Kid's Summer Art Camp at SCGA: July 25 - July 29 - Sumter, SC

Mon, July 25, 2016 - Fri, July 29, 2016 Summer Art Camp at the SCGA Morning Classes: 9:00am - 12:00pm: Bugs ‘n’ Blooms (Ages 4-7) Shrink down to explore the world of creepy crawlers and fabulous flowers! Students will be introduced to the beauty and fun of insects and will explore their environments in a class where art meets science. Young entomologists will create a variety of 2D and 3D forms using materials from nature and an army of art supplies using paint, collage, clay, printmaking, mixed media, and more. Come bug out with us! Storytellers (Ages 4-7) Storytelling helps students improve their language skills, instills a love of reading and stirs imaginations. In this first-time class, talented professor of visual art Jennifer Pepper will guide students through painting, drawing and mixed media activities based on a variety of classic and contemporary children’s stories. Recycle-O-Rama (Ages 8-12) Students will be guided through using everyday recycled materials to think creatively, outside the box, and exercise their imaginations using unusual and recycled everyday objects like scrap wood, water bottles, used cardboard and plastic, styrofoam, aluminum foil, string, rope, toilet paper & paper towel rolls and more to create one-of-a-kind “Outsider Art” projects. Afternoon Classes: 1:00pm - 4:00pm: Youth Pottery (Ages 8 & up) In one of our most popular summer offerings, students will have the opportunity to learn the basics of making decorative and functional ceramic art using traditional hand-building techniques and throwing functional vessels on the potter’s wheel. Students will learn about glazing and surface decoration and all artwork will be completed with colorful, shiny glazes. Pepper’s Puppeteers (Ages 8-13) Students will learn about the variety of puppets used in storytelling around the world and will create their own unique characters to perform live theatre - a puppet show - on the last day of class. Shadow puppets, masked creatures, Chinese Lion Dancers and constructing simple marionettes are some of the projects planned for this fun, interactive class. This is a special way to introduce your child to fine art! We are proud to have served the Sumter community for nearly 5 decades. We offer accomplished teaching artists, small class sizes, projects in a wide variety of media and excellent facilities including three beautiful galleries with art on exhibition year round for students to enjoy and learn from. Cost $115 for prospective members, $105 for members (all supplies included) Space is limited to 12 per class. $25 non-refundable pre-registration fee is due at time of registration. This will be applied to the cost of the class.