Design your own glass mosaics with Artist Melinda Gray: Make your own mosaic or choose a traditional pattern, to learn about the elements of a strong design. You’ll start with a small project to learn the techniques and then move on to a larger, more complex design of your own creation. If you haven’t tried Glass Mosaics before this is a great beginning, and if you have, this is a chance to go deeper and work on more ambitious projects and refine your skills.

$490

15 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 6-8



Compose your own mini zine with Artist Yael Levy: Learn the fundamental principles of visual storytelling, layout and cover design, and also the hands-on processes and techniques of paper folding and art books as objects. Apply your learnings and create your own limited edition series in the spirit of small independent publications and art books.

$475

16 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 6-8



Make paper models with Artist Jennifer Linderman — Learn the basic folds of Origami and advance your knowledge and folding skills to create models such as animals, geometric shapes, modulars, flowers, and even mythological creatures.

Magnificent Useless Machines with Artist Anna Kingsley — Study the basic machine principals such as lever, pulley, gears, and more. And then create a machine that does only one action, and does it very well. You’ll use cardboard, hot glue, rubber bands, and more to build your masterpiece machine.

Sew What? with Artist Angie Wilson — Learn a variety of sewing machine techniques to make backpacks, pillows, wallets, stuffies, and anything else your imagination allows.



Design your own stained glass windows with Artist Melinda Gray: Make your own or choose a traditional pattern for your glass window, and learn about the elements of a strong design. You’ll learn to cut and grind beautiful, colored glass, solder, and frame up a finished piece. Through the age-old technique of Stained Glass, you’ll learn about art and design as well as craftsmanship.

$490

15 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 6-8



Make colorful paper mosaics with Artist Judy Schonebaum: You can make mosaics with tiny colored pieces of stone, pottery, glass or even paper. Use torn and cut up pieces of paper, arrange them together and set in plaster or cement to create colorful (and in some cases, complex) paper mosaics.

$475

16 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 6-8



Make puppets with Artist Taylor Gersbach — Explore different ways to make puppets and then create your own puppets with fabric, wood and just about anything else you can find. Use your puppet-characters to create a story at the end of the week.

Cook like a chef - Learn how to make a variety of delicious foods using techniques that all the chefs use in their own cooking. At the end of the week, prepare a feast for your parents.

Bamboozle! with Thingamajigs Teaching Artists- Explore how bamboo is used to build orchestras of diverse and melodic sounds, and make your own bull roarers, xylophones, rasps, percussion tubes and string zithers. Learn to write scores and compose a short work for performance on the final day.



Design your own glass mosaics with Artist Melinda Gray: Make your own mosaic or choose a traditional pattern, to learn about the elements of a strong design. You’ll start with a small project to learn the techniques and then move on to a larger, more complex design of your own creation. If you haven’t tried Glass Mosaics before this is a great beginning, and if you have, this is a chance to go deeper and work on more ambitious projects and refine your skills.

$490

15 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 6-8



Carve and copy your own rubber cut block with Artist Anna Kingsley: Learn design best practices and safety skills as you draw your own linoleum or rubber cut block. Print multiple copies with a tabletop relief press or several more unconventional machines that produce beautiful results. You’ll focus on understanding how to design for this printmaking method, and how to prepare paper and roll an even coat of ink.

$475

16 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 5-8



Make silk screens with Artist Taylor Gersbach — Learn about the magical power of the sun, as you use light sensitive emulsion to coat, expose, and develop silk screens with your art and print multiples. At the end of the week, you’ll make a work of art with a print of everyone's work.

Sew what you imagine — Learn to sew by hand as well as by machine as you develop and complete two to three projects such as: stuffies, aprons, tote bags and more.

Sculpt with Thingamajigs Teaching Artists — Explore balance, weight, and aesthetics to construct unique sculptures with a mix of artistic mediums and materials that would otherwise be discarded. Reduce, reuse, refurnish and take home your sculpture for everyone to see.



Design your own stained glass windows with Artist Melinda Gray: Make your own or choose a traditional pattern for your glass window, and learn about the elements of a strong design. You’ll learn to cut and grind beautiful, colored glass, solder, and frame up a finished piece. Through the age-old technique of Stained Glass, you’ll learn about art and design as well as craftsmanship.

$490

15 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 6-8



Create your own comic story with Artist Yael Levy: Learn about the process, tools and techniques of storytelling, as you explore the different text/ image relationships, panel to panel transitions, layout and panel structure in comic stories. From writing to sketching to inking, you’ll incorporate these concepts into your own creations, follow this unique process to tap into your own creativity and explore ways to bring stories to life.

$475

16 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 6-8



Paint and draw with Artist Taylor Gersbach — As a young creative artist, you’ll learn about some of the most exciting visual artists throughout the world and use your style to make your own masterpieces.

Move in the rhythm of Capoeira — Let loose and take your shoes off to explore Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian art-form that combines martial arts, dance, gymnastics, music and singing. Learn the fundamental movements in a fun environment and by the end of the week, dance or do cartwheels all the way home. 

Make instruments with Thingamajigs Teaching Artists — Combine music, art and science to create your own wacky musical instruments from recycled objects. Through the trash-to-treasure process of instrument-building, you’ll learn about the science of sound and apply it to create musical games and compositions. At the end of the week, you’ll take your personalized instruments home.



Make animated stories with Artist Yael Levy — Learn how to make short, simple animations with analog tools. Start with flip books and work your way through the process of stop motion animation. Create storyboards, characters and backgrounds and in the end, bring them all to life with a camera.  

Cook like an artist — Explore traditional cuisines and learn how flavors of specific foods explode, recede, or change based on your cooking methods. Play with the texture, flavor, and other aspects of your produce, to understand how it all affects our experience.

Make a song with Artist Taylor Gersbach — From folk songs, to jingles, to protest songs, work together to draw inspiration from our ancestors and create a song in your own way.



Make your own hard-cover journal with Artist Anna Kingsley: Learn traditional book making methods while you experiment with modern embellishments such as secret pockets, pull outs, and more, before you lock your diary with a mini padlock. You’ll also fill your pages with daily writing and drawing prompts. Take home handouts with written and visual instructions, as well as a detailed resource list. You can do adaptations if you need help with fine motor skills.

$475

16 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 5-8



Manipulate metal and create your own sculptures with Artist Day Polini: Study the technique of fusing metal using MIG welding, grinding, cutting, and bending metal to create your own art pieces. You’ll also learn about the safe use of all the equipment and tools.

$490

16 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 6-8



Scientific Illustration (Color Pencil) with Artist Jennifer Linderman — Learn the traditional art form of scientific illustration as you draw a variety of biological subjects from plants to insects to fish to even bones. “Draw WHAT you see and not what you THINK you see” via a variety of techniques: measuring, lighting, and still life examples.  

Sew what you imagine — Learn to sew by hand as well as by machine as you develop and complete two to three projects such as: stuffies, aprons, tote bags and more.

Talk with drums — Learn how every culture in the world has used rhythm and drumming to communicate and create your own percussion instrument. Gather into your own drumming group and create sound pieces together. At the end of the week, take home your personalized handmade instrument.



Manipulate metal and create your own sculptures with Artist Day Polini: Study the technique of fusing metal using MIG welding, grinding, cutting, and bending metal to create your own art pieces. You’ll also learn about the safe use of all the equipment and tools.

$490

15 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 6-8



Why just a meal when you can cook to feed well throughout your life?

Explore what it means to cook fully with your produce, reuse what at first appears to be waste, and take care with how and what you're making. You’ll learn knife skills, create your own adventures in seasoning, and study the logic behind basic recipes as you build your own.

$475

15 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 6-8



Build an electronic tone generator from scratch with Artist No.e Parker : Learn to prototype a basic circuit on a breadboard with common electronic components. Apply design thinking to make the user interface and use listening skills to develop your instrument's sound. Fashion your unique sound-piece from a variety of found and recycled materials.

$485

15 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 6-8



Capture sceneries and activities with Artist Judith Schonebaum: Develop individual creativity with drawing and painting skills in an inspirational space. You’ll do exercises in observational drawing, and learn pastel coloring, color blending, and composition in acrylics.

$475

15 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 5-8



Collage and color blending with Artist Anna Kingsley — Learn to blend colors as you mix and arrange multi-colored geometric designs, and group/sort multicolored material into basic color groups to generate complex patterns and designs.

Cook like an artist — Explore traditional cuisines and learn how flavors of specific foods explode, recede, or change based on your cooking methods. Play with the texture, flavor, and other aspects of your produce, to understand how it all affects our experience.

Make sounds out of anything with Artist David Samas — Learn how musical instruments work and then create your own with materials found in your backyard and recycle-bin. Organize sounds to create a visual score, practice your performance skills and perform with your score at the end of the workshop.



Make paper with Artist Anna Kingsley — Use pre-made paper pulp to make paper, experiment with unconventional additives to create designs with different colors of pulp on one sheet, and at last, make your own pulp with a blender and materials in the recycle bin.

Make Botanimals with Artist Jennifer Linderman — Learn to draw animals and botanic elements such as plants, trees, flowers, etc. and fuse the two subjects together to create “Botanimals”. Use and play with a variety of mixed media: watercolor, ink pens, markers, colored pencil, stamps and more.

Make LED art with Artist No.e Parker — Create a mix of electronic art such as wearable LED superhero wrist band, solar-powered jiggle bots and LED/paper circuit art, rechargeable walking T-rex robots and more.



Create your book of shadows and write poetic spells with professional wizard David Samas: Learn to harness your will and concentration with affirmations and create works with healing and hypnotic language. You’ll make your own wire-wrap crystal amulets, a unique incense or oil blend for blessing, and practice traditional shamanic healing techniques. You’ll also learn to defend against dark arts curriculum.

$475

15 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 6-8



Why toss it when you can reuse it with Artist Judy Schonebaum: Explore the many beautiful and functional pieces that can be created from recycled materials. Using strips of old clothes, nylon netting, plastic bags and natural materials, you’ll create various textiles to use, wear or display.

$475

15 spaces for CAMPers entering grades 6-8