Art Camp

Inspired by OSU Museum's Cimarron National Works on Paper Exhibition

Prairie Arts Center is excited to once again partner with the OSU Museum of Art for this year's
Fall Break Camp. This 3-day camp will begin on Wednesday, October 15th with a visit to the museum for an interactive tour of Cimarron National Works on Paper, an exhibition brimming with inspiring treatments of the most essential and humble art supply there is: paper! During our 3 days of art making, we will explore a range of techniques, both simple and unexpected, that transform paper into two and three dimensional art. Students should bring a lunch and snack, and come dressed for the weather and making messes.

This summer's Kids' Art Studio will be an Encore! of our Artists in the Spotlight summer camps. Each day students will explore a different artist from our summer line-up, creating a finished artwork inspired by their medium, subject matter, philosophy, and/or life. Even though returning summer camp students may be familiar with the theme, the projects will be new. Unlike summer camp, students may attend one day, all four, or anything in between.

Join us for this first week of camp as we turn the spotlight on contemporary artist Nick Cave. Cave is most famous for his Soundsuits, a series of wearable works of assemblage. Part costume part sculpture, these works are whimsical, bright, and other-worldly. The campers will love Cave's sensibility of play and performance and his use of found objects!

This week we take a deep dive into the self made worlds of French artist, Niki de Saint Phalle. Saint Phalle was self taught and her work is still considered by some to be "outsider art." She is perhaps most well known as one of the few female sculptors ever to work on a monumental scale. She also made assemblage work and film, and she was a prolific illustrator. Her work is colorful, child-like, and mythical and sure to spark the campers' creative fire!

This week we turn our spotlight on the ever-versatile and always-curious American artist Jim Dine. Over the years, Dine has worked in almost every visual medium you can think of- printmaking, photography, sculpture, painting, installation, happenings, and drawing. There will be no short supply of inspiration this week!

Join us this week as we turn the spotlight on the intriguing Swedish artist and mystic, Hilma af Klint. One of the first women to attend the Swedish Royal Academy of Fine Arts, she has recently gained recognition as the "mother of abstract art." Much of her work is large scale, giant paintings of other worldly symbols and shapes that came to her through meditation and dreams. Like af Klint, campers will work on a large scale and be inspired by their own dreams, as well as nature, science, math, and the symbols of world religions.