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children ages

6-8
August 3 - 7

Fairies, Sprites & Gnomes - Oh My!
Anne Thulson   
Ages 6-8 years old, Mon. - Fri., 1:30 - 4:00 pm
Tuition: $250
Code: K1018  Enrollment Limit 14
CONCEPT:  Ever wondered what kinds of creatures live in
the woods? Students will get a chance to design their own
enchanted, hybrid creatures using images, patterns and
ideas from the natural world. First, students will observe and
draw from nature and learn about fantasy creatures from folk
tales. Then they will create a version of their own woodland
fairy, gnome or sprite from clay, papier-mâché, and found
objects. Students will also make a small guide book describing the attributes, habitat and care of each creature.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students will learn handbuilding techniques in clay and papier-mâché, basic color theory, the concepts of hybridity and unity in design, the format of naturalist
field guides, and simple book-making techniques.

July 13 - 16

ACTIVITIES: Each day will involve a discussion and technical
instruction, artmaking time and reflection. Students will look
at images, talk about metaphor, take walks in nature, listen to
folk tales and make lots of art.

Shopping Bag Buildings
Jennifer Cecere   
Ages 6-8 years old, Mon. - Thurs., 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tuition: $250
Code: K0711  Enrollment Limit 14
CONCEPT:  Be surprised by the creativity contained within
simple everyday objects. Each student will begin with a plain
brown paper shopping bag. After looking at images of various building types from log cabins, the Taj Mahal, skyscrapers and suburban strip malls–students will be encouraged
to use their imaginations to transform brown paper shopping bags into unique, one-of-a-kind structures. It’s all about
personal vision and creation as something ordinary becomes
artful and architectural.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Brown paper shopping bags, pencils,
scissors, markers, colored paper, white glue, oak tag, collage
materials, old magazines, decorative papers, aluminum foil
and fabric scraps.
ACTIVITIES: Students will begin by observing and discussing
types of buildings, brainstorming ideas and making a sketch
of their ideal building. Students will then be free to experiment with materials in order to create unique structures. Finished buildings will be displayed as a “city block” with building names and “artist” quotes.
FACULTY: Jennifer Cecere received her BFA from Cornell University and is a recipient of multiple grants and awards including the NYFA and the Andrew W. Mellon. For the past six
years, she has been a teaching artist with the Guggenheim
Museum’s Learning Through Art Program. Jennifer shows
her work extensively in galleries and museums, including
the Museum of Modern Art, PS1, the Cooper-Hewitt and the
Addison Museum of American Art.
WORKSHOP SPONSORED BY: Mary and Patrick Scanlan

FACULTY: Anne Thulson is a nationally certified K-8 art teacher
at an expeditionary learning school in Denver. She is a graduate of the Cranbrook Academy of Art. She paints and does
site-specific performance art in Denver.

August 3 - 6

Rhythms of Art
Jointly presented with the
Aspen Music Festival and School

Maggie Stewart   
Ages 6-8 years old, Mon. - Thurs., 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tuition: $250
Code: K1017  Enrollment Limit 14
CONCEPT:  What’s that sound you’re painting? That’s
right, students will be creating art inspired by music
that will be performed live by the Aspen Music Festival and School. This workshop combines a journey into
artmaking and musical discovery. Since art and music
are both comprised of genres, each day new materials
will be used to capture the images of woodwinds, the
rhythms of percussion and the texture of strings. We
will create our own artful instruments to investigate different patterns and beats, as well as mixed media collages and paintings. Students will learn the properties
of each instrument and what motivates our musicians
to choose them. Tuning our imaginations, we will create our own masterpieces!
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students will draw, paint and build
instruments for a multi-faceted study of the connections
between art and sound.

FACULTY:  Maggie Stewart is a professional artist and
owner of Mama’s Belly, an art b usiness specializing in
bronze. She has taught for the past 20 years for museums, colleges and the Denver Academy.

970/923-3181

Branching Out:an exploration of the

tree

Emily Gibson   
Ages 6-8 years old, Mon. - Fri., 9:00 - 11:30 am
Tuition: $250
Code: K1222  Enrollment Limit 14
Ages 6-8 years old, Mon. - Fri., 1:30 - 4:00 pm
Tuition: $250
Code: K1223  Enrollment Limit 14

ACTIVITIES: This workshop will be filled with new projects
each day. Musicians will periodically join the students
and give short performances that relate to an artmaking
activity. Students will then have time to finish working
on our creations after the musical inspiration.

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August 17 - 21

I N FO @ A N D E R S O N R A N C H . O R G

CONCEPT: From the landscapes of the Hudson River School
and Van Gogh’s drawings of birches, to the wishing tree of
Shinto shrines and the decorated holiday pine, the tree has
inspired many important artists and has even served as the
foundation of rituals. In this workshop, students will explore
how trees have served as creative inspirations in a variety of
forms. Students will explore the life of trees through art. By
closely studying these natural giants, students will be encouraged to make their own interpretations.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students will do observation drawings
of trees in a variety of media (charcoal, pencil, oil-pastel), 3D
dioramas made of paper that explore tree-house design, and
site-specific installations that will be documented and preserved through photography.
ACTIVITIES: The workshop will begin with understanding the
steps for observation drawing, and then will move into building
3D forms in paper, sketching and gathering natural materials.
At the end, students will create a site-specific installation.
FACULTY: Emily Gibson received her BFA from the Maryland
Institute College of Art in Baltimore and her MFA from the
Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. As a graduate student, she received a scholarship to travel and study Eastern
art, spending time in Shanghai, Beijing and Tokyo. She has
exhibited her work in New York, Boston and Provincetown
and is a teaching artist at the Guggenheim in New York City.