Art and Design Thinking Camp

The Summer Art & Design Thinking Camp is an adventure in making and imagining. This project-based camp engages middle school youth in exploring design thinking processes, digital tools, and visual arts. Campers work individually and collaboratively as they experience art in a very engaging, dynamic, and innovative way. Each week has a different theme and the camp day is divided into two parts - Focused Learning and Tinker Time. Explorations are tied to developing skills while also allowing campers to develop their artistry, encouraging them to think outside the box and follow their ideas in whatever direction they want. The journey takes campers from what they know best (themselves) and moves outward to their families, their local community, and beyond with a focus on art and culture. All projects are designed to stimulate creativity and enhance their artistic confidence, while also maintaining/improving academic skills. Each is celebrated with a Student Showcase where campers can share their projects, process and journeys with guests.

This is an all day camp from 9am to 3pm daily, except on Fridays, A Student Showcase is held every Friday from 3:30pm to 4:30pm. All campers are expected to participate in the showcase.

***We do not provide after program care from 3pm to 6pm. The Mayfair Community Center, which is located across the street, has a Teen Program until 6pm. Campers who are registered in the Teen Program will be escorted to the Mayfair Center by one of our staff.

Cafeteria lunch and snacks are provided, however, students may bring their own lunch

Weekly Themes for 2018 Camp:

• Week 1 - June 25 - 29: Art & the Environment, Instructor – Michele Guieu
• Week 2 - July 2-6: Peer Projects and Tinkering, Instructor – Alba Cardenas
• Week 3 - July 9-13: Visual Storytelling, Instructor – Lauren Cage
• Week 4 - July 16-20: Fantasy Character Design, Instructors – Alyssa Winans and Dennis Chan
• Week 5 - July 23-27: Engineering for Your Environment, Instructor – Erin Salter
• Week 6 - July 30 - Aug 3: Design Your World, Instructor – Corinne Okada Takara
• Week 7 - Aug 6 - 10: Tinkering, and More Tinkering, Instructor – Alba Cardenas