The following is a list of the art lessons and workshops that I know about for  Summer 2004.   I will not recommend any one over another and ask that you investigate and see which suits your needs, personalities and schedule best.  

Happy Summer!  C. Garner

 

The State newspaper had a special section dedicated to Summer Fun, Sunday, April 11, 2004.

 

.The Dept. of Art at USC will hold Friday afternoon children’s art lessons during Spring semester.  Call them for more information!    

                             777-3137 (Dr. Floyd) or 777-4236 the Art department's number.

 

.MCKissick Mornings ---

      $85 per child per one week session...8:30 - noon Contact  Educational Services at McKissick Museum, 777-7251

      All about Me: art about me -June21-25- grades4-6

      This Land is My Land: Art inspirations from nature  -June14-18- grades1-3

     

Clay Camp---Two Peas in a Pot/Pottery Funhouse     803-216-0246   Amy or Colleen  potteryfunhouse@aol.com

 

.Columbia Museum of Art

  www.columbiamuseum.org  Registration forms are available at: www.columbiamuseum.org   343-2186

                 One week camps introduce children to art terms, techniques through interactive gallery tours and studio art  

                  instruction.  Pre-registration required; fees nonrefundable call 343-2186

   **Art Express: ages 4-6; May 25 – May 29 or June 8 – June 12 or July 13 – July 17  $90

    **Just For Kids; ages 7-10, June 1 - June 4 or July 5 - July 8 or July 19 - July 22 costs $95

    Animation Institute (ages 12 - 15) 1:00pm - 4:00pm Students are introduced to techniques ranging from frame animation to digital 

    editing, and create their own 3D animations. Students receive a DVD of their finished project. June 28 - 30 Tuition: $75 per student

    Figure Drawing Workshop (ages 15 and up) 1:00pm - 4:00pm in this intensive workshop students draw from a live model using a          

     wide  variety of media. Working with a team of artist instructors, students study classical methods for drawing the human figure. June 8

     - 10 (Tuesday - Thursday) Tuition: $95 per student

    Performance Art Workshop with The Power Company 10:00am - 4:00pm Open to High School Students

   Students learn about this popular contemporary medium and participate in performance art exercises (not to be

   confused with theater). Each student receives photos and a DVD of their performance. Saturday, June 26 (Lunch 

   provided.) Tuition: $30 per student

   Poetry Initiative Workshop (6th - 9th graders) 9:00 a.m. – noon This program focuses on creative expression through oral,  

   written, and artistic exercises. Activities in the galleries and studios explore what happens when visual art and words  

   meet. The workshop will be lead by poets from Split-P Soup, a part of USC's Poetry Initiative. July 19 - 23 (Monday –

   Friday) Tuition: $95 per student

   Pinhole Camera Photography Institute (ages 13 and up) 1:00 - 4:00pm

     Students build pinhole cameras and learn darkroom techniques at the USC Art Department. They also

     explore the exhibition There Is No Eye: Photographs by John Cohen at the Columbia Museum of Art.

        July 19 - July 23 (Monday - Friday) Tuition: $130 per student

 

.Summer Art Program ... July 5-9    Location: Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church, Lexington, SC

                Instructors: Cynthia Colbert, Carol Garner(808-8433), & Rose Lindler(all certified art teachers)

                             To register …

                                call 359-7770 ext.20 and ask for Ray Renner  or  rrenner@saxegotha.net

                    Early Childhood Art:  9:30am - 11:00am   developmentally appropriate visual arts

                   learning for children who are in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten(ages 4-5)....

                               $70 tuition&supplies& snack

                    Elementary/Intermediate Art:   12:30pm - 3:45pm  grades 1-5

                                Children will be grouped by age in three classes.  Children will participate in                

                                three  different classes under the instruction of each art educator.  

                                $140 tuition, supplies, snack

 

.Summer Safari.....June 7-10, 14-17 (Monday – Thursday—no Fridays)  8:30am - 12:15pm    

                                Located at Midway Elementary School   $110

                            Lexington District One's summer enrichment program includes many art options.

                            Contact Jim Hamby 808-1545 for more information.

 

.Whiteford School of the Arts....359-2229  Kathy Thompson- Kamp Kreative Kids: music, drama, puppetry, art, dance, gymnastics 9-1 May 24-August3  $140  ages2-4 

.Art Sampler classes begin June7- runs each week through summer 9am-noon ages 4-12 $80weekly

               

TAG 2000  --USC's Talented & Gifted Summer Youth Program for rising 6th, 7th, & 8th graders

                     application must include a recommendation from school  777-CAMP or 777-2260

           

.YWCA of the Midlands  oil painting, sculpting, paper making and photography June28-July2 8am-noon  grades 4-6  $125 1510 Barnwell St.  252-2152

 

.SC State Museum-- for further information--898-4952  www.museum.state.sc.us

                Mixed Media and Dada Mania)inspired by the Dada movement)June14-18 grades 4-6  June22-24 grades 1-3

                8:30am-12:30pm  $110

 

.Heathwood Hall    231-7710 for details

 

.Michael’s Arts & Crafts   Harbison Blvd.  803-407-7813  Call for daily/weekly craft sessions in store

 

.Visual Song Fine Art School 803-635-4886  Errol Alger www.MrAlger.com at Woodland Hills Community Church,St. Andrews  

 

.Edventure   779-3100x1130   www.edventure.org

           Color Explosion Tie-Dye Camp rising 2nd grade-3rd graders Weeks of June 28 & July26  9am-noon $85

 

.Hammond School 776-0295 for more details 

      July 26-30 9am-noon ages 4K-grade1 $115

      Art safari may31-June4 9am-noon grades2-4 $115

      Clay June14-18 9am-noon grades5-8 $115

      Jewelry design June21-25 grades 7-12 $115

 

.Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission 

Crooked Creek Park 345-6181 

Pottery Camp: June 21 & 28 or July 12 & 19 12:30 – 1:30 or 2:00-3:00pm   ages 6-14 $30

Photography Camp: July 12-16  9:00 – noon  ages 10-17  $50

Seven Oaks  772-3336  Pottery Camp  June 7-11  9:30-noon  ages 6-14  $90

Pottery camp July28=Aug1 1-4pm ages 7-13 $90

5artists in 5days-June14-18 8:30-11:30am ages 6-12 $90

 

Sherry Kessler-art teacher 3100 Santee Ave. Aiken, SC  803-644-9437Summer Art camps- drawing/ painting/computer art/ pottery

 

Lynne Harris….  Art teacher at Lake Murray Elementary/Lex1   957-4904

 

.Donna Taylorart teacher at Lexington Intermediate School- Donte3@aol.com    art classes in the afternoons from 2-3:30

                            June 23-July 28. Donte Studio- in teacher’s home in Hope Ferry Plantation, Lexington. 996-0721.

 

Jennifer Aaron  http://www.ucan2artschool.com/Index.html   Art lessons for all ages year round in Lexington.  2-D and 3-D arts, fine art

                            crafts and history.  359-2532

 

.USC Summer Quest- weeklong day camps featuring a variety of options-June 7 –July2  8am-5pm  ages 8-12  $185 per week 

                           777-9444 for more details

 

.Adventures in Visual Arts  USC= printmaking, digital processes and visual communication-grades 6-9  July 11-16 $500for

                                                          commuters( residential fee extra)- Cynthia Steele 777-9444

 

.City of Columbia Parks&Recreation Arts Center 1932 Calhoun St. 804-545-3091  Pottery classes available-most at $65 weekly

 

.Columbia Odyssey Art Center various media classes(clay,textiles,themes) offered for different age groups  $180 per week 

                                                          501 Chatham Ave.  397-2158

 

.Mad Platter 3101 Millwood Ave  771-8080  Ceramic camps ages 5-8 $85    Ages 8-11 $100 call for dates and details

 

Southern Pottery, Rosewood Dr., Columbia- Peter Lenzo, teacher-803/251-3001 or e-mail at lenzo@southernpottery.org  

                                     ceramic workshops for children

 

.Judy McSween  -Various Summer sessions in teacher’s home at 208 Palmetto Hall Ct., Lexington- 318-1688 

                          jm228@sc.rr.com   Classes grouped according to grade levels…different times..also weekend workshop available

 

 

 

Keep Art in your HeART!