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!
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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.
Betye Saar Inspired Palm Collagraph and Assemblage
This project was hands down (pun intended) the students' favorite from our week long summer art camp inspired by the artwork of contemporary artist, Betye Saar. It is accessible for most students age 6 on up through high school. Saar, born in 1926 and still working today, is considered the grande dame of assemblage art. She also works in collage, printmaking, and watercolor. Her works address a wide variety of themes including spirituality, mysticism, time, personal history, ancestry, race, class, and gender. Her works are rich with symbols, both personal and collective, and they challenge us to find new meaning and possibility in old stories. This activity was inspired by Saar's depression era ethos of “use it up, make it do, go without," as well as her love of symbols and old objects. It is a three part process that took us several relaxed, fun-filled days to finish.
Kids' Art Studio - August 3rd - 6th
This summer's Kids' Art Studio will be an Encore! of our Artists in the Spotlight summer camps. We will take our inspiration from Shel Silverstein (Tuesday), Georgia O'Keeffee (Wednesday), Betye Saar (Thursday), and Ray and Charles Eames (Friday). Even though returning students may be familiar with the artists, the projects will be new. Unlike summer camp, students may attend one day, all four, or anything in between.