Summer Spree Session III has been simply swimming with great art and greater kids! As I made my way around to the art shows this Friday, I saw some awesome work. My first stop was with the Orange Group, where they were finishing up some final preparations before parents walked into their Bridge Room "Gallery."
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| Members of the Orange Group decorating their take-home bags which will hold their fabulous artwork, shown below! |
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| Ice Cream Cones were a feature for a few groups in the ceramics studio this session. Don't they look just tooth-chipping yummy? |
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| Decorated seashell molds and drip-painted recycled containers brightened up by splatter-painted table covers beneath. |
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Sampling of the afternoon Orange Group's coin-cans and ceramics creations.
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| Awesome boats made from old miniature building blocks and recycled wood. So cool! |
The Green Group was not in their room when I went to see them, but I did get to glimpse some of the work they had out for their show. Looks like they've been pretty busy as well!
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| Shields inspired by medieval times, and check out that detailed map they've hung in the background! |
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| We All Scream for Ice Cream! |
Jen always makes sure her Red Group's art is displayed so that the kids can easily find all their work, with their tie-dyed masterpieces as tablecloths for their collections.
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| Red Group Art Show in full swing: Three Generations of CAC-lovers in some cases! |
Found the Yellow Group putting finishing touches on their Ceramics pieces in the kid's pottery studio, then went up to their classroom to find some great work on very fitting Yellow tablecloths!
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| Nametags, artwork, prints, and some inspirational examples cover the tables and walls in the Yellow Group's room |
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| Check out those great big underwater water colors! How pretty! |
The Purple Group had a very interesting display set up in their room! In addition to the camper's artwork posted all over the walls, there was a section by the window where they hung 3D artwork and recreations of underwater creatures and wildlife!
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| Just putting some final touches to his ceramics display...looks great and love the multimedia artwork on the walls! |
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| I got to see these awesome paintings in the production process. Campers used paint and various techniques of splattering and blowing the paint around to create new shapes and images before using their black pens and a little imagination to turn them into undersea creatures they learned about this session. |
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| Touching up the fun 3D display! |
The Turquoise Group also had a very cool 3D pond/waterfall display in their room, when I went to visit. They also set up extra vertical space so they could display all of their outstanding work...
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| I'm seeing a river, waterfall, and pond! Almost hard to believe this is all indoors! |
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| Awesome work, Turquoise Group! |
My last, but certainly not least, stop was into the gallery, where Pauline was making her usual magic that shines from her whenever she's with a group of kids. Her group was just getting into their musical performance, with the boys of the group keeping the beat in the middle of the circle, while she and the girls sang and danced along with handmade instruments and accessories. Impossible not to smile when you see kids having such a good time and learning so much at camp!
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| Aerial view of the performance from the gallery's balcony |
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| Parents look on, listening and clapping along to their kids' melodies |
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| Parents and grandparents joined in the finale before the procession led back to the Art Show in their classroom. |
