Youth Classes

Fall Break Camp 2021

Abstracting Landscapes, the Art of Doel Reed

Prairie Arts Center is excited to partner with the OSU Museum of Art for this year's Fall Break Camp. Camp will begin with a visit to the museum for an interactive tour of Sun Patterns, Dark Canyon, the Paintings and Aquatints of Doel Reed (1994-1985). Reed's moody, abstracted landscapes will serve as our inspiration as we create our own layered landscapes with pencil, paint, and ink. We will learn about perspective and depth of field and explore the concepts of mood and tone. Weather permitting, we will also do some painting en plein air!

Cartoon Selfie Shadow Box

This activity asks you to imagine yourself as a cartoon character. What would your hair look like? What type of clothes would you wear? Which one of your features might you exaggerate or change? What would your character be known for? In other words, what makes you YOU? Once you've got all that worked out, have fun creating a scene for your cartoon self. Where would your character like to go? Where are you most at home? What do you like to do? Let your shadow box selfie tell a story!

Dino-Mite Puppets

Make a new friend for life! Design and make your very own Dino puppet and bring them to life while acquiring new skills. In this afternoon workshop, you will learn basic sewing techniques and stitches and get the chance to work with fabric, fiber, foam while having fun with new friends. Don’t miss out on this ROAR of a good time! It’s going to be Dino-Mite!

Black Eyes, Bruises, and Monster Skin

In this workshop, you will learn basic Special FX makeup techniques to create truly gruesome effects just in time for Halloween! You will learn how to paint black eyes and bruises and how to make an easy monster skin out of household gelation and food coloring. For a finishing touch, we will take our effects to the extreme with some fake blood. It's sure to be a frightfully good time!

Paper Mache Parade Masks

Just in time for Homecoming! Join us for a special two-day paper mache mask making workshop with OSU costume design professor, Jason Estala! On Tuesday, you will learn basic clay sculpting and paper layering techniques to create the base of your one of a kind parade mask. On Thursday, come back to paint and embellish your creation. On Saturday, October 30th, we invite you to show off your creation as we walk the OSU Homecoming parade together!

The Faraway and Up Close: Mixed Media Works Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe

Description:
Another of our week long summer camps this year was inspired by the artwork and ethos of the much beloved Georgia O'Keeffe. The following mixed media project was developed in order to explore more deeply the influence that photography had on O'Keeffe's work. From the beginning, O'Keeffe was moved to paint vast open landscapes of land and sky, a place that she called lovingly "the faraway." But it was from the rise of art photography and those artists working in the new medium, including her husband Alfred Stieglitz, that O'Keeffe learned the value of zooming in. Some of her most iconic works are the result of these up close studies. In this lesson, students take their cues from O'Keeffe and create their own vision of the faraway, while also practicing seeing what is up close. This project was designed for our 6-10 year old cohort but could be adapted for any age group.

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