Summer 2008 workshops for children and teens
Tuition required
FOUR WEEKS: 7 JULY — 1 AUGUST 2008
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Registration begins May 1st!
Monday through Friday
Art From Many Lands [C20] |
Ms. Joyce Mansfield-Divine
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 8 to 11 years old
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Week of July 14
Students discover and explore functional works and universal symbols in the art from lands such India, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea by making bark cloth, drums, and rain sticks. Tuition: $125 (members), $140 (non-members); plus $40 materials fee.
Book Arts [C33] |
Ms. Megan Fentzloff
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 5 to 7 years old
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Week of July 21
Students combine storytelling and visual art in this workshop. They study a range of book making techniques and construct their own, in which each narrative tale is informed and enhanced by the unique shapes, colors, and textures of the book’s structure. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Cartooning [C40] |
Ms. Nicole Dul
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 8 to 11 years old
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Week of July 28
In this workshop, students learn the fundamentals of cartooning and use their imaginations to create their own characters and story lines. Elements of visual storytelling including basic drawing techniques for characters, objects and backgrounds are covered. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Ceramics: Handbuilding [T22] |
Ms. Lee Wilkinson
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 12 to 17 years old
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Week of July 14
Students explore the properties of clay and handbuilding techniques to produce a series of ceramic pieces. Work created in this workshop will be dried and fired after all sessions end and will be available for pick-up during the week of July 28. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $35 materials fee
Ceramics: Wheel Work [T11] |
Ms. Lee Wilkinson
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 12 to 17 years old
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Week of July 7
Students learn basic throwing skills and techniques of wheel work to produce a series of vessels. Pieces created in this workshop will be dried and fired after all sessions end and will be available for pick-up during the week of July 28. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $35 materials fee
Collaged Masterpieces [C22] |
Ms. Carolynne McNeel
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 5 to 7 years old
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Week of July 14
How would you like to see yourself as an Egyptian pharoah, a Byzantine king or queen, or a Picasso-style Cubist person? Using collaged elements, each students creates a self-portrait in a style reminiscent of a favorite artist form history. Proportion, anatomical drawing, composition, color interaction, textures, and patterns are explored. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Color Concepts: Watercolor and Pastel [T41] |
Mr. Thomas Walton
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 12 to 17 years old
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Week of July 28
Using watercolor and pastel (sometimes together), students learn the technical challenges of mixing pigments, wash and layering techniques, and optical blending. This is an excellent course for beginning painters. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Colorful Collaged World [C43] |
Ms. Megan Fentzloff
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 5 to 7 years old
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Week of July 28
Without the use of pencils, crayons, or markers, students create a range of self-portraits, maps, and landscapes by cutting and tearing paper, fabric, and other materials. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Designer Portfolio [C31] |
Ms. Carolynne McNeel
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 8 to 11 years old
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Week of July 21
Ever dreamed of designing clothing for your favorite celebrity, sports team, super hero or even for yourself? This workshop makes you the designer for your own one-of-a-kind clothing collection. Students create portfolios of designs using magazine cut outs, fabric swatches, hand made stamps, fancy papers and special embellishments. Each student also designs a logo for their clothing line to complete their portfolio. $125 (members), $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Drawing Studio [T10] |
Mr. Thomas Walton
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 12 to 17 years old
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Week of July 7
This workshop emphasizes the skills needed to produce a strong portfolio of drawings. Participants study contour, value, positive and negative space, perspective, composition, scale, proportion, and creative expression, using charcoal, pencil, and conté crayon. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Figure Drawing [T20] |
Ms. Laura Borneman
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 12 to 17 years old
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Week of July 14
Using the clothed human body as subject, students build an understanding of basic anatomy, proportions, and gesture. We concentrate on the role of line and value in building a sense of light and space. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $35 model/materials fee
Figure Sculpture [T31] |
Mr. Scott Wheelock
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 12 to 17 years old
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Week of July 21
This workshop focuses on modeling the figure, first through relief techniques, then advances to three dimensions. Students work with oil-based clay and gain an understanding of form, structure, and human anatomy. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 models fee and $20 materials fee
Graphic Art for Music [T34] |
Ms. Nicole Dul
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 12 to 17 years old
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Week of July 21
Students study artwork created for the music industry and develop their own designs using woodcut, lincut, and silkscreen to use on clothing, posters, and stickers. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $30 materials fee
Illustration Intro [T40] |
Mr. Thomas Leonard
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 12 to 17 years old
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Week of July 28
Students are taught how to develop narrative skills, problem solving techniques, and creative thinking within an illustrative context. A variety of media, methods, styles, and techniques are demonstrated to create black and white, and color illustrations. We explore children's books, editorial and sequential (graphic novel) illustrations. The class serves as an introduction to students considering a career in art. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Inside/Outside [C12] |
Ms. Julieann Julia
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 5 to 7 years old
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Week of July 7
Using a variety of materials students design and create a multi-roomed miniature house surrounded by personal landscaping. Projects will include handbuilding clay furniture, making structures using found objects and using various printmaking techniques for interior and exterior embellishments. Tuition: $125 (members), $140 (non-members); plus $30 materials fee
Mask Making [C30] |
Ms. Hilary Weiss
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 8 to 11 years old
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Week of July 21
Students explore the history of masks in different countries and from other times. Using this information they design and create their own mask using clay, papier-mâché, paint and other materials for embellishment, texture and color. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Master Studio [C14] |
Ms. Mariel Waloff
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 8 to 11 years old
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Week of July 7
Students look at images of paintings, drawings, sculpture, and prints from the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Each class focuses on the work of an artist, and students create an original piece inspired by that artist's style and technique. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
My Artist's Journal [C13] |
Ms. Carolynne McNeel
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 8 to 11 years old
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Week of July 7
Each student constructs a personal, one-of-a-kind journal for collecting images and thoughts that express and illustrate a personal story or experience, real or imagined. Each day is devoted to creating a new page for the journal, using a variety of techniques including watercolor, markers, colored pencils, and collaged embellishments as well as stamping and paper folding. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
My Dream House [C32] |
Ms. Lauren Parker
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 5 to 7 years old
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Week of July 21
Students look at work by famous architects and designers, along with nontraditional living spaces of variouys cultures. They then plan out a model “dream home” of their own with blue prints and interior design inspiration boards. The actual model will be built using a wide variety of creative building materials. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Natural Wonders [C11] |
Ms. Nicole Dul
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 5 to 7 years old
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Week of July 7
Students learn about nature through creative hands-on projects in this workshop that examines the natural environment of animals, plants, objects and space. Studies will inspire two and three-dimensional projects in a variety of mediums ranging from sun prints, nature viewers, book arts and printmaking. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Oaxacan Animals [C41] |
Ms. Hilary Weiss
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 8 to 11 years old
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Week of July 28
Oaxacan animals are those brightly colored fanciful wooden carved animals from Mexico. Some are based on real animals and some are mythical combinations of different types of creatures. In this class we look at examples of real Oaxacan animals and then create our own with papier-mâché and bright paints. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Oil Painting from the Masters [T30] |
Mr. Thomas Walton
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 12 to 17 years old
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Week of July 21
Using reproductions, students spend the week making a serious investigation into the proportions, composition, color and shapes of a painting as used by a master artist. Tuition: $125 (members), $140 (non-members); plus $25 materials fee
Photography I [T33] |
Mr. Jeff Carpineta
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 12 to 17 years old
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Week of July 21
Students learn the basics of black-and-white photography, including using a non-automatic manual 35-mm camera, processing film, and printing photographs. Participants must supply their own cameras. Registration limited to 10 students. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $30 materials fee
Photography Survey [T23] |
Ms. Hilary Weiss
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 12 to 17 years old
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Week of July 14
Students make and use their own pinhole cameras and experiment with photograms in the darkroom. Additionally, an introduction to digital photography covers shooting, altering images on the computer and printing in the digital classroom. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $40 materials fee
Poster Art [C15] |
Ms. Lisa Volta
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 8 to 11 years old
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Week of July 7
This class explores the history and significance of poster art. We'll look at a variety of posters from propaganda and advertising to fan posters, fanzines and music posters. Students learn the basics of printmaking, starting small and working toward producing a large print using a reductive method to make an edition of ten three-color prints. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $40 materials fee
Pottery and Baskets [C44] |
Ms. Julieann Julia
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 8 to 11 years old
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Week of July 28
In this workshop, students practice clay working techniques based on those used by Native Americans to produce fired, clay vessels. Additionally, students make cloth braided baskets for the pottery. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $40 materials fee
Printmaking [C10] |
Ms. Megan Fentzloff
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 5 to 7 years old
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Week of July 7
Learn how to make multiple copies of your vibrant images in this experimental, hands-on workshop. A variety of simple techniques are introduced as we play with texture-making materials from potatoes to string. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Printmaking [C23] |
Ms. Megan Fentzloff
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 8 to 11 years old
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Week of July 14
Students learn to produce one-of-kind prints using techniques that offer unlimited creative possibilities. Classic printmaking techniques are employed using stencils, found items from nature, and many texture-making materials. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $20 materials fee
Printmaking Fundamentals [T12] |
Ms. Kimberly Gavin
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 12 to 17 years old
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Week of July 7
Monoprint, collograph, etching, and linocut printmaking techniques are taught and practiced in this studio where students can develop their personal style. Strong drawing skills are essential for this class, but previous printmaking experience is not required Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $35 materials fee
Recylist Self-portraits [C42] |
Ms. Lauren Parker
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 5 to 7 years old
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Week of July 28
Art history and recycling come together in this workshop where students create a self portrait painting/collage in the Cubist style of Picasso using a variety of paper, cardboard and boxes. Decoupage frames and handmade paper nameplates complete the portraits.
Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $40 materials fee
The Artist's Table [C34] |
Ms. Julieann Julia
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 8 to 11 years old
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Week of July 21
What would it be like if a number of famous artists gathered for dinner with place settings representing their artwork? Participants in this workshop learn the answer as they create decorative plates, cups, and utensils, complemented with appropriately matching napkins and placemats -- all themed to an artist of their choosing. The project incorporates a number of media, including clay and fabric. Finished place settings are prepared as wall hangings. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $40 materials fee
Two- and Three-Dimensional Design [T21] |
Mr. Chris Archer
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 12 to 17 years old
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Week of July 14
Through hands-on projects, students learn the vocabulary of design, gaining the conceptual tools necessary for their future in the arts. Class projects focus on elements of color, composition, line, texture, and contrast with three-dimensional studies concentrating on visualizing, planning, and creating abstract three-dimensional sculptural objects through numerous projects relating to volume, mass, and form. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $25 materials fee
Wearable Art [C24] |
Ms. Julieann Julia
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 8 to 11 years old
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Week of July 14
Using clay, and a variety of other material students learn to make beads, medallions, pins, bracelets, anklets, and necklaces. Tuition: $125 (members) $140 (non-members); plus $40 materials fee
World Art [C21] |
Ms. Nicole Dul
9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Ages: 5 to 7 years old
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Week of July 14
Young artists explore selected traditions of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe through creative art projects such as papel picado from Mexico and prayer flags from Tibet. Tuition: $125 (members) $140(non-members); plus $40 materials fee
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