Camp Update
Our fall camps are buzzing with creativity and imagination!
In Monday’s Textile Arts Camp, our young artists have been joyfully stitching, painting, and weaving their own expressive creations. They began the week by learning a variety of foundational embroidery stitches and experimenting with them in playful, hands-on practice. After that, they explored the rich traditions of batik from around the world and used these inspirations to design and dye their own patterned fabrics.
As we move into the final week, campers will bring all of these skills together by designing and crafting a small stuffed animal or a unique shape of their choice—an opportunity to showcase their creativity, confidence, and growing mastery of textile arts.
Our Wednesday Sculpture Camp artists have been stretching their creativity by transforming flat, 2D materials into expressive 3D artworks. Inspired by the beauty of the season, they crafted delicate leaf mobiles using paper, yarn, and twigs, experimenting with balance, movement, and texture. This week, they are learning to safely and confidently use the ChompSaw to cut their own shapes, and they’ll soon be applying both imagination and engineering skills to make those shapes stand upright and come alive in sculptural form.
As we head into our final two weeks, artists will bring everything they’ve learned together by designing and building a mixed-media animal sculpture of their choice—a playful, inventive culmination of their sculptural exploration.