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*Registration and Cancellation *Parties and Workshops |
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PRE-SCHOOL CAMPS, Ages 4
- 6, 9 AM - 12 PM Tuition: $100 +
Materials: $15 = $115 |
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May
27 - 30 Pottery Fun: SESSION FULL This is the week for budding sculptors and potters to get
their hands in the clay. The week will
include a variety of functional pottery projects. Campers will create one-of-a-kind clay
pieces and decorate them with colored clay slips. We’ll even see how clay spins on the wheel for some hands-on gooey fun. (4
- DAY CAMP - Tuition: $80 +
Materials: $15 = $95) |
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June 2 - 6 Dino Week: SESSION
FULL Spend the week with your favorite prehistoric pals. From duck-billed dinosaur eggs, to fossil
fish and dinosaur tracks, campers can satisfy their natural fascination with
paleontology. |
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June 9 - 13 Big Top Fun: Zany projects
with a circus theme are sure to entertain.
Big tops, clown masks, circus animal tiles, and more! |
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June 16 - 20 Choo - Choo! SESSION FULL Model
train enthusiasts will adore this week of locomotive excitement. We’ll make
clay train cars, clay tracks, and even stations, tunnels, and scenery
that will work with their favorite wooden model sets. |
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June 23 - 27 Garden Wonders: Campers
will explore such wonders of the garden as seed germination, pollination,
soil building and more. This week will
be a blend of art, science, and hands-on gardening. Campers will even create their very own
planting in their clay planters. |
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June
30 - July 3 Construction Production: We will use clay and other art projects to
examine architecture from around the world.
We’ll build log
cabins, igloos, and mud huts, and even design our ultimate
fantasy play spaces. |
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July 7 - 11 Critters & Crawlies: This week will feature a special visit from
the naturalists at Sandy Creek Nature Center.
We will make art projects inspired by their visit: clay animal sculptures,
masks, figurines and large animal drawings and paintings. |
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July 14 -
18 Volcanoes! SESSION FULL We’ll make clay models of volcanoes,
geysers, and other geological wonders that really erupt for a week of art and
science exploration.
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July 21 - 25 Rainforest Adventure: The plants, animals and people
of the rainforest will inspire this week’s
art
projects. Animal masks, hot cocoa
mugs, and ceremonial bowls are just some of the projects in store. |
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July 28 - August 1 Undersea World: Art projects inspired by the ocean and beach
will be the theme for this week.
Colorful clay fish, spiny echinoderms, and funky sandcastles are just
some of the fun that’s in store. |
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August
4 - 8 Funky Folk Art: The
freshness of a child’s perspective lends itself beautifully to the folk
art style. Projects this week will
include dot-painting, clay masks, and the decoration of a real clay face-jug.
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YOUTH CAMPS, Ages 7 - 10, 9
AM - 1 PM Tuition: $130 +
Materials: $15 = $145 |
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May 27 - 30 Clay Beads & Pendants: Campers will create
their own clay beads and pendants and learn a variety of methods for surface
decoration and firing. Students will
also learn some basic stringing techniques so that they can wear their
artworks. (4 - DAY CAMP - Tuition:
$104 + Materials: $15 = $119) |
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June 2 - 6 Drawing: Using a variety
of techniques and drawing media, campers will learn the fundamentals to help
them translate their imagination and perception of the natural world into two
dimensions. |
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June 9 - 13
From Turning to Burning: SESSION FULL This ceramic survey class will include handbuilding techniques and wheel throwing, as well as
outdoor Raku and stoneware firings. |
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June 16 - 20 Mythological Beasts: This week will draw on the wonderful hybrid
creatures that populate so many myths and legends. Centaurs, chimaeras, and harpies will inspire
both paintings and clay sculptures, and we’ll
finish the week by creating our own mixed-up characters and the
legends behind them. |
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June 23
- 27 Groovy Gardens: We will
use ceramic and other sculptural materials to make gargoyles and other garden
dwellers, stepping stones, bird houses and funky planters. They will even plant a groovy garden in
their very own clay planters. |
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June 30 - July 3 Animal Sculptures: Students will spend the entire week working toward a final
sculpture project depicting their favorite animal. This will involve a number of steps, from
sketching and model making to the actual creation of components and assembly. (4 DAY CAMP - Tuition: $104 +
Materials: $15 = $119) |
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July
7 - 11 Sculptural Servers & Fantasy Food: Our stomachs will growl as we design
special dishes for our favorite foods and make sculptures of cakes, fruits and
other tasty treats that look good enough to eat. We will even create a special mug and
ice-cream bowl on the potter’s
wheel. |
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July 14 - 18 Pottery Around the World:
Asia The ceramic history of China, Korea and Japan will
inspire this week of pot making exploration.
A variety of hand building, wheel throwing, firing and decoration
techniques will be covered. We will
learn about stoneware glazing and fire up the Raku kiln on Friday for some
crackled and iridescent results. |
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July 21 - 25 Pottery Around the World: Americas: Native American and Pre-Colombian
traditions will be the theme this week with soft silky surfaces, pit firings,
and even pots that whistle and rattle. |
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July
28 - August 1 Intermediate Wheel: Pushing
Forms:
Campers with prior experience on the wheel (e.g. youth wheel classes, “Turning and Burning” or “Pottery around the World:
Asia” camps, etc.) will be challenged to find new ways to create
pottery by assembling parts, darting and altering, and combining throwing and
handbuilding techniques. Although good foundational techniques will
be covered, the emphasis will be on exploration and fun with clay on the
wheel. |
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August 4 - 8 Shelter: This week will explore the many ways people
the world over put a roof over their heads.
We’ll make pots inspired by
buildings, create clay “log”
cabins, and explore arches and domes and much more in this week of
architecture, anthropology, and art. |
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August 11 – 15 Freewheeling Fun: Campers will complete a
variety of projects that start out with pieces made on the wheel and become something
much more sculptural/whimsical through combination and alteration of the
forms. Possible projects include coral reef scenes, Dr. Seuss-inspired
assemblies, and totem animals. Children over age 10 welcome –
these projects can challenge kids of all ages! |
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TEEN CAMPS, Ages 11 - 18, 9 - 1 PM Tuition: $130 + Materials: $25 = $155 |
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June 2 - 6 Turning & Burning: Students will learn the ins and outs of
wheel throwing in this one week intensive.
The last class will feature a firing extravaganza in our Raku kiln.
Graduates of the class may enroll in summer wheel classes or independent
studio with permission. |
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June 9 - 13 Slump & Fuse Glass:
SESSION FULL We will experiment with fusing and
slumping layers of colored glass to create shimmering chimes, pendants,
ornaments, and small dishes. The
interplay of color and light makes fused glass a very exciting medium that is
surprisingly accessible for beginners.
(Materials:
$50) |
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June 16 - 20 Intermediate Glass
Kiln-forming:
Students who have completed the ‘slump
and fuse glass’ class either the previous week or in
previous years may enroll in this more advanced week of hot glass
exploration. Transparent glass pieces
with organic and metallic inclusions, cold-working and polishing, and
frit-casting are just some of the fun techniques to be covered. (Materials: $50) |
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June 23 - 27 Folk Art: Fun, funky art projects will use recycled
and found objects. Dot painting, scrap
assemblages, collage, and face jug decoration will keep the students’ creative juices flowing
throughout the week. |
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June 30 -
July 3 Dinnerware: We’ll
create funky, festive dinnerware sets this week using both wheel and handbuilding techniques.
All work will be highly functional stoneware fired in our gas kiln
with food safe glazes. |
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July 7 - 11 Figurative Clay Sculpture: Students will experience the entire creative
process of creating medium to large-scale ceramic sculptures. Beginning with sketching and maquettes, students will design figurative pieces that
overcome the constraints of gravity by using hollow and sectional
construction techniques. |
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July 14 – 18 Tile & Mosaic: Students will learn a variety of techniques
for making and decorating handmade tiles.
They will also learn how to build up images from mosaic tesserae and how to set and grout their projects. |
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July 21 - 25 Revolutionary Pottery:
The potter’s wheel will be center stage this week,
but we will push the clay creations to new heights by stacking,
combining, and altering the thrown forms.
A variety of surface decoration and firing options will be available. |
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REGISTRATION: Class
sizes are small and registration is limited, so please register early by
calling 706.355.3161. Please be advised that space will not
be reserved until the tuition and materials fees are paid in full. We accept cash,
check, MasterCard and Visa. |
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GOOD DIRT hosts birthday parties, sorority/fraternity functions |
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