great river arts institute - press release
GREAT RIVER ARTS INSTITUTE
PO BOX 48 95 ROCKINGHAM STREET
BELLOWS FALLS, VERMONT 05101
802-463-3330
grai@sover.net
www.
greatriverarts.org
June 1, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: Tonia Fleming
GRAI OFFERS TWO–WEEK SUMMER ART CAMP
Bellows Falls, Vt – The Great River Arts Institute will be hosting its fourth annual summer camp in the arts from July 16 th – 20 st and July 23 th to 27 th from 9 a.m. to noon at the North Walpole Elementary School and Fall Mountain Regional High School. The camp offers art opportunities for students entering grades 1 through 12. The cost is $65 per week and includes all materials except for a $10 fee for the photography and pinhole camera classes. Class size is limited to ten.
Week I:
Students in grades 1 - 3: 3-D Studio and Puppetry
Students in grades 3 - 5: Collage Books, Jewelry Making and Nature Journaling
Students in grades 6 - 8: Introduction to Drawing
Week II:
Students in grades 1 - 3: Floor Cloth Painting and Art “Adventure”
Students in grades 3 - 5: Clay Studio and Marionettes
Students in grades 6 - 8: Jewelry Making and Advanced Drawing
Students in grades 9 – 12: Pinhole Cameras
Two Week Session:
Students in grades 6 - 8: Creating Comics , Photography and Pottery
Students in grades 9 – 12: Installation Art
The GRAI art camp faculty offers a wide range of experience teaching children. To quote one faculty member, “Teaching art to children brings such delight. I love the excitement and rhythm in the space. Children create with such spontaneity that the art they make is as pure as they are.”
Faculty include Julia Zanes, Colleen Grout, Barbara Davis, Joe Beers, Jeanette Staley and Billie Lambdin, among others.
The program is funded in part by the New Hampshire Council on the Arts and the Trust Family Foundation.
The Great River Arts Institute is a non-profit, New-England-based arts center dedicated to supporting and nurturing the visual and literary arts and providing regional youth programs. For more information or to register, visit our web site www.greatriverarts.org or call GRAI at 802-463-3330.
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