The week of July 10th to 14th is open again. You can register online at www.creativeartstart.com

​Please contact Rob McCallum at robmac367@gmail.com for more information.

​Summer Art Adventure, Woodshop and Maker Camp at Allen-Stevenson. 

The two week summer camp is an exciting and fun filled journey into new territories creative and educational.
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Weekly Flexible Scheduling - Register for one week or two weeks. New projects are introduced each week.

June 20th - June 23rd (Tuesday - Friday:  9:00am - 3:00pm)
July 10th to July 14th (Mon - Fri: 9:00am - 3:00pm)

The camp is directed by Dr. Rob McCallum, Lisa Anderson and Dr. Cindy Maguire.

Ages: Current kindergarten to  5th grade boys and girls
Venue: The Allen-Stevenson School, 132 East 78th Street, New York.
* Limited space is available so early registration is advised.
Classes are small and children receive individualized attention, through an innovative arts and maker curriculum tailored to their interests and needs.
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. 

Create imaginative spaces are the cornerstone of the program. Boys and girls will transported to new playful and innovative spaces, interact with a community of friends, campers, artists, and makers. This year our staff includes professional designers, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) teachers and makers, artists specializing in media, electronics, 3D fabrication, film and animation, felting, painting, puppetry, car racing, photography, architecture and fort building. 

Theme-Based Interactive Art and Maker 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. 
STEAM and Maker Activities
  • Integrating art, science, technology and engineering we will experiment, tinker, and play with a range of exciting materials.
  • Projects include traditional art materials combined with 3D pens, 3d printing, e-textiles, basic electrical circuits, micro-processors, LED lights and motors.
  • We will build imaginative and interactive structures with electrical circuits, whether they be buildings, forts, robots, rockets ships, hovercrafts, airplanes to name a few.
  • We will explore different creative processes, referencing and celebrating inventors on our journey together. All projects can be taken home.
Derby Car Designs and Racing
  • Boys design their own cars and then create them in the woodshop
  • They will use a range of basic woodshop tools to create their cars
  • Cars a painted and the racing wheels are finally added.
  • The cars are tested on the track for performace and adjusted during the week.
  • Championship races are held every friday of the camp.
  • Different awards are given in each age group for quality of build, design, originality and speed.

​Scavenger hunts and games at the Metropolitan Museum and Central Park.
  • A scavenger hunt and challenges.
  • Work together to help solve a mystery plot regarding the pharaohs.
  • Journey into other lands through artists eyes.
  • Play a range of exciting games in the park.
​Builders of the Future! Engineering and Construction using cardboard technology.
  • Fort building and Architectural Structures
  • Collaborative Engineering Projects
  • New Construction challenges every day
  • This activity is one of the most popular challenges as campers create themes for their structures. 
Woodshop with Dr Mac
  • A wonderful opportunity for boys who love to build and work with tools and develop their 3-dimensional skills.
  • We have all manner of hand tools, and they will be able to safely design and build their own chosen projects in the Woodshop.
  • Wearing their safety glasses, they will be using the coping saw, hammers, rasps, rulers, L squares, clamps, vices to name a few tools.
  • They will create something inspired by their imagination, from practical objects such as a stool, a box with a hidden compartment to fantastical cars and planes. The sky is the limit, and all projects can be taken home.
Stop Motion animation
  • Working with friends or individually boys create real live stop motion animations or movies
  • We will go on fun adventures to solve challenges and be inventive using your creativity and imagination.
  • A focus on creating set designs around exciting themes
  • Using green screens to venture anywhere in the world
  • Learning how to use DSLR cameras for digital photography and video​ 

So how does this work?

​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 activities. 

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 collaborate, investigate, examine and make.

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 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 program, as individual boys bring into play their own abilities and imaginative ideas. 
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