Canvas Camps
Canvas Camps provide a fun and enriching opportunity for young artists to build art and design skills while exploring a variety of media. Camps are led by top local working artists and art educators. Come create with us at Canvas!
Weekly June 26 – August 18, 2017
Monday through Thursday from 9am – noon or 1 – 4pm.
Ages 6 and up
Price $300.00
For questions, please contact us at 732.383.7927 or info@canvasstudioart.com
Week 1: June 26 – June 29, 2017
Say Yes to the Dress with Holly Suzanne Rader
Immerse yourself in dresses throughout fashion history. Then build a paper mâché sculptural dress using imagination & inspiration to complete your runway-ready look.
Ages: 6 & Up
Time: 9am – 12pm
Coral Reefs in Clay with Amy Lepping (please note instructor change)
Learn all about the complex habitat of animals & plants lurking below the ocean’s surface. Build an elaborate, large scale coral reef in clay, abounding with sea creatures of all kinds.
Ages: 6 & Up
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Week 2: July 3, 5 – 7, 2017 (note this week is Monday, no class Tuesday (4th), Wednesday – Friday)
Portrait Mix with Holly Suzanne Rader
Turn a photographic image of yourself, a family member, friend or pet into a fun masterpiece on a large-scale canvas. Layer mixed media with meaningful objects.
Ages: 6 & Up
Time: 9am – 12pm
Sweets & Treats with Colleen Ford
Draw, paint & sculpt your favorite cakes, cookies, pies, ice cream & candy in a wide variety of media. Fun 2-D & 3-D projects will stimulate both your palate & palette.
Ages: 6 & Up
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Week 3: July 10 – 13, 2017
Pili’s Piñatas! with Pilar Abella
Create your own themed piñata in the traditional Mexican paper mâché method. Use tissue & paint to design and build your construction… so cool you won’t want to break it open!
Ages: 6 & Up
Time: 9am – 12pm
Cupboards of Clay with Michelle Sciria
Fill your kitchen with unique & functional dinnerware… mugs, bowls, plates & more. Potter’s wheel & handbuilt methods are paired with stunning glazes to help set a creative table.
Ages: 6 & Up
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Week 4: July 17 – 20, 2017
Pili’s Piñatas with Colleen Ford
Create your own themed piñata in the traditional Mexican paper mâché method. Use tissue & paint to design and build your construction… so cool you won’t want to break it open!
Ages: 6 & Up
Time: 9am – 12pm
Portfolio Building “Skills” with Tara Barnett
Focus on observational skills & use of composition & color while developing artistic abilities with instruction. Still life, portrait & landscape practices are sure to strengthen any portfolio.
Ages: 12 & Up
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Week 5: July 24 – 27, 2017
Stitch Mix with Maricarmen Buckley
Get ready for summer by creating a matching beach bag & towel. Then re-design jean shorts with paint, fabric & bling… all while exploring fashion illustration and machine & hand sewing techniques.
Ages: 6 & Up
Time: 9am – 12pm
Portfolio Building “Ideas” with Beau Bennardo
Combine skills with out of the box ideas using traditional & contemporary methods to create artwork worthy of a strong & imaginative portfolio. Focuson the importance of keeping a sketchbook full of ideas.
Ages: 12 & Up
Time: 1pm – 4pm
CANCELLED
Week 6: July 31 – August 3, 2017
Architectural Clay with Michelle Sciria
Learn about many architectural wonders while replicating them in clay. Create your own iconic structures through hand-building and wheel-thrown processes.
Ages: 6 & Up
Time: 9am – 12pm
Adventures in Drawing with Tara Barnett
Use instruments like graphite, charcoal, pastel & ink to explore observational and abstract applications of making marks. Deploy your new skills to create finished drawings in a variety of subject matter.
Ages: 9 & Up
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Week 7: August 7 – 10, 2017
Amazing Animals with Colleen Ford
Use animals, fish, birds (& even some that might live with you) as inspiration for a variety of creative projects. Build basic art and design skills while exploring all types of media.
Ages: 6 & Up
Time: 9am – 12pm
Adventures in Painting with Tara Barnett
Discover painting techniques in watercolor, acrylic, oil & more while creating observational & abstract large & small scale works in paint. Use a variety of subject matter to compose your own masterpiece.
Ages: 9 & Up
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Week 8: August 14 – 17, 2017
Sweets & Treats with Tara Barnett
Draw, paint & sculpt your favorite cakes, cookies, pies, ice cream & candy in a wide variety of media. Fun 2-D & 3-D projects will stimulate both your palate & palette.
Ages: 6 & Up
Time: 9am – 12pm
Comic Crusader with Beau Bennardo
Draw, create, animate! Imagine unique characters then use sequential art to help tell his/her personal story. Envision your characters in multiple ways including 3-D and a flip book.
Ages: 6 & Up
Time: 1pm – 4pm