This sign was done by my friend Sarah who taught visual art in the prior years of camp. But she had a baby so I was filling in.
For this years visual arts class I decided to go with Modern Art because Sarah hadn’t done it yet and it could be bright and loud projects. I had 13 kids in each class and 4 teen helpers who were awesome. I couldn’t have done the week without them. Each day we worked on one or more projects and I talked to the kids about a different modern artist.
Amelie came to art camp in her casts since it was the week after her toe surgery. What a champ!
One of our projects was to mix black tempera paint with clear glue. Then make the pattern on white paper and let it dry. Then they filled the spots in with liquid watercolor.
Another project started with blank white canvas painted with white acrylic paint. Then on another piece of paper they painted “splotches” with liquid water color and we let them dry. Then the next day they cut them out into triangles and squares and glued them onto their canvas. Then the helpers and I covered the pieces that wouldn’t stay down with extra mod podge.
One project was to make modern art ice cream cones. Nadia said, “This flavor is Batman and it tastes like Justice!”
One of the most fun projects we did was to make our own version of “Chihuly” blown glass. The kids colored on clear solo cups with sharpie markers and then I baked them in the oven. It’s hard to tell in the photo, but they melt down and curl up a lot. The kids and the parents really loved these.
On the last day we put out a big display of all the kids work for the week so the parents could see it and then take it home. It was a really great week with all the kids and I was so proud of Amelie for making it through the whole week in her casts.
