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Young Artists Welcome! Join Redux Contemporary Art Center for a cool summer of art and fun! Children will be inspired by teaching artists and explore summer exhibitions to create their own original works of art.
2012 Schedule
Week One: July 9 – 13 Morning Session: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Modern Art Movements with Mixed Media Ages 7 – 13 Instructor: Avery EslockerMembers $85 / Non-Members $145
Students will explore the basic ideas behind five major art movements throughout modern art history: including Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism, and Pop Art.
Week One: July 9 -13 Afternoon Session: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pmScientific Illustration Ages 7 – 13
Instructor: Becca Barnet
Members $85 / Non-Members $145
Students will learn about what illustration is, who makes illustrations, and how to make their own. We will observe growth patterns in nature, explore how to draw an object from different views, and consider scale and details. As a class, we will collect specimens, start with lessons in observations (like blind contour drawings) and end the week with a completed illustration of a specimen of the student’s choosing.
Week Two: July 16 – 20Morning Session: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Painting and Drawing Around the World
Ages 7 – 13 Instructor: Teil Duncan Members $85 / Non-Members $145
Students will explore a variety of painting materials and alternative processes to produce works inspired by different cultures around the world including Japan, Australia, Egypt, and Greece.
Week Two: July 16 – 20 Afternoon Session: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Introduction to BookmakingAges 7 – 13 Instructor: Michael Benkoski
Members $85 / Non-Members $145
Students will learn the fundamentals of book arts while exploring collage, printmaking, and drawing to create pamphlets, accordion books, folded books, puzzle books, and books with a variety of stab bindings. Students will explore creating books as a work of art adding details with collage, printmaking, and drawing.
Week Three: July 23 – 27Morning Session: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Art Inspired by Charleston
Ages 7 – 13 Instructor: Avery Eslocker
Members $85 / Non-Members $145
Students will reflect upon and brainstorm characteristics, places, wildlife, scenery of the lowcountry, and what makes it so inspiring. Each day students will use materials collected around Charleston to create a large recycled collage of all things Charleston and have the opportunity to construct, paint, design, and plan an intriguing composition.
Week Three Afternoon Session: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Dynamic Dioramas Ages 7 – 13 Instructor: Becca BarnetMember $85 / Non-Member $145
Students will create dioramas which combine 2D and 3D elements to create a precise moment when viewed through their windows, these timeless and unchanging panoramas create the illusion of depth from any viewpoint. We will explore the sensitivity of biodegradable objects, how to preserve plants, construct false rocks, clouds and water, and sculpt animals.
Week Four: July 30 – August 3 Morning Session: 9:00 am – 12:00pm Puppets and Masks Ages 7-13 Instructor: Jane Madden Member $85 / Non-Member $145 Pirates, mermaids, whales, seahorses, ships, submarines, giant clams and more come alive as students create their own handmade puppets and masks using drawing, painting and printmaking techniques. Plus, students will use recycled materials to construct their own mini puppet theatre to take home.Week Four: July 30 – August 3 Afternoon Sesson: 1:00pm – 4:00pm Summer Travel through Art Ages: 7 -13 Instructor: Fatma Kirkpatrick Members $85 / Non-Members $145 Students will learn and apply the techniques of acrylic painting, water colors and ink to explore a different world location each day as well as use their creativity to create travel art of their own.
Week Five: August 6 – August 10 Morning Session: 9:00 am – 12:00pm Animal Anatomy Ages: 7-13 Instructor: Becca Barnet Members $85 / Non-Members $145 Students we will investigate animal anatomy and function, starting from the inside out. The skeletons of the animals will be the basis for the armatures of our sculptures. We will look at how animals use their bodies to find food and shelter, and defend themselves from predators. The animal sculptures will be based on real animals, but can be students’ very own inventive creatures.
Week Five August 6 – August 10 Afternoon Session: 1:00pm – 4:00pm Jumping off the Pages Ages: 7-13 Instructor: Jane Madden Members $85 / Non-Members $145
Students will create vibrant 2D and 3D works inspired by a new book each day. Through explorations with painting, printmaking, and collage techniques, students will create projects they can hang on the walls, artworks they can wear, and more! Fun, messy, and imaginative!
