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!

More Morning Art Madness!

Back in their classrooms, our morning groups have been making some great work! Today, I saw the Red Group drawing with crayons and hanging out with their awesome aide, Steph. The Purple Group was giggling and performing with their pipe cleaner microphones, while next door the Turquoise Group experimented with watercoloring techniques, and downstairs the Blue Group made tree root designed out of yarn and glue on paper.

Steph drawing with Cameron and Adrianna, of the Red Group.

Adam, deep in concentration, working on his drawing. 

Future divas of the Purple Group with their pipe-cleaner microphones, just like the pop stars.

Violet (of the Turquoise Group) watercoloring within the dried black Elmers glue outlines of her work of art.

Melissa (also Turquoise Group) experiments with salt and watercolors.
Some other techniques she's been trying are in the foreground.

Another Turquoise Group experiment with watercolors and saran wrap.

Pearl and Gianna (of the Blue Group) working with glue and yarn to create designs meant to look like tangled tree roots.

Ben and Nathan getting their hands dirty with the same technique as above.

This afternoon, I caught up with the Red and Orange Groups. The Red Group was in the process of making rainsticks, while the Orange Group did some outdoor painting with giant fly swatters and splatter-paint!

Natalie (of the Red Group) displaying her freshly painted rainstick!

Sara & Sarah's Orange Group always has some out-of-the-box art project going on! Check out Ben as he first swats his paper with a black giant-fly-swatter pattern... 

...before splattering neon colored paint over top of the print. So fun!

Session 2, Morning 3!

Another successful morning at Summer Spree is complete! This morning, some young paleantologists removed sand from Tyrannosaurus Rex skulls before painting them as they imagined the dinosaurs to have looked, while a bunch of little sculptors made pinch pots with snakes coiled around the sides. Before the morning was over, the Yellow group painted big whimsical turtles.

Maddie and Sofia (of the Orange Group) recreating the dinosaurs of their imaginations.

The Red Group in the Childrens' Ceramics Studio learning to make pinch pots and snake coils.

The Yellow Group in their classroom, working on their turtle paintings.

I wonder what Grace's favorite color is...

In the afternoon, the Orange group consists of 7 boys, all of whom had a great time in Ceramics with Dave Wood today. I couldn't resist posting this great picture of Sam showing off his "scratch to attach" tool-knowledge. 

Session II: Morning Art Shows!

Session II comes to a close today at Summer Spree! And the art shows these teachers and kids have put together are amazing! This is the most fun for me as the blogging intern because when the camera comes out, 9 times out of 10 there is a child who is more than thrilled to show me all of their favorite pieces on which they've been working so hard for the past 2 weeks.

Follow along with me in this post for some highlights in rainbow order (youngest to oldest) from today's Magic Mornings Art Shows!

Red Group!

Jenn's Red Group is always super fun to visit! These Pre-K kids have so much energy and were so excited to see their families coming through the door, I could barely get them to stand still long enough for a group shot in front of their tie-dye stage. 

Here they all are with some of their artwork in the foreground- clay octopuses, tie-dye, ceramic tiles, and more, these kids have been busy busy busy in Session II!

The Red Group they can pose for a picture but no promises all 10 will be able to find the camera at once!

Orange Group!

I popped into the Bridge Room to see Sarah's Orange group while their Art Show was in full swing! From life-sized self portraits to plaster cupcakes, rainsticks to printed fish, Sarah had these soon-to-be Kindergartners working with all sorts of materials to get their creative juices flowing this session.

Treasure boxes decorated with paint, googly eyes, sequins, and other glue-ables are just one of the many projects members of the Orange group got to take home this morning.

The Orange Art Show was the place to be! Look at all that amazing artwork! Cameo blog appearance by Sarah, Jane, and Bob Deane in the background!

Pinch-pot octopuses made in the ceramics studio with instructor Andrea, and plaster cupcakes in the back, yet another Sarah Original Idea!

Yellow Group!

I got to get specially introduced to some members of the yellow group, waiting for their parents to arrive, who were very excited about their artwork! Teachers Megan and Emily did a great job with their soon-to-be first graders this session!

This little sweetheart was jazzed to show off her jellyfish (hanging over her head) which she made in ceramics class.

Sophia wanted to get a picture with her whole wall of artwork. Great work, Sophia!

When I asked Jake where his favorite thing was, he ran over and grabbed this mosaic tile he made. Too cute!

Green Group!

Always an adventure, I found Pauline and her Green Group in the gallery having story time and waiting for their parents to arrive, before singing all the way back to their art show, parents in tow. They have been busy busy kids working from cultural inspirations from all over the world to make some awesome artwork!

Parents look on as their kids listen to one last Story Time from their teacher, Pauline...

...before singing their way out of the gallery...

...and back to their Art Show. Look at all that amazing art! From bird sanctuaries to Chinese scrolls to ceramic octopuses, so much creative energy!

Purple Group!

These almost-third-graders have been working hard this session with teacher Martha in their room on the third floor. Georgia, Dean, and Grace gladly showed me some of their favorite pieces they've been working on this session!

Georgia, representing the color of her group today with those purple shorts and flip-flops, poses with her artwork.

Always full of personality, Dean exclaimed "Can I get a picture with my snail?!" as soon as he saw my camera. Of course, Dean! Here ya go.

Grace, also in some awesome Purple shorts, stands with her wall of artwork. Good stuff, Grace!

Collectively, the purple group was very excited and prompted me to get a picture of the jellyfish they made with Andrea in their ceramics special. Don't these look amazing?!

Turquoise Group!

Last but not least, we've got our 4th, 5th, and 6th graders, led by teacher Pat, in the turquoise group right next door to the Purple Group on the third floor. Still setting up for their show when I arrived, they all lined up next to their "Turquoise Group" wall and posed for a picture.

Looking good, girls! 

Black Elmer's glue and watercolors make the colors on these paintings really pop!

More turquoise artwork with a reminder of our Summer Spree Theme this summer, Grow With the Flow! Hope to see some of these friendly faces again soon!

Session II Begins!

This morning, I saw some very enthusiastic campers from the Red Group, visited Andrea's Ceramics Studio and saw the Purple Group hard at work, then stopped by the Orange Group's Bridge Room.

I found the Red Group in their classroom, between specials, and made 2 new friends who both told me "It's my first day here!" before answering that yes, they definitely wanted to come back tomorrow! Jenn had set up a play-dough table complete with lots of tools for molding and crushing up the dough, and fast friends Henry and Izyan were psyched.

Henry discovering the mallet tool

"You put it in here and go like this..." Henry squeezes the saw's handle... "And it comes out like this!"

Izyan smiles for the camera in between attempts to get his playdough out of the blue tube. He did it eventually, with the help of the stick end of Henry's mallet-tool.

Next, I went over to the Ceramics Studio where Andrea was guiding the Purple Group through the process of making coral reef tiles. They had rolled out their clay and already added some types of coral features, and were making starfish, by the looks of it, when I came in.

seasoned Summer Spree-er James (standing) gives his clay some water to keep it moist enough to work with. 

Purple group rolling out coils to form more additions to their coral reef tiles.

Back upstairs, in the bridge room, the Orange Group was working with black sharpies and watercolors, first drawing a scene in the Sharpie, then adding color with water colors.

Sarah supervises the watercoloring down at one end of the table...meanwhile...

New friends Ava and Kazi (finished their paintings) have fun with some flubber left over from Sarah's group in Session I. Never a dull moment at the Arts Center!