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Summer Arts
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Director: Rachel Webber
Ages: 8-12
Summer Arts at Brooklyn Friends School offers a diverse and exciting art experience taught by working and exhibiting artists from the New York City area. The instructors of the Summer Arts Program are selected for their artistic and professional accomplishments, as well as their experience working with children. Under the care and guidance of our staff, children explore their creativity and artistic abilities through an enriched interdisciplinary program.
In addition to participating in all classes offered in each session (see representative list of classes below), students enrolled in Summer Arts go on field trips to the city’s many world-class arts and cultural institutions. The field trips include outings to major museums, special exhibitions and to the art studios of professional artists.
Students participate in recreational swimming two times a week at the Marriott Hotel pool, located 1/2 block from the school and they can play in two fully equipped gyms and on the rooftop playground at BFS. In addition to supervised daily free play periods, students participate in organized games scheduled throughout the sessions.
Courses change every year, based on the theme of the program. The following are course descriptions from 2008:
Sculpture: The inspiration for this class will come from artists who used the imagery of the circus in their art such as Calder, Picasso, Degas, Seurat and Lautrec. Students will work with a variety of materials including wire, clay and paper mache to create their favorite circus animal or performer to be incorporated into our “big top”. As part of the process, students explore concepts of action, gesture and proportion.
Music: Lyrics, rhythm, harmony and melody- these are the elements that students explore when learning about the process of songwriting. In a fun and lively group setting and through playing and singing together, students develop their own musical ideas and songs.
Printmaking: Tightrope walkers, elephants, jugglers, acrobats and so much more will be the imagery that students work with to create giant circus prints. For inspiration, students will look at old circus posters and European and American artists to understand and incorporate the excitement of the circus into their work. Students will learn collagraph techniques as well as styrofoam etching and stamp-making to create these magnificent prints.
Wildly Wonderful Wearable Art: Working with an array of materials, each student creates a unique piece of art that they will actually be able to wear! Inspiration comes from our study of circus animals, performers, and the ceremonial costumes of Native American, African, Asian and South American cultures.
Mixed Media Sculpture: Students create their art inspired by found objects, personal items and a myriad of art materials. We will explore the work of several artists in this medium, including Picasso, Joseph Cornell and the Ghanaian artist El Anatsui. We will take a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to view his newly installed work. As part of the process, students will paint and draw from observation and explore the concept of symbolism in art.
Spoken Word/Hip Hop: In a fun and supportive atmosphere, students learn the basic elements of Hip-Hop song writing, performance, and visual arts. Using William Shakespeare as a source of inspiration and through playing, singing and listening exercises they find their "flow" and are encouraged to express themselves creatively. Students also explore various rhyming techniques that will be used in their rap lyrics and poems. To complement their songs, students’ use a variety of materials to create Hip-Hop based artworks.
Woodworking: In the school’s fully equipped woodshop, students incorporate basic design, measuring, sawing, hammering and 3-D problem solving techniques to create their work of art. Supervised and guided by BFS’s expert woodworking teacher, the students learn about the tools that will help them realize their ideas in a safe and creative way.
Cel-Animation: From pencil test to edited project, students learn the fundamental steps of the animation process in the BFS digital media lab. Utilizing a digital drawing tablet and computer animation software, students will draw and paint backgrounds and characters to animate. No experience required. Just a little patience, determination and creativity! |
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