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Multi-Media Art Camp & Pottery Workshops 2008...

The Magic Continues!

Sojourn with us…come and stay awhile. In a woodland setting we will honor our Playful, Creative Spirits through art and nature explorations.  All camps and workshops include plenty of time to work on projects PLUS…play carpet ball, tetherball, swing on the rope swing or relax in a hammock.  We'll even take some time to play at the Spring Harbor Beach!  Gotta love summer!  

"Why should we use our creative power?  Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate."  --Brenda Ueland

Adults!  Summer 2008 Independent Studio "Playshop"  
If you are an adult who has taken a previous workshop at the studio then you are invited to join us this summer for an evening "Playshop".  No teaching or instruction will be given but you'll have plenty of clay therapy time... And the garden is so beautiful in the summer.  You may be asked to take turns opening or closing the studio.  This is a 10 week session for the price of 8 with no makeup dates.  Click here to register- Adult Registration Form

50/50 Pottery-Multi-Media Art Camp, Full Day (students entering 3rd +)  June 23-27
Because you asked for it...this camp is half pottery!  Get your pottery fix AND experience drawing and painting using lots of different materials.  Plus, we're going to fire some pots in the ground...the original way.  This camp is HOT.  Literally.  Click here or scroll down for more details. Group Size:  max. 10 students

Guerilla Art Workshop, Half Day (entering 5th-12th grade)  Weeks of July 21, pm, Aug.11, am
Guerrilla art is "a fun way of sharing your vision with the world. It is a method of art-making which entails leaving anonymous art pieces in public places. It can be done for a variety of reasons: to make a statement; to share your ideas; to send out good karma; or just for fun."  Join this half day workshop and we'll plan and scheme together!  Field trips included.  Group Size:  max. 16 students

Teen Girl's Multi-Media Art Camp, Full Day (13 years +) July 14-18 CANCELLED FOR THIS YEAR

Be Wild.  Be Free.  Relax.  Hang with friends. Create your OWN art.
The Studio in the Woods will give you the tools...
You bring Your True Self.

The Tools…      

Digital Photography Self Portraits in Photoshop  
Yoga
  "Turn Your World Upside Down and Draw"--Drawing for pleasure, keeping a little book of your own ideas
Mixed Media Story Boxes (what the heck is THAT?)  Check it out-- You choose a box (shadow box, treasure box, wooden chest, whatever) and you apply layer after layer of medium…your digital photos, your sketches, paint, glue, found objects, text, your own poetry.  It's autobiographical.  It's YOU.

Free Time…All artists need SPACE.  So Chill.
Henna Body Art
Tether ball, rope swing, croquet, hammocks
Beach picnic

All we need now is your beautiful face...some kumbaya and a few trust falls.  Ok, we're kidding about the last two, but we do need YOU!

Girl's Multi-Media Art Camp, Full Day (entering 5th-8th grades) July 7-11
Sojourn with us…come and stay awhile...and play...and create!  This year we'll work with local artists on Treasure Boxes and plaster self-portrait Masks. Who are you, inside and out?   Each day begins with improvisational theater games.  This "especially for girls" camp includes a spa-in-the-woods afternoon! Mystical, magical woodland adventures are mandatory.    Click here or scroll down for more details.  Group Size:  max. 16 girls

Co-ed Multi-Media Art Camp, Full Day, Week 1, (students entering 3rd-8th grade)  August 4-8
Sojourn with us…come and stay awhile.  Play in the Mud Studio's Art Camp invites you to honor your creative spirit by enjoying a week long play-date with your creativity.  This year we're building mixed media Story Boxes.  "Turn Your World Upside Down" rocks, with creative journaling, art appreciation in the tea house, and drawing...upside down!  Plus: "Who is the Green Man?"  Each day we'll  stretch our body and mind with improvisational theater games.  Magical adventures in the woods and garden are always included.   Do you Believe?   Click here or scroll down for more details.  Group Size:  max. 16 students

Co-ed Multi-Media Art Camp, Full Day, Week 2 (students entering 3rd-8th grade)  August 18-22
Sojourn with us…come and stay awhile.  Play in the Mud Studio's Art Camp invites you to honor your creative spirit by enjoying a week long play-date with your creativity.  This year we're building mixed media Story Boxes.  "Turn Your World Upside Down" rocks, with creative journaling, art appreciation in the tea house, and drawing...upside down!  Plus: "Playing with Photography".  Each day we'll  stretch our body and mind with morning yoga.  Magical adventures in the woods and garden are always included.   Do you Believe?   Click here or scroll down for more details.  Group Size:  max. 16 students

Pottery Workshop, Half Day (entering 1st grade through adult...that includes teens!)  Weeks of June 16 & 30, July 21 & 28, Aug. 11 & 25
All pottery workshops are appropriate for people entering first grade and older.  That includes teens and adults!  Yes, you can take a workshop with your child or enroll students of different ages in the same workshop.  Take some time off and enroll with your child.  Who needs this the most, anyway? Our workshops are small (8-10 persons) and embrace all learning styles. 

What Can I Make?
Play in the Mud Studio has 8 beautiful wheels and large hand building tables to accommodate any size project that will fit in our kilns. At Play in the Mud Studio you get to make what YOU want to make.  There will be an instructional demonstration and inspirational objects presented each day, but all students will be free to follow their own creative journey.  This is a process- oriented experience which frequently results in the accumulation of many pots and clay objects!

Glazing and Firing
During summer workshops we "once fire" our work.  This makes it possible for students to glaze their own work on the last day of the session.  Students must attend on Friday in order to glaze as no make-up sessions are available.  Pottery will be ready for pick up in one week.  All firing, glazing and materials are included in the cost of the workshop.

Special Activities
We will share some time in our tea house appreciating art, nature and friends.   Cooling drinks will be served.  Weather permitting we may do a small pit fire…a traditional firing method… during some of our workshops. 

Multi-Media ART CAMP DETAILS

We have an incredible group of people dedicated to sharing their artistic inspirations with you.  Take a look at this year's artists and what they are offering!

Opening Ceremony with Kasia
Our opening ceremony ritual is modeled after the beautiful Japanese Tea Garden tradition in which guests pass through a number of thresholds in preparation for their experience.  Our first threshold is the outer gate from the street which represents a separation from the outside world.  The middle threshold is a fountain where we lay down our "weapons" and wash our hands and mouths in a universal symbol of purity.  Finally, at the third threshold we lay "the dust of our minds" and the cares of the world into a small hole in the ground.  We are ready to enter the day of creative play together.  

Daily Schedule  
8:30-9:00 Flexible arrival time
9:00-9:15 Opening Ceremony 
9:15-10:15 Yoga/Movement or Theater Improv
10:15-10:30 Snack
10:30-12:00 Guest Artist
12:00-1:00 Lunch, Free Time, Journal Writing 
1:00-3:00 Guest Artist
3:00 - 3:45 Free Time
3:45-4:00 Closing Ceremony
4:00-4:30 Heading home

Gallery Friday
On each Friday during art camp students will be preparing a gallery presentation of the week's work.  Parents, families and friends are invited to visit the gallery exhibit from 4:00-5:00 on Friday.  All art work will go home at the end of the week.

What to Bring
Lunch and 2 snacks, water bottle
Journal
Sketchbook
Objects from nature or home to incorporate into your art 
Smock
Shoes or sandals for the woods:  no flip flops
Optional: camera

New Policy:  We will no longer be able to hold a spot for anyone without a registration form and payment.