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FINE ART DAY CAMP | JUNE 17 - 28

FINE ART DAY CAMP

Fine Art Camp

JUNE 17 - JUNE 28

At the end of our week-long summer camps, every student goes home with an armload of cool projects that we've been working on throughout the week. But because we realize the season's schedules are hectic and not all schools are dismissed at the same time, we've created a shorter series of day-long camps in the weeks leading up to our various, ever-popular themed weeks. These day sessions have a sharper focus, with projects spanning a range of media that can be completed in a single day - other than clay works, these finished pieces can usually be taken home right after class. In our fine arts camps students will have the opportunity to try their hand at a little bit of everything, we'll explore printmaking, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, and impressionistic and realistic drawing and painting. As always, we'll look at different artists for inspiration for a mini-art-history lesson, too! Your children will leave camp with new artistic knowledge and projects!

PRICING / SCHEDULE
June 17 - june 21

Time : 9:00am - 4:00pm
Daily Price: $125
Full week price: $575
Early drop off option :
8 - 9am : Daily $20.00 | Full Week $80
Extended day options :
4 - 5pm & 5 - 6pm: Daily/Hourly $20.00
Full Week: $80/$160

PRICING / SCHEDULE
June 24 - june 28

CERAMICS & POTTERY WHEEL | JULY 1-5

ART OF INVENTION

Ceramics & Pottery Wheel

JULY 1 - JULY 5
THIS IS A SPECIALTY CAMP

During our Ceramics & Pottery Wheel camp week, students explore the various ways in which artists use clay, including both hand built and on the pottery wheel. During this camp week we will learn to manipulate the clay to make functional and sculptural forms. We will learn all basic techniques involved with throwing on the wheels. Beginning with wedging and centering the clay. After getting a feel for how the wheel works students will then begin molding the clay into symmetrical, functional forms. Through repeated practice, they'll learn to shape the clay as the wheel spins, gaining a feel for the proper thickness and form. The students will also get the chance to hand build with clay not only to add to their thrown pieces (handles, lids etc.) but to also create pottery with slabs, coils and pinching. After the pottery air drys the students will learn how to trim their clay projects with clay tools. The projects are then fired in our kiln so they are ready for the next stage, glazing. They will learn different glazing methods; brushing, dipping, underglaze and layering, giving their pottery a completed and finished look.
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Throughout the week we will also gather inspiration from other ceramicists, adding to their pottery, different textures created with a variety of tools, manipulating the functional forms into different shapes and learn how to layer glazing techniques to create their our signature style of pottery. Each student will go home with a comprehensive and impressive body of work they will be proud of!
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**Since all pottery needs time to air dry and to be fired, some pieces will not be ready to go home until the following week, we will email parents when the projects are ready to be picked up**

PRICING / SCHEDULE

Time : 9:00am - 4:00pm
Full week price: $650
4 Day Option (1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/5): $520
Early drop off option :
8 - 9am : Daily $20.00 | Full Week $80
Extended day options :
4 - 5pm & 5 - 6pm: Daily/Hourly $20.00
Full Week: $80/$160

*Ages 6 and older

**NOT AVAILABLE FOR JR
COUNSELORS OR AUCTION
WINNERS**

THE ART OF SCIENCE | JULY 8 - 12

DIRECTOR'S CUT

The Art of Science

JULY 9 - JULY 13

True innovators can make art out of anything, and that’s the idea behind our science-meets-art week. We’ll create our materials from scratch, including paper, paint, chalk while discussing that the process is as important as the finished projects. We’ll do a textile project with safe, natural dyes, and embellish the finished work with hand-made beads created with a unique “cold porcelain” compound. We’ll use unusual techniques to create works of art, incorporating salt, baking soda, ice and vinegar into paintings. We will do a new experiment everyday learning about simple machines, density, gravity, light and more! These quirky projects will have them shouting EUREKA! with every new discovery.

PRICING / SCHEDULE

Time : 9:00am - 4:00pm
Full week price: $575
Early drop off option :
8 - 9am : Daily $20.00 | Full Week $80
Extended day options :
4 - 5pm & 5 - 6pm: Daily/Hourly $20.00
Full Week: $80/$160

ART CRUSADERS | JULY 15 - 19

USE YOUR ILLUSION

Art Crusaders

JULY 15 - JULY 19

Grandiose tales of dragons, kings and queens and knights in shining armor - these heroic fables will provide epic inspiration when we explore Medieval arts. We’ll design family crests to create mixed-media shields, and screenprint beautiful flags with their personalized coat of arms. They’ll build mini castles out of clay and design tapestries based on the period’s elaborate textiles depicting mythical beasts. We’ll also learn some physics when we make small working catapults out of wood, wire, and rubber bands, and try our hand at calligraphy. It will be a true Renaissance for your young artist.

PRICING / SCHEDULE

Time : 9:00am - 4:00pm
Full week price: $575
Early drop off option :
8 - 9am : Daily $20.00 | Full Week $80
Extended day options :
4 - 5pm & 5 - 6pm: Daily/Hourly $20.00
Full Week: $80/$160

DIRECTORS CUT | JULY 22 - 26

POP ART ( SINGLE DAYS AVAILABLE )

Directors Cut

JULY 22 - July 26

Lights! Camera! Art! It's movie week at CBK and your child is in the directors chair. We'll spend the week working together to create our very own stop motion animated film. Kids will create storyboards and production notebooks to flesh out their characters and narrative.

Throughout the week we'll use paint and paper to create various sets, build and animate characters out of clay, record voice work as well as their own foley for sound effects using found objects, and finally film the finished project. Students will also design and print their own movie posters and other "marketing materials" to promote their movies far and wide. We're ready for our closeup! It's Sunset Boulevard by way of Pacific Avenue!

PRICING / SCHEDULE

Time : 9:00am - 4:00pm
Full week price: $575
‍Early drop off option :
8 - 9am : Daily $20.00 | Full Week $80
Extended day options :
4 - 5pm & 5 - 6pm: Daily/Hourly $20.00
Full Week: $80/$160

FASHION DESIGN & SEWING | JULY 29 - AUGUST 2

HERO'S JOURNEY
( SINGLE DAYS AVAILABLE )

Fashion Design & Sewing

*THIS IS A SPECIALTY CLASS
July 29 - AUGUST 2

Clothing and textiles are a part of our everyday lives, but there’s a long process that goes into their design and construction. That’s what makes fashion design one of the most exciting careers in the art world! During our Fashion Design week, we’ll explore the process from beginning to end, with the ultimate goal of creating a wearable garment of the student's’ choosing. This begins with a study of today’s fashion where we’ll look at style, movement, and color to create our own illustrations and collages from magazines to design fashion boards.

We’ll learn the basics of hand sewing, stitchery, and machine sewing - each student will share a sewing station to practice these essential skills, such as hemming and making seams. Students will design their own textiles from raw material, creating a unique design through safe dyeing processes, painting, printing (block or screen) and batik techniques; this is what they will use to construct their final pieces - either a dress, skirt, shirt, or bag. We’ll make our own sewing patterns according to each child’s choice of garment, measuring carefully as we build a finished product they can really wear. Students will be asked to conceptualize their own fashion brand, designing a personalized logo, making a tag, and sewing in a label - just like the apparel they wear every day!

PRICING / SCHEDULE

Time : 9:00am - 4:00pm
Full week price: $650
Early drop off option :
8 - 9am : Daily $20.00 | Full Week $80
Extended day options :
4 - 5pm & 5 - 6pm: Daily/Hourly $20.00
Full Week: $80/$160

*AGES 7 AND OLDER
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(NOT AVAILABLE FOR AUCTION WINNERS or JR COUNSELORS)

MASTER'S WEEK | AUGUST 5 - 9

ART & ENGINEERING ( CAMP FULL )

Master's Week

AUGUST 5 - AUGUST 9

The reach of art is far and wide and this week explores three pioneers from across the eras. Students will study three masters of their craft and learn to emulate their distinct styles with a personal twist. Up first, the man himself, Leonardo DaVinci (1452 - 1519). Children will build DaVinci's famous flying machines and execute the project from the literal drawing board to a physical specimen they'll be able to wear home. We'll also be doing Mona-Lisa-self-portraits with your child flashing that mysterious smile.

Next we'll study the works of Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) working with clay to create sculptures reminiscent of his famous style. To follow, we'll be blacking out part of the studio and create our own light paintings with long exposures to print and take home. Finally we'll cover the work of Jeff Koons (1955 - present) where kids will get to recreate the balloon animals sculptures in papier-mâché and work in watercolors to paint his porcelain works. Of course these are only three artists in a world of potential candidates, though it will be easy to branch off and show how far each artist influences another across decades and even centuries.

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ART & ARCHITECTURE | AUGUST 12 - 16

SPY VS. SPY ( CAMP FULL )

Art & Architecture

AUGUST 12 - AUGUST 16

New York kids are surrounded by buildings, but rarely do we stop to admire those massive skyscrapers or beautiful brownstones for the works of art that they are.
This week will awaken the architectural designer in your child as we construct replicas of famous buildings into pillows. We’ll sketch detailed perspective drawings of busy city blocks, paper-mache Gothic-inspired cathedrals, and make block prints based on the iconic Russian skyline. We’ll draft blueprints and build mini-cities using acrylic-painted wood. We'll look to some of our favorite architect's work Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Gehry and more when making our building designs out of mixed recycled materials. After our architecture week, your child will never see the city in the same way again!

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INTO THE DEEP | AUGUST 19 - 23

COMIC BOOK WEEK ( CAMP FULL )

Into The Deep

August 19 - August 23

Take the plunge with CBK as our INTO THE DEEP week kicks off. We'll explore the wreckage of sunken ships and create our own treasure boxes out of clay, students can take home and fill with all their found trinkets. As the journey rolls along kids will create and design logbooks to mark specific finds and we'll carve our own scrimshaw on clay.
We will make scrolls out of fabric and screen print our own sea animals. Students will make star guides of their favorite constellations to help us across the seven seas. We'll study ancient sea maps and their exotic creatures, creating our own with water colors and tea soaked paper. Finally, we'll "grow" our own coral reef using cardboard, plaster of paris and paint. With a sea full of wonder the depth of their creativity is endless!

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY | AUGUST 26 - 30

WHEN IN ROME ( CAMP FULL )

Greek Mythology

AUGUST 26 - August 30

Ancient Greece was revered for its beautiful mosaics, classic sculpture, and advances in architecture, literature and technology. Students will learn all about Greece’s lasting impressions in these fields as they explore the mythology and craft behind the history.

We’ll make relief sculptures from clay much like Ancient Greek masters did, and use plaster to create symbols representing the Grecian gods and heroes and their powers. We’ll construct laurel wreath headpieces that they can actually wear, and will work on a multi-layer screen print diptych featuring the iconic black and red figures found all over Grecian pottery. Greek week is sure to awaken creativity of mythic proportions!

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FINE ART DAY CAMP | SEPTEMBER 3 & 4

FINE ART DAY CAMP

Fine Art Day Camp

September 3rd & 4th

Fine Art Day Camp sessions have a sharper focus, with projects spanning a range of media that can be completed in a single day - other than clay works, these finished pieces can usually be taken home right after class. During our fine art day camps students will have the opportunity to try their hand at a little bit of everything, we'll explore printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, and impressionistic drawing and painting. As always, we'll look at famous examples for inspiration (and a bit of a mini-art-history lesson, too). Looking forward to a few more days of CREATIVITY before school starts!

PRICING / SCHEDULE

Time : 9:00am - 4:00pm
Daily price: $125
Early drop off option :
8 - 9am : Daily $20.00
Extended day options :
4 - 5pm & 5 - 6pm: Daily/Hourly $20.00
(NOT AVAILABLE FOR AUCTION WINNERS)

JR. COUNSELOR PROGRAM

Jr. Counselor Program

Full Week Registrations Only

CBK's popular Jr. counselor program is back this summer. This program is offered to students ages 11-13 years old. The Jr. counselors will help assist the teachers with the daily tasks of setting up the art projects and helping the younger students. All the counselors can also choose to participate in the activities and art projects during the camp week. This is a great opportunity for the older students to learn about the art process from start to finish, while gaining a sense leadership by helping the younger students.

Our Jr. Counselor program is only available for full weeks of camp. Please not we have limited spaces for jr. counselors each camp week.

**Please note our summer camps will be mixed ages 5-10 years**

PRICING / SCHEDULE

Time : 9:00am - 4:00pm
FULL WEEK Price : $525
Early drop off option :
8 - 9am : Daily $20.00 | Full Week $80
Extended day options :
4 - 5pm & 5 - 6pm: Daily/Hourly $20.00
Full Week: $80/$160
(NOT AVAILABLE FOR AUCTION WINNERS)

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