Monday morning art walk Week 5 of ACT 2019 Summer Arts & Leadership Camp
ACT Summer Arts & Leadership Camp
returning for 2020
After Dennis Tibbits shares silly songs he shows campers how to play a guitar.
ACT 2019 Summer Arts & Leadership Day Camp
Arts and Leadership Day
Camp Week 1 -
Self-portrait- Eyes, Smile, Sound, Hand. Drawing – Perspective, Proportion, Play. Poetry. Music, tour downtown businesses to see art in action.
Word of the Week - Joy
Behind the Scenes Friday - River City Players
Volunteer - River City Players/ACT Gallery
What we did!
Stretch and Smile is movement to music, usually disco era music, 1 - 2 songs.
Discuss what gives us joy. Family, pets, art, zoo top answers they gave.
Took a group pic in front of the LOVE mural at Meig's Jewelry.
Art with Jamil Jaser- self-portraits, and he drew a character of choice and gave picture to kids, explaining how and why he drew what he did;
Clay with Jane Osti in the afternoons- made pots, animals, a narwal and a fish;
Bob Taylor pan drums, kids danced and took turns playing on the drums;
Discussed leadership - making good choices, setting a good example, helping others - some of their suggestions.
Storytelling on the Square and crafts - painted a rock,
Library for crafts,
River City Players for Behind the Scenes Friday - watched a rehearsal, took picture with performers.
Walk every morning and look for art on signs, buildings, statues, marble blocks on the sidewalks, picked up trash and rocks to paint.
Decorated a journal cover, wrote three words that give joy and and drew pictures of those words on pages of journal.
Drew a self portrait.
Finished a self portrait made from a black and white photo of their head with a lesson about cross-hatching.
Sketched eyes and discussed seeing an object and looking closer at the details, a flower has petals and leaves and a stem and is purple and yellow and may smell good.
After lunch and sometimes at snack time I read a book, or poem and sometimes they like it so much they want to draw the illustration in their journal. Leo the Lop had ears that hang while other bunny ears stand up. A story about the
Draw mouthes and lips in our journal and discuss what is important about our mouths - eating, talking, smiling, and other feelings.
Consider how eyes and lips tell other people what we're thinking and how we look at other people's faces - especially lips and eyes - to determine what they're thinking.
Draw ears, noses and faces and learn to draw lines to divide a face into sections and know where to put the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.
Cut a basket out paper, put designs on it and taped it together and one boy turned his into a butterfly.
With large paper we made our first study in perspective, contrast, texture and design with pencil then painted with watercolor, sitting on the floor.
We painted rocks collected on morning walks.
The boys were interested in dinosaurs and Godzilla so they drew those several times.
Scratch art- draw through black to reveal designs in colors beneath.
Traced around our hand and talked about how important hands are and what they can do - art, eat, music, write-
Wove a god's eye out of yarn and dowel rods.
Cut out pictures of things that give us joy, make us happy and made a collage on paper and another day on a wooden heart frame.
WEEK 2:
My Neighborhood !
Architecture, Murals, Public Parks and Gardens. Bird Watching. Grow a seed. Acrylic painting. Creative Writing.. Rock painting. Chalk art. Mural design. Word of the Week - Community
Behind the Scenes Friday - City Park with Loretta Shade and Shortline Gardens.
Volunteer - Nasturtium Garden Club.
What we did:
This week we found two new murals, a round one with a Cherokee theme on the side of the ICW building near Tahlequah Cable and Flowers and Friends on the back wall of Kimberley's Boutique; walked to Sequoyah City Park to look at water, for bugs and listen to birds, and play; worked parrot puzzle; talked about Community - neighbors, neighborhood, grocery store, church, movies, friends, school, music or dance lessons, restaurants, doctor, police, firemen and beyond; drew journal cover;
Jamil planning mural with kids by a sketch on whiteboard and he drew a basic sketch of the design on paper for the kids to color and consider colors for chalk mural on Tuesday; created crayon papers to paint on then scratch off; read a story about dreaming, talked about our dreams; Clay birds and pinch pots with Jane; walked to NSU Art Gallery took pic with mural; Norris Park to play; parrot puzzle dinosaur cards memory game; drew birds from bird books; read a story about Fox cooking for friend Bear;
Chalk mural with Jamil outside and personal small mural; colored city scape of choice after comparing each city - NYC, Berlin, London etc; read reader questions from Highlight magazine ie/ friends who are jealous and talking to them about how we support their success and hope they can ours, cleaning our room a little a day or weekly, friends who talk to us in class and we get in trouble and telling them we're interested in school and to talk to us after class, drawing a picture to remember an idea;
Clay with Jane, scratch art, Bird watching with Dr. George Fulk at Sequoyah City Park; CN Storytelling at Peace Pavillion, CN Youth Choir sang, one boy in choir, River, told a story with help of friends, Miss Cherokee told stories, craft making a paper plate mask; Sax Music with Dr. John Petrucelli, Director of Jazz Studies at NSU, he performed and taught kids to clap rhythm- clap, clap, stomp, repeat; Watched River City Players dress rehearsal; painted color pages we colored with crayons for scratch art;
Brain Play questions from Highlight magazine - which of thse can a chicken do? eat, count, swallow, draw, spell, fly? Which is larger a nickle or dime and which is worth more? What's something you might see on a pole? (flag, sign), How are you like a bug? (play, eat, walk, sleep), Why are buttons and button holes on different sides of a jacket? There must be a birds nest near by, why might you think that? What's your favorite time of day? Name 5 different textures around you?; used stensils for coloring; finished city scenes;
Monica with Nasturtium Garden Club came and talked to kids about flowers and what the club does, they planted purple heart in front garden at Cort Mall; crafts at library; Flower collage bird mobile; read River City Players story in newspaper and looked to see what else is in a newspaper - stories, photos, ads; More questions to consider -What senses do you use to tell you've having pizza for supper? How could your hat be wet if you weren't in the rain? What moves in a straight line and what doesn't? Clay with Jane.
WEEKLY THEMES & ACTIVITIES & REGISTRATION
Space is limited to 20 youth.. Cost is $150 per week per camper, $250 for siblings.
Applications available at the ACT Gallery or text or call 918 457-7345.
June 3-7
WEEK 1: Arts for All - Art is for everyone, art is everywhere!
Self-portrait- Eyes, Smile, Sound, Hand. Drawing – Perspective, Proportion, Play. Poetry. Music, tour downtown businesses to see art in action.
Word of the Week - Joy
Behind the Scenes Friday - River City Players
Volunteer - River City Players/ACT Gallery
June 10-14
WEEK 2: My Neighborhood !
Architecture, Murals, Public Parks and Gardens. Bird Watching. Grow a seed. Acrylic painting. Creative Writing.. Rock painting. Chalk art. Mural design. Garden Art/Fairy Garden.
Word of the Week - Community
Behind the Scenes Friday - City Park with Garden Club
Volunteer - Nasturtium Garden Club.
June 17-21
WEEK 3: History and Culture
History Trail, Cherokee Nation downtown Museums, Pottery, Storytelling. Basket Weaving. Moccasins
Word of the Week: Family
Behind the Scenes Friday - Cherokee Heritage Center
Volunteer @ Cherokee Heritage Center
June 24-28
WEEK 4: Celebrating America - Coast to Coast, Lighthouses, Hospitality and the Thompson House.
Map-reading, Boat-building/ Knots, Sewing a bag, Oil painting, Vase Faces/Silhouettes. Famous oil painters.
Word of the Week - Hero
Behind the Scenes Friday - Thompson House
Volunteer @ Thompson House.
SECOND SESSION
July 8-12
WEEK 5: Oceans, Lakes, Rivers and Streams
Globe, Sunrise and Sunset, Paper mache Pinatas, Pen Pals, Rainbows, Watercolor Painting. Large rock painting. Fish and Insect Art
Word of the Week: Beauty
Behind the Scenes Friday – Water Quality
Volunteer - Clean up trash along creek downtown @ park.
July 15-19
WEEK 6: Mountains, Landscapes, Waterfalls, Stained-Glass Windows
Rice bag Sculpture, Sun-Catcher, Graphic Design, Recycled colored glass yard art, Paint waterfall at creek /paint plein air landscape, sidewalk chalk art, Shell art
Word of the Week: Challenge
Behind the Scenes Friday - Tour churches with stain-glass downtown
Volunteer - Feed My Sheep
July 22-26
WEEK 7: Treasures In Your Own Backyard
Exploring Art in Me, Final Self portrait, Careers and Travel, Heritage art project, Mask-making/tiara- bead work, Poetry, Butterflies, Photography
Word of the Week - Imagination
Behind the Scenes Friday - Hunter's Home
Volunteer - Hunter's Home
July 29-Aug. 2
WEEK 8: Lights, Camera, Action: Party/Event/Exhibit Planning for a Fashion Show and Art Show
Getting ready for a Fashion Show/an Art Show- Team planning, Concept to Production, Behind the Scenes or In Front of the Camers- It takes Everyone, Cupcake decorating/eating, History of Clothing/Costumes,
Word of the Week - Leadership
Behind the Scene's Friday – Art Show/Fashion Show End of Camp Party
ACT Summer Arts & Leadership Day Camp 2020
CONTACT/Pre-REGISTRATION
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Dear Campers and Family,
The ACT Summer Arts and Leadership Day Camp begins Monday, June 1, 2020 and will full of art fun, new friends and leadership activities. The camp will be lots and lots of arts enrichment! Doors open at 7:45 and we appreciate if you will sign your camper in and out every day. Pick up is 5:15 and please text/call if you are held up so campers and staff don't worry. We suggest you use the back door as it's closest to the gallery.
Campers will want to bring a lunch and favorite snacks.We will also provide snacks, water and flavored water. Campers can eat at the Kawi Cafe daily and on Friday's we might eat at Boomerang, the Kawi Cafe or Oasis Health Foods and will communicate with parents via text and emails. We have a dorm fridge for lunches or snacks needing to be kept cool.
Every morning we plan to walk a few blocks weather/temperatures permitting so please be sure your camper wears comfortable shoes and clothing. Campers will be working with clay, so please bring a large old tee shirt to put over clothing when working with clay or other messy art work.
Thanks and if you have ANY questions don't hesitate to ask! See you Monday/This Summer!!
All the best,
Renee Fite
ACT President and Camp Director
For those who asked, or wondered, a brief about the Camp Director-
A freelance journalist, publicist, watercolor artist, and mother of 5 (ages 21-41) and grandmother of 4, Renee Fite has written for the Tahlequah Daily Press the past decade. Her first career was Renee's School of Dance, teaching tap, ballet, jazz, modern, ballroom, Mommy and Me and Movements to Music. Her mother was a dance instructor in Muskogee, so Fite grew up around a dance lessons/annual recital routine, and thought everyone made art for fun or for something to do.
Newspaper work includes editor of Kid's World, Jenks, Stilwell, Westville and Fort Gibson newspapers and writer for the Muskogee Phoenix.
Five years ago Fite graduated from the Oklahoma Arts Council's Leadership Arts Class 7 and together with friends started the Arts Council of Tahlequah to promote the arts and encourage artists of all ages. As an artist she is mostly self-taught, but has taken classes in oil, watercolor and stained glass and continues to study with other artists,
Art teaching experience includes one year of weekly art classes at the Alternative School at Tahlequah High School. Classes such as pottery, basket weaving and papier mache that Fite was not as experienced in she invited friends who were to teach a workshop.
And that's how this summer camp will be - along with Fite, potter Jane Osti, Cherokee National Treasure; Jamil Jaser, an arts graduate from NSU, and Ellie Vega, Tahlequah High School art teacher - a variety of artists and musicians will visit the gallery this summer adding their particular expertise to the layers of enrichment.
Two goals for ACT are to establish an afterschool arts program for youth, and a junior arts council.
