Summer Art
Studio - Middle School
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June 15-19, 2009 (Day Camp only)
For commuter students entering grades 6-9
Registrations still accepted until June 6th, 2009
Online registration is no longer available for this camp. Call 920-465-2775.
(If you are entering grades 8 or 9 in the Fall, you may register for the Senior High Summer Art Studio Camp, if you wish to stay in the campus dorms.)
Daily Class Hours:
8:30 am - 4:00 pm, Monday thru Thursday
8:30 am- 3:00 pm on Friday (to prepare for the final exhibition.)
- Commuter Fee: $249 (includes instruction)
Guest Faculty and Artists
Students will be taught by some of the finest teachers and professional artists from across the state. Click here for more information about this summer’s Art Camp faculty.
Available Classes:
Students must select two classes.
A NOTE ABOUT SUPPLIES: The supplies list linked to each class are suggestions. You are not required to purchase everything on the list. These supplies can be purchased at an art supply store OR at craft stores, e.g. Michael's, Hobby Lobby, Ben Franklin, Walmart. Minimal supplies are actually needed for most classes and others are suggested to enhance the 'experimental' aspect of the class." Please call or e-mail us if you have questions.
Ceramics: Introduction to Wheel Throwing for Raku Firing
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There’s smoke, there’s fire… there’s ceramics class with Dean Hoegger! Learn the basics of hand-building techniques for making functional and sculptural forms and be introduced to throwing pots on a wheel. Set your goals high as forms may be up to 30 inches tall! Learn the raku firing process, using fire and smoke to achieve dramatic glaze effects. Professional potter and teacher, Dean Hoegger, gives lots of individual attention to the newbies as well as the experienced among you! Lab Fee: $20 (Also a $7.99 tool kit may be purchased the first day of class or students may bring their own tools.)
Walk on the Wild Side: Wildlife Illustration
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Join drawing instructor, Sara Tlachac, and go on a wildlife adventure. Capture wonderful creatures of the wild with pencil, pastels and charcoal. Develop and improve your drawing skills through gesture drawing, shading and the use of grid method to render your images in proportion. Each student will create an impressive, large-scale drawing. Your animal will leap off your drawing paper!
Introduction to Fine Art Digital Photography
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Digital photography instructor, Tammy Resulta, will not only introduce you to the workings of your digital camera, but Photoshop as well. While taking photographs both in the environment and in the studio, you'll learn about the editing process, composition, and other skills involved in creating dramatic imagery. You will examine the work of famous photographers such as Sally Mann and Tina Barney and come to view photography as Fine Art.
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop does NOT include darkroom work. Bring your own digital camera and a removable memory card to view and print your images.
Lab Fee: $12.50
Click here to see a photoblog of camper's photographs who attended a recent summer-enrichment art camp at UW-Green Bay.
Cartooning and Comic Book Illustration
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Instructor Tom Wallestad has a passion for cartooning. If you do too, this class is for you! You will also learn basic cartooning drawing skills, the foundations of penciling, inking, coloring and transferring techniques. Explore the unique story-telling language of comics and graphic novels and apply what you learn to your development as a cartoonist. This class fills early! Register now!
Introduction to Acrylic Painting
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Instructor Arda Ishkanian is wild about color. This professional artist will help you transfer your emotions and moods, tensions and tranquility to the canvas. You will learn a variety of acrylic painting techniques including working with brush and/or spatula, glazing, impasto and collage. Simple exercises will help spark your imagination and deepen your understanding of texture, shape, form and interesting imagery.
Lab fee: $5
Fashion Design
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Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton, Coco Chanel. Are you the next big name in fashion? Come, explore the fast-paced world of a fashion designer, model, and stylist. You will be meeting deadlines, coming up with new fashion ideas and producing outfits that are original. See if YOU have what it takes to make it in one of the most exciting and competitive fields in the world!
Instructor: Cory Linsmeyer
Lab Fee: $12.50
From Junk to Jewelry!
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Be the talk of your class! Transform ordinary cast-off objects into wearable art. Jewelry instructor, Erica Becker, will not only introduce you to the basics of jewelry-making, but she'll encourage you to come up with knock-your-socks-off bling! Rummage through thrift stores. Match that lonely single earring with other found baubles and work them together in unique bracelets, necklaces and earrings. You'll have lots of fun and learn the fine art of the craft--sawing, riveting and shouldering.
Lab fee: $20
Sculpture
This sculpture workshop with Casey Early-Krueger allows you to test the boundaries of your imagination! Using the most basic of tools you will create amazing, one-of-a-kind, 3-dimensional art. Draw with wire and create Alexander Calder like figures. Alter books and become the author of your unique artistic and literary reality. Work with cardboard as you create characters and structures out of paper mache. Dress in old clothes and prepare to get down and dirty!
Lab fee: $15