Did you know how beneficial summer art camp is for our children? The program I offer is short and sweet, project based, with lots of opportunity to relax and explore your creativity. It’s a no judgment zone! Here are some of the wonderful benefits of working in clay!
1. Clay acts as a relaxant, similar to a stress ball.
2. Touching clay induces stimulating neural in-put from your sensory senses.
3. Levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, have been known to lower when playing with, modeling and squeezing clay.
4. Using your hands releases a calming effect as cognitive processing occurs while modeling and forming clay.
5. Playing with clay can transform an individual into a relaxed meditated state.
6. Clay as a form of therapy taps into the unconscious mind and its considered art expression.
7. The resistance of working with clay integrates mental, emotional and kinaesthetic brain functions.
8. Hands on art is now a form of self care, similar to exercising.
9. At a young age, playing, touching, forming and modelling clay is considered active learning.
10. Playing with clay can relieve stress for kids.
Register now, some weeks are full! http://www.weirdgirlcreations.com/summer-camp.html
1. Clay acts as a relaxant, similar to a stress ball.
2. Touching clay induces stimulating neural in-put from your sensory senses.
3. Levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, have been known to lower when playing with, modeling and squeezing clay.
4. Using your hands releases a calming effect as cognitive processing occurs while modeling and forming clay.
5. Playing with clay can transform an individual into a relaxed meditated state.
6. Clay as a form of therapy taps into the unconscious mind and its considered art expression.
7. The resistance of working with clay integrates mental, emotional and kinaesthetic brain functions.
8. Hands on art is now a form of self care, similar to exercising.
9. At a young age, playing, touching, forming and modelling clay is considered active learning.
10. Playing with clay can relieve stress for kids.
Register now, some weeks are full! http://www.weirdgirlcreations.com/summer-camp.html
Summer Art Workshop 2023
FYI All pottery from summer art pottery will be fired and ready for pick up within 2 weeks of the last day of your session. We will provide you with a slip stating the estimated pick up date. Once all pottery is fired and artwork framed we will send an email on the day it is actually ready! Sometimes we get lucky and we are ahead of schedule! This is a good thing : ) Please pick up within 1 week of the pick up date in the email notification. We will send out a reminder 5 days after the first email. We have hundreds of bags of pottery processing for the 8 weeks of camp and our pottery to go orders with limited storage space. Thank you in advance for your anticipated prompt pick up of fired pottery. We know you're excited to see your creations!
We will revisit our AFTERNOON Camp Schedule this year.
Summer Art runs Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 2-4PM.
$190 for 3 days, 2 hour sessions, 8 projects and sketchbook to take home.
Kids work in wet clay, try their hand at the potters wheel, explore hand building and pottery painting each day! Water color, mixed media and cyanotypes as time permits.
Clay projects change weekly and mugs, bowls, plates, figurines change weekly so feel free to register for multiple sessions!
2 projects completed each day : 1 clay project and 1 pottery painting project per day. I fill in with sketchbook activities as time allows. Students will complete 1 cyanotype, 1 watercolor, sketchbook to take home at the end of the session.
Each session includes all materials, instruction and firing, 8 projects completed. Must sign up for all 3 days, no make ups.
50% non-refundable non-transferable deposit required to register. Balance of $95.00 will be collected on the same card as your deposit 1 week prior to start of 1st day of class.
Projects will include a variety of hand building techniques with wet clay and 1 bowl on the potters wheel. 1 clay project each day.
Pottery painting offerings will be a plate, or bowl/mug (students choose from all in stock, we have 20 designs) and a figurine (students choose from over 20 items depending upon what's in stock) 1 paint on pottery project each day.
Campers Grades K-6 Welcome for our multiage program! Two pre-school Boot Camp weeks offered as well!
Masks are optional inside. No masks required outside, parents can make this decision but we will not require them. I will wear a mask when I am working one on one up close with children on the wheel. If you are more comfortable with your child wearing a mask during the wheel feel free to send them with one. I want everyone to be comfortable.
Summer Art dates:
Pre-school boot camp: So sorry but I am already booked by two preschools for 2023!
June 20, 21, 22. FULL Barrington location AM
June 27, 28, 29. FULL Off site location AM
Multi age sessions:(2-4PM Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
K-Grade 6: (Ages 5-12)
Week #1 June 27, 28, 29 (2 spots remaining)
Week #2 July 4, 5 6 FULL
Week #3 July 11,12, 13 (4 spots remaining)
Week #4 July 18, 19, 20 FULL
Week #5 July 25, 26, 27 FULL
Week #6 August 1, 2, 3 FULL
Week #7 August 8, 9, 10 (2 spots remaining)
Week #8 August 15, 16, 17 FULL Off site location
Week #9 August 22, 23, 24 (4 spots remaining)
We will revisit our AFTERNOON Camp Schedule this year.
Summer Art runs Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 2-4PM.
$190 for 3 days, 2 hour sessions, 8 projects and sketchbook to take home.
Kids work in wet clay, try their hand at the potters wheel, explore hand building and pottery painting each day! Water color, mixed media and cyanotypes as time permits.
Clay projects change weekly and mugs, bowls, plates, figurines change weekly so feel free to register for multiple sessions!
2 projects completed each day : 1 clay project and 1 pottery painting project per day. I fill in with sketchbook activities as time allows. Students will complete 1 cyanotype, 1 watercolor, sketchbook to take home at the end of the session.
Each session includes all materials, instruction and firing, 8 projects completed. Must sign up for all 3 days, no make ups.
50% non-refundable non-transferable deposit required to register. Balance of $95.00 will be collected on the same card as your deposit 1 week prior to start of 1st day of class.
Projects will include a variety of hand building techniques with wet clay and 1 bowl on the potters wheel. 1 clay project each day.
Pottery painting offerings will be a plate, or bowl/mug (students choose from all in stock, we have 20 designs) and a figurine (students choose from over 20 items depending upon what's in stock) 1 paint on pottery project each day.
Campers Grades K-6 Welcome for our multiage program! Two pre-school Boot Camp weeks offered as well!
Masks are optional inside. No masks required outside, parents can make this decision but we will not require them. I will wear a mask when I am working one on one up close with children on the wheel. If you are more comfortable with your child wearing a mask during the wheel feel free to send them with one. I want everyone to be comfortable.
Summer Art dates:
Pre-school boot camp: So sorry but I am already booked by two preschools for 2023!
June 20, 21, 22. FULL Barrington location AM
June 27, 28, 29. FULL Off site location AM
Multi age sessions:(2-4PM Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
K-Grade 6: (Ages 5-12)
Week #1 June 27, 28, 29 (2 spots remaining)
Week #2 July 4, 5 6 FULL
Week #3 July 11,12, 13 (4 spots remaining)
Week #4 July 18, 19, 20 FULL
Week #5 July 25, 26, 27 FULL
Week #6 August 1, 2, 3 FULL
Week #7 August 8, 9, 10 (2 spots remaining)
Week #8 August 15, 16, 17 FULL Off site location
Week #9 August 22, 23, 24 (4 spots remaining)