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Peterborough NH Art Camp Schedule Descriptions - Children and Teens
June - July
1. Young Artists
Ages 4-6
June 22 - 26 (from 9-12 pm)
Michaela Chelminski
Very creative camp for the young art lovers, introduction to a great variety of art materials. Create magical projects with glitter paint, shells jewels, colored sand, feathers, mosiacs, paint on wood, glass, make collages, sun catchers, tooth fairy boxes & decorate a large magic star wand. You will love it!
2. Green Art Week
Ages 5-7
June 29 - July 3 (from 9-12 pm)
Michaela Chelminski
Be most creative using all nature materials, beach glass and driftwood, coconut fiber, tree bark and mushrooms, dry flowers and leaves, shells, colored sand, handmade paper, clay, make collages, mobiles, art folder, tooth fairy box, paint a T-shirt and apron... Have a fun GREEN week!
3. Sculpey and Clays
Ages 7-11
June 29 - July 3 (from 1-4 pm)
Connie Gray
A whole week on hands on projects, make lots of fun projects with self hardening clay, pottery clay, Model Magic, use eraser and bendable Sculpey, carve plastilinamake jewelry & beads, decorate pencils, fairy boxes, animals, creatures, funny people, fruit, bowls and balls, lots of things to take home, use the pasta machine to blend colors! Good!
4. Jewelry & Boxes
Ages 6-11
July 6 - 10 (from 9-12 pm)
Michaela Chelminski
Create the most artistic jewelry box you can and fill it with chokers, necklaces, pins and pendants, earrings, bracelets, miniature frames, wire jewelry, lots of glass beads, pearls, rhinestones, jewels galore, mini jewelry boxes, mirrors + watch the making of glass beads, use many materials to create your dream pieces!
July
5. Drawing with Fun
Ages 6-11
July 6 - 10 (from 1-4 pm)
Jean Mann
Improve your drawing skills in a fun easy way, learn about proportions and shading to make your drawings look realistic, start with shapes, fruits, objects, animals, faces, fairies, castles and dragons, learn all the tricks you need to know, some perspective and outdoor drawing in the park. Lots of fun!
6. Multicultural Art Week
Ages 6-10
July 13 - 17 (from 9-12 pm)
Michaela Chelminski
Explore the continents, make Rainforest Pigmy blow darts, and leather pouches, Aztec and Inca gold masks, Africian spear, shield and shell box, Native American talking and rain stick, Easter island clay figure head, Egyptian mummy and step pyramid...Lots of things to take home!
7. Crafts + 3D Projects
Ages 6-11
July 13 - 17(from 1-4 pm)
Patrick Cougan
Build wood sculptures and castles, collages of Slate + found objects, 3-D paintings on canvas with plaster + mini animals, glass painting, shadow boxes, wire people, colored sand, clay plaster magnets, make your own stickers, and mobiles, decoupage boxes, paint mugs, plates, glasses, stencil.... This is really cool!
8. Masks
Ages 6-12
July 20 - 24 (from 9-12 pm)
Michaela Chelminski
The greatest camp! Paint and decorate face masks of paper pulp and paper-mache, half-size masks, make animal heads with plaster wrap, pour plaster into face molds. Create wire mesh faces, ad dimensional paint, jewels, glass stones, shells, seeds, feathers...Great!
9. Drawing + Coloring
Ages 6-12
July 20 - 24 (from 1-4 pm)
Jean Mann
Want to get better at drawing? This is for you! Improve your skills with lots of fast exercises, learn basic techniques and tricks to become good at it. Draw faces, people, animals, objects, fruits, houses, imaginary landscapes, use water coloring pencils, oil and soft pastels, charcoal and 100 color markers. You will love it!
10. Acrylics on Canvas
Ages 6-11
July 27 - 31 (from 9-12 pm)
Michaela Chelminski
Be creative on canvas, from mini to large sizes, use liquid and tube acrylics, mix colors, use gel, plaster powder, sand + dimensional paint to add texture. Do camouflage painting, realistic and abstracts in bright colors, learn about famous painters and have a blast creating your own masterpieces. Great camp!
July - August
11. Cartooning
Ages 6-11
July 27 - 31 (from 1-4 pm)
Patrick Cougan
A fun experience! learn to draw your favorite cartoon characters and all the tricks to do eyes, noses, mouths, hair, faces, expressions, funny bodies and put your cartoons in action, learn how to create new ones, do backgrounds and animated objects as well, make a whole comic strip, use markers and colors, A real blast!!!
12. Lost Civilizations
Ages 6-11
August 3 - 7 (from 9-12 pm)
Michaela Chelminski
Learn about the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Aztecs, draw, color, build and paint interesting projects, Egyptian golden mummy + pyramid, Roman coliseum, Greek temples and Gods, Aztec Golden mask, great wall of China etc. Very educational!
August
13. Teen Art
Ages 11-16
August 4 - 8 (from 9-12 pm)
Heather Miller
Each day we will choose a different topic!
1. Acrylic painting on stretched canvas,
2. Mixed media collages/painting on glass,
3. Jewelry made with Premo and Sculpey,
4. Plaster wrap and wire sculpting, 5. Free choice of project or time to finish up!
A great week for freedom of expression!
14. The Impressionists
Ages 6-11
August 10 - 14 (from 1-4 pm)
Michaela Chelminski
Be creative in the impressionist style, Monet, Van Gogh, Matisse, Degas... learn basic brush stroke techniques, copy some paintings. Use acrylics, soft pastels, watercolors and create your own masterpieces, paint on canvas, wood panels, glass metal, art folder, sceneries, faces, still lives, outdoors at the river, be surprised with your own accomplishments!!!
15. Playful Poly Clays
Ages 8-14
August 10 - 14 (from 1-4 pm)
Connie Gray
Create wonders with your hands using Sculpey, Premo, and Kato Clay in brilliant + pearl colors to make jewelry, beads, mini-frames and boxes, pens, pencils, balls, small figures and creatures, mirrors, spoon decorations, plates, bracelets. Learn many new techniques, blend colors with a pasta machine, a sprinkle of gold dust to finish. Showcase your work Friday afternoon. SUPER!
Fun Art Week
16. August 17 - 21 (from 9-12 pm)
Ages 5-7
17. August 17 - 21 (from 1-4 pm)
Ages 7-11
Go wild, be experimental, adventurous and creative in this last week, truly enjoy yourself using all the art materials in our studio and projects from the other camps. Build, draw, paint, color, cut and glue as much as you want, make wood castles, clay animals, masks, boxes paint on glass, sand painting, stickers, and many surprise projects...The best!
Work in a relaxed atmosphere under the guidance of experienced teachers. Your creativity will be fostered and you will be proud of all your projects and accomplishments.
Tuition $150/camp
all art and project materials
are included
Peterborough Art Academy
On the Nubanusit River in Depot Square, Peterborough NH 03458
Phone (603) 924-4488