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CAMP > 3rd-5th Grade
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June 7-July 30
SAA Members (Family/Dual Level +) can begin registering at 9 AM on March 1st, 2021.
Non-Member Registration begins at 9AM on March 3rd, 2021.
FAQ and refund policy page is here. Please visit this page before registration day!
Camp age groups are based on the grade your child will be GOING INTO in Fall 2021. Please stick to those guidelines.
NEW THIS YEAR! Come to SAA art camp and then go to the YMCA and swim and play or vice versa (the Y, then SAA camp). We know you may have lots of questions. We hope all of the answers are here! This offering is only for ages 8+.
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Game On!, 3rd - 5th Grade$130/ Non-Members. $100/ Members
July 5-9. 2021: 9 AM-NOON or 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Condell Studio. Media: Printmaking. Sculpture. Mixed Media. Drawing. Painting. Ceramic. Mixed Media. Is your camper interested in games, playing or making them!? This camp we will use inspiration from classic and modern games to create artwork. They will get creative and design their own game from rules to construction. Is your camper up to the challenge!? |
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Dreams, 3rd - 5th Grade
$130/ Non-Members. $100/ Members
July 12-16. 2021: 9 AM-NOON or 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Condell Studio. Media: Printmaking. Sculpture. Mixed Media. Drawing. Painting. Ceramic. "I dream my painting and then I paint my dream" - Van Gogh. We will create works from artists like Van Gogh, Rousseau and Chagall that painted their dreams in brilliant color. We will also look at folk art and cultural works inspired by dreams. As well as dreaming up a few of our own! |
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TEXT, 3rd - 5th Grade$130/ Non-Members. $100/ Members
July 19-23. 2021: 9 AM-NOON or 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Condell Studio. Media: Printmaking. Sculpture. Mixed Media. Drawing. Painting. Ceramic. An image is worth 1000 words! We are looking at Art that used text in their work from ancient Egypt to Lichtenstein and the contemporaries. Campers will be inspired by these works and challenged to make new work based on a mystery word given to them. Art is very communicative, it speaks to us all! |
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Natural Materials, 3rd - 5th Grade
$190/ Non-Members. $160/ Members
July 26-30. 2021: 9AM - 3PM, Condell Studio. Media: Printmaking. Sculpture. Mixed Media. Drawing. Painting. Ceramic. Campers art projects will be produced from natural materials. They will uses dyes from fruits and vegetables, learn to make their own paint, dig up their own clay from the grounds of SAA. They will learn how to make their materials before using them create works of art! |
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Upcycling, 3rd - 5th Grade
$130/ Non-Members. $100/ Members
June 7 - 11. 2021: 9 AM - NOON or 1:30 - 4:30 PM, Mixed Media Studio. Media: Still-Frame Photography. Paper Arts. Animation. Plasticina Clay. Drawing. Painting. Finders Keepers! Campers will be encouraged to reimagine found objects into new treasures. They will create lamps, sculptures, collages and more! This is a great class to explore materials and problem solve by using challenging forms to create functional and non-functional art. |
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Civil War Encampment, 3rd - 5th Grade$130/Non-Members. $100/ Members
June 7 -11. 2021: 9 AM - NOON or July 5 - 9. 2021: 9 AM - NOON, Edwards Place. This is a history camp. This camp takes kids back to 1860 to learn some of the skills that soldiers learned during the Civil War. Learn about battles, 19th century medical aid, what soldiers did outside of battles, and more. This camp is immersive and participatory, and primarily takes place outside on Edwards Place’s front lawn. This camp is primarily outdoor. (Children will learn about civil war era weapons.) |
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Dig It!, 3rd - 5th Grade$130/Non-Members. $100/ Members
June 7 - 11. 2021: 1:30 - 4:30 PM or June 14 - 18. 2021: 1:30 - 4:30 PM, Edwards Place. This is a history camp. Your camper will learn about the principles and practices of historical archaeology, and then go out into the field to conduct an archaeological excavation in the back yard of Edwards Place! Camp wraps up with an exhibit of the artifacts recovered. Don’t miss this unique, hands-on opportunity! This camp is primarily outdoor. |
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Personality Pottery, 3rd - 5th Grade
$130/ Non-Members. $100/ Members
June 14-18. 2021: 9 AM-NOON or 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Prairie Earth + Fire Ceramics Studio. Media: Ceramics This camp is humorous, shy, sweet, angry; it covers all of the feels! We will give life to our works. Exploring ways to bring emotion into our ceramic pottery. Your camper may love or hate what they make, but we're sure they will have fun experimenting in clay! |
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Storybook, 3rd - 5th Grade
$130/ Non-Members. $100/ Members
June 21 - 25. 2021: 9 AM - NOON, Mixed Media Studio. Media: Printmaking. Book Arts Do you have a story to tell? This is a duo instructed class, where the instructors will teach you how to construct a plot, a printing plate, and a book bind all in one week. This is a great camp to develop your storytelling through images. |
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Cultural Bowls, 3rd - 5th Grade
$130/ Non-Members. $100/ Members
June 21 - 25. 2021: 9 AM-NOON or 1:30 - 4:30 PM, Prairie Earth + Fire Ceramics Studio. Media: Handbuilt Ceramics This camp will be handbuilding bowls/ vessels via slab, slump, and coil. While learning the basics of ceramics they will be introduced to bowls from around the world. They will create Native American animal effigy bowls from along the Mississippi River, Krater form Amphora Greek bowl, Mayan coil bowl and a Japanese Donburi Rice bowl with lid. |
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Playing With the Past, 3rd - 5th Grade$130/ Non-Members. $100/ Members
June 21 - 25. 2021: 9 AM - NOON or July 12 - 16, 2021, Edwards Place. This is a history camp. This camp will explore the different toys and games played with by children in the 19th century, some of which are known to have been played with by the Edwards family. This camp isn't just to PLAY with games, but to MAKE games! Before factories mass-produced toys and games, many were handmade with materials that could be easily found in and around the home. |
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Melt for Felt , 3rd - 5th Grade
$130/ Non-Members. $100/ Members
June 28 - July 2. 2021: 9 AM - NOON or 1:30 - 4:30 PM, Mixed Media Studio. Media: Sculpture. Mixed Media. This will be the softest camp offered this summer! You will learn the felt artforms of needle, Nuno (wet felting) to sheet pressed felt projects. They will be sculptural, wearable and two dimensional paintings. |
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History Time Machine, 3rd - 5th Grade$130/ Non-Members. $100/ Members
June 28 - July 2. 2021 : 9 AM - NOON, Edwards Place. This is a history camp. You will have the opportunity to go back in time and imagine what it was like to live at Edwards Place in the 19th century. Themes to be explored include Home Life, School, Chores, Manners, and more. Enjoy fun activities such as making butter, playing 19th century games, and dipping candles. Campers will have the opportunity to learn and play inside Historic Edwards Place. |
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Maker's Apprentice, 3rd - 5th Grade$130/ Non-Members. $100/ Members
June 28 - July 2. 2021: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM, July 19 - 23. 2021: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM, Edwards Place. This is a history camp. This camp will explore how people made their own goods to trade and sell in the 19th century. Before machines helped us make some things, people used special tools to make them by hand. Campers will get to see and even participate in creating some of these items, just like they did in the 1800s. This camp is primarily outdoor. |