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Art Camp Schedule

REGISTER EARLY! CAMPS FILL!

  • Full Day Camps 9am-4pm
  • AM Camps 9am-12pm
  • PM Camps 1pm-4pm
  • Extended Care Available as early as 8am M-F and as late as 5pm M-Th

Drawing & Painting (Ages 4-6, 7-10, 11 & up)

Drawing

Create mini-masterpieces when you learn more about line, perspective, shading, texture, and color. A great basics class with exciting options for returning and advanced students. Use graphite, charcoal, oil and chalk pastels, watercolor and/or acrylic paints. Repeat this camp more than once for the ultimate in solid drawing skills and interesting projects. Each week focuses on a different theme!

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SESSION Class Date Location
SESSION 1
Things that Move
FULL!!!
June 16-20 Oregon City: Carnegie
SESSION 5
Seashell & Water Animal Adventure

FULL!!!

July 14 - 18 Oregon City: Carnegie
SESSION 6 Seashell & Water Animal Adventure
Almost Full
July 21 - 25 Portland: Sunstone
SESSION 7

Faces & Places

FULL!!!

July 28 - August 1 Oregon City: Carnegie
SESSION 7 Outer Space July 28 - August 1 Portland: Sunstone
SESSION 8 Wild Animal Adventure! August 11 -15

Oregon City: NEW STUDIO!

(See Reg. Form for Details)

Drawing & Clay (Ages 4-6, 7-10, 11 & up)

Drawing

Transfer your creative ideas from 2-D drawings into 3-D works of art in this weeklong workshop. Learn the basics of 3-dimensional clay sculpture through coil, slab, and carving. We'll put our drawing skills to work as we design creative designs to paint on our hand-made one-of-a-kind sculptures. Tuition includes glazing and firing fee. Clay work fired, glazed, fired again, and available for pick up in early-mid August.

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SESSION Class Date Location
SESSION 5 Drawing & Clay
FULL!!!
July 14-18 Portland: Sunstone

Art Sampler: Draw, Paint, and Sculpt! (Ages 4-6, 7-10, 11 & up)

Painting

Learn fun basics of art through drawing, painting, and some ands-on clay! We'll fill the week with a kaleidoscope of color and fantastical projects! Sample lots of different art supplies and make something you truly like while you meet new friends and learn fun stuff! Take home your fun creations on Friday after the art show! (Clay will need to be fired and picked up at a later date. Families will be emailed when clay is ready for pick-up). Register Now!


SESSION Class Date Location
SESSION 2

Art Sampler: Draw, Paint, and Sculpt!

FULL!!!

June 23 - 27 Oregon City: Carnegie
SESSION 4

Art Sampler: Draw, Paint, and Sculpt!

July 7 - 11 Portland: Sunstone
SESSION 9 Art Around the World!  August 18-22

Oregon City: NEW STUDIO!

(See Reg. Form for Details)

Clay: Handbuilding (Ages 4-6, 7-10, 11 & up)

clay

Get your hands into clay! Learn the basics of 3-dimensional clay sculpture through coil, slab, carving, with a chance to see how the pottery wheel works. Don't miss out on this week of making bowls, cups, critters, and fun works in clay! Check out Pottery Camp, too! This skill-building camp will help prepare you for a week of more advanced clay. Tuition includes glazing and firing fee. Clay work fired, glazed, fired again, and available for pick up in early September.

Note: AM Camp and FULL DAY Camps are FULL. PM Camps are still available.

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SESSION Class Date Location
SESSION 3 Handbuilding
AM & FD CAMPS ARE FULL!!! 
ONLY 6 PM SPOTS LEFT!!!
June 30 - July 3 Oregon City: Carnegie

Pottery & Advanced Clay Handbuilding (Ages 4-6, 7-10, 11 & up)

Pottery

Get on the pottery wheel! Learn the basics: centering, cylinders, and create FUNctional objects. Projects also include hand-sculpture using coil, slab, and carving methods. Each full day camper will have the opportunity to work on the wheel each day. Don't miss out on this fun week! Tuition includes glazing and firing fee.

Suggested Prerequisite: Clay Handbuilding (Session 3) is suggested and required for students who want to work on the wheel every single day this week. Any students not attending Session 3 will learn handbuilding on M, T, W and then work on the wheel Th & F. Clay work fired twice and available for pick up in early October.

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SESSION Class Date Location
SESSION 4

Pottery & Advanced Clay
ALL SPOTS FULL!!

July 7 - 11 Oregon City: Carnegie

Manga and Cartooning! (Ages 8-11, 12 & up)

Join us for one of the only Japanese Manga-style drawing and American Cartooning camps around! Bring your creative characters and stories to life as you learn more about character design, proportions, shading, storyline, and comic covers! Use pencil, copic markers, ink, illustration board, and more. Returning and advanced students will be challenged while new students learn strong basics.

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SESSION Class Date Location
SESSION 5

Manga & Cartooning

FULL!!!

July 14 - 18 Portland: Sunstone
SESSION 6

Manga & Cartooning

FULL!!!

July 21 - 25 Oregon City: Carnegie

TEEN Workshop (Ages 11-14, 15 & up)

Draw, Paint, Sculpt! This camp is full of opportunity. Join small workshop groups each day, learn through step-by-step demonstrations, and complete your project assignments by combining your own unique visions with solid fine art techniques. Create original works based on your own imagination, memory, and interpretation in any media you choose (pencil, oil pastel, acrylic on canvas, pottery, etc.)

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SESSION Class Date Location
SESSION 2 TEEN Workshop FULL!!!
June 23 - 27 Oregon City: Carnegie
SESSION 10 TEEN Workshop August 25 -29

Oregon City: NEW STUDIO!

(See Reg. Form for Details)

Drumming

Drumming
Drumming

This camp gives children the opportunity to learn basic rhythms on a variety of percussion instruments.  Explore like and different sounds in pairs, small groups, and as a class.  Learn basic skills of musicianship, including tempo, volume, and counting measures.  Drumming together teaches students to listen to each other, play cooperatively, and have fun!  Instruments provided, but students may bring their own, if they wish. 

$30 per student

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SESSION Class Date Date Location
SESSION 1A Introduction to Drumming
June 16 - 20 M - F, 11:00-11:45 Oregon City: Carnegie
SESSION 1B Introduction to Drumming
June 16 - 20 M - F, 2:00-2:45 Oregon City: Carnegie
SESSION 6A Introduction to Drumming
July 21 - 25 M - F, 11:00-11:45 Oregon City: Carnegie
SESSION 6B Introduction to Drumming
July 21 - 25 M - F, 2:00-2:45 Oregon City: Carnegie

Percussion Ensemble

Drumming
Drumming

For students who have already taken the Intro to Drumming class, or other drum lessons.  We’ll take our percussive techniques one step further by creating an ensemble.  Each student will learn specific parts on instruments such as congas, bongos, shaker, and bell.  Together we’ll recreate wonderful African influenced rhythms like the Mambo, Rumba, and Samba.  Please call the Instructor with any questions.  Nancy 503.638.9309.

$25 per student

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SESSION Class Date Date Location
SESSION 5A Percussion Ensemble
July 15 & 17 T/Th 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Oregon City: Carnegie
SESSION 5B Percussion Ensemble
July 15 & 17 T/Th 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Oregon City: Carnegie
SESSION 7A Percussion Ensemble
July 29 & 31 T/Th 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Oregon City: Carnegie
SESSION 7B Percussion Ensemble
July 29 & 31 T/Th 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m Oregon City: Carnegie

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