Summer Art Camp - 2023 Schedule

Every week, we focus on a particular topic and art technique, to give your child a variety of skills and experiences.
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Week 1-Sculpture

June 12-16

• Basics with play dough and plastiline
• Salt dough
• Clay
• Pottery
• Museum Visit: Skirball Cultural Center
• Drawing and Painting lessons everyday
• Art History: Michelangelo, History of Sculpture.
  Master of Sculpture. Sculpture around the World.
• Pool and Water Slide (if good weather)
• Academics: Math and English
• Chess
• Board games, movies, playtime, computer games

Week 2-Nature Art

June 19-23

• Arts and crafts made with found objects in nature such as:
  rocks, leaves, shells, twigs, etc.
• Frames, Jewelry Box, Rock Painting, Twig Furniture
• Field trip to The Getty Center
• Drawing and Painting
• Park Field trips
• Art history: Renaissance Art, Realism, landscape.
• Pool and Water Slide (if good weather)
• Academics: Math and English
• Chess
• Board games, movies, playtime, computer games

Week 3-Puppeteer

June 26-30

• Puppet making
• Paper puppets
• Sock puppets
• Leaf puppets
• Field trip to Hammer Museum
• Drawing and Painting
• Park Field trips
• Art history
• Pool and Water Slide (if good weather)
• Academics: Math and English
• Chess
• Board games, movies, playtime, computer games

Week 4 - Paper Mache

July 3-7

• Bowl
• Vases
• Masks
• Helmets
• Field Trip to Craft Contemporary museum
• Drawing and Painting
• Park Field trips
• Art History: History of Papier-mache
• Pool and Water Slide (if good weather)
• Academics: Math and English
• Chess
• Board games, movies, playtime, computer games

Week 5 - Recycle and Paper

July 10-14

• Masks, board games, collage, flowers, cards, dioramas, etc
• Drawing and Painting
• Art History
• Park Field trips
• Pool and Water Slide (if good weather)
• Academics: Math and English
• Chess
• Board games, movies, playtime, computer games

Week 6- Mosaic

July 17 - July 21

• Paper mosaic
• Clay mosaic
• Bead mosaic
• Drawing and Painting
• Art History: History of Mosaic Art
• Park Field trips
• Pool and Water Slide (if good weather)
• Academics: Math and English
• Chess
• Board games, movies, playtime, computer games

Week 7- Weaving

July 24-28

• Web weaving
• Homemade loom
• Drawing and Painting
• Park Field trips
• Art History: Art and History of Weaving. Introduction to
  weaving techniques.
• Weaving in Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Peru
• Pool and Water Slide (if good weather)
• Academics: Math and English
• Chess
• Board games, movies, playtime, computer games

Week 8 - Art and Craft

July 31-August 4

• Jewelry
• Sun Catchers
• Mobiles
• Gifts
• Drawing and Painting
• Park Field trips
• Art History: Art and Craft Movement
• Pool and Water Slide (if good weather)
• Academics: Math and English
• Chess
• Board games, movies, playtime, computer games

Week 9 - Glass Painting

August 7-11

• Vase Painting
• Glass Painting
• Window painting
• Drawing and Painting
• Park Field trips
• Art History: History of Glass Painting, Reverse Glass Painting,
  Venetian Art
• Pool and Water Slide (if good weather)
• Academics: Math and English
• Chess
• Board games, movies, playtime, computer games

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