School’s out, then what?
Summer break for kids is less than 2 weeks away. If you are a panicking parent, rest easy; we’ve got you covered.
Space in June Summer Art Camp still available
Lucky for you, limited space is still available in several Summer Art Camp classes in June, and enough variety exists to keep all kinds of kids content. Check out the list below, but register soon. Camp starts June 7.
5-6 year olds:
7-9 year olds:
Tool Prints: Hammer, Saw & much more
Like Matisse and other Fauvists painters, study the use of vivid colors. Working in a variety of media, create works that use expressive color to convey emotions, depict light, mood and define character.
8-12 year olds:
Don’t know much about biology? Create a simple rag doll/creature which you cut, sew, stuff and assemble. Add embroidered or painted faces, fill the doll with internal organs, and dress in clothes that you also create.
Employ a variety of techniques to draw San Antonio’s skyline of towers. Investigate the history, materials and construction styles of skyscrapers, while creating a three-dimensional model of an imaginary tower. This class takes place at The Center for Architecture.
Use your keen observation of the SSAC gardens to create a journal of reflections and drawings. Focus on nature’s forms and patterns, sights and sounds. Look at historic naturalists’ journals-from Beatrix Potter and Audubon, to present day journal writers.
Collaborate on a large-scale installation of a model city. Discuss communities and cities and the things that make them work. Keep a notebook of sketches and observations street scenes, characters and skyscrapers. This class takes place at The Center for Architecture.
10-14 year olds:
Soup cans? Nike ads? What is pop art and how does a changing pop culture change what we mean by it? Students will look at the work of Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Wayne Thiebaud and others, and create their own pop art.
Learn to see in amazing new ways as you re-vision your world using line, shape and color. Each day is a different approach to exploring and discovering the principles of abstraction.
Relief Prints: Illustrate a Story
Using the San Antonio River and the River Walk as a model-explore the design, construction and enhancement of a mid-city river project. Create a three-dimensional model of your own city-river system. Look at the plans for River North and the art, engineering, and ongoing improvements. This class takes place at The Center for Architecture.
14-18 year olds:
This studio-intensive class will keep you moving to the beat. Each student will learn basic, as well as non-traditional, screenprinting techniques. Your final product will be a large scale multi-media piece that incorporates screenprinting and collage. This class is for the hardcore only-if you can’t cumbia then you better start learning.
Are your kids registered for Summer Art Camp? Which classes are you looking forward to this year? Are you a former Summer Art Camp camper? Tell us about it!
