Applied and Visual Arts
Art Safari     New!     Grades 1–4 Come on a safari as you create artwork, listen to music, learn about animals, and investigate the culture of countries around the world! Learn how the zebra got its stripes, based on African folktales, and then design your own zebra paintings while listening to the rhythmic beats of Africa. Take a trip to Australia and create underwater sea turtle artwork, learn about the endangered green sea turtle, and get a taste of the land down under. Don’t miss out on this artistic trip of a lifetime! Aspiring Painter     Grades 5–9 Take out your brush and palette. Whether you’re just beginning to paint or are putting together your portfolio, this class will challenge the individual artist in you. Try painting like the French—outdoors "en plein air." We will cover acrylic and watercolor while learning a variety of brush and painting techniques, such as color mixing, blending, and shading. Budding Artists     Grades 1–2 Become a budding artist as you explore with materials like pipe cleaners, googly eyes, paint, paper, relief foil, oil crayons, and papier mâché. Construct exciting art projects and bring home origami animals, pop-up cities, crafty creatures, and more. Put your creativity to work! Cartooning     Grades 3–9 Let the funny, crazy, serious, mean, or heroic characters in your imagination loose through cartooning. You will learn techniques and skills to help you create the cartoons you have always wanted to draw. Who knows where your imagination will take you . . .
		Ceramics     Grades 3–9 Join in the fun as you pound, poke, and roll clay into fabulous, hand-made creations. Learn how to use slab, coil, and pinch techniques to make a variety of fun and unusual projects. Roll up your sleeves and experiment with a variety of textures and glazing techniques. You will be amazed when your finished work comes out of the kiln! ClayCreations     Grades 1–2 Do you like to play with clay? Learn the secrets of making clay from ordinary materials, like sawdust, dough, and paper. After mixing the clay, you can create all kinds of incredible things from astonishing fantasy creatures to colorful name signs for your room. Dig in and get your hands into a squishy mix or two! Computer Art     Grades 3–9 Discover how much fun you can have using digital tools to create a masterpiece on the computer. Learn the basics of paint and photo software programs; put your head on the body of Hannah Montana or insert yourself into the Yankees’ lineup. Create an unbelievable 3-D project by scanning photos and using cool textures and colors. See how easy and fun it is to become a computer artist! Gargoyles in Relief      New!     Grades 5–9 Build a gargoyle in your own "gothic" style as you learn about relief sculpture from the inside out. Model a unique creature face of your own design with paper clay that will be finished to resemble carved stone. Learn about the function and tradition of these fantastic and unusual architectural creatures from medieval cathedrals.

Jewelry Design     Grades 3–9 Use beautiful beads, clay, embroidery floss, hemp, and wire to design and create your own jewelry. Accessorize your outfits by wearing your bracelets, necklaces, and earrings; give them as unique gifts or sell them to make some extra money. Larger-than-Life Sculpture     Grades 5–9 Think BIG and learn how to make a fanciful, larger-than-life-sized object—whether it’s a shoe that’s large enough to sit in, an iPod the size of your dog, or a yo-yo as big as a chair. Using wire, papier mâché, plaster, and lots of humor and imagination, you’ll create your very own incredible, larger-than-life-sized sculpture!

Mosaic     New!     Grades 5–9 Discover how mosaic artwork is created and why this ancient art form has been around for more than 4,000 years. Learn how to arrange colorful clay and glass tile pieces to design useful and decorative flower pots, picture frames, and serving platters. This course is appropriate for both beginning and advanced artists. Photography     Grades 3–9 In this "picture perfect" course, you will be introduced to the basic elements of black-and-white photography. Using a 35mm single-lens camera (provided by Summer Place), you will shoot pictures on campus and then learn how to develop and enlarge them in a darkroom. Your prints will be mounted and matted for a professionally finished product. Picture-Perfect Painting     Grades 1–4 Explore the many ways that you can express yourself with paint. Grab your palette and brush and paint a still life or a landscape outdoors. Try applying watercolor and acrylic paints using a sponge, Q-tips, or crumpled paper, and add cut-up pieces from newspapers and magazines to create a collage effect that is perfect for framing. Pinewood Derby     Grades 3-9 Learn the tricks of the trade as you perfect your sawing, sanding, gluing, painting, and precision-balancing skills and build regulation-sized Pinewood Derby cars. Finished cars will race on the Summer Place Speedway. Blast your way to racetrack stardom! Sculpture in Motion     Grades 3-9 Turn wire, papier mâché, and Celluclay™ (a paper clay) into animated 3-dimensional art. Capture the action of human and animal figures with sculpture. Create a baseball player swinging a bat at home plate, a cat playing with a ball of yarn, or a horse leaping over a fence. Join us as we mix both action and art! Spa Days     Grades 3-9 Step into the Summer Place Spa . . . pamper yourself using common ingredients found right in your kitchen. From olive oil and oatmeal to applesauce and frozen cucumbers, you’ll uncover the secrets of the professionals as you perfect your manicure and pedicure skills, and also learn healthy skin and hair tips. Treat yourself to a day at the Spa! Story Adventures     Grades 1-2 We’ll start with a story . . . and see where our imaginations take us! Each day we’ll choose a story which will stir our imaginations and take us on an amazing artistic adventure. Using markers, paints, buttons, feathers, and even googly eyes, we’ll create puppets, drawings, collages, animals, and so much more. Come join the fun that always begins with a story! Back by Popular Demand! Using the Wheel     Grades 5-9 Learn how to use a pottery wheel to spin your own cups, mugs, plates, and bowls. Glaze your creations with safe and durable high-fire glazes readying them for use in your home. Add handles and decorations to give the pieces a personal touch. Woodburning     Grades 5-9 Burn and etch your creative ideas into wood by learning this “hot” hobby. Discover techniques for drawing, shading, and adding color to your wood-burned projects. Transfer your original drawings, favorite sports-team logo, or cartoon characters into a woodburned work of art that you can proudly hang on your wall or give as a gift! Note: Due to safety issues, maturity and appropriate behavior are necessary to guarantee a safe and rewarding experience for all. Woodworking     Grades 1-9 Use your mind, muscle, and creativity as you learn the craft of woodworking. Design and build a variety of special projects while learning how to use hammers, saws, sanders, drills, and other hand tools. You will gain new skills and confidence and are guaranteed to have lots of fun. Projects will be appropriate for both beginning and experienced woodworkers.