August Classes
**ONE remaining class still open for registration in August:
The week of August 11-15
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August 4-8
Muddy Days: Clay Session II
(ages 7-10)
Deborah Bazer
Do you love having delightfully muddy hands, and can’t get enough of clay, that gorgeous squishy stuff that comes from the ground? Clay, you can push it, pull it, poke it into just about anything you can imagine. Here is a class for kids who want to seriously explore the art of clay. We’ll learn about where clay comes from, and how to make amazing art with it. We’ll learn coil, pinch, and slab techniques, and then finish our work with colorful slip (liquid colored clay) and glaze. We’ll also have plenty of time for exploring some other malleable materials, playing games, as well as hearing and telling stories of magical and muddy places. All artwork from this session will be fired and ready for pick up a few weeks after class. Please bring a lunch, water, and a snack.
Mon.-Fri., August 4-8, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
CLASS FULL - Please email to be added to waiting list
CLASS FULL
For Ages
10 -15
August 4-8
Magical Tabletop
Game Creation
(ages 10-15)
Lahri Bond
Tabletop gaming is a great way to enable kids to use their natural sense of wonder to learn how to work co-operatively and solve problems. This introduction to Role Playing Games (RPGs), begins with kids creating their own characters such as wizards, elves, knights, dragons, and enchanters. Each child will make their own unique tabletop biomes, terrain, and magical creatures from recycled supplies, paint, glue, and natural materials found in our immediate surroundings. We will build our collective worlds both in the classroom, and outside among the trees. The class will create imaginative terrains from ordinary materials, while supporting and fostering cooperation, mutual creation, decision making, and creative problem solving. An equal share of the day will be spent playing noncompetitive games and exploring the beautiful woods of the Hampshire College campus. Please bring a lunch, water, and a snack.
Mon.-Fri., August 4-8, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
CLASS FULL - Please email to be added to waiting list
CLASS FULL
August 11-15
Wood Yew Be-leaf in Tree Magic?
(ages 7-10)
Deborah Bazer
Pine-ing for an unbe-leaf-able class to sink your roots into? Oak-kay, don’t be stumped, we’ll spruce up the end of the summer with a tree-mendous class fir yew. We will draw, paint, and sculpt trees, and the animal and insect communities that live in relationship with them. We’ll stand tall and stay grounded, as we delve into tree stories and symbolism from world folklore and mythology, to be reminded of how these gentle giants bring so much to our world. The work of artists who have been inspired by trees, such as Georgia O’Keeffe, Amanda Cornish, Meredith Woolnough, Gustav Klimt, and Jody Xiong will also be explored. Some of our art supplies will come from the forest, but we will also use paint, pencils, found objects, cloth, wire, our hands, feet, and elbows to create our tree-ful works of art.
Mon.-Fri., August 11-15, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
CLASS FULL - Please email to be added to waiting list
CLASS FULL
August 11-15
Hot Summer Chill Out
(ages 6-10)
Lahri Bond
As the hot summer comes to a close, kids will have a chance to “chill out” as they spend the week trying out a wide range of materials, mediums and techniques to see what ignites their individual creative fire. Mediums include drawing with pencil, pastels, Sumi-E ink and charcoal; painting with watercolor and tempera; as well as paper maché sculpture and mask making. There will be plenty of time spent playing noncompetitive games and exploring the beautiful woods of the Hampshire College campus. A fun and relaxing class for kids who are “camped-out” by summer’s end. Please bring a lunch, water, and a snack.
Mon.-Fri., August 11-15, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
$365.00 - price includes materials