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Course Description

Students will explore expressive drawing techniques, layering, and found objects in unique ways in this creative and engaging camp. We will emphasize imagination and the element of surprise to explore fearless creativity and make discoveries about ourselves and the endless possibilities of art. Students will learn about new artists, art forms and techniques each week to inform them as they create their own sculptures, collages, paintings and imaginative works. Each week we begin with a new theme, so join us for one or more weeks of artistic adventures!

Tuition Assistance is available for all kids programs. Please contact Elizabeth Buccino, Director of Education prior to registering online.

Cancellation Policy

AAN depends upon student tuition to continue to offer classes and workshops. Due to our commitment to small class sizes and the hands-on nature of art education, we are greatly impacted by cancellations. Nevertheless, we do understand that plans change. If you need to cancel your reservation for a class or workshop, please note our cancellation/refund policy here and let us know as soon as possible.

Materials

All materials included in tuition.

Weekly Adventures in Art, Ages 6-9

Lizbet Carroll Fuller

Color is inspiring. Whether it is a landscape, a flower, or a still life, I seek to explore and play with the relationships and combinations of color within the blueprint of the form. I gather imagery from places I love, whether Nantucket, Maine or Ireland, and seek to express a real sense of being in that space and the feeling it engenders within through the medium of paint, and usually oils. A particular flower or an object might serve as another exercise in playing with color and form. I prefer working on a smooth surface and find that wood or board gives a painting a body of its own. While I majored in Studio Art and English at Wesleyan, I had worked primarily in drawing and printmaking. The making of art and things has always been central for me, in my work as a teacher, and in the island school I co-founded, Nantucket Lighthouse School. Working with one's hands, figuring it out as you go and, like Rumpelstiltskin, making something from 'nothing' seem to be both a fundamental human task and a meaningful exercise for all. I find the process of focused seeing to be a meditative one at its best and a worthy challenge always.
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