| Week | Camp Name | Schedule | Instructor | Description | Price* | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | The Art of Play for ages 6-9 | June 19-23; 9 am-3:30 pm | OLIVIA JANNA GENEREAUX | Campers will be immersed in an environment of discovery. Using traditional materials in unconventional ways campers will gain greater knowledge of the material world that will support the development of abstract thinking and hone individual leadership skills. This camp meets all day at AVA, 9 am-3:30 pm. | $360 / $400 | Register Now |
| Week 2 | Dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Worlds for ages 6-9 | June 26-30; 9 am-12 pm | ALLISON ZITO | Campers will investigate the creatures of the prehistoric world. TheyÂ’ll create their own interpretation of this ancient time and the dinosaurs that existed then with a variety of 2 and 3 dimensional media, including collage, drawings, paintings and dioramas. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 2 | Sculpt it! for ages 10-13 | June 26-30; 9 am-12 pm | TANYA LIBBY | Campers will explore all things three-dimensional! Using Sculpey, paper mâché, found objects, and more, they’ll use their imaginations to experiment and create. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 2 | Paint Like Crazy for ages 6-9 | June 26-30; 1:30-4:30 pm | TANYA LIBBY | Campers will celebrate the wonder of color. They will play and explore different ways of applying and mixing paint, pastel, pencil and more. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 2 | Surrealism, Dreams and the Analytical Mind for ages 10-13 | June 26-30; 1:30-4:30 pm | ALLISON ZITO | Campers will explore the irony and symbolism of Surrealist artists like Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte. By thinking about dreams and juxtaposing different elements of nature, campers will think about their own subconscious, and push the limits to create their own avant-garde dreamscapes, paintings and sculptures. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 2 | Pottery for ages 10-13 | June 26-30; 1:30-4:30 pm | TYLER MORRISON | This camp introduces students to the potter's wheel, helping them to develop the fundamental skills of centering, throwing, and shaping clay. Campers will leave with finished pieces that have been glazed and fired. | $243 / $270 | Register Now |
| Week 3 | Play with Polymer Clay for ages 6-9 | July 5-7; 9 am-12 pm | EMILY NADEAU | Shaping objects for form and for function, campers will explore bead making, sculpting, and constructing useful items. Polymer clay is a versatile, colorful, and easy-to-use oven bake clay. Campers will see things differently while working with this exciting material. | $108 / $120 | Register Now |
| Week 3 | Imagination Stations for ages 10-13 | July 5-7; 9 am-12 pm | CHRISTIE KEENEY | Campers will circulate between art making stations set up with a variety of materials and media. In a structured open studio, the campers will use the different materials to discover what they want to create! | $108 / $120 | Register Now |
| Week 3 | Imagination Stations for ages 6-9 | July 5-7; 1:30-4:30 pm | CHRISTIE KEENEY | Campers will circulate between art making stations set up with a variety of materials and media. In a structured open studio, the campers will use the different materials to discover what they want to create! | $108 / $120 | Register Now |
| Week 3 | Picasso to Pollack for ages 10-13 | July 5-7; 1:30-4:30 pm | EMILY NADEAU | Campers will explore and be inspired by the styles and accomplishments of famous cubist and abstract expressionist artists. TheyÂ’ll experiment with subject matter and use techniques from the artists they look at to create their own unique masterpieces. | $108 / $120 | Register Now |
| Week 4 | 3D Printing for ages 10-13 | July 10-14; 9 am-12 pm | LAUREL POLLARD | Campers will learn how to draw in 3 dimensions on a computer, and to turn those drawings into physical objects - including characters, words and letters, and even jewelry - using 3D printing technology! | $198 / $220 | Register Now |
| Week 4 | Mixed Media Blitz for ages 10-13 | July 10-14; 9 am-12 pm | BETH MCGEE | Campers Learn about composition through collage and low-relief sculpture using a variety of media, found objects and lots of imagination. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 4 | Sculpt It! for ages 6-9 | July 10-14; 9 am-12 pm | TANYA LIBBY | Campers will explore all things three-dimensional! Using Sculpey, paper mâché, found objects, and more, they’ll use their imaginations to experiment and create. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 4 | Mixed Media Blitz for ages 6-9 | July 10-14; 1:30-4:30 pm | BETH MCGEE | Campers Learn about composition through collage and low-relief sculpture using a variety of media, found objects and lots of imagination. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 4 | Paint Like Crazy for ages 10-13 | July 10-14; 1:30-4:30 pm | TANYA LIBBY | Campers will celebrate the wonder of color. They will play and explore different ways of applying and mixing paint, pastel, pencil and more. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 4 | Pottery for ages 10-13 | July 10-14; 1:30-4:30 pm | TYLER MORRISON | This camp introduces students to the potter's wheel, helping them to develop the fundamental skills of centering, throwing, and shaping clay. Campers will leave with finished pieces that have been glazed and fired. | $243 / $270 | Register Now |
| Week 5 | Paint to the Music for ages 6-9 | July 17-21; 9 am-12 pm | BETH MCGEE | This is a collaborative effort by two great Lebanon cultural centers. Each day, campers will be introduced to a different instrument and musical recording by an Upper Valley Music Teacher. AVA campers will transpose what they hear into visual imagery using a variety of drawing and paint media. Thank you to the kind and creative thinkers at the Upper Valley Music Center. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 5 | Asian Art, Dragons and Zen Gardens for ages 10-13 | July 17-21; 9 am-12 pm | ALLISON ZITO | Campers will sample the techniques from a wide variety of Asian cultures. They'll design their own dragon, make scroll paintings, and learn how to paint Sumi-e (Japanese Ink Painting), which can be applied to all forms of painting. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 5 | 3D Printing for ages 10-13 | July 17-21; 9 am-12 pm | LAUREL POLLARD | Campers will learn how to draw in 3 dimensions on a computer, and to turn those drawings into physical objects - including characters, words and letters, and even jewelry - using 3D printing technology! | $198 / $220 | Register Now |
| Week 5 | Monet and the Impressionist Painters for ages 6-9 | July 17-21; 1:30-4:30 pm | ALLISON ZITO | Campers will look at the art of Claude Monet and other impressionist artists for inspiration. TheyÂ’ll then create paintings, prints, and more using bright, vibrant colors and visible, defined brushstrokes. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 5 | Paint to the Music for ages 10-13 | July 17-21; 1:30-4:30 pm | BETH MCGEE | This is a collaborative effort by two great Lebanon cultural centers. Each day, campers will be introduced to a different instrument and musical recording by an Upper Valley Music Teacher. AVA campers will transpose what they hear into visual imagery using a variety of drawing and paint media. Thank you to the kind and creative thinkers at the Upper Valley Music Center. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 6 | Dolls and Stuffies, Oh My! for ages 6-9 | July 24-28; 9 am-12 pm | EMILY BATTLES | Campers will create stuffed animals or dolls sewn from colorful fabrics and other materials. Adding buttons and bobs, theyÂ’ll bring their creations to life. The camp will end with a fun and festive tea party. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 6 | Crazy Comics for ages 6-9 | July 24-28; 1:30-4:30 pm | KARL NEUBAUER | Campers will develop cartoon characters and create environments to tell stories. TheyÂ’ll learn techniques for redrawing their characters in different poses to create story boards, comic strips, and more. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 7 | Art-estra Orchestra for ages 6-9 | July 31-Aug 4; 9 am-12 pm | ALICIA DALE | Music and art educators from the Upper Valley Music Center and AVA will take campers on a quest to discover the ways in which music and art can work together. Students will explore a variety of visual art materials as they create their own instruments and learn to play them. They'll explore musical and artistic creativity by making music on their original instruments. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 7 | Close Up Focus on Pollinators and Flowers for ages 10-13 | July 31-Aug 4; 9 am-12 pm | ALLISON ZITO | Sometimes considered pests, pollinators are crucial to our farmers and the production of our agriculture. Campers will use a variety of 2 and 3 dimensional media to create art work inspired by the stamen, pistil, and petals that entice the butterflies, bees, bats and birds. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 7 | Animals Local and Exotic ages 6-9 | July 31-Aug 4; 1:30-4:30 pm | ALLISON ZITO | The Upper Valley is rich with animal life! Campers will draw, paint, print and create sculptures while learning about animals both local and far away. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 7 | Crazy Comics for ages 10-13 | July 31-Aug 4; 1:30-4:30 pm | KARL NEUBAUER | Campers will develop cartoon characters and create environments to tell stories. TheyÂ’ll learn techniques for redrawing their characters in different poses to create story boards, comic strips, and more. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 7 | Pottery for ages 10-13 | July 31-Aug 4; 1:30-4:30 pm | TYLER MORRISON | This camp introduces students to the potter's wheel, helping them to develop the fundamental skills of centering, throwing, and shaping clay. Campers will leave with finished pieces that have been glazed and fired. | $243 / $270 | Register Now |
| Week 8 | All You Can Eat for ages 6-9 | Aug 7-11; 9 am-12 pm | EMILY NADEAU | Campers will learn how to use various materials to create artworks representing their favorite foods. They’ll talk about the history of some important foods, create still lifes and paper mâché sculptures, and encounter some yummy surprises. Bon appetite! | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 8 | From Stick to Figure for ages 10-13 | Aug 7-11; 9 am-12 pm | KARL NEUBAUER | This is a lively and physically active camp will teach young artists elemental figure drawing skills such as gesture and contour drawing, while using a variety of 2D and 3D media. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 8 | Art of Sound for ages 6-9 | Aug 7-11; 1:30-4:30 pm | EMILY NADEAU & BELLA JOHNSON | This is a collaborative camp where campers will make instruments, and then create music and visual art. Emily Nadeau and will guide campers on an exploration into visual art and music and how they inspire and affect one another. Bella Johnson will focus on the science of sound and music and how they are influenced by visual art. Each day, campers will switch studios at the halfway point and explore things from the other teacher’s perspective. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 8 | Sustainable Architecture for ages 10-13 | Aug 7-11; 1:30-4:30 pm | ELLEN SOROKA | To create their own buildings, campers will learn about floor plans, exteriors, and housing. They'll brainstorm and problem solve as they design and create models of homes based upon examples from real life, as well as from their own imaginations. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 9 | The Art of Play for ages 6-9 | Aug 14-18; 9 am-12 pm | OLIVIA JANNA GENEREAUX | Campers will be immersed in an environment of discovery. Using traditional materials in unconventional ways campers will gain greater knowledge of the material world that will support the development of abstract thinking and hone individual leadership skills. This camp meets from 9 am-Noon, but campers are also encouraged to register for the afternoon session. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 9 | Landscapes/Cityscapes for ages 10-13 | Aug 14-18; 9 am-12 pm | KARL NEUBAUER | Using color, tone, and line quality, campers will work their way into the landscape. TheyÂ’ll use tricks of perspective to create the illusion of space on the flat surfaces of their drawings and paintings. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 9 | The Art of Play for ages 6-9 | Aug 14-18; 1:30-4:30 pm | OLIVIA JANNA GENEREAUX | Campers will be immersed in an environment of discovery. Using traditional materials in unconventional ways campers will gain greater knowledge of the material world that will support the development of abstract thinking and hone individual leadership skills. This camp meets from 1:30-4:30 pm, but campers are also encouraged to register for the morning session. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
| Week 9 | Making Art that Moves for ages 10-13 | Aug 14-18; 1:30-4:30 pm | ALLISON ZITO | Campers will looks at the art of engineer and artist Alexander Calder and his circus and mobiles, as well as the geometric paintings of his biggest inspiration, Piet Mondrian. Campers will discover different ways they can bring movement to their own 2 and 3 dimensional artwork. | $180 / $200 | Register Now |
