Girl Scout Troups . . . Image the possibilities at Creative Arts!
In addition to the offerings below, Creative Arts can also design a class or workshop just for you! Let us help you earn your next badge or fulfill your community service obligations. Call us at 781-942-9600 or email Education & Outreach Coordinator Victoria Smith at victoria@creativeartsforall.org.
Please join us for one of the following arts and enrichement classes or workshops!
Earn Badges During April Vacation!
We are holding visual arts workshops, for adults, teens and children, during April vacation. We also themed a few workshops to Junior Girl Scout badges:
Workshop: Architectural Sculpture / Badge: Architecture
Workshop: Sculpture / Badge: Art in 3D
Workshop: Drawing from Scratch / Badges: Drawing & Painting & Visual Arts
Workshop: Painting with the Masters / Badges: Drawing & Painting & Visual Arts
Workshop: Art in Nature / Badges: Drawing & Painting & Visual Arts
Naturally, our workshops are not exclusively for Girl Scouts, if any Junior Scouts happen to attend, they will achieve these badges. Each registered Junior Girl Scout will receive a worksheet in class. It is up to the Jr Scout to return worksheet and work to their Troop Leader for badge qualification. Creative Arts does not process nor give out badges.
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APRIL VACATION WORKSHOP OFFERINGS
NEW! Try a one-day, half-day, or full week creative experience with new immersion workshops. All workshops for ages 6-12 years old. Please bring a peanut-free snack(s)/lunch and plenty of liquids.
Tuition Rates (registration fee included; credit card fees apply if used):
Morning Session (8:30am-noon): $35 per morning / $135 full week of mornings; Instructor: Kirsten Brown
Afternoon Session (1-5:30pm): $45 per afternoon / $170 full week of afternoons; Instructor: Jamie McDonough
All Day (8:30am-5:30pm): $70 per day / $270 full day all week
Monday, April 19: Closed - "Go Marathoners!"
Tuesday, April 20:
Morning Session: Drawing from Scratch, Instructor: Kirsten Brown
Improve observation skills by translating 3D images to 2D drawings by exploring perspective, line, shape & value.
Afternoon Session: Enter the World of Sculpey
Use your imagination to sculpt creatures, charms, pencil toppers and other whimsical or functional pieces out of Sculpey.
Wednesday, April 21:
Morning Session: Painting with the Masters
Improve or learn painting techniques, styles, observation skills and basic color theory by studying works of painting Masters like Vermeer, Singer-Sargent or Seurat.
Afternoon Session: Kawaii Cards
Create different greeting cards using the Japanese Kawaii cartoon style (like Hello Kitty).
Thursday, April 22:
Morning Session: Art in Nature
Illustrate plants, animals, insects, life cycles, food webs, or entire ecosystems by using principles of art & design and learning to make careful observations.
Afternoon Session: Sculpture
Learn to think in 3D by using your imagination to create artwork in-the-round!
Friday, April 23:
Morning Session: Architectural Sculpture
Create buildings, gardens and structural sculptures using your imagination and different materials while learning about famous architects.
Afternoon Session: Comic Illustration Studio
Crash! Bang! Zoom! Learn different comic illustration styles while creating our own comic.
April Vacation Registration Form, click here.
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NEW Summer Payment Options:
Non-refundable deposits and payment plans now available for summer programs! For more information, please see the registration forms below!
Family & Senior Discounts:
~ Camps: Register for more than one week of camp and receive $5 off each additional week - same child or siblings!
~ Music Lessons: Save 5% off the second music registration, 10% off each registration after the second.
~ Seniors: Save 10% off of any program registration!
~ NOTE: Multiple discounts off the same individual registration/class can not be taken. Higher discounts are taken off the lowest tuitions.
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2010 THEATRE CAMPS, MUSICALS & TV ACTING CAMPS
All students must have completed kindergarten in order to participate in all Theatre camps. All Theatre camps will be held at the Union Congregational Church, 148 Haverhill Street, North Reading, unless otherwise noted.* Time for all Theatre camps will be 8:15 a.m.-5:45 p.m., unless otherwise noted.** No previous acting, singing or artistic experience are required for any of these camps. All students have speaking roles, unless otherwise noted.***
Titles of show's listed are still awaiting royalty confirmation and are subject to change.
JUNE 28-JULY 2 – Workshops at First Cong. Church, Reading Location
Workshop Tuition (June 25-July 2 only): mornings $32 per day or $155 for full week of mornings only; afternoons $38 per day or $185 for the full week of afernoons; full day $60 per day or $285 for the full week
Instructors: Angela Merrill, Kirsten Brown or Laura Davis
Workshops are specifically designed to incorporate beginner, intermediate and advanced theatre students and are perfect for students interested but apprehensive about learning acting skills. Workshops are intended for the students to 'mix-and-match' with art and theatre. Please note curriculum is subject to change.
Monday Morning: Acting Through Games
Learn all aspects of theatre including reading and analyzing a script. Have fun while enhancing stage presence, articulation, reading comprehension and memorization skills through fun and hilarious theatre games.
Monday Afternoon: Puppet Theatre
Use puppets as a tool to work on character development, pantomime, vocalization and team work while performing short scenes in groups. Students also create their own hand puppet!
Tuesday Morning: Use Your Imagination
This workshop explores pantomime (communicating without talking), an important skill for acting, through fun and imaginative games. Students are prompted to use their imagination to pantomime scenes or short skits.
Tuesday Afternoon: Story Play
Students work together in groups to study, rehearse and perform short scenes from favorite fables, fairy tales or children’s stories while learning to follow a script.
Wednesday Morning: Character Study
This is an intensive study in character development for young actors. Through games and scenes work, students learn how to their own unique abilities, past experiences and motivations to create different characters.
Wednesday Afternoon: Acting 102
Learn or review using props and costumes to enhance character development in different scenes and skits. Students are expected to understand and build upon basic theatre skills through fun games and skits. Auditioning, pantomime and greater character study are some of the skills covered in this intermediate class.
Thursday Morning: Musical Theatre Dance Basics
Learn basic dance steps choreography commonly used in Creative Arts musical theatre programs. An essential workshop for students interested in taking summer mini and big musicals!
Thursday Afternoon: Director for an Afternoon
Gain a deeper understanding of theatre by working in groups to write, act and direct short scenes!
Friday Morning: Scene Study
Improve stage presence, pantomime and character development through acting in and analyzing short scenes. Students work together in small and large groups to perform short scenes with props and costumes.
Friday Afternoon: Fun with Improv
Unscripted, improvised acting! Learn to listen and observe other actors. This workshop is designed to encourage building a character through a thought process of emotions and reactions through fun games, short scenes and hilarious skits!
JULY 5-9 – Mini-Musical 1: There's a Monster in My Closet
Description coming soon!
Performance on the last day at 4:30pm.
Ages: 6-12; Limit: 25 students
Tuition: $295
Instructors: Angela Merrill & Brian Ocock
JULY 12-16 – The Emporer's New Clothes
Description coming soon!
Performance on the last day at 6pm.
Ages: 6-16; Limit: 35 students
Tuition: $295
Instructors: Kirsten Brown & Laura Davis
JULY 19-23 – Mini-Musical 2: The Country Bug & the City Bug
Description coming soon!
Performance on the last day at 4:30pm.
Ages: 6-12; Limit: 25 students
Tuition: $295
Instructors: Angela Merrill & Brian Ocock
JULY 26-30 – A Hansel & Gretal Story
Description coming soon!
Ages: 6-16; Limit: 35 students
Tuition: $295
Instructors: Kirsten Brown & Laura Davis
AUGUST 2-6 – Older Theatre Camp: Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde
Description coming soon!
Performance on the last day at 6pm.
Ages 10-16; Limit: 25 students
Tuition: $295
Instructors: Angela Merrill and Kirsten Brown
AUGUST 9-21 – The Big Musical: TBA
Stay tuned for more info as we secure the rights to this musical about a little girl with curly red hair on a search to be adopted!
Public Performances: Friday, August 20 at 6pm and Saturday August 21 at 5pm. ($10/ticket)
Ages: 6-16; Limit: 45 students
Tuition: $600
**Time: M-F-- 8:15-5:45 ; Sat., August 21--1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Instructors: Angela Merrill, Brian Ocock and Kirsten Brown
THEATRE Camp Registration Forms
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2010 MINI-MASTERS ART CAMPS
Mini-Masters Art Camp - Ages 3-6; ALL students MUST be potty-trained; Limit: 10 students; Ratio 1:5; MORNING OPTION ONLY. Each camp is one week long, M-F, with an art show on Friday. Camp themes change weekly and are age-specific.
WORKSHOPS (June 25-July 2 only): mornings $32 per day or $155 for full week of mornings only
Note: All Art Activities are at Creative Arts, 25 Woburn St., Reading.
Morning: 8:30 a.m.-noon ($155/wk)
It is recommended that students dress for mess or bring a large art shirt to wear. Smocks are available, but still be prepared for mess.
Art Show!
Each week will culminate in a student art exhibit creating a display of the students work from the whole week. Feel free to invite family & friends to share in your child's pride! Show times are: 11:30 a.m. – noon for the morning students.
Session I: June 25 – July 2
Please note curriculum is subject to change.
Mini-Masters Art Camp: Sculpture Workshops
Monday
Morning: Light & Shadow
Students build sculptures to create unique and interesting shadow designs or scenes. Artists followed: Tim Noble & Sue Webster or similar artists
Tuesday
Morning: Positive & Negative Space
Create statement sculptural pieces by using positive and negative space, balance and other principles of design. Artists followed: Damon Hyldreth or similar artist.
Wednesday Morning: Recycled Artwork/Animal Homage
Utilizing recycled materials students use imagination and principles of art & design to construct animals and other organic forms. Artists followed: Robert Rauschenberg and Brian Jungen or similar artists.
Thursday Morning: Movable Forms
These sculptures move! Although the majority of sculpture is static, many artists incorporate movable features to make dramatic statements…or just for fun. What will you create?! Artists followed: Alexander Calder and Arthur Ganson or similar artists.
Friday Morning: Architectural & Environmental Sculpture
Some sculptors alter buildings, create massive sculptures, or transform landscapes. In this workshop, students study artists like Maya Lin and Robert Smithson (or similar artists) to build structural and organic 3D artwork using principles of art & design.
Session II: July 5 – 9
Mini-Masters Art Camp: Story Book Art
In this class we will read different children’s’ stories to create story inspired artwork while learning to work with different media. Follow the tales and artistic styles of Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, Maurice Sendak, Beatrix Potter, Marc Brown and others. Songs, games and music are also incorporated into camp. Art show on the last day, and please remember to dress for the mess!
Session III: July 12 – 16
Mini-Masters Art Camp: Mixed-Bag Media
Mixed media combines traditional media (ink, charcoal or pencil, paint, clay) with collage or 3D designs to create unique artwork. It's a great opportunity to experiment with a variety of techniques and materials to stimulate creativity and self expression. Students work with paint, plaster, different papers, etc. to create engaging and fun projects. Children’s books, songs, games and music are also incorporated into camp. Art show on the last day, and please remember to dress for the mess!
Session IV: July 19 – 23
Mini-Masters Art Camp: Art Around the World
Become a world traveler by learning about art in different countries and cultures around the world. Create projects based on each visited country while exploring different media and materials! Construct a family totem poll, African ceremonial mask, Aboriginal dot art, Southwest Native American sand paintings and Japanese prints. Children’s books, songs, games and music are also incorporated into camp. Art show on the last day, and please remember to dress for the mess!
Session V: July 26 – 30
Mini-Masters Art Camp: Art in the Garden
Learn all about plant and animal life found in gardens while learning to carefully observe the natural world. Students create a nature sketch book, draw, paint and sculpt different animals, insects & plants and learn to plant a seed. What will grow in your garden? Children’s books, songs, games and music are also incorporated into camp. Art show on the last day of camp. Please remember to dress for the mess.
Session VI: August 2 – 6
Mini-Masters Art Camp: People, Places & Things
In this camp, students interpret the world around them through perspective, portrait, figure drawing and working from still life. From creating cities to drawing each other, students explore different mediums and materials from pencils and paint to collage and clay. Children’s books, songs, games and music are also incorporated into camp. Art show on the last day of camp. Please remember to dress for the mess!
Session VII: August 9 – 13
Mini-Masters Art Camp: Little Artists, BIG Art
Students continue their artistic exploration by experimenting with different techniques like painting, drawing, collage, sculpting, and printmaking while learning about a different artist each day! Children’s books, songs, games and music are also incorporated into camp. Art show on the last day of camp. Please remember to dress for the mess!
Session VIII: August 16 – 20
Mini-Masters Art Camp: Puppets, Puppets, Puppets!
It’s a puppet world! Learn about different types of puppets and make several of your own. Create unique characters to explore imagination, self expression and encourage creative play. Children’s books, songs, games and music are also incorporated into camp. Art show on the last day of camp. Please remember to dress for the mess!
Click here for the 2010 Summer ART registration forms!
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2010 ART ADVENTURE CAMPS
Art Adventure Camp: Ages 6-12; Limit: 20 students; Ratio 1:10; Morning, Afternoon or All Day Options. Each camp is one week long, M-F, with an art show on Friday. Camp themes change weekly and are age-specific.
Note: All Art Activities are at Creative Arts, 25 Woburn St., Reading.
Morning: 8:30 a.m.-noon ($155/wk)
Afternoon: 1:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. ($185/wk)
All Day: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. ($295/wk)
Workshops (June 25-July 2 only): mornings $32 per day or $155 for full week of mornings only; afternoons $38 per day or $185 for the full week of afernoons; full day $60 per day or $285 for the full week
It is recommended that students dress for mess or bring a large art shirt to wear. Smocks are available, but still be prepared for mess.
Art Show!
Each week will culminate in a student art exhibit creating a display of the students work from the whole week. Feel free to invite family & friends to share in your child's pride! Show times are: 11:30 a.m. – noon for the morning half-day students or 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. for the afternoon and all-day students.
Session I: June 25 – July 2 Workshops
Workshops are intended for the students to 'mix-and-match' with art and theatre. Please note curriculum is subject to change.
Art Adventure (Morning Session): Sculpture Workshops
Monday
Morning: Light & Shadow
Students build sculptures to create unique and interesting shadow designs or scenes. Artists followed: Tim Noble & Sue Webster or similar artists
Tuesday
Morning: Positive & Negative Space
Create statement sculptural pieces by using positive and negative space, balance and other principles of design. Artists followed: Damon Hyldreth or similar artist.
Wednesday Morning: Recycled Artwork/Animal Homage
Utilizing recycled materials students use imagination and principles of art & design to construct animals and other organic forms. Artists followed: Robert Rauschenberg and Brian Jungen or similar artists.
Thursday Morning: Movable Forms
These sculptures move! Although the majority of sculpture is static, many artists incorporate movable features to make dramatic statements…or just for fun. What will you create?! Artists followed: Alexander Calder and Arthur Ganson or similar artists.
Friday Morning: Architectural & Environmental Sculpture
Some sculptors alter buildings, create massive sculptures, or transform landscapes. In this workshop, students study artists like Maya Lin and Robert Smithson (or similar artists) to build structural and organic 3D artwork using principles of art & design.
Art Adventure (Afternoon Session): Illustration Studio Workshops
Monday Afternoon: Drawing Faces & Expressions
Students learn to draw faces and different expressions to illustrate short stories without using dialogue.
Tuesday Afternoon: Creating Characters
Drawing human and animals forms are essential for illustrating comic characters. Using each other as models, students practice basic figure drawing skills to illustrate characters in different scenes and action poses. Students also learn to draw fabric draping and clothing.
Wednesday Afternoon: Creating Story Boards
Story boards are used in movies, animated features, comics and graphic novels to ‘map’ story lines. This workshop explores basic story board development to transform a written story into a graphic representation.
Thursday Afternoon: Layout & Design
Learn basic landscape and perspective drawing skills to illustrate different settings. Learn when to use splash and character action pages plus determine design and set tone for illustrating and writing a short graphic story or comic strip.
Friday Afternoon: Comic Books
Transform written stories or your daily life into a comic strip or graphic story using different layouts, scenes and characters while experimenting with ink, colored pencils and watercolors.
Session II: July 5 – 9
Art Adventure (Morning Session): Clay Mania!
Unleash your creativity by sculpting, shaping and molding clay! Working with clay has many benefits including building muscle strength, dexterity, tactile sensory perception and hand-eye coordination. Through unique projects, students convert imagination into reality to learn self expression, creative problem solving and social skills. Pottery wheel demonstration included. Please note pottery may break during the firing process. Art show on the last day of camp. Please remember to dress for the mess!
Art Adventures (Afternoon Session): Paperworks
Fold, cut, glue, shape! Construct unique sculptural works of art using paper, imagination and creativity. Make your own paper, fold books, cards and other fun paper-related projects. Learn about artists using paper as their medium of choice. What will you create? Art show on the last day of camp. Please remember to dress for the mess!
Session III: July 12 – 16
Art Adventure (Morning Session): Mixed-Bag Media
Mixed media combines traditional media (ink, charcoal or pencil, paint, clay) with collage or 3D designs to create unique artwork. It's a great opportunity to experiment with a variety of techniques and materials to stimulate creativity and self expression. Students work with paint, plaster, different papers, etc. to create engaging and fun projects. Bring a shirt to tie-dye! Art show on the last day of camp. Please remember to dress for the mess!
Art Adventure (Afternoon Session): Myths, Legends & Fantasies
Myths and legends are stories told by different cultures to explain natural occurrences. Fantasies are dreams limited only by the imagination. Learn about different cultures’ myths and legends through art. Create your own artwork based on different myths and legends while imagining and artistically illustrating fantasies of your own. Art show on the last day of camp. Please remember to dress for the mess!
Session IV: July 19 – 23
Art Adventure (Morning Session): Art Discoveries
Looking for a way to artistically express ideas? Learn how artists use certain colors, textures, media and materials to express feelings and ideas with fun and innovative projects. This is your chance to explore 2D and 3D media. Art show on the last day of camp. Please remember to dress for the mess!
Art Adventure (Afternoon Session): Art in Nature
Illustrate the natural world through careful observations and hands-on exploration. Make a natural journal and learn to visually record observations by using different sketching techniques, color mixing, shading, value and other drawing & painting skills. Collect and visually interpret natural history specimens. Weather permitting, students will visit local parks to sketch and collect. Art show on the last day of camp. Please remember to dress for the mess!
Session V: July 26 – 30
Art Adventure (Morning Session): Art in Different Cultures
Become a world traveler by learning about art in different countries and cultures. Create projects based on each visited country while exploring different media and materials! Construct a family totem poll, African ceremonial mask, Aboriginal dot art painting, Southwest Native American sand paintings and Japanese prints. Art show on the last day. Please remember to dress for the mess!
Art Adventure (Afternoon Session): Architectural Sculpture
Some sculptors alter buildings, create massive sculptures, or transform landscapes. Become an architectural sculptor for the week by building structural and organic 3D artwork using principles of art and design. Look at work by different artists working in 3D. Learn to use light and shadow, positive & negative space, recycled material and other techniques and materials to build masterpieces. Art show on the last day. Please remember to dress for the mess!
Session VI: August 2 – 6
Art Adventure (Morning Session): Masters & Media
Explore 2D & 3D media by learning drawing, painting and sculpting techniques with fun and inspiring projects. Artistic Masters are used to illustrate different art forms. Along with other famous artists, students will focus on Singer-Sargent to study portraiture; Vermeer to discuss light and story-telling and Seurat to demonstrate painting landscapes. Art show on the last day. Please remember to dress for the mess!
Art Adventure (Afternoon Session): Story Book Illustration
Transform written word into colorful illustrations. Write a short story and, by learning different drawing techniques, bring it to life through illustration! Create characters, scenes, different layouts and styles incorporating principles of art and design. Look at works by favorite childrens’ book illustrators like Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, Maurice Sendak, Thomas Locker and others for inspiration. Art show on the last day. Please remember to dress for the mess!
Session VII: August 9 – 13
stay tuned for details on this week.
Session VIII: August 16 – 20
Art Adventure (Morning & Afternoon Session): Workshops TBA
Description coming soon!
Click here for the 2010 Summer ART registration forms!
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2009 ADULT & TEENS ART CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Instructor: Dennis Hart
New Schedule coming out soon . . . please check back!
Register NOW with this form!
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2009 MUSIC CLASSES / WORKSHOPS / CAMPS / LESSONS
New Schedule coming out soon . . . please check back!
2009 PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS & ENSEMBLES
Private Lessons (Suzuki or Traditional)
Students are encouraged to sign-up for 8 lessons during the summer, unless other arrangements are made with your instructor. Per lesson cost:
30 min., $35.00 per lesson
45 min., $50.40 per lesson
60 min., $64.80 per lesson
Suzuki Groups
* Check back for details or call 781.942.9600 to express interest.
Ensembles
6 weeks / 60 min. each wk / $100 with lessons or $138 without lessons at Creative Arts
Space is limited, so register NOW with this form!
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