Session 5 Morning Mayhem!

None of us here at the Arts Center can believe that tomorrow is the last Spree day of the summer! It's been an amazing year. We've had more than 400 outstanding children come through our doors, and it's been exciting to see them making new friends and finding a new home on our grounds.

Keep scrolling down to see how much fun the kids in this session have been having this week! Susan and her helpers from Hedgerow have been working with the kids to put together what will be an outstanding show tomorrow (at 11:15!). The kids have been making costumes and singing the songs back in their rooms to prepare for tomorrow. Check it out!

Eliya (of the Orange Group) glazing her frog in the ceramics studio.

BFFs Lily and Kathryn in the children's ceramics studio.

Maysa carefully painting glaze on her froggie.

Just one of the Orange Group's many awesome projects this week.

Isabelle and Grace working on their costumes for tomorrow's show!

Can we guess what Roxy's going to be?

Another costume clue from Maya and the Yellow Group.

Madison (of the Green Group) doing some hands-on artwork. 

Zayna (also Green Group) posing with her work!

Dexter saw my camera and said "Alli, take a picture of me being a bush!" How could I say no?

I wonder what Kayla will be in tomorrow's show...

The Magenta Group working on some scenery for the show!

Samma (of the Magenta Group) working on her windsock.

The Turquoise Group is putting on a puppet show (which will hopefully be up on the blog tomorrow!) I wonder who's back there making shadow puppets.

Hint: it wasn't Carter. He was too busy hamming it up. 

Session 4 Fun Goes On!

The past two days have been full of tie dye! Check out all these dyed little hands and a couple afternoon girls in action.

The result of the Purple Group's time at the tie dye station.

Mira narrating herself while carefully choosing colors for her tshirt.

Sophia doing her thing without getting dye all over her hands.

This morning, I walked around and saw some really great artwork in the Classrooms of the Turquoise Group, who did collage work as well as printing. The Orange group was doing some active art outside with repurposed Keurig cups, and the Red Group was working with watercolors and salt to make an icy affect on their artwork.

Aaron and Griffin dripping watercolors onto paper from repurposed k-cups. 

What a cool idea, Sara!

Adrianna rubbing salt into her watercolor painting, which will crystalize as it dries.

The Orange Group has also been working on these plaster faces decorated with found objects and medallions from the ceramics studio!

Girls of the Green Group showing off their texture-tiles before using them to make unique and original prints.

This afternoon was another day of Hula with Jenn from HoopFrenz! In addition to the cool stuff the kids got to do last time Jenn visited Summer Spree, today the kids made hoop-huts in groups to practice working together. They also played new games like limbo and learned how to be ninjas with their hula hoops. What a blast!

The Orange Group doing Ninja Tricks with Jenn in front of the tower!

Jake climbed into the hoop-hut he made with his group to pose for this shot.

Sheldon and Whitney (of the Orange Group) finding their balance and working out their hoop-skills.

Check out Ninja-Raegan doing her thing with a bunch of hoops!

Session 3 Morning Art Extravaganza

On Friday, Session 3 wrapped up and we said Goodbye to some amazing campers and awesome little artists. The Turquoise Group (Purple Group in the afternoon) made some really cool artwork, photographed below. All of our morning groups gathered outside with their artwork for a show and popsicles.

The Red Group en route to the side yard to meet their friends/siblings/parents/etc.

Noah, Hannah, and Sophia (of the Blue Group) showing off their ceramic creations.

A sampling of the mosaics the kids have been working on all session with the talented David Woods!

I think somebody was excited about the Red Group's art display!

The afternoon's Orange Group made these really cool 3D beach scenes out of glue, sand, and watercolors! 

Session 4 begins today, so check in all week for great photos of even more awesome kids and awesome art!

Mosaics, Ceramics, Music, and More in Session 3!

It's day 3 of the third session here at Spree, and all of our classes are in full swing! This morning, I stopped in to check out what Andrea's been teaching in the Kids' Ceramics Studio before heading over to the Red Group's classroom to see them making their own treasure maps!

The Yellow Group learned about positives and negatives in ceramics this morning by imprinting their clay projects with plants Andrea brought from her garden. Here, Margot and Sofia are paying close attention to the demo.

James carefully inspecting a pastel-crayon before using it to create his treasure map.

This afternoon, I checked in on the Red Group while they were in Emily's Music special. They were having a blast with rhythm sticks, chanting to each other "Show me how you like to dance" before each child got up and displayed his/her favorite dance move. At the same time, but in a much quieter setting, the Purple Group (grades 4-6) was learning about positives and negatives while shadowing with pencils and pastels. 

Noah twirling in the air, showing off his favorite dance move.

The Purple Group studying photographs to hone their sketching and shading abilities.

Session 3 is here at Spree!

Session 3 is underway here at Summer Spree 2014, and we're happy to see some familiar faces alongside a bunch of new friends! This morning at Spree, the Orange Group made beetle-prints, while the Yellow Group worked on some colorful collages, and the Purple Group made millipedes out of bottle caps and pipe cleaners. Back in the main building, the Turquoise Group learned about contrast in a new geometric project and the Blue Group assembled kites and flew them around their classroom!

Adam and Izyan (of the Orange Group) using found materials to make prints that look like beetles (to be decorated after the pain dries).

Maisie, Anna, and Maya (also Orange Group) posing in their masks. 

Minori and her friends in the Yellow Group working on their collages.

Martha helping her Purple Group Girls construct creative millipedes from painted bottle caps and pipe cleaners.

Nathan, Hallie, and Dean learning how to use contrasting colors and patterns to make designs pop off the page.

The Blue Group decorating and assembling their kites...

...before flying them around the room like Sophia!