Summer Art and STEAM Adventure
NEW YORK'S MOST AWESOME AND BEST CAMP!
This is what our campers tell us every year.
- New Projects every day.
- Ten days to make, play and create.
- June 21 - June 25th (Mon: 9:30 - 2:00, and Fri: 9:30 - 12:30pm)
- June 28 - July 02 (Mon: 9:30 - 2:00, and Fri: 9:30 - 12:30pm)
- optional extended camp June 28 - 02 July.
Program is directed by Dr. Rob McCallum and Dr. Cindy Maguire.
This year we will still be remote and the camp will take place wherever you are. All exciting supplies and materials will be shipped to you in two big boxes, and the camp will take place in real time. Last years camp which was remote was also a huge success. Most mornings a counselor created a news cast with interviews and viewings of the campers creations. The art, STEAM projects and 3 dimensional structures were creative, original and beautifully made. The newscast are a wonderful way to reflect on the previous day's activities.
Projects and activities are designed for individual campers or for small groups of campers. We've designed each activity to be student-centered where children can work independently with little supervision. Each activity can also be expanded upon and carried out after the initial two weeks have been completed.
This is the time to play and have lots of imaginative fun. Research shows that through play, children attain new knowledge and learn important life skills. The art activities included in the camp support socio-emotional learning - the process through which children understand and manage emotions, set and achieve goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions - all key aspects in children’s growth.
This is the time to play and have lots of imaginative fun. Research shows that through play, children attain new knowledge and learn important life skills. The art activities included in the camp support socio-emotional learning - the process through which children understand and manage emotions, set and achieve goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions - all key aspects in children’s growth.
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Create imaginative spaces are the cornerstone of the camp. Campers will transport themselves to new playful and innovative spaces, interact with a whole community of friends, campers, artists, makers and doers.
Children will have the opportunity to interact with other campers and learn a range of new skills, all the while having loads of fun. Activities are structured where campers work face-to-face with our teaching artists, camp counselors and other campers.
Theme-Based Interactive Art Making Activities
Project supplies and activities are easily expanded upon and modified both during the camp and after, as individual campers bring in to play their own abilities and imaginative ideas. Most of the materials can be reused/repurposed.
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Fort Building Zone - Build your own fort!
Analogue Old School Construction Zone- DIY!
Puppets, Plush Creatures and Soft Sculptural Forms
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Digital Construction Zone. Coding and Interactivity.
Maker Zone - Tinker and Invent!
Art Making Zone: The Sky's the Limit!
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Activities below for campers 11 years and older
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Tutorials and projects in digital software - including Tinkercad, Sketch-up, Photoshop and Gimp
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Design, build and code projects with Arduino processors, micro-bits and electronics -
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So how does this work?
The camp is made up of different activity zones. Below are the processes and skills we focus on and encourage:
Step 1: Imagination and Creative Thinking: Children are provided with ideas to start imagining and creating. Artists, scientists and engineers who have used their imaginations to create and invent all kinds of things such as Leonardo's helicopter and Nancy Johnson's ice-cream maker are introduced throughout the projects.
Step 2: Tinker, Plan, Build, Construct and Make: We supply all the materials and supplies for the activities, projects and ideas that are planned.
Step 3: Time and Space: There will be plenty of time and space to plan, build, tinker and make. Artists, art teachers and makers structure the different sessions through collaboration and brainstorming.
Step 4: Reflect. Children have time to reflect on their process, what was challenging, what was fun, how they solved a problem and how to do it differently next time. Reflection also provides children the opportunity to imagine new ideas and interests.
Step 5: Play and Fun: This is the time to play and have lots of imaginative fun! Research shows that through play children attain new knowledge and learn important life skills. The art activities included in the camp support socio-emotional learning - the process through which children understand and manage emotions, set and achieve goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions - all key aspects in children's' growth.
Project supplies and activities can easily be expanded upon and modified both during the camp and after, as individual campers bring into play their own abilities and imaginative ideas.
Step 1: Imagination and Creative Thinking: Children are provided with ideas to start imagining and creating. Artists, scientists and engineers who have used their imaginations to create and invent all kinds of things such as Leonardo's helicopter and Nancy Johnson's ice-cream maker are introduced throughout the projects.
Step 2: Tinker, Plan, Build, Construct and Make: We supply all the materials and supplies for the activities, projects and ideas that are planned.
Step 3: Time and Space: There will be plenty of time and space to plan, build, tinker and make. Artists, art teachers and makers structure the different sessions through collaboration and brainstorming.
Step 4: Reflect. Children have time to reflect on their process, what was challenging, what was fun, how they solved a problem and how to do it differently next time. Reflection also provides children the opportunity to imagine new ideas and interests.
Step 5: Play and Fun: This is the time to play and have lots of imaginative fun! Research shows that through play children attain new knowledge and learn important life skills. The art activities included in the camp support socio-emotional learning - the process through which children understand and manage emotions, set and achieve goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions - all key aspects in children's' growth.
Project supplies and activities can easily be expanded upon and modified both during the camp and after, as individual campers bring into play their own abilities and imaginative ideas.
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