MAGICAL MUSICAL MEXICAN MARACAS

Let's make some music!

Summer is almost here!

Summer Arts Camp is just a few weeks away and we are celebrating by creating some hand made Mexican maracas and making music with these iconic folk art instruments.

If you are joining us in June, you can make some too ~ and the secret on how to make these magical musical Mexican maracas will be revealed!

SWEET AS SUGAR

A crazy candy crush!

With a mix of materials ~ flowers and feathers, beads and baubles...

...pretty paper and a rainbow of Sharpie markers, we created these festive sugar skull masks.

These whimsical masks are just one of the projects we will be doing on our INTERNATIONAL ARTS DAY, celebrating Mexico.

Don't be scared...they are as sweet as sugar!

MEXICAN ARTS DAY ~ WEEK ONE

Mirror, mirror...

who is the fairest of them all?

The Summer Arts Camper Kids!

We celebrated our International Arts Day during our first week of Summer Arts Camp by creating hand painted Mexican mirrors and engraved tin.

Beginning with some black Sharpie markers, the children designed circular patterns and then painted their intricate designs with watercolors.

When the painting was complete, they engraved tin with patterns using ball point pens and then they colored the tin with Sharpie markers.

The result ~ beautiful Mexican mirrors.

Gorgeous works of art.  

Every single one unique.

CELEBRATION OF OUR ARTS ~ SUMMER ARTS CAMP 2014

 There is no question, the best art show in town this year was at Summer Arts Camp 2014. 

The SAC 2014 Camper Kids were some of the most creative, imaginative, and energetic children we have had the privilege of teaching.  

It was a joy to have them all with us this summer and see the work they each created...

...each with their very own individual and unique style.

On the last day of each week of Summer Arts Camp, the Camper Kids carved out their own gallery space to showcase their art works.

  
Families and friends gathered and the Camper Kids showed off their work to everyone.

The smiles we saw were infectious!

The pride the Camper Kids had when their shared their work was magical.

Their portfolio of work ranged from self portraits and mixed media to papier machè and sculpture.

And then it was time to say so long.

We hope we will see some of these fabulous Camper Kids here at Summer Arts Camp in 2015.

Your spot in the  SAC tent will be ready for you all!

Until then, have a wonderfully creative year.  We miss you already!

A MEXICAN FOLK ART FIESTA!

With a little inspiration from the SAC Team and some brightly colored supplies,

during week one of Summer Arts Camp 2014 the Camper Kids made their very own Mexican Folk art and tin engravings.

Their tools were simple ~ silver tin, ballpoint pens, Sharpies, wire, beads...and their creative minds.

Mobiles of color came alive at our campsite.

The tin panels strung together with colored wire sparkled from the sunlight and fluttered in the breeze.

Iconic Mexican images and patterns were drawn with impeccable detail.

Some mobiles were monogrammed, some showed love...

...others smiled sweetly.

ARTS AROUND THE WORLD

Are you ready to let your imagination travel around the world?  Get your passport ready, because this will be a first class journey!

During our Summer Arts Camp this June, one of our themed art programs will be an International Arts Day, featuring the arts of a different country each week.

This is just one example of some of the art we will be creating during our International Arts Day ~ Mexican Mirrors and Tin Engravings ~ traditional Mexican Folk Art.

We will also be travelling across the world to far away India and creating our own Indian Mehndi art, the traditional art of painting the hands or feet. 

Each Camper Kid will be making his or her own unique Mehndi Henna Hand Prints.  

We've got more stamped in our passport, but cannot give away all our secrets, so check back regularly for more sneak peeks of the artistic creations that you can enjoy every day during Summer Arts Camp 2014!

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Open registration has officially begun.  All children ~ boys and girls ages 7 to 10 ~ are welcome.
We hope you will join us!