2021 ART IMPACT SUMMER CAMPS
Invites children and teens ages 5-17, to use their imaginations to explore, create and have fun! Summer camp is limited to 10-12 full-week students, so that each camper is given individual attention. Drop-in immersion days are available. We provide 3-lesson plans each day, while leaving plenty of time to explore their ideas. We teach the essentials of fine arts skills and straightforward techniques that cultivate inspiration and independence, in a fun and comfortable camp atmosphere. We offer high quality art materials to give campers first-rate experiences making art, and their inventions will last (acid free paper and high-grade paints and drawing materials). To see photos of past campers having fun, go to www.poppinsfamilyservices.com. For more information please call Michele Martin at (805) 448-6289. Thank you!
Materials include 22 beautiful colors of pre-mixed high quality liquid tempera paint, acid-free paper of all sizes, chalk and oil pastels, charcoal, colored pencils, watercolors, collage and sculpture materials, and a large light-filled studio and outside space for artists of all ages to thrive.
Practicing art skills increases concentration, critical thinking skills, fine motor skills, visual-spatial perception, intuition, and freedom to invent your own ideas. Developing art knowledge and skills strengthens overall confidence and compliments academic demands.
Socially, self-expression, trusting and accepting yourself, noticing improvement, valuing and evaluating your own and peers work, collaboration, and having a way to express what may not be possible with words, can reveal a process gives joy, release, and sometimes direction to young people’s lives.
Weekly Themes (scroll down for theme details)
Week 1: July 5-9 Drawing
Week 2: July 12-16 Paint: Color
Week 3: July 19-23 Animals & Imaginary Creatures
Week 4: July 26-30 People & Faces
Week 5: August 2-6 Animals & Imaginary Creatures
Week 6: August 9-13 Drawing
Registration Fees Before Tuesday, May 18, 2021 (After May 20th, add $50 )
• Artists ages 5-13, $400 4 day week, $320
• Counselor-in-Training (CIT’s) ages 14-17, siblings, & referrals, $385
• Daylong immersion days are also available, $115/day, on a space available basis. Please contact us at least 24 hours in advance to see if space is available.
• Partial scholarships available.
Hours
• Camp runs from 9-3pm each day.
• Before camp from 8-9am and after camp from 3-5pm time is available $15/hour.
• After camp is available Monday through Thursday.
Weekly Themes
Each week Art Impact has a different theme. We will explore materials, techniques, and historical references related to the weekly theme as jumping off points to creativity. At the end of each week, there will be a student art show where students will have the opportunity to display their creations on the walls of the studio. We invite families and friends to come to see the student art shows each Friday from 2:30-3:00pm.
Week 1: July 5-9 Drawing: We will explore the use of charcoal, oil pastel, pencil, and colored pencil on a various types of paper. Shading, form, contour, value, and subtraction techniques will be introduced and each student will have time to explore their favorite medium using their own subject matter.
Week 2: July 12-16 Paint: Color: We will use liquid tempera paint to mix all the colors of the rainbow, all the colors in between, and tints, shades, and tones. Basic color theory and color harmonies will be introduced to enhance students’ use of color. We have 22 beautiful colors of pre-mixed non-toxic liquid tempera paint and as much high quality acid-free paper as each student needs. We will introduce exercises designed to expand the use of materials and techniques, including dry brush, wet-into-wet, and alla prima painting. We’ll explore figurative and abstract painting, and draw inspiration from art history using monographs on specific artists such as O’Keefe, Matisse, Chagall, Cezanne, Pollock and more.
Week 3: July 19-23 Animals & Imaginary Creatures: We will explore the basic proportions and shapes of animal bodies as well as the texture of animal skin, fur, and feathers. We will pay special attention to the gesture of the animals’ movement in their natural habitats. Using these principles, students will have the opportunity to create hybrid and imaginary creatures. A special visit from animal guests will provide inspiration for this week.
Week 4: July 26-30 People & Faces: We will explore the basic proportions and shapes of faces and the human body. Exercises will explore how to capture figures in motion as well as the personality of individuals in portraits.
Week 5: August 2-6 Animals & Imaginary Creatures: We will explore the basic proportions and shapes of animal bodies as well as the texture of animal skin, fur, and feathers. We will pay special attention to the gesture of the animals’ movement in their natural habitats. Using these principles, students will have the opportunity to create hybrid and imaginary creatures. A special visit from animal guests will provide inspiration for this week.
Week 6: August 9-13 Drawing: We will explore the use of charcoal, oil pastel, pencil, conte crayon and colored pencil on a various types of paper. Shading, form, contour, value, and subtraction techniques will be introduced and each student will have time to explore their favorite medium using their own subject matter.
For more information please call Michele Martin
(805) 448-6289
Thank you!
