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Limited scholarships are available. Please ask for an application if you have financial need.
Cartoon Camp I - Cartoon Workshop
July 29 - August 2 Ages 10 and up. (Limited to 10 students)
Mon. - Fri. 9:00 - 11:30
Learn the fundamentals of turning ideas into comics on paper. Explore design, story, and sequential illustration.
Instructor: Bob Oxman began developing his graphic style designing clothing, zines, and skateboard decks when he started a small skateboard and apparel company in high school. After completing his MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies Bob went on to self publish three of a four part historic murder mystery series of comics called Smuttynose.
$75; $125 for two siblings
Children’s Summer Art Camps 2013
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Call 802-885-7111 Limited scholarships available
Camp I - Make a Circus Movie!
July 8 - 12, Ages 8 and up. (Limited to 8 students)
Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Create an imaginary world under the Big Top by constructing circus figures out of paper and bringing them to life by using a stop-motion animation program. Using the Springfield Library's circus mural by Stuart Eldredge as inspiration, we will make a short animation together. We will also learn to make simple flipbooks.
Instructors: Melissa Post assisted by Diane Kemble.
Melissa Post originally learned animation in a children's workshop in Croatia and has since worked in school and museum settings. She enjoys doing animation with children, as she feels that it is a natural extension of their active imagination.
$75; $125 for two siblings
Camp II - Wonders of Weaving
July 22 - 26, Ages 8 and up. (Limited to 10 students)
Mon. - Fri. 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Design and weave your own projects. Learn how to set up a simple loom. Make a placemat, weave a headband, create a tapestry, and braid a friendship bracelet. Explore the wonders of colors, yarns, and textures.
Instructor: Shana Frank - Shana has taught hundreds of young people and grown-ups how to weave. She has exhibited her work at crafts fairs, community festivals, and farmers markets. When she is not weaving, Shana helps students learn math.
$75; $125 for two siblings
Spring Workshops 2013 and Summer Art Camps for Children (scroll down)
APRIL
Saturday, April 27
9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Painting Spectacular Flowers in Watercolor
Instructor: Robert O’Brien
This course is open to all levels of painting ability with some drawing experience recommended.
Students will learn basic floral painting techniques, with an emphasis on values and composition. Each session will begin with a demonstration by the
instructor with class painting to follow. The
instructor will provide hands-on guidance throughout the painting process. The workshop will focus on painting from close-up photo reference of
flowers in an artistic setting. There will be a critique and class discussion at the end.
Workshop fee $65 Members/$70 Non-members
Materials list upon registration.
MAY
Saturday, May 4
10 a.m - 2 p.m.
Acrylic Painting
Instructor: Louise Max
Learn how to handle versatile acrylic paints and take advantage of this quick-drying medium. Class will cover properties of acrylics, glazing, layering and other techniques. Students will go home with 1-2 small paintings. Workshops can be tailored to Beginner or Level 2, depending on students’
experience level.
Workshop fee: $25 Members/$30 Non-members
Materials list available upon registration.
Saturday, May 11
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Found Objects Mobiles
Instructor: Shelley Saylor
Students will learn to make mobiles with everyday found objects.
Workshop fee $15 Members/$20 Non-members
Materials fee $5
Materials list available upon registration.
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Information is subject to change.
We may add more
workshops at student requests!
Cartoon Camp II – Young Adults Cartooning Workshop
July 29 – Aug. 212:30 -3:00 p.m.Age 14 and up. Limited to 10 students.
Continue building your skills through drawing and writing exercises that strengthen your power to use design, story, and sequential illustration to develop your own amazing cartoon ideas.
Instructor: Bob Oxman $75; $125 for two siblings
MAY
Saturday, May 11
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Found Objects Mobiles
Instructor: Shelley Saylor
Students will learn to make mobiles with everyday found objects.
Workshop fee $15 Members/$20 Non-members
Materials fee $5
Materials list available upon registration.
Saturday, May 18
9:30 a.m. - Noon
Zentangle, Beyond the Basics
Instructor/s: Sadelle Wiltshire and Ann Coakley, Certified Zentangle Teachers
(***Prerequisite: Intro to Zentangle) Zentangle,
Beyond the Basics is your next step in exploring the Zentangle drawing method. We will explore patterns or ‘tangles’ that require more focus, learn a few ‘magical’ tangles, and explore pattern
enhancement techniques such as shading and highlights. Take your Zentangle art to the next level!
Workshop fee $30 Members/$35 Non-members
Paper will be supplied. Students can bring their pencils, sharpeners, blenders and micron pens, or
can purchase from the instructor/s.
JUNE
Saturday, June 29
9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m..
Nightscapes in Pastel
Instructor: Robert Carsten, PSA, IAPS—MC
Towns, villages and/or cities at night provide fun and intriguing opportunities as subjects. Capturing in a more free and expressive manner such things as perspective, buildings, colorful signs and
window designs, streetlights and signs, people in their daily activities, cars and more will add
interest, color and action to our pastels. Pastel techniques appropriate to capturing the mood and energetic excitement of this subject will be
presented and demonstrated by this very popular instructor. Work from your photos or sketches.
