole session as usual or you may sign up for part:

Workshop 1: Print/Watercolor: Learn simple block printing and watercolor techniques. Experiment with printing on your paintings and painting on your prints!Tuesdays 3:30-5pm 1/17, 1/31, 2/14

Workshop 2: 3D Paper: Experiment with the wonderful, versatile and familiar medium of paper. How many different ways can we make sculptural pieces with this flat medium?
Tuesdays 3:30 5pm 3/7, 3/21

Workshop 3: Paste Paper/Collage: Enjoy the rich process of layering an acrylic paint and paste mixture onto paper. Make an assortment of your own paper, then create collages using the dry product. Produce a set of handmade cards.
Thursdays 3:30-5pm 1/19, 2/2, 2/16


Workshop 4: Simple books: Learn simple bookbinding techniques- sewn pamphlet, accordion, stick and elastic. Produce your own set of blank books for gifts or for your own work
Thursdays 3:30-5pm 3/9, 3/23


fee: $100 for 5 classes, $60 for 3, $40 for 2

sibling discount: take 10% off total if more than one of your children is enrolling

Thanks, Ann

Fall Art

Hi Everybody- It is definitely still Summer but it is that time when we start to look at our calendars for the Fall. Don’t leave the beach but let me know what you are interested in for Fall art. Enjoy the next few weeks! See you in October.
Thanks, Ann



I am changing the format a little this fall. I am planning alternate weeks of art play and art classes. All art classes and art play sessions are every other week and start in October, end in December. Feel free to email me with questions!

Art Play!
Come to the studio and paint, draw, construct, mess around with media, build with blocks or play with versatile materials. Make what the materials invite you to make! The space will be a structured environment designed for children to make their own choices. We all need to time to play but busy school age children really need it! (think art camp at free choice)
Unlike art classes we won’t all do the same project. Unlike Open Studios it will be a registered session. ( I am putting my thoughts together about art, materials and play and will post it here soon)

3:00-5pm every other week

K-Gr5 Tuesdays: 10/4, 10/18, 11/1, 11/15, 12/6
K-Gr5 Thursdays: 10/6, 10/20, 11/3, 11/17, 12/8
Fee $100 for 5, 2 hr sessions

Art Classes Art classes, like always, will have a specific project each week. Eileen Murphy- McNamara will be working with me again. This Fall the inspiration will be Trees! We will do a variety of 2D and 3D projects.

3:30-5pm every other week

Tuesdays Gr 3-5: 10/11, 10/25, 11/8, 11/22, 12/13
Thursdays K-Gr3: 10/13, 10/27, 11/10, 12/1, 12/15
Fee $100 for 5, 1 1/2 hr classes

Registration: Send me an email with your child’s name, D.O.B. and class preference.
I will send you a contact information form. Please mail it to 115 Robbins Rd 02476 (if you are a returning student you can bring it the first day of classes with your fees)

Parents: Want to do your own art?
Check out Eileen’s adult community ed course!

Explore what makes watercolor so amazing—its freshness, transparency, portability and versatility. In this course, we will paint from still lifes inspired by the season using techniques including wet on wet, glazing and dry brush. With an eye towards rich color, gradient washes and ways of capturing both light and depth, we will create studies and final paintings. All skill levels welcomed. Materials list will be sent before first class. Come and experiment!

Go to ArlingtonCommunityEd.org for registration instruction