Majors: By Category | Alphabetically
Minors: By Category | Alphabetically
Ages 7+ - CLASS FULL
Come and see why clay has been an honored art form for thousands of years! Students will have time for both group projects as well as free expression time. We will use special clay that will allow you to take your masterpieces home the same day you create them! Bring a box to transport your treasures!
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Students will learn the basic stitches to begin a project (called casting on), knitting, purling, and the technique to end a project (called casting off). Students will be able to take their needles and yarn home with them and a quick project to keep. Students will also get instructions to make simple fingerless gloves, a simple hat, and a simple scarf.
We are offering adults the opportunity to join in with the kids on this afternoon class for $25.00. Adults can register here.
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Native arts, stories and wisdom in the woods. Find your Warrior spirit while sharing arts, songs and stories of the first nations.
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Observe and work from live fish, frogs, turtles, and snakes in aquariums. Also available to work from will be feathers, butterfly wings, bones, shells, rocks, interesting branches, leaves and flowers. We will explore these forms on paper using a variety of drawing materials and watercolor studying the beautiful colors, textures and details they contain. Students will also have a chance to create some of these forms in self-hardening clay.
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Create splatter paintings like a master. This class requires no knowledge of painting or drawing—only a desire to make something awesome!
Read MoreAges 10+ - CLASS FULL
Students will enjoy creating with clay using multiple construction techniques while being inspired by examples from various cultures.
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Join us for a madcap romp through the classic comedy “Arsenic and Old Lace”. We will cast, rehearse, and perform this hilarious play in just 5 short days! Synopsis: When Mortimer and Elaine get married on Halloween, they return home to find that their families are not as normal as they seem. With two eccentric aunts and an uncle who thinks he’s the former president, you’ll see why “insanity runs in my family, it practically gallops". This class will be an all day major on Thursday and Friday. STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN FRIDAY EVENING PERFORMANCE!
Read MorePee Wee • Ages 5-7
daVinci students will explore a range of interconnections among science and the arts. Kids will observe, sketch, design, build and express themselves using a range of tools, materials, media and song. With a focus on nature, topics are straight forward and students learn primarily through play.
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We will explore the marshes, creeks and woods of the Sun Foundation to observe the larger, natural world, taking sketchbooks with us to make “Nature Notes”. We’ll collect leaves and flowers to use along with other specimens (such as feathers, butterfly wings and maybe bones and shells) to take back in our barn to create more detailed art. We will also be observing and sketching some living creatures, such as fish, frogs, turtles, and snakes in aquariums. We will draw and paint with watercolor, pencils and cray pas for two days, incorporating our notes from the natural world. On the third day we will begin working with clay, learning how to translate our ideas into 3-dimensions. We will combine our own inspirations and observations of the natural world as well as use our imaginations to create drawings and paintings, and sculptures with clay.
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Students will use a variety of fiber arts with an emphasis on the importance of reducing pollution by repurposing materials from “trash” and using natural and non-polluting dyes. Projects will include sewing and dyeing bandanas, making fabric scrap bowls and collages, making facemasks and hair scrunchies, knitting, weaving, and beading.
Read MorePee Wee • Ages 5-7 - CLASS FULL
This class is an introduction to the Sun Foundation. Children will develop an appreciation for nature’s beauty and an understanding of their connection with the environment. Students will complete many fun art projects learn about nature, hike play games, visit the marsh and look for fossils in the dry creek bed.
Read MoreAges 7-11 - CLASS FULL
In this class we will work on and complete a LARGE mural as a group. We will draw our inspiration from nature and the life around us using bright colors and vivid expressions that capture the artist/explorer in each of us. Get ready to get messy and creative and leave this class with the knowledge to make a painting of any size.
Read MoreAges 7–11 - CLASS FULL
Have you ever wondered if Fairies, gnomes, bigfoot or other mythological creatures really exist? In this class we believe! Campers will make art in clay, painting and found objects. They will also be learning basic skills of tracking, camouflage and wild edible herbs through games and stories. Of course camp wouln’t be complete without some games, songs and creating a mythological creature of their own.
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Join us to draw, sculpt, and use our creative minds. Within the first few days we will master the art of drawing with pencils to sculpting with clay. Throughout the week we will venture into the woods to take creative breaks and even get some inspiration. Finishing up the week we will start to create lifelike replicas of our faces along with animal faces in clay, called busts.
Read MorePee Wee • Ages 5-7 - CLASS FULL
Children will spend their week finding and making rhythms as we explore the Sun Foundation. We will learn about the forest, marsh and creek environments and practice science skills like observing, classifying and communicating. We might even get wet and messy as we create art based on the discoveries we make! Stories, music, rhythm and DRUMS will all play an important part in our week.
Read MorePee Wee • Ages 5–7
The youngest among us often notice the WONDER-full details of the natural world. This major is for those who love to make amazing discoveries right before their eyes! Join us as we explore the forest, marsh, grassland and creek. We’ll draw big inspiration from small wonders, like a caterpillar’s stripes or water flowing over pebbles – to sketch, paint and sculpt artistic treasures. There’ll be lots of games too. Come play and create with us!
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