GEORGETOWN CAMPUS

Studio B (Ages 8-10)

June 24–August 16, 2013

Week 1: June 24-28

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Mermaids and Monsters

Explore medieval storytelling traditions, including mermaids, monsters, and other creatures. Illustrate stories and create your own magical beasts through painting, drawing, and mixed-media creations!

Morning Session (9 a.m.-12 p.m.): $310

Just Add Water

Watercolor is one of the most difficult painting mediums to control, but it gives some of the most delicate and beautiful results. Learn how to mix color, apply washes, and create effects unique to watercolor as you paint still lifes.

Afternoon session (1-3 p.m.): $210

Full-day session (9-3 p.m.): $490

Pre-camp activity (8-9 a.m.): $30

Post-camp activity (3-5:30 p.m.): $75

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Week 2: July 1-5 (no class July 4)

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Color Your World

Learn how color has been used as a means of expression for centuries. Then create your own colorful 2D and 3D works of art using a variety of materials.

Morning Session (9 a.m.-12 p.m.): $250

Clay Castles

Ever made a sand castle and wished you could take it home? Now's your chance to build a battle-proof fortress fit for a king or queen, using clay, stone, and wood. You also design your own coat of arms for your flags flying high.

Afternoon session (1-3 p.m.): $170

Full-day session (9-3 p.m.): $390

Pre-camp activity (8-9 a.m.): $25

Post-camp activity (3-5:30 p.m.): $60

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Week 3: July 8-12

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Cartooning

Transform your classroom doodles and rainy-day drawings into your own comic book. Campers learn conventions of cartooning, including storyboards, dialogue bubbles, and caricature.

Morning Session (9 a.m.-12 p.m.): $310

Marvelous Mobiles

Learn how artists such as Alexander Calder have played with gravity and balance to create sculptures that move. Use paper cut-outs, wire, and other materials to build works of art to suspend from the wall or ceiling.

Afternoon session (1-3 p.m.): $210

Full-day session (9-3 p.m.): $490

Pre-camp activity (8-9 a.m.): $30

Post-camp activity (3-5:30 p.m.): $75

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Week 4: July 15-19

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Flower Power

Wake up, smell the roses, and create beautiful works of botanical art. Studying Claude Monet, John La Farge, and Camille Corot, campers create colorful and dynamic floral arrangements to capture with pastels and paint.

Morning Session (9 a.m.-12 p.m.): $310

Naturalist's Journal

Start your journey of discovery! Using pencil, pastels, and collage materials, record observations of plants and animals in an illustrated journal you can keep to use on future nature walks.

Afternoon session (1-3 p.m.): $210

Full-day session (9-3 p.m.): $490

Pre-camp activity (8-9 a.m.): $30

Post-camp activity (3-5:30 p.m.): $75

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Week 5: July 22-26

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Ocean Giants

Look who's microscopic now! Learn about colossal creatures found in the ocean and create paintings and collages of blue whales, whale sharks, giant squids, and other mysteries from the great abyss.

Morning Session (9 a.m.-12 p.m.): $310

Aquatic Art

Study wonderful organic forms from the ocean such as fish, coral, and seashells. Using colored pencil and watercolor, make drawings and paintings that are perfect for summer!

Afternoon session (1-3 p.m.): $210

Full-day session (9-3 p.m.): $490

Pre-camp activity (8-9 a.m.): $30

Post-camp activity (3-5:30 p.m.): $75

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Week 6: July 29-August 2

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Hidden Gems

Found objects can open your eyes to new artistic potential for reinvention. Look around your world for untapped inspiration from nature, forgotten items, recycled materials, and even your discarded stuff to create fabulous sculptures.

Morning Session (9 a.m.-12 p.m.): $310

Eco Art

Discover the surprising artistic materials that the natural world can offer when you take the time to explore its possibilities. Experiment with natural paints and dyes, fabrics, handmade papermaking, organic stamps, and much more.

Afternoon session (1-3 p.m.): $210

Full-day session (9-3 p.m.): $490

Pre-camp activity (8-9 a.m.): $30

Post-camp activity (3-5:30 p.m.): $75

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Week 7: August 5-9

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Collage Creations

Discover the many materials and methods for creating dynamic mixed-media collages. Experiment with photographs, text, handmade paper, paint, and more.

Morning Session (9 a.m.-12 p.m.): $310

Textile Design

Campers learn about the fabric design of many cultures, with techniques that include dyes, dye painting, block printing, stenciling, and Shibori. Working in teams, they design, print, paint, and dye exciting patterns on fabric

Afternoon session (1-3 p.m.): $210

Full-day session (9-3 p.m.): $490

Pre-camp activity (8-9 a.m.): $30

Post-camp activity (3-5:30 p.m.): $75

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Week 8: August 12-16--Downtown Campus

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Kid Pan Alley

The last week of Camp Creativity 2013 is a weeklong songwriting workshop that combines creativity, music, and art. Campers work with Kid Pan Alley founder, Paul Reisler, who has written over 1,800 songs with over 30,000 children across the nation. Budding songwriters draw musical inspiration from the art in the Corcoran's galleries. Theater and visual art teachers guide costume and stage design projects for the concert finale.

All classes for all ages are be held at the Downtown campus this week only. Space is limited.

Full-day session (9-3 p.m.): $490

Pre-camp activity (8-9 a.m.): $30

Post-camp activity (3-5:30 p.m.): $75

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