ART CAMPS
ages 3½-grade 8

ANCIENT WORLD
Do you like dungeons and moats? Have you ever imagined being a princess (or prince) in a tower? Whether exploring the pyramids of Egypt or creatures of another age, you’ll have fun creating the art of the ancient world.

BEGINNING METAL WORKS JEWELRY
Create metal jewelry designs with texturing techniques and get a chance to use really cool jewelers’ tools. Go home with a finished piece of jewelry each day of class. There is an $18 supply fee payable to the instructor at the first class.

BUTTON & PAPER MOSAICS
Design and create beautiful mosaic designs. Select buttons according to size, shape and color to fit your designed drawing and paper shapes.

COLORS GALORE
Did you know that mixing yellow paint with blue paint makes green paint? Or that adding white makes colors light? Have fun mixing colors and painting beautiful pictures. See how to separate the ground from the sky using light and dark colors. Come paint with us!

DINOSAUR ADVENTURES
Become the world’s next great dinosaur archeologist. On this exploratory journey, you will create fascinating, never-before-seen dinosaurs and “art”ifacts from the past.

EXTREME PAINTING
Learn to make your colors POP in Extreme Painting! You can paint about underwater creatures, birthday sleep-overs, outer space galaxies, soccer games, hunting expeditions and karate tournaments! You will start with a pencil sketch and turn it into a masterpiece on canvas. Painting with colorful acrylic paint will produce exciting pictures for your wall. Color will make all the difference!

FUR, FINS & FEATHERS
Animals of all kinds will be created through drawings, paintings and three dimensional works. Create our own imaginative creatures of the air, land and sea while learning about nature’s wildlife.

GREEN & GROWING
Kids love gardens and bugs. Explore our imaginary gardens and discover what can be living in or around them. Come and get your hands dirty and see what art you can grow.

JAPANESE INK PAINTING
Learn the technique of Japanese Ink Painting (Sumi-e). Make ink washes and create beautiful, simple paintings using one color ink. Study nature, insects and animals as subjects for your painting because the Japanese have a great respect for nature.

METAL WORKS JEWELRY
Create metal jewelry designs with texturing techniques and get a chance to use a jewelers’ saw and hammer along with some really cool tools. Go home with a finished piece of jewelry each day of class. There is an $18 supply fee payable to the instructor at the first class.
MOSAICSIn this mosaic class, you will use different types of materials such as paper or glass. Projects may include a tile, a flower pot or vase and a stepping stone. Dress for a mess and plan on getting a little muddy from the grout. Note: Students will be handling glass pieces.

PAINTING ON CANVAS
Painting with colorful acrylic paint will produce exciting pictures on stretched canvas for your walls. In this class we will build on painting concepts that you already know. You will choose the subject matter and the color combinations to make a unique painting all your own. Painting while standing at an easel or while sitting at a table will be your choice. You may paint from your imagination or bring photographs to inspire you. This class will offer lots of room for your individual choices.

SAORI WEAVING
Do you want to express yourself? Then, this is it! With SAORI weaving, you can take advantage of your free nature and can create a “one-of-a-kind” woven piece of art! Special SAORI looms make weaving easy so you just need to bring your willingness to explore!

SUMINAGASHI (The Subtle Japanese Art of Marbling)
Learn the ancient and fun process of marbling paper and objects. Create and explore color and design by the subtle use of a brush and placement of ink on water.

TROPICAL PARADISE
Take a trip to your own tropical paradise where you may find sandy beaches, willowy palm trees and underwater adventures. You may even find some pirates searching for treasures.

PHOTOGRAPHY CAMP
grades 7-12

PHOTOGRAPHY - DARKROOM LAB
Learn the basics of black and white photography, including how to develop film and print your own photographs in Bloomington Art Center’s darkroom lab. Bring a 35mm camera and a $35 lab fee to the first class to cover the costs of film, special photographic paper and chemicals.

GLASS CAMPS
grades 7-12

LAMP WORKED GLASS BEADS
Learn how to make those beads that you’ve been buying to make bracelets. You will learn how to make round beads, square beads, heart beads and more. Learn to dot, to dot on dots and make all kinds of designs. Torches and tools provided by BAC. You will need to bring 2 or 3 canisters of Mapp Gas for the week, (found at Menards, Home Depot or hardware store). Instructor will have glass rods for sale (approx. $10.00 to start).

FUSED GLASS
A beginning class on how to fuse glass using layers of glass you’ll cut in class. You’ll make projects such as glass tiles, night light, photo frames and a bowl. Bring safety goggles with sides on them, household pliers and a notebook on the first day.

FUSED GLASS PENDANT & WIRE WRAPPING
In this class, you will first create a pendant using special dichroic fusible glass that will be placed in a kiln and fired. There will be time enough for more than one. Then using copper wire, you will learn some techniques to finish the pendant making a wearable piece of art jewelry. There is a supply fee of $15.00 payable to the instructor on the first day to cover the cost of the glass and wire.

CLAY CAMPS

CREATIONS IN CLAY
Instead of painting pictures, imagine taking a hunk of clay and making a work of art in three dimensions. You’ll make pinch pots, sculptural animals, tiles, bowls, environments, block houses or learn how clay was used in ancient cultures. Every week is different and projects are age-appropriate. No previous experience required!

THEATER CAMP

ADVENTURES IN MUSICAL THEATER
Do you love Musical Theater? This camp is for you! Work on scenes and songs from Musical Theater history with a professional director and singer/vocal coach. Strengthen your acting and singing ability while broadening your performance experience. There will be a final class presentation.