We’ve been having such a fun week at art camp as we dive into Spooktacular Creations!
In 3D, instructor Ola Aksan is inspired by Halloween, as her class begins to design their own miniature haunted houses. They’ve begun constructing their houses out of cardboard, paper, and tape, making sure that they are foundationally secure. The groups will design and decorate their houses as the week goes on, getting those creepy homes ready for a monster mash.
Students in the Kahlo group are hard at work as they construct the towers for their haunted houses.
In 2D, our instructor Liz Young brainstormed all things spooky, scary, and hairy with the groups, as they imagined what they would look like if they were a monster. Inspired by their brainstorm session, the students will create a spooktacular comic strip. They have total creative control over the story development, characters, and style of their comic strips. We’re already seeing lots of spooky story lines come together.
Students in the Warhol group begin to draft up original characters for their spooky comic strips.
Inspired by ancient pottery, Clay Instructors Val Szmurlo and Marlee Gleiberman had the students create Halloween-style luminaries, such as goblins, cats, and ghosts! These works of art will be glazed and put in the kiln later in the week. Throughout the week, students will use air dry clay to design more Halloween-themed sculptures. Looking forward to seeing their completed work!
Check out these spooky luminaries – which one is your favorite?
Theater instructor Danny Bolton is hard at work directing our student performances. Some groups are working off a pre-written script based on folk tales and short stories, such as Little Late Riding Hood and How the Ghost Lost Its Boo! Other groups are in the process of writing their own original script. All the students will work together to create props and scenery for their plays and will perform them throughout the day for each other on Friday.
Movement instructor Lily Alcala Gordon has been leading the students in some high energy movement games. This week, the groups have been going on nature walks and playing games like Spooky Movement, Capture the Flag, and Slow-Medium-Fast Dance. There have even been some little discoveries along the way: while playing a nature walk bingo game, the Hokusai group found some cicada shells!
Who doesn’t love a good ole’ fashioned game of Capture the Flag?
That’s it for summer!
A huge thanks to Kalee, our summer art camp coordinator for providing us with these updates each week. We want to thank you for sharing your summer with us. If you have any questions, please give us a call! Want to get in the know for next year, sign up for our email list!
