Week 6 - Summer Arts Camp

Stomp, roar, and walk the DINOSAUR! This dance camp will be full of fun Jurassic songs! Dinosaur dance camp will incorporate jazz and hip–hop basics for a super FUN camp. On the last camp day, dancers will get to demonstrate some of their moves for family and friends and dress up in their favorite dino attire! Dress requirement: athletic clothing, ballet or jazz shoes recommended, but socks are ok too.

Using characters and stories from the popular Nickelodeon TV show Paw Patrol, students will learn and experiment with theatre skills and techniques using imaginative play, stories, art, music and movement. A demonstration will be performed on the final day of camp.

Students will experiment with creating characters and basic acting skills through the wonderful characters and stories of Dr Seuss from The Cat in the Hat and Sam I Am to King Looie Katz. Movement, songs, imaginative play and visual arts combine in this springboard into telling stories on stage. Demonstration on the final day of camp.

Our youngest artists will enjoy a week of exploring the nature of clay and experimenting with different techniques for shaping clay into a variety of forms. Kids will use their imagination to create ceramic artwork in this fun class! All work will be fired with food–safe glazes. Look for an email from the Phipps when the pottery is ready for pick up, approximately two weeks after camp. Closed–toed shoes must be worn in the ceramics studio.

Be creative, together with your child this summer! Learn about clay and how to throw on the potter’s wheel side by side in the ceramic studio. Create cups and bowls, and experiment with different techniques for adding finishing touches to your work. All work is fired with food–safe glazes. Look for an email from the Phipps when the pottery is ready for pick up, approximately two weeks after camp. Closed–toed shoes must be worn in the ceramics studio.

Explore the fun of making pottery with pinch, slab and coil techniques—no pottery wheel needed! Learn to build cups, plates and jars and then make them super special as you decorate them with colorful underglazes. All work is fired with food–safe glazes. Look for an email from the Phipps when the pottery is ready for pick up, approximately two weeks after camp. Closed–toed shoes must be worn in the ceramics studio.

Get your hands dirty this summer! Learn about clay and the basic techniques of throwing pottery on the wheel. Create cups and bowls and experiment with different techniques for adding finishing touches to your work. All work will be fired with food–safe glazes. Look for an email from the Phipps when the pottery is ready for pick up, approximately two weeks after camp. Closed–toed shoes must be worn in the ceramics studio.

Ten minute plays are fast gaining popularity in theatres, and in college and high school drama competitions. This new workshop gives students a chance to bring them to life on stage. Students will create props, costumes and sets and perform on the final day of class. This is a great opportunity to create small and large group scenework, as well as develop your stage presence in rehearsal and performance.

Do you love the outdoors and painting? In this camp, we will combine the two and take our art making outside! We will spend the week observing the beauty that surrounds us here on the banks of the St. Croix River, learning to paint from life and nature, and breaking down the landscape to create quick, expressive paintings. Let’s get outside and get inspired! Campers should dress for the weather.

Get ready to explore the fashion capital of the world! During this camp, we’ll stream a real French fashion show for inspiration, then bring a touch of Paris to life. Design and paint the Eiffel Tower onto chic tote bags, craft your own cardboard camera to capture photos of all the sights and create stylish beaded jewelry perfect for a Parisian outing. At the end of the week, we will work together to create a Paris–themed runway to show off your fabulous creations. Don’t forget to invite your family to the grand finale!

Students ready to deep dive into creating fully developed characters for the stage will love this camp experimenting with making bigger, more specific physical and acting choices and developing backstories for the characters you play onstage. Fascinating and fun, campers will share their work in a demonstration on the last day of camp.

Come and learn to paint the landscape outdoors! Plein air painting camp explores the fundamentals of color, color mixing, painting technique and composition. Being outside allows the artist to consider color and light first–hand. While observing the beauty that surrounds us here on the banks of the St. Croix River, we will focus on painting from life and nature and breaking down the landscape to create quick, expressive paintings.

Come spend the week exploring the fabulous world of woven art. Together, we’ll explore various textures, weights, and types of yarn while weaving your very own work of woven art. This is a great camp for teens who are curious about learning how to weave, and those who want to take their weaving technique to the next level.