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Adult Art Camp: Burning  Buffalo Festival

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Stay tuned for 2017 date and events.

Don't let the kids have all the fun! Join us for Adult Art Camp After Dark. Over 5 art techniques taught in 24 hours. No experience necessary. Camp out in a tent on campus or come back in the AM.

2016 projects:
Blackware Ceramics with Joyce Surbeck-Harris and Kathy Adams
Aluminum Casting with Erin Rice
Paper spraying and Coptic- Bound Journal Making with Betsy Dollar
By Candlelight Still Life Painting  and Collaborative Mural with Erin Svendsen

Schedule for the day:
11AM: Pitch your tent, if you are staying the night
NOON: Eat your packed lunch, Camp Project Discussion, Intros and Ice Breakers
1PM: Paper Spraying with Betsy Dollar [Each person will have a chance to spray a layer every hour, there after]
1PM: Burnishing and Slip Decorating Blackware pieces with Joyce Surbeck-Harris and Kathy Adams, Bury the pots and stoke the fire every 2 hours
4PM: 1HR Break
5PM: Metal Casting: Prepare molds
6PM: Break for your packed dinner
7PM: Cast Aluminum. For fast finishers: Painting the Ceramics Lab Mural and stoking the ceramic fires
8PM: Introduce the By Candlelight Still Life Painting in the Studio
9PM: You may leave and continue the next morning, if you would like. Those that will stay will meet around the fires to chat and continue the ceramics burn.
8AM: Mural Painting and enjoy the SAA provided Breakfast
9AM: Reveal the Paper Spray Piece, then make a Coptic-Bound Journal with Betsy Dollar
Noon: Open the Pits to reveal the Blackware Ceramics

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Event is held on the SAA campus
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Located on Main Campus
​ 700 North 4th Street
​Springfield, IL 62702
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Tuesday - Saturday 1 PM and 2PM
​Not open for self-guided tours

217-523-2631
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105 N. 5th Street 
Springfield, IL 62701


Wednesday - Saturday 11 AM - 5 PM
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M.G. Nelson Family
Gallery, and Edwards Place
​ 700 North 4th Street
​Springfield, IL 62702
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Monday - Friday 9 AM - 5 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 3 PM
217-523-2631
office@springfieldart.org
  • About
    • Contact
    • Hiring
  • Education
    • Classes >
      • Book Arts
      • Ceramics
      • Digital Media
      • Drawing
      • Fiber Arts
      • Glass
      • Metals & Jewelry
      • Mixed Media
      • Painting
      • Pastels
      • Photography
      • Printmaking
      • Sculpture
      • Youth/Teen
    • One-Nighters
    • Open Studio
    • Summer Art Camp
    • Scholarships
    • Instructor Bios
  • Outreach
    • Art Outreach
    • Field Trips
    • Make Truck
    • Bronwyn Eves Memorial Project
    • Art As Therapy
  • Events
    • 6x6
    • Art Synergy
    • Beaux Arts Ball
    • Film Series
    • Fine Art Fair
    • Paint the Street
    • Roasted
    • The Great SAA Pumpkin Patch
    • Yart Sale
  • Galleries
    • Collective >
      • For Juried Artists
    • M.G. Nelson Family Gallery
    • Call For Entries
    • Residency
    • Past Exhibitions
  • Edwards Place
  • Library
    • Library Events
  • Rentals
    • Arty Party
    • Field Trips
    • Adult Events
    • Team building
    • Rental Spaces
  • Join + Give
    • Membership
    • Donate
    • Sponsorship Opportunities
    • Volunteer
  • Shop
    • Art Supplies >
      • Clay
      • Clay Tools
    • Make Kits
    • Murder Mystery Game
    • CHECKOUT