Sizzling Summer Solace!

Creative Arts has run summer programs since the mid-1980's. Each summer is different with constant changes in programs, teachers and students. For instance, this summer we added art and theatre workshops (so students can mix-and-match) and a chamber music program in addition to our usual camps and music lessons. It's good to change, to mix things up and try new stuff! From workshop enrollment, it seems our families like change, too!

The next series of posts will feature photos from our summer programs!

This photo montage depicts one project from the sculpture workshops. Students painted landscapes then folded their paintings to create diorama backgrounds. They sculpted characters from plasticine (the same clay used in stop-motion animation) relating to their background and placed them in the foreground.

Dioramas are fantastic learning tools! Students must create a 3D subject, think about environment, develop a back story (after all, they are capturing a moment in time), paint a backdrop from researching different habitats all while keeping perspective in mind. Ahhhh, learning cleverly disguised as fun!