Activities for Children & Youths
2021 Youth Activities: SPA is offering 3 summer season mini-camps: 1. Creatures on Parade; 2. Time-lapse Animation 3. Make a Miniature Parade! (clay) (Children should wear face masks to the camps and comfortable clothes that can get messy. See information on right side.) In addition, we're offering an exciting collection of creative activities on-line for you to try at home. We invite you and your children to participate! (Scroll down lower on this page.) 
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Summer mini-camps!
Creatures on Parade! (A mini-camp for ages: 5-10 years) Tina Logan Mon-Fri, July 19 - 23 9:30-11:30AM (5 sessions total) Inspired from the main gallery show The Parade is Coming! Young artists will spend the week creating creatures (imaginary and real) to take part in a mini assembled parade. Young artists will explore, paper mâché, wire, cardboard construction and mixed media to create their parade of creatures. Curiosity and imagination will be our guide. Materials and a snack are included. Please wear clothing that can get messy. Join us on Friday at 11:30 for our mini parade reception! (This mini-camp takes place at the same time as a major exhibit in the main gallery at SPA called “The Parade is Coming!”) Children: $90 ea. Tina Logan is an educator and artist who received her BFA in art education in 1987 from Syracuse University, and has been teaching ever since. She currently teaches at Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School in Essex Junction Vt. but also has 20 years of experience teaching elementary aged artists as well. Tina has served as past president and secretary for Vermont Art Teachers Association and participates on many boards and committees that promote the arts and help bring the arts into the community. As an artist, she draws inspiration from her family, students, garden and community. Time-lapse Animation Collaboration (A mini-camp for ages: 7-13 years) Shannon Lee Gilmour Mon-Thurs: July 19 - 22 1:30-4PM (4 sessions total) Time-lapse Animation Collaboration is a creative social experience. Everyone, at all levels, will be encouraged to listen and articulate ideas, delve into creative collaboration, and actively co-create a visual story that embodies collective meaning. To deepen our learning, we will become more aware of plastic pollution in the world and our role as co-creators in the creative reuse movement. First, we will experiment with time-lapse as a video art form. Then, creative ideas will be mapped out. Finally, using our own live acting and voice talent, we will experiment and co-create time-lapse animations. Who knows what might happen! That is up to us! Please bring a flashlight and some paper to jot down ideas and wear clothing that can get messy. On the last hour of the last day, we will celebrate our creation with a “That’s A Wrap” Party where we will showcase our short film/s. Each participant will be recognized for their contribution, and a link will be made available to parents to download the video. Children: $60 ea. Shannon Lee Gilmour is an environmental activist-artist, founder of the Peace with Plastic Project. She has upcycled her post-consumer non-recyclable plastic waste into art and architecture since 2010. www.peacewithplastic.org and www.shannonleegilmour.com Make a Miniature Parade! (A mini-camp for ages: 8-12 years) Georgia Landau Mon–Wed: July 26; 27; 28 & Tues-Wed., and Aug. 3 & 4 10AM-Noon (5 sessions total) In this hand building clay sculpture class, you’ll learn the skills you need to form animals (real and in your imagination), build floats and parade stands, and create other parade characters like musicians and clowns on unicycles. Pinching the clay with your fingers, rolling it into tubes called coils and flattening it into slabs with a rolling pin are the basics of hand building. Flat slabs are perfect for miniature parade floats and other vehicles. The first 3 days are for creating with clay, then Georgia will fire the pieces in the kiln. Return the next week to decorate and assemble parades. Materials fee to the instructor: $15 each. Please wear clothing that can get messy. This mini-camp takes place at the same time as a major exhibit in the main gallery at SPA called “The Parade is Coming!” Children: $75 ea Georgia Landau has been a craftsperson for more than 40 years, creating figurative art in a variety of media. She has taught clay and other media with adults and children for the past ten years, and is one of the founders of both the Artisans Hand and Studio Place Arts. Scholarships - Please let us know if a partial scholarship would be helpful. Creative Fun from Home with SPA! Art’s First Challenges Our Art's First instructor, Tina Logan, has organized a series of Art's First Challenges for young artists to do from home. Our Art's First challenges make connections with current and past exhibits at SPA. This series of projects is inspired by our current SPA exhibit, Up & Away (a show all about flight) on view in the Main Gallery through May 1, 2021 We invite you to imagine and create! Please let us know if you don’t have all of the items that are needed to work on an Art's First Challenge; we often have spare materials and we would be glad to share! (Just call us at 479-7069.) Share your creations with us! Send photos of your Art's First creations to: info@studioplacearts.com 
Up & Away!
Art's First Challenge #1: Paper Plate Balloons! Materials: Paper plates Colored construction paper or wrapping paper scraps Paper or plastic cups Markers Glue stick Yarn, string or straws Scissors Have fun designing and making your very own hot air balloon with paper plates and cups. You could also fold your paper plate in half and cut vertical lines in it to make a woven design in your balloon. Make or find a little friend to sit in the basket for a ride in the sky! Another variation of hot air balloon to make Link for making a woven basket for your balloon 
Up & Away!
Art's First Challenge #2: Recycled Flying Machines and Creatures! Materials Recycled materials (cardboard scraps, tubes, corks, buttons, caps, clothespins, etc..) Embellishments like push pins, google eyes, pipe cleaners, pom poms, etc… Poster or craft paints Markers or crayons Tacky glue or hot glue Brass fasteners Hole punch Build planes, helicopters, spaceships, time machines or winged creatures out of recycled materials. Let your imagination take you to new places in the sky or universe! Make a UFO from paper plates! Make a flying dragon from paper plates! 
Up & Away!
Art's First Challenge #3: Found Object Insects! Materials: Natural objects found in nature such as rocks, leaves, sticks, seed pods, Man made objects like recycled bottle caps, buttons, paper scraps, clothespins, wire, google eyes, etc…. Craft glue or glue gun Create your own insect collection from natural and manmade objects. Invent your own species or make some of your favorite buggy critters from observation! You could display them as a pinned collection or make a mobile with your new insect friends! Make an insect collection with clothespins and other found objects. Make a Bug collage from nature 
Up & Away!
Art's First Challenge #4: Paper Mache Birds and Balloons! Materials: Newspaper Masking tape Craft paints Paper mache paste Wire and string or straws Cardboard Table covering for messy work Paper mache recipe Paper Mache bird tutorial Paper Mache Hot air balloon tutorial 
Up & Away!
Art's First Challenge #5: Winged Cardboard Construction Creatures! Materials: Cardboard Scissors Brass fasteners Scrap paper Craft glue or hot glue and or cardboard tape Assorted embellishments like wire, feathers, pompoms, google eyes etc… Try different cutting, scoring and folding techniques with cardboard construction and create your own magnificent winged creature! Great tutorial for cardboard construction techniques 
Up & Away!
Art's First Challenge #6: Painted and Collaged Winged Creatures! Materials: Watercolor paints Tissue and assorted scrap papers for collage Glue stick Markers for details Books for reference (optional) Try your artistic hand at creating a winged creature that inspires you! Think about color, pattern, texture and composition or space while you create your beautiful work of heART! More Projects...
This series of projects is inspired by past SPA exhibits including:
Art's First Challenge #1
Rolling On Prints! Materials: Acrylic or tempera craft or poster paints Plastic table covering Styrofoam trays for holding paint Toy vehicles with different types of wheels Assorted papers for printing on. This is a fun monoprinting activity for your young artist! Find some old toys with wheels and let your young artist roll their toy trains, cars or trucks through a paint puddle onto the snow (White Paper) or pavement (black paper) to create some cool tracks! This is a great discovery lesson for color mixing and noticing differences or similarities in the track marks. You can talk about overlapping and colors, lines and patterns as you create some fun abstract art together. You can add collage or drawing on top of the prints after they dry. NOTE…. To make colors show up on the black paper, add some white to each color to tint them) 
Art's First Challenge #2
Woven Wheels Materials: Scrap construction paper in assorted colors Scissors Brass fasteners and or paper clips Glue stick Markers or crayons Car or circus books for inspiration Woven Wheels Practice paper weaving techniques with your young artist by drawing and cutting out a basic car shape out of colored construction paper. The bigger the car, the more space for weaving. You could even turn a bigger car weaving into a fun laminated placemat! Once your car is drawn and cut out, you fold it in half (lengthwise or hot dog style) Then you cut some vertical slits in it. Make some assorted paper strips and weave a design in your car. Have your young artist trace around a cylindrical object on a piece of paper to make wheels for their car. Windows can be added with scrap paper and a driver and passenger can be added with collage or by drawing. 
Art's First Challenge #4
Recycled Wheels Materials Recycled materials (cardboard scraps, tubes, corks, buttons, caps etc..) Embellishments like push pins, google eyes, pipe cleaners, pom poms, etc… Poster or craft paints Markers or crayons Tacky glue or hot glue Brass fasteners Hole punch Build cars, trains, wagons, skateboards or animal pull toys out of recycled materials. Let your imagination take you to new places on wheels. Tutorial for toilet paper train project 
Art's First Challenge #5
Plastic Bottle and Jug Mobiles Materials Plastic soda, water or detergent bottles Wooden dowels or bamboo skewers Plastic bottle caps for wheels and or drivers Stickers, Sharpie or permanent markers for decoration Yarn or string for a pull cord (optional) Scissors and or something pointy to cut into the plastic is wanted and or to poke holes in the bottle cap wheels. Let your imagination run wild while creating bottle or jug mobiles from recycled materials! You can create a caravan or parade or even have your own mini NASCAR race at home! 
Art's First Challenge #7
Collage with Shapes and Colors Materials Colored construction papers Scissors Glue stick Crayons and or markers (optional) This is a fun activity to reinforce learning about color and shape with your young artist, while creating things with wheels! Also a great way to introduce the concept of overlapping and talking about things that move. 
Art's First Challenge #11
Accordion, Flip, and Paper Bag Books Click here to learn how to make accordion books, flip books, and paper bag books... 
Art's First Challenge #12
Altered Books Find an old, discarded book and turn it into a personal work of art! You can paint, collage, fold, cut, and glue in any of the pages and on the cover. Making an altered book is so much fun! 
Art's First Challenge #13
Story Quilts Click here to Learn about American Artist Faith Ringgold... Then create your own story quilt with paper and/or fabric scraps. 
Art's First Challenge #14
Gee's Bend Quilts Learn about Gee's Bend Quilts... Make a Gee's Bend paper quilt... Look at some Gee's Bend Quilts... Stay tuned for more fun Art's First projects coming soon. SPA's next exhibit is titled Up, Up, and Away! -- a show all about flight!
Credits
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