Summer 2008 The studio offers seasonal camps and workshops during summer and all school breaks. There will be a limit of 10 youth artists per day. Please contact the studio to register! Art Camp Camp runs 9am-3pm, Tuesday-Fridays and is  $200 for the week. We also offer the option of 3-5pm aftercare for those who need longer days for and extra $20 per day. Participants should bring a healthy sack lunch and a water bottle. An afternoon healthy snack will be provided by the studio. More details below. Two-day Workshops Two-day Workshops are on Tuesdays and Thursdays with a projects that will cover both days. More details below. Waitlists will be available. Art Camp Session 1: June 24-27 Magical Creatures Art Camp Artists ages 6-11 years old Do you like the Spiderwick Chronicles? How about Harry Potter or Pixie Hallow? This camp will be filled with art making focused on the world of house brownies, fairies, boggarts and many more magical creatures. Session 2: July 8-11 Mixed Media Art Camp Artists ages 9 and up Art materials this week will include: Altered-book Making Print Making Found Object Sculptures Acrylic Painting and more! Session 3: July 22-25 Global Art Camp Artists aged 6-11 years old Artists will visit different parts of the world through art making! Session 4: August 5-8 Girls Empowerment Art Camp Artists aged 8-14 years old Art projects planned include: Collage Sewing/clothing reconstruction Session 5: August 19-22 Mixed Media Art Camp Artists aged 6-11 years old Altered-book Making Print Making Found Object Sculptures Acrylic Painting and more! Two-day Workshops Tuesday and Thursdays the studio will be offerring two-day workshops from 2-4pm. Ages 6-14 years old Participants in afternoon classes will be provided with a healthy snack. There is a maximum of 10 artists per group. Wait list when classes are full. All art materials provided. Price for both days. Members: $35      Non-members: $40 June 17 & 19 Instamatic Camera & Mixed Media Self-Portraits No digital in this workshop. Youth artists will photograph themselves and manipulate the images while they emerge. Later photos will be utilized in a mixed media piece. July 1 & 3 Time Capsules What is important to you? Create your own a historic cache of goods and/or information that you will send into the future. July 15 & 17 Garden Art: Citronella Candles and Stepping Stones Keep the bugs away and create your own unique stepping stone for your garden! July 29 & 31 Crayon Encaustic Create your own encaustic masterpiece! What a great use of old broken crayons that no one wants to use! Encaustic painting is a specific type of painting utilizing hot wax, often beeswax. Pigments are added and then the wax is applied to a surface. Metal tools and special brushes can be used before the wax cools, or heated metal tools can be used to manipulate the wax that has cooled. Encaustics can also be sculpted and/or utilized in collage, as well as painted. Come in and learn about this method dating as far back to ancient Egypt. August 12 & 14 Make your own imaginary friend/monster! Do you have an imaginary friend? Come to this two-day workshop to capture it in a sewn project. August 26 & 28 Comic Book Art Have you ever wished you were a super hero? Now you can be! In this two-day workshop you will create your alter-ego and place it in a story! Enrollment will begin March 1st. Waiting lists will be available. Copyright (c) 2006, Beth Ann Short and Joy Leising. All rights reserved.