Artists' Exchange proudly named "2012 Best Camp for Future Picassos" by RI Monthly
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Ages 8 - 12 | 9am - 3pm *before and after care available
Exploring crafting, drawing, painting, clay, 3D construction and more, campers will create an assortment of individual and group projects in each week’s theme, culminating in a showcase at the end of each camp, followed by the unveiling of an installation at our 6th annual Fall Out of Summer Arts Festival in September.
Week 1 : June 24 - 28 AHOY! MATEY Walk the plank into a week of pirate-inspired art projects. Immerse yourselves in the dark and enchanting world of sunken treasures and life on the high seas. $275 | $220 after discount
Week 2 : July 1, 2, 3 ART HEROES Ever feel like some days, you could do just about anything? Maybe you're a superhero! Get inspired by the likes of Wonder Woman and Batman and create your own superhero identity with a mask and costume ready to save the world. Who will you become? Special 3 day pricing $165 | $132 after discount
Week 3 : July 8 - 12 COSMIC ARTS The sky is the limit in this week devoted to art in outer space! The planets and their moons, constellations, astronauts, and aliens will be the inspiration for art of galactic proportions. $275 | $220 after discount
Week 4 : July 15 - 19 RECYCLEMANIA What can you create using recycled materials and imagination? ANYTHING! Discover the many uses of a milk carton, create just about anything with plastic bags, and imagine a world where recycling rules supreme! $275 | $220 after discount
Week 5 : July 22 - 26 ART AROUND THE WORLD From Lascaux cave paintings to the Great Pyramids of Egypt, put on your imagination caps and travel around the globe, exploring history and culture through art. $275 | $220 after discount
Week 6 : July 29 - Aug 2 URBAN ART Artists are inspired by their surroundings. From mosaics in subways to sky high murals, using inspiration from city life, campers will paint, sculpt and erect a city from the pavement to the sky. $275 | $220 after discount
Week 7 : Aug 5 - 9 CARDBOARD CREATIONARY You can make just about anything with cardboard - from paintings to trees! Imagine the possibilities this week when we work with nothing but cardboard. What happens when you put it in clay? Or, when you mix it in the blender to make paper? If you could make ANYTHING out of cardboard, what would you make? $275 | $220 after discount
Week 8 : Aug 12 - 16 MEET THE ARTIST Back by popular demand for a fourth year... more artists! If you missed out in previous summers, or just can't get enough, here's your opportunity to immerse yourself in the explorations of the masters by recreating and emulating famous and influential art and artists. $275 | $220 after discount
Week 9 : Aug 19 - 23 MAGICAL ARTIST Imagine yourself as a witch or a wizard! Build your own magic wand, compile a spell book and mix potions, all within the walls of our magical school of art. $275 | $220 after discount
Week 10 : Aug 26 & 27 ANIMALS, ANIMALS, ANIMALS Find out what happens when art collides with Kingdom Animalia. From the ocean floor to the sky, from the deserts to the mountains, participants will explore, recreate and invent creatures and habitats of the wild world. Special 2 day pricing $110 | $88 after discount
Ages 5 - 8 | 9am - 3pm(now full day) *before and after care available
Artists’ Exchange little art camps are designed to capture the imagination of younger campers. Each week’s theme will match our older art camps and projects will be adjusted to match cognitive ability and dexterity of the 5 - 7 year old age group. Campers will explore a wide variety of materials. The size of the scissors may shrink, but not the creative fun in these camps!
Week 1 : June 24 - 28 AHOY! MATEY Walk the plank into a week of pirate-inspired art projects. Immerse yourselves in the dark and enchanting world of sunken treasures and life on the high seas. $275 | $220 after discount
Week 2 : July 1, 2, 3 ART HEROES Ever feel like some days you could do just about anything? Maybe you’re a superhero! Get inspired by the likes of Wonder Woman and Batman and create your own superhero identity with a mask and costume ready to save the world. Who will you become? Special 3 day pricing $165 | $132 after discount
Week 3 : July 8 - 12 COSMIC ARTS The sky is the limit in this week devoted to art in outer space! The planets and their moons, constellations, astronauts, and aliens will be the inspiration for art of galactic proportions. $275 | $220 after discount
Week 4 : July 15 - 19 RECYCLEMANIA What can you create using recycled materials and imagination? ANYTHING! Discover the many uses of a milk carton, create just about anything with plastic bags, and imagine a world where recycling rules supreme! $275 | $220 after discount
Week 5 : July 22 - 26 ART AROUND THE WORLD From Lascaux cave paintings to the Great Pyramids of Egypt, put on your imagination caps and travel around the globe, exploring history and culture through art. $275 | $220 after discount
Week 6 : July 29 - Aug 2 URBAN ART Artists are inspired by their surroundings. From mosaics in subways to sky high murals, using inspiration from city life, campers will paint, sculpt and erect a city from the pavement to the sky. $275 | $220 after discount
Week 7 : Aug 5 - 9 CARBOARD CREATIONARY You can make just about anything from cardboard from paintings to trees. Imagine the possibilities this week when we work with nothing but cardboard. What happens when you put it in clay? Or when you mix it in the blender to make paper? If you could make anything out of cardboard what would you make? $275 | $220 after discount
Week 8 : Aug 12 - 16 MEET THE ARTIST Back by popular demand for a fourth year…more artists! If you missed out in previous summers, or just can’t get enough, here’s your opportunity to immerse yourself in the explorations of the masters by recreating and emulating famous and influential art and artists. $275 | $220 after discount
Week 9 : Aug 19 - 23 MAGICAL ARTIST Imagine yourself as a witch or wizard. Building your own magic wand, compile a spell book and mix potions, all within the walls of our magical school of art. $275 | $220 after discount
Week 10 : Aug 26 & 27 ANIMALS, ANIMALS, ANIMALS Find out what happens when art collides with the Kingdom Animalia. From the ocean floor to the sky, from the deserts to the mountains, participants will explore, recreate and invent creatures and habitats of the wild world. Special 2 day pricing $110 | $88 after discount
CERAMIC CAMPS Ages 8 & Up | 9am - 3pm *before and after care available
June 24 - 28 LEARN TO THROW Build your skills during this one week intensive camp focused solely on wheel throwing. Spend tons of time on the wheel centering, throwing basic cylinder forms, learning how to transform them into cups and bowls; do to the nature of this camp not all pieces will be fired. $275 | $220 after discount July 1, 2, 3 3 DAYS OF CLAY A specialized 3 day camp designed to explore ceramic molds and clay casting, something new for the ceramic student! In this unique camp student will have the opportunity to use liquid clay and experience the magic of pulling apart two plaster mold sides to reveal the surprise inside. Casting will also be introduced. $165 | $132 after discount
July 8 - 19 CERAMIC CAMP #1 A two week camp designed with a focus on ceramics. Under the guidance of a professional ceramics artist, immerse yourself in clay studio studies, from wheel throwing and surface design, including underglazes, glazes and textures, as well as hand building. Learn the technical aspects of ceramics, from recycling clay and slab work to the use of equipment such as the extruder and the proper way to load a kiln. $550 | $440 after discount
July 29 - Aug 9 CERAMIC CAMP #2 **SEE DESCRIPTION ABOVE $550 | $440 after discount
Ages 8 - 12 | 9am - 3pm *before and after care available
A new camp designed to fill your child’s day with both ceramic arts and crafts. Each morning campers will be introduced to the wonderful and versatile medium of low fire pottery clay and create away their afternoons using wide variety of craft materials. A themed keeps all projects cohesive. Co-taught by a professional ceramic artist and one of Artists' Exchanges own studio artist. MORE CLAY!
July 22 - 26 CLAYMATION CAMP Campers will use their imagination to create a short story and will then make it come to life using clay, and hand crafted sets and props. As a group campers will come up with a story line, and explore the process of working with clay and photography to create a motion picture. $275 | $220 after discount
Aug 12 -16 SHARK WEEK! Come join us for the most epic week of the summer, Shark week!!! Campers will spend the week making shark and ocean themed crafts using clay, paint, and other various new and recycled materials. Dive in and explore the deep blue sea with us! $275 | $220 after discount
Aug 19 -23 TIME TRAVELERS Campers will “travel” throughout time and cultures in their - camp made time machine! To discover art and crafts both functional and ornate. Inspiring days filled with clay and crafts! Camp mornings will be spent in the ceramic studio building pinch pots, sculptures, and coiled clay pieces. There afternoons will be filled with imitating the crafts of other cultures . Paintings, drawing, mosaics, rubbings, and so much more will send your child on a worldwide cultural adventure! $275 | $220 after discount
TEEN THEATER CAMPS Ages 13 - 17 | 9am - 3pm *before and after care available
(My daughters) confidence grew. (This is) the best thing she has ever participated in. -Dorothea Dee Baribault
June 24 - 28 TEEN THEATRE CAMP # 1: SETTING THE SCENE: INTRO TO WRITING, DIRECTING AND ACTING This is a camp for teens who desire to write, direct and act in their own pieces with friends. We will be providing each young actor with the tools necessary to put on a production with little more than their own creativity and subtle direction. This camp will be heavily based on participation, games and discussion. The direction of the camp in terms of games, exercises will change according to the dynamic and interests of each group. The teens will devise a series of sketch scenes that interconnect through themes, allusions, and jokes. These will be found through physical dialogues and character creation improvisations. $275 | $220 after discount
July 8 - 19 TEEN THEATRE CAMP # 2: CRAFTING A COMPANY A first time, hands on, teamwork exploration into every aspect of a professional theatre company. This includes and is not limited to a brief study of production histories, theatrical traditions, Prominent actors from past and present, short scenes, self written monologues, group work sketches and what each role in a company is. Each teen will have an opportunity to rotate and play a key member of a production company. Every day will begin with new Improv games and a touch base meeting. Each day will end with a full group discussion on what was learned, and the applicability for each child in the context of their lives. The final project will be a group written play “opening night”. The ultimate goal for the two weeks is for the newly formed company to walk away with a love for theater, acting, teamwork, and artistic creation. $550 | $440 after discount
July 22 - Aug 2 TEEN THEATRE CAMP # 3: CRAFTING A COMPANY **SEE DESCRIPTION ABOVE $550 | $440 after discount
Aug 5 - 9 TEEN THEATRE CAMP # 4: INTRO TO IMPROV This camp is designed for teens with a simple love or curiosity about the art of improvisation. There is no prerequisite required, and no prior experience necessary. This camp is to serve as a warm welcome into an ancient tradition. We will explore humor through our own exercises, tons of games, and taped improvisation productions. These taped productions will include the greats such as whose line is it anyway, the groundlings, and improv everywhere. Each teen should walk away with a new ability to craft and categorize types of humor, and play. Finally leading up to the improv comedy show. $275 | $220 after discount
CHILDRENS THEATRE CAMPS Ages 7 - 12 | 9am - 3pm *before and after care available
From story and character to staging and set designs, campers will explore all aspects of developing a full-scale theatrical production by immerseing themselves in each role through fun yet intensive workshops, culminating in a performance for friends and family.
June 24 - 28 CHILDRENS THEATRE CAMP # 1 $275 | $220 after discount
July 1, 2, 3 CHILDRENS 3 DAYS OF IMPROV special 3 day pricing $165 | $132 after discount (will not have a final performance)
July 8 - 19 CHILDRENS THEATRE CAMP # 2 $550 | $440 after discount
July 22 - Aug 2 CHILDRENS THEATRE CAMP # 3 $550 | $440 after discount
Aug 5 - 9 CHILDRENS THEATRE CAMP # 4 : IMPROV $275 | $220 after discount
This camp will be held in our new theatre located at 82 Rolfe Sq. Check in for this camp ONLY at Theatre 82.
Ages 9 - 14 | 9am - 3pm *before and after care available July 1st, 2nd & 3rd 3 DAYS OF MUSIC: FUSION MUSIC CAMP Fusion camp will bring music from all times and places together exploring their differences and similarities. Campers will start with pop music and have fun with all of their favorite songs, continuing on into other forms of music that they may or may not know. Instructors will demonstrate different instruments and the diversity of their use, and visiting artists will talk about their expertise as well. This camp will offer members of the younger generations the understanding that music can be so much more than what they hear on the radio, in a fun, activity filled environment. $165 | $132 after discount
TEEN ROCK 'N' ROLL CAMP This camp will be held in our new theatre located at 82 Rolfe Sq. Check in for this camp ONLY at Theatre 82.
Ages 13 - 17 | 9am - 3pm *before and after care available
After ten 7 hour days, he said: I wish Rock n Roll Campwas longer. This is the only camp he has ever felt that way about. -Johanna Butler
Aug 12 - 23 $550 | $440 after discount This camp offers a true Rock & Roll experience: Study some of the many icons that brought the music to the masses and get your hands dirty shredding guitars, pounding basses, hitting the skins, screaming anthems and even trying your hand at writing original music. Instruments and experience welcome but not required. The last few days will be dedicated to refining the arrangements and adding the performance element. While on stage with your band, learn how to interact with each other as well as with the audience. Students will perform live for friends and family in an all-ages afternoon concert on the final day. Some highlights of this camp include but are not limited to:
Participation in interactive instrument and style workshops
Playing in a Band
Performing Live
Learning about Songwriting
Making a Music Video
Option to purchase a DVD containing your rockin experience, music videos and the final show.
Ages 8 - 12 | 9am - 3pm *before and after care available
This camp offers a true Rock & Roll experience: Study some of the many icons that brought the music to the masses and get your hands dirty shredding guitars, pounding basses, hitting the skins, screaming anthems and even trying your hand at writing original music. Instruments and experience welcome but not required. The last few days will be dedicated to refining the arrangements and adding the performance element. While on stage with your band, learnhow to interact with each other as well as with the audience. Students will perform live for friends and family in an all-ages afternoon concert on the final day. Some highlights of this camp include but are not limited to:
Participation in interactive instrument and style workshops
Playing in a Band
Performing Live
Learning about Songwriting
Making a Music Video
Option to purchase a DVD containing your rockin experience, music videos and the final show.
