Capturing the World at Long Bay Camp
Long Bay’s visual arts program is a diverse and creative journey. Each session offers campers guidance and creative freedom to express their artistic dreams. Our visual arts program may include mixed mediums, painting, drawing, cartooning, photography, sculpting and much, much more.
Arts - Being a Creator!
Instructor: Peter Purdy
Dates Available: July 4 - July 10, 2010 (Session 1)
With the use of creative exercises, campers will tap into there imaginative spirit. This awe-inspired workshop will use found materials and recycled items, learn some native crafts and modern techniques to create artistic pieces. Campers will also participate in a larger group project that will add to the history of the camp as well immortalize their stay. Campers will be inspired for years to come!
Arts - Strips & Stories (Full)
Instructor: Elizabeth Todd Doyle
Dates Available: July 11 - July 18, 2010 (Session 2)
Ever wanted to tell a story through comics? Know that you could illustrate a children’s book? Itching to design a poster or CD cover for your favourite band? Get some experience in classic old-school cartooning, basic illustration techniques and graphic design. Work with book illustrator and cartoonist Elizabeth Todd Doyle as you combine words with image. Build a character, construct a comic strip, design a poster, create a illustrative style for a picture book using various media such as pen and ink, coloured pencils, mixed media and more.
BIG NATURE - Exploring Mixed Media Sculpture
Instructor: Lisa Thomas
Dates Available: July 18 – July 24,2010 (Session 3)
This exciting week long journey allows campers to grow and achieve more freedom in their creative process by learning how to work ‘BIG’. Using materials found in nature, combined with wire, metal, paint and just about anything that you can think of, have fun while finding a way to express what is important to you. Some time will be allotted for drawing and other 2 dimensional work as part of the planning stages for the sculptures. Discover what can be found within and without to animate your creative force in ways that will change the way you see yourself and the world. In a relaxed atmosphere, with a small teacher/student ratio, children will have the opportunity to create without boundaries. Lisa Thomas is an instructor who allows children the freedom to explore their creative instincts while still developing their techniques and skills. The camp's beautiful country setting is particularly conducive to this kind of explorational art experience.
Photography - Developing Vision!
Instructor: To be announced
Dates Available: July 25 – July 31,2010 (Session 4)
For almost two hundred years photography has been growing and changing, but never before has photography been so accessible and available to everyone. This week long exploration of photography blends the magic of the photographic process with modern digital technology. It offers you the technical skills required to support your photographer's eye, but also the chance to play and experiment to develop the artistic expression that will make your photos extraordinary. Improve photographic composition, make photograms with sunlight, play with Holga cameras. You will learn things about photography you never even knew existed!
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