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| PRE-K ART ADVENTURES |
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July 9-11, 10:00 a.m. – Noon Castles and Far-Away Places #5301AM |
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Grades 1 – 3 |
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| FUN WITH CLAY | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| June 18-22, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00pm #6101PM June 25-29, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00pm #6201PM July 9-13, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00pm #6301PM July 16-20, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00pm #6401PM July 30-Aug 3, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00pm #6601PM Aug 6-10, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00pm #6701PM Aug 20-24, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00pm #6901PM $87/M; $95/NM Explore the many types of projects and objects you can do with clay – hand building, molds, and creating imaginary environments. This can be messy fun, so dress for mess! |
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| CREATE-A-DAY SUPERVISED LUNCH |
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| $15/week/M; $15/week/NM Enroll your child in a BTAC or Summer Spectrum morning camp and a BTAC afternoon camp and add the supervised lunch period between camps. Just pack a lunch for your camper each day and send them off for a full day of artistic fun! (Note: there is no afternoon care provided after camps end at 3:00 p.m.) |
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Grades 2 – 4 |
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| CAMP SHAKESPEARE #2534 | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| Monday-Friday, June 18-22 and June 25 – 29, 9:00 a.m. – noon Performance Weekend: Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. $260/M; $285/NM “Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounce it to you, trippingly on the tongue.” – Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2 Would you like to see your child perform in a Shakespeare play? With a developed and proven curriculum that makes the words and stories of William Shakespeare fun and easy to understand, students will divide into three even age groups (grade school, middle school, and high school) to work with professional Twin-Cities actors/directors to stage a short version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Your child may play one of the magical sprites from the fairy kingdom, a comical mechanical, or one of the romantic characters of the Athenian court. During the Camp Shakespeare performance weekend (which is free and open to the public) students will perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the outdoor amphitheatre on the campus of Bloomington Civic Plaza. They will also participate in a special appearance by The Strange Capers, a Shakespeare company comprised of professional actors and students from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theatre BFA Actor Training Program. Space is limited, so reserve a spot for your dramatically-inclined child today! Partial scholarships are available. |
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| PAINT, PAINT, PAINT |
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| June 18-22, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #7101PM $87/M; $95/NM Paint up a storm, get wild with color, find out what can happen when you paint! Using brushes and all sorts of other tools (from facial tissue to sponges), you’ll play and experiment as you learn about different types of paints, design, surfaces, and color-mixing. |
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| DRAWING STUDIO | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| June 25-29, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #7201PM July 16-20, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #7401PM Aug 13-17, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #7801PM $87/M; $95/NM With imagination and an array of media such as ink, charcoal and pastel, the options are endless! Explore many approaches to art-making, with experimentation and skill-building guiding the students as they explore the wonders of drawing. |
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| ACTING BASICS | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| July 9-13, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #7301PM July 30-Aug 3, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #7601PM Aug 20-24, 9:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. #7901AM Aug 20-24, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #7902PM $87/M; $95/NM Acting is an exciting form of artistic expression! Join your fellow young artists in a week-long theatre adventure as you explore characterization, body language, voice, movement, and improvisation. Take part in theatre games and group exercises to tell fun stories and create interesting characters. |
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| PRINTMAKING STUDIO | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| July 23-27, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #7501PM $87/M; $95/NM Students will explore the world of printmaking - creating images through repetition and transfer of paint and ink. We'll investigate a range of techniques including monoprints, collagraphs and other methods of printing by hand on a variety of papers, using wood, foam, cardboard and objects. Students will start their own special print collection by trading extra prints with one another. |
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| ADVENTURES IN ART | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| Aug 6-10, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #7701PM $87/M; $95/NM This camp will prepare children for thinking visually in two and three dimensions. Exploration will include painting, sculpture, drawing, and printmaking. Students will be encouraged to develop at their own pace. |
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| CREATE-A-DAY SUPERVISED LUNCH |
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| $15/week/M; $15/week/NM Enroll your child in a BTAC or Summer Spectrum morning camp and a BTAC afternoon camp and add the supervised lunch period between camps. Just pack a lunch for your camper each day and send them off for a full day of artistic fun! (Note: there is no afternoon care provided after camps end at 3:00 p.m.) |
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Grades 4 – 6 |
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| CAMP SHAKESPEARE #2534 | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| Monday-Friday, June 18-22 and June 25 – 29, 9:00 a.m. – noon Performance Weekend: Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. $260/M; $285/NM “Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounce it to you, trippingly on the tongue.” – Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2 Would you like to see your child perform in a Shakespeare play? With a developed and proven curriculum that makes the words and stories of William Shakespeare fun and easy to understand, students will divide into three even age groups (grade school, middle school, and high school) to work with professional Twin-Cities actors/directors to stage a short version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Your child may play one of the magical sprites from the fairy kingdom, a comical mechanical, or one of the romantic characters of the Athenian court. During the Camp Shakespeare performance weekend (which is free and open to the public) students will perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the outdoor amphitheatre on the campus of Bloomington Civic Plaza. They will also participate in a special appearance by The Strange Capers, a Shakespeare company comprised of professional actors and students from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theatre BFA Actor Training Program. Space is limited, so reserve a spot for your dramatically-inclined child today! Partial scholarships are available. |
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| KIDS TAKE THE WHEEL |
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| Aug 20-24, 9:30 a.m.– 12:15 p.m. #8901AM $87/M; $95/NM This special clay class is all about the potter’s wheel. Learn to control and guide clay as it spins into a bowl, cup, planter, or whatever your hands tell the clay to become. |
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| ABSTRACT PAINTING | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| June 18-22, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8102PM Aug 20-24, 9:30 a.m.– 12:15 p.m. #8902AM Aug 20-24, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8903PM $87/M; $95/NM Come draw and paint the wild and abstract. Express what’s inside you through color and shape, with bright ideas and brushstrokes. Look at pictures by Picasso and other famous artists to see how their vision of the world can help spur your own imagination. |
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| FUN WITH CLAY |
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| June 18-22, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8101PM June 25-29, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8201PM July 9-13, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8301PM July 16-20, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8401PM July 23-27, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8501PM July 30-Aug 3, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8601PM Aug 6-10, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8701PM Aug 13-17, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8801PM $87/M; $95/NM Explore the many types of projects and objects you can do with clay – hand building, molds, and creating imaginary environments. This can be messy fun, so dress for mess! |
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| PAINT POWER | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| June 25-29, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8202PM July 9-13, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8302PM July 30-Aug 3, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8602PM Aug 13-17, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8802PM $87/M; $95/NM With a brush and colors you can make anything: a sky, a dog, a jungle, a person – or something straight from your imagination. Learn techniques and use different types of paint, on different materials. Try both realism and abstraction, using color, proportion, design, line and other painterly devices. |
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| SKETCHING | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| July 16-20, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8402PM $87/M; $95/NM It’s fun to try to draw what you see, whether it’s your favorite cartoons, caricatures with expression and movement, some trees by a pond, or a snack on a plate. Using pencil, charcoal and highlight colors, you’ll experiment and learn about composition, line, shading and more. |
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| TIE-DYED FUN | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| July 23-27, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8502PM $99/M; $110/NM Come dye t-shirts, make scarves and a hand-stitched bag: pieces to express your personality and style. You’ll learn techniques for applying dye for unique color effects, and will gather and stitch fabric to create abstract or figurative designs. You’ll leave with fiber arts skills – and objects to wear or give as gifts. |
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| ACTING BASICS | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| Aug 6-10, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #8702PM $87/M; $95/NM Acting is an exciting form of artistic expression! Join your fellow young artists in a week-long theatre adventure as you explore characterization, body language, voice, movement, and improvisation. Take part in theatre games and group exercises to tell fun stories and create interesting characters. |
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| CREATE-A-DAY SUPERVISED LUNCH |
REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| $15/week/M; $15/week/NM Enroll your child in a BTAC or Summer Spectrum morning camp and a BTAC afternoon camp and add the supervised lunch period between camps. Just pack a lunch for your camper each day and send them off for a full day of artistic fun! (Note: there is no afternoon care provided after camps end at 3:00 p.m.) |
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Grades 7 – 10 |
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| CAMP SHAKESPEARE #2534 | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| Monday-Friday, June 18-22 and June 25 – 29, 9:00 a.m. – noon Performance Weekend: Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. $260/M; $285/NM “Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounce it to you, trippingly on the tongue.” – Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2 Would you like to see your child perform in a Shakespeare play? With a developed and proven curriculum that makes the words and stories of William Shakespeare fun and easy to understand, students will divide into three even age groups (grade school, middle school, and high school) to work with professional Twin-Cities actors/directors to stage a short version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Your child may play one of the magical sprites from the fairy kingdom, a comical mechanical, or one of the romantic characters of the Athenian court. During the Camp Shakespeare performance weekend (which is free and open to the public) students will perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the outdoor amphitheatre on the campus of Bloomington Civic Plaza. They will also participate in a special appearance by The Strange Capers, a Shakespeare company comprised of professional actors and students from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theatre BFA Actor Training Program. Space is limited, so reserve a spot for your dramatically-inclined child today! Partial scholarships are available. |
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| ACTING: THE ART OF IMPROV |
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| August 20-24, 9:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. #9901AM August 20-24, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #9902PM $87/M; $95/NM This fast-paced and exciting camp will explore the wild world of dramatic improvisation. Learn how to think quickly, speak clearly, and enhance your imagination in a hilarious and supportive environment. |
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| TIE-DYED FUN | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| July 9-13, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #9301PM $99/M; $110NM Come dye t-shirts, make scarves and a hand-stitched bag: pieces to express your personality and style. You’ll learn techniques for applying dye for unique color effects, and will gather and stitch fabric to create abstract or figurative designs. You’ll leave with fiber arts skills – and objects to wear or give as gifts. |
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| FUSED GLASS | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| July 16-20, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #9401PM July 30-Aug 3, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #9601PM $99/M; $110/NM Learn the basics of working with glass: how to cut it, shape it, and what happens to the glass in the kiln. Each day we’ll work on a new project, such as a pendant, money clip, bowl and night-light. |
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| FUN WITH CLAY |
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| July 23-27, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #9501PM Aug 13-17, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. #9801PM $87/M; $95/NM Explore the many types of projects and objects you can do with clay – hand building, molds, and creating imaginary environments. This can be messy fun, so dress for mess! |
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| ABSTRACT PAINTING | REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| Aug 6-10, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
#9701PM $87/M; $95/NM Come draw and paint the wild and abstract. Express what’s inside you through color and shape, with bright ideas and brushstrokes. Look at pictures by Picasso and other famous artists to see how their vision of the world can help spur your own imagination. |
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| CREATE-A-DAY SUPERVISED LUNCH |
REGISTER NOW | ||||||||||||||||
| $15/week/M; $15/week/NM Enroll your child in a BTAC or Summer Spectrum morning camp and a BTAC afternoon camp and add the supervised lunch period between camps. Just pack a lunch for your camper each day and send them off for a full day of artistic fun! (Note: there is no afternoon care provided after camps end at 3:00 p.m.) |
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