Our Mission:
At T.W. Wood, we celebrate all students as artists and innovators. Students are empowered to be curious, observe their world, articulate their inner self and engage their imagination. We work with a variety of mediums, subject matter and approaches, so that students develop skills to live a thoughtful and creative life.
At T.W. Wood, we celebrate all students as artists and innovators. Students are empowered to be curious, observe their world, articulate their inner self and engage their imagination. We work with a variety of mediums, subject matter and approaches, so that students develop skills to live a thoughtful and creative life.
Welcome to T.W. Wood - Summer Art Camps 2024!
Our Summer Art Camps run Monday-Friday, 9:00-3:00.
Ages 4-6, 6-10, and 10-15.
Each art camp is 5 days (except the 4th of July week).
We offer a sibling discount of $45 per additional sibling.
Enrollments close when art camps are full or the Friday before camp.
Cancellations required one full week notice for a full refund.
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Please email Kevin Marlier, our Youth Programs Coordinator, with any questions!
[email protected]
Scroll down to see the 2024 Summer Art Camp descriptions.
TW WOOD - SUMMER ART CAMPS!
June 24-28
Discovering Color - Ages 6-10
(Sean Sullivan - Art Instructor)
In Discovering Color young artists will explore the use of color within their artwork and gain a deeper understanding of how color is used within art and other media to convey different meanings. We will begin with utilizing a medium that is void of color, before expanding into pieces that allow them to fully utilize the colorful tools around them, thereby "Discovering Color."
Along with self-made sketchbooks and learning how to experiment with the idea of warm and cool colors, we will draw some of our favorite characters in a "Character Color Wheel," where students will use a color wheel to influence a character they know from books, TV, or even their own characters to fill out the wheel completely.
June 24-28
Montpelier Mural Camp - Ages 10 and older
(Sabrina Fadial and Mollie Hoerres - Art Instructors)
Join artists Sabrina Fadial and Mollie Hoerres as we create a mural for the Montpelier Transit Center. We will draw inspiration from WPA muralists such as Willem de Kooning, Ilya Bolotowsky, Ben Shahn, and Arshile Gorky. The week of June 24-28 we will design a site specific mural for the Montpelier community. We will scale our design, transferring it to large panels totalling 24’ wide x 10’ high. On July 3rd, during the City’s Independence Day celebrations, we will have a community ‘paint by numbers’ completing the mural on the state house lawn.
What is the WPA? In 1935 President Franklin Roosevelt created The Works Progress Administration (WPA). It was an ambitious employment and infrastructure program that lasted eight years. The WPA put roughly 8.5 million Americans to work building schools, hospitals, roads and other public works. The WPA also sponsored projects in the arts employing tens of thousands of actors, musicians, writers and artists.
Montpelier Mural Camp - Ages 10 and older
(Sabrina Fadial and Mollie Hoerres - Art Instructors)
Join artists Sabrina Fadial and Mollie Hoerres as we create a mural for the Montpelier Transit Center. We will draw inspiration from WPA muralists such as Willem de Kooning, Ilya Bolotowsky, Ben Shahn, and Arshile Gorky. The week of June 24-28 we will design a site specific mural for the Montpelier community. We will scale our design, transferring it to large panels totalling 24’ wide x 10’ high. On July 3rd, during the City’s Independence Day celebrations, we will have a community ‘paint by numbers’ completing the mural on the state house lawn.
What is the WPA? In 1935 President Franklin Roosevelt created The Works Progress Administration (WPA). It was an ambitious employment and infrastructure program that lasted eight years. The WPA put roughly 8.5 million Americans to work building schools, hospitals, roads and other public works. The WPA also sponsored projects in the arts employing tens of thousands of actors, musicians, writers and artists.
July 1st and July 2nd
Gelli-Printing & Tie-Dying - Ages 6-10
(Mollie Hoerres and Kevin Marlier - Art Instructors)
Start the Art Day Camp by learning mono printing with a twist! Gelli-printing is a newer form of mono printing using flexible printing plates to create layers of texture and color. Prints can be used as individual works of art, backgrounds for drawing, cut up for collage, or as book covers.
In the afternoon, Tie-Dying! We will learn techniques to add colors to your new t-shirt! Bring pre-washed items to tie-dye, too. What a crazy colorful day it will be!
Gelli-Printing & Tie-Dying - Ages 6-10
(Mollie Hoerres and Kevin Marlier - Art Instructors)
Start the Art Day Camp by learning mono printing with a twist! Gelli-printing is a newer form of mono printing using flexible printing plates to create layers of texture and color. Prints can be used as individual works of art, backgrounds for drawing, cut up for collage, or as book covers.
In the afternoon, Tie-Dying! We will learn techniques to add colors to your new t-shirt! Bring pre-washed items to tie-dye, too. What a crazy colorful day it will be!
July 8-12
Art Through the Senses - Ages 4-6
(Mollie Hoerres - Art Instructor)
See, Touch, Smell, Hear. What will your senses help you create?
Painting with ice, making edible sculptures, painting and drawing to music, scented playdough, blindfold drawing and more!
Art Through the Senses - Ages 4-6
(Mollie Hoerres - Art Instructor)
See, Touch, Smell, Hear. What will your senses help you create?
Painting with ice, making edible sculptures, painting and drawing to music, scented playdough, blindfold drawing and more!
July 8-12
Comics Week - Ages 7 - 15
(Kevin Marlier - Art Instructor)
We will create our own comic books! Artists will learn character development, the storytelling process and parts, plan the panels per page, add color, texture and details, but most importantly cartoonists will bring their unique characters to life.
Comics Week - Ages 7 - 15
(Kevin Marlier - Art Instructor)
We will create our own comic books! Artists will learn character development, the storytelling process and parts, plan the panels per page, add color, texture and details, but most importantly cartoonists will bring their unique characters to life.
July 15-19
Art and Music - Ages 6-10
(Nikki Matheson - Art Instructor)
Moving Hands and Minds through Music: The ART of Listening
What’s in a tune? An orchestral arrangement? An avant-garde piece? PLENTY!
Do you hear a train? A waterfall? A traffic jam? Silence? This workshop will attune our ears to our environment, for which we do not always have the words. Through music and multi-media art, we can find a path to expression, while having creative fun in the process. Musical notes and signs will also start us down the path to musical literacy.
Art and Music - Ages 6-10
(Nikki Matheson - Art Instructor)
Moving Hands and Minds through Music: The ART of Listening
What’s in a tune? An orchestral arrangement? An avant-garde piece? PLENTY!
Do you hear a train? A waterfall? A traffic jam? Silence? This workshop will attune our ears to our environment, for which we do not always have the words. Through music and multi-media art, we can find a path to expression, while having creative fun in the process. Musical notes and signs will also start us down the path to musical literacy.
July 15-19
Jewelry Making - Ages 6-12
(Bailey Southgate - Art Instructor)
Make your own jewelry this summer! Learn how to bead and make your own necklaces, earrings, bracelets and more. You'll leave camp with a beautiful collection of wearable art that you can give as gifts or keep for yourself.
Jewelry Making - Ages 6-12
(Bailey Southgate - Art Instructor)
Make your own jewelry this summer! Learn how to bead and make your own necklaces, earrings, bracelets and more. You'll leave camp with a beautiful collection of wearable art that you can give as gifts or keep for yourself.
July 22-26
Medieval Fantasy and Fairytales - Ages 4-6
(Mollie Hoerres - Art Instructor)
Come explore your favorite Medieval Fantasy and Fairytales and artmaking! We will read well-known picture books to inspire our art making: We may build castles, paint by catapult, or design shields and crowns, the possibilities are endless!
Medieval Fantasy and Fairytales - Ages 4-6
(Mollie Hoerres - Art Instructor)
Come explore your favorite Medieval Fantasy and Fairytales and artmaking! We will read well-known picture books to inspire our art making: We may build castles, paint by catapult, or design shields and crowns, the possibilities are endless!
July 22-26
Nature Art Camp - Ages 6-10
(Kevin Marlier - Art Instructor)
We will celebrate the natural world by getting outside to create artwork inspired by, and with... Nature! We will create landscapes, leaf relief rubbings, fairy houses, dwarves, weavings and more!
Nature Art Camp - Ages 6-10
(Kevin Marlier - Art Instructor)
We will celebrate the natural world by getting outside to create artwork inspired by, and with... Nature! We will create landscapes, leaf relief rubbings, fairy houses, dwarves, weavings and more!
July 29-August 2
Papier Mache - Ages 6-10
(Marlie McDermet - Art Instructor)
Roll up your sleeves and put on an apron as we sink our hands into the
wonderful world of papier mache. We will use balloons, cardboard, paint,
and papier mache to make animals, monsters, fairy houses and more!
Papier Mache - Ages 6-10
(Marlie McDermet - Art Instructor)
Roll up your sleeves and put on an apron as we sink our hands into the
wonderful world of papier mache. We will use balloons, cardboard, paint,
and papier mache to make animals, monsters, fairy houses and more!
July 29-August 2
Art en Francais - Ages 6-10
(Nikki Matheson - Art Instructor)
Learn French through Art, Observation, and Action
An experienced French K-12+ French teacher who believes that language should be learned through tasks, which is how we learn our own language, will teach French through activities that will teach the basics such as colors, numbers, actions, adjectives, and songs. Just beyond the basics, children will look at paintings to describe the objects they see, and possibly notice how subjects are feeling, or who were their pets. Once an ex-pat in Paris, Nikki spent hours observing children at the Sunday afternoon workshops at the Louvre learning from the classics.
Art en Francais - Ages 6-10
(Nikki Matheson - Art Instructor)
Learn French through Art, Observation, and Action
An experienced French K-12+ French teacher who believes that language should be learned through tasks, which is how we learn our own language, will teach French through activities that will teach the basics such as colors, numbers, actions, adjectives, and songs. Just beyond the basics, children will look at paintings to describe the objects they see, and possibly notice how subjects are feeling, or who were their pets. Once an ex-pat in Paris, Nikki spent hours observing children at the Sunday afternoon workshops at the Louvre learning from the classics.
July 29-August 2
Anime Art Camp - Ages 6-10
(Sean Sullivan - Art Instructor)
Anime Art Camp focuses on the drawing techniques often used in manga and helps encourage those who want to create art in an anime-inspired style. We’ll also have art-based activities that involve many popular anime and manga to better involve students in their work. Our overall goal is to have each student create their own “one-shot manga” taking place in an anime world of their own creation or a show they may already enjoy.
Anime Art Camp - Ages 6-10
(Sean Sullivan - Art Instructor)
Anime Art Camp focuses on the drawing techniques often used in manga and helps encourage those who want to create art in an anime-inspired style. We’ll also have art-based activities that involve many popular anime and manga to better involve students in their work. Our overall goal is to have each student create their own “one-shot manga” taking place in an anime world of their own creation or a show they may already enjoy.
August 5-9
Paintpalooza! - Ages 6-10
(Mollie Hoerres - Art Instructor)
A summer festival of painting! - pour painting, splatter and balloon painting and more!
We will make many variations on painting... Come make art with us!
Paintpalooza! - Ages 6-10
(Mollie Hoerres - Art Instructor)
A summer festival of painting! - pour painting, splatter and balloon painting and more!
We will make many variations on painting... Come make art with us!
August 5-9
Clay Creations - Ages 6-10
(Lucy Lehman - Art Instructor)
Let's make dioramas with air dry clay! Over the week, we will be creating shoe box dioramas with scenes made from air dry clay sculptures and painted backgrounds. Bring your shoe boxes and your imaginations!
Clay Creations - Ages 6-10
(Lucy Lehman - Art Instructor)
Let's make dioramas with air dry clay! Over the week, we will be creating shoe box dioramas with scenes made from air dry clay sculptures and painted backgrounds. Bring your shoe boxes and your imaginations!
August 12-16
Cardboard Playhouses - Ages 4-6
(Mollie Hoerres - Art Instructor)
We will imagine a fun place to play, then build it, add doors and windows, and decorate it using paint and other found materials. Children will go home with their own, small playhouse!
Cardboard Playhouses - Ages 4-6
(Mollie Hoerres - Art Instructor)
We will imagine a fun place to play, then build it, add doors and windows, and decorate it using paint and other found materials. Children will go home with their own, small playhouse!
August 12-16
Tapestry! - Ages 10-14
(Lucy Lehman - Art Instructor)
In this art camp, we will be making tapestry looms out of boxes and the like! We will be using the yarn and needle like a paint brush. We will come away with wall hangings, little rugs or even bags as a finished product! This will be a fun exercise in combining colors and yarn textures.
Tapestry! - Ages 10-14
(Lucy Lehman - Art Instructor)
In this art camp, we will be making tapestry looms out of boxes and the like! We will be using the yarn and needle like a paint brush. We will come away with wall hangings, little rugs or even bags as a finished product! This will be a fun exercise in combining colors and yarn textures.
August 19-23
Chess Week - Ages 7-14
(Kevin Marlier - Art Instructor)
We will design and build our own original chess board sets from conception through the final set. We will also play chess and have an end of the week tournament using our new boards and pieces.
Chess Week - Ages 7-14
(Kevin Marlier - Art Instructor)
We will design and build our own original chess board sets from conception through the final set. We will also play chess and have an end of the week tournament using our new boards and pieces.
Please email Kevin Marlier, our Youth Programs Coordinator with any questions!
[email protected]
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