Summer Art Camps Are Under Way

What do Cream of Wheat and fine art have in common? Summer Art Campers are learning this and much more this week at the Wild and Wacky Portraits camp led by art educator Lindsay Palczewski. The campers were inspired by artwork in the Individual to Icon: Portraits of the Famous and Almost Famous from Folk art to Facebook exhibition and created a plethora of self portraits using various media including yarn, clay, and even seeds & beans:

Literary works of art in the form of picture books were also part of the fun. So when the campers learned that Matisse liked to sketch in the art galleries of Paris, the campers decided they wanted to do some gallery sketching as well. “Sometimes I get the best ideas from my students,” Lindsay says. “I like to be flexible and accommodate their suggestions, because when children see their ideas are valued, they are all the more inspired.”

If your child missed Wild and Wacky Portraits, not to worry. Two more art camps are scheduled this summer:

Rock out with Art
July 12-15,
9 am – noon
Camp
Leader: Sarah Dotzenrod
For children going into grades
4-6
The focus will be on self-portraits using the magic of photolithography.

See the Music, Hear the Art
Aug. 16-19,
9 am – noon
Camp
Leader: Marcia Dronen
For children going into grades
3-5
Campers will explore the White Album: Beatles Meet the Plains exhibition and create a symphony of artwork that can be seen and also heard!

And by the way: What does Cream of Wheat and fine art have in common? I’m not telling! But you can visit the Individual to Icon exhibition and check out the artwork of Lillian Colton to find out for yourselves.

To register or find more information about our Summer Art Camps, click here or call 701.232.3821.

Sandy Ben-Haim is the Director of Education for Plains Art Museum. She can be reached via email at sbenhaim@plainsart.org.