AVA Partners with Dartmouth College for a Two-Week Art and Science Summer Camp

Sponsored in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation

July 7-11 & 14-18 :: **NEW AGES — NOW 9-12**:        AVA members / non-members

August 4-8 & 11-15 ::  Ages 9-12      AVA members / non-members

This summer marks the second year AVA is able to offer Micro Macro, an art and science camp created in partnership with Dartmouth College’s Biology Department, the Dartmouth Microscopy Lab, and the Murdough Greenhouses at Dartmouth.

Participants will take field trips to see tropical, sub-tropical, desert, and aquatic plants— including the Brout Orchid Collection—observing plants and their environments from a Macro perspective. A visit to the College’s Microscopy Lab will introduce students to plants on the Micro level, as they see incredibly close using contemporary technology. The insights gained through these trips will be brought back into the art studio, where participants will interpret and express their experiences through 2D and 3D projects, both big and small.

Micro Macro is funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Sincerest thanks go to Dr. Eric Schaller of Dartmouth College, a longtime AVA member and volunteer, for his leadership and vision in making Micro Macro a reality.