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YOUTH ART CAMP AT THE MORRIS GRAVES MUSEUM OF ART

Foster a life-long appreciation of the arts by actively involving youth with the exhibitions at the Morris Graves Museum of Art through hands-on art instruction.


Session I: June 16-20 (Ages 5-6, 9-Noon) (Ages 7-8, 1:30-4:30)
                    & June 23-27 (Ages 9-10, 9-Noon)

         Surface Tension
         Shelly Gardner

         Instructor: Janice Sharman-Hand

Art projects will be inspired by nature and the elements of the natural world. Participants will create soft sculptures combined with found objects, make leaf-print sketchbooks, and acquire drawing & painting skills.


Session II: July 7-11 (Ages 5-6, 9-Noon) (Ages 7-8, 1:30-4:30)
                    & July 28-August 1 (Ages 9-10, 9-Noon) (Ages 11-13, 1:30-4:30)

         Images of Water
         
         Instructor: Janice Sharman-Hand

Projects will highlight art inspired by the beauty of water. Participants will create three dimensional fish, explore Japanese wood block prints, and paint and draw thier own images of water.


Session III: August 18-22 (Ages 5-6, 9-Noon) (Ages 7-8, 1:30-4:30)
                    & August 25-29 (Ages 9-10, 9-Noon) (Ages 11-13, 1:30-4:30)

         Surface Tension
         Lisa Deloria Weinblatt

         Instructor: Janice Sharman-Hand

School Lunches: Narratives Participants will create a magic school bus and their own comic book character for a lunchbox design. Projects will encourage young artists to use their imagination to express their school experiences through a variety of mediums.

$90 for one-week camp session, Current HAC members $85 for one-week camp session
Instructor: Janice Sharman-Hand

For more information and registration contact the Humboldt Arts Council 636 F Street, Eureka, CA 95501 707-442-0278 or www.humboldtarts.org