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Super-Tastic Cartoons Camp AM Session
with Benjamin Kapinos
Ages: 5 - 12
Course Title: Super-Tastic Cartoons Camp
Description: Do you like to doodle? From superheroes to super-pets, we will turn our doodles into cartoons. Improve your skills and learn new ones while you create a comic strip, a graphic novel or a single-panel comic! We will create cartoon vehicles, cartoon robots and an enchanted house while we discover that all characters have a unique way to tell a story! Between speech balloons and Claymation, we will learn about the art of cartooning and its different expressions. This camp isn’t just a drawing adventure; we will use a variety of art materials to tell our cartoon stories!
·Program Length: 5 Days, 2 3-hour sessions per day
·Times: 9 AM-12 PM 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
· Fee: $180, $350 for both
· Age Range: 5 to 12 years old
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Super-Tastic Cartoons Camp PM Session
with Benjamin Kapinos
Ages: 5 - 12
Course Title: Super-Tastic Cartoons Camp
Description: Do you like to doodle? From superheroes to super-pets, we will turn our doodles into cartoons. Improve your skills and learn new ones while you create a comic strip, a graphic novel or a single-panel comic! We will create cartoon vehicles, cartoon robots and an enchanted house while we discover that all characters have a unique way to tell a story! Between speech balloons and Claymation, we will learn about the art of cartooning and its different expressions. This camp isn’t just a drawing adventure; we will use a variety of art materials to tell our cartoon stories!
·Program Length: 5 Days, 2 3-hour sessions per day
·Times: 9 AM-12 PM 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
· Fee: $180, $350 for both
· Age Range: 5 to 12 years old
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Jr. Visual Arts Summer Camp
with Lacy Newhouse
Ages: 5 - 8
For Ages: 5 - 8
Description: This camp is designed to ignite your creativity and passion for the arts through a series of engaging art projects. Each day will be a new adventure as we explore various techniques, styles, and mediums.
Members receive 10% off with promo code MEMBER
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Make It & Take It
with Teresa Greenberg
For Ages: 6 - 9
Description: Make it and Take it is a hands-on experience for kids to explore crafts that they can take home right away!
Teacher Bio: Teresa Greenberg has been a Visual Arts instructor for 42 years. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Towson University and a Master’s degree from Loyola College. Her employment experience includes 21 years in Baltimore County Public Schools, 21 years in Carroll County Public Schools, and summers teaching at The Park School Arts Camps. She has worked with at-risk youth, veteran’s groups and professional child care workers. Currently teaching at Spring Garden Elementary in Hampstead, she enjoys the opportunity to guide children as they connect their “inner and outer worlds” to visual Art expression, while collaborating across content areas to provide a rich and seamless learning experience for elementary students.
Members receive 10% off with promo code MEMBER
Portfolio Development Workshop
with Emilyann Craighead
This comprehensive workshop is designed to help high school students prepare a strong, competitive portfolio for college art program applications. Students will receive guided instruction on selecting and refining artwork, developing cohesive bodies of work, and presenting their pieces professionally for submission.
Participants will learn what colleges and universities look for in an art portfolio, including technical skill, conceptual development, originality, and process documentation. The workshop will cover portfolio organization, photographing artwork, writing effective artist statements, and understanding digital submission platforms such as SlideRoom.
Through personalized feedback, group critiques, and one-on-one guidance, students will leave with a clearer direction for their artistic voice and a structured plan for completing and submitting their portfolio on time.
Ideal for juniors and seniors planning to apply to art schools, design programs, or fine arts departments, this workshop equips students with the tools, confidence, and strategic insight needed to present their work at a professional level.
Painting the Fall Landscape in Pastel
with Karen Peck
Join Karen Peck in a workshop on Painting the Fall Landscape in Pastel. In this class we will explore painting with soft pastels through the process of layering pastels to create a fall landscape. Karen will review briefly the variety of pastels from hard to soft, the choices in papers, underpainting processes, mark making, and layering. Karen will demonstrate the process of creating an underpainting with watercolor of a fall landscape. She will demonstrate the layering of pastels to create subtle changes in color and value and invites you to paint your own fall landscape.
Materials Students Should Bring from home or purchase, with names of suppliers:
- old cloth and apron
- soft pastels in a variety of colors (amazon sells- Rembrandt, Mungyo, Sennelier, Mount Vision, Jack Richeson)
- pastel paper preferably sanded and white or cream in color(amazon sells U-Art, Pastel Premier, Canson Mi-Teintes, Luxarchival, Pastelmat)
- backing board
- Please bring several fall landscape photos to be used as a reference.