Summer Art Camp for Kids in Brookings comes to a close today. A celebration of the summer achievements will last all of August at Manley Art Center. During the next Brookings Art Walk on August 14, several of the young artists will be docents at Manley and tell you all about their art pieces. You can visit Manley Art Center Tuesday through Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm.
Janeen Vick organized this children's art camp five years ago and has been teaching it with continued enthusiasm ever since. Many thanks to the community for making this year so successful. Vick said this year was especially challenging because of the number of children who wanted to attend but had no funding. She told them "Just come anyway and we will find a way to pay." She extends her thanks to "All the caring folks who just walked up and handed us their money."
Art Camp 2010 would not have been possible without the grants, donations, and scholarships that members of the community provided - including the following:
Wild Rivers Summer Program Grant
Festival of the Arts
Glenn Dobrusky Scholarship
Manley Art Center
Masonic Temple Shriners
Several private donations paid for supplies and other scholarships
This year Tony Parrish of the Stout Mountain Railway invited the kids to paint a boxcar representing the 2nd Saturday Art Walk and the Summer Art Camp.
Janeen Vick said, "The kids were so excited to be a part of this fun project that they couldn't be held back. I let them paint whatever they wanted, so the car is full of great designs and colorful work. This was difficult because we used acrylic paints for the train and we only teach with watercolor. The kids stepped up their talent and painted an amazing car." You can see the car at Stout Park next to Manley Art Center during the August 14 Art Walk.
The final lesson at camp was about using masking fluid to preserve the white of the watercolor paper as it is painted over. This is not as easy as it sounds. Here the artists use their fingers to rub off the mask after the painting is dry.
A special eraser is also useful for rubbing off the mask.
After the mask was removed the artists finished up their paintings...
Time to clean up the palettes and put them away for next time.
Janeen and the kids celebrate another day of fun, learning to paint.
The children are excited about their art show at Manley Art Center and invite you to come and see the work they created in Summer Camp.
Visit Manley during August to see the kids art - open 11 am to 4 pm Tuesday through Sunday. Come meet the kids at the August 14 Art Walk.
For more information on Summer Art Camp for Kids or Kids After School Art Classes, contact Janeen Vick at:
541-469-4590
vjvick@nwtec.com
