One-week workshops for ages 4-18
July 5 - August 19, 2011

July 5-8 | July 11-15 | July 18-22 | July 25-29
August 1-5 | August 8-12 | August 15-19

To register, please call the Mystic Arts Center
Education Department at 860-536-7601 x213.

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DISCOUNTS: Register Early!! All classes must meet minimum enrollment levels one week before start date to ensure that they will run. Registration continues to the date of the first class. Members receive a $5 discount when registering three (3) weeks before the starting date of the class.

July 5-8

Masters Workshop with Anne Gaffey
Ages 10-11
9 am - 4 pm
Members $240 / Public $280
See your world as an artist does! Hone your eye by studying and working like the Masters such as Van Gogh and Matisse and examine the work of amazing regional artists in our own galleries. Bring your own peanut-free lunch and snack.

Anime, Manga, Cartooning! with Conam Lee
Ages 7-11
9 am - noon
M $110 / GP $130
Build your own 3D creature from recycled objects and clay. Build bigger each day or create new ones and paint them…green?! Bring recycled stuff from home if you like!

Storybook Murals with Jamie Jackson
Ages 4-7
1 pm - 4 pm
Members $110 / Public $130
A picture tells a thousand words. Get inspired by storybooks and paint giant paintings of tales depicting all of your favorite scenes.

July 11-15

Nature Art Camp with DPNC & Laura Gaffke
Ages 7-10
9 am - 11:45 am
Members $140 / Public $165
Nature has inspired artists for centuries from natural collages to prints and paintings. Join instructors and campers from the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center for three days (Mon, Wed, Fri) at the Nature Center perusing woods, ponds & meadow - and two days (Tue, Thur) at the Mystic Arts Center studios bringing the wonders of the wild to canvas. Call the Nature Center at 860-536-1216 to register.

Design Décor with Anne Gaffey
Ages 8-12
1 pm - 4 pm
Members $150 / Public $180
Design, prime, and finish art to decorate your own spaces. Create mosaics, paint place mats, and personalize small decorative furniture. Make one work specially for the auction of MAC's annual fundraiser Off the Wall.

Fairies, Princesses, and Magical Creatures with Jennifer Wheeler
Ages 4-7
1 pm - 4 pm
Members $150 / Public $180
Explore the world of enchanting and mystical characters through art, storybooks, and song. Make wands, potions, and fairy wings and put yourself in another world.

July 18-22

Summer Shoot with Kid Filmmakers
Ages 10-15
9 am - 4 pm
Members $335 / Public $365
Get experience on a working movie production unit. Run the cameras, direct, act and write scripts in this exciting hands-on camp. Movies are shown to inspire and illustrate specific film techniques. Bring a peanut-free bag lunch to enjoy each day.
Call Kid Filmmakers at 1-800-459-4922 or register online www.kidfilmmakers.com.

Fine Art Lessons in Drawing and Painting with Jennifer Wheeler
Ages 7 -11
1 pm - 4 pm
Members $135 / Public $165
If you love to draw and paint come get inspired and learn about form, shape, color, still life, and landscape.

July 25-29

Graphic Novels with Conam Lee
Ages 10-14
9 am - noon
Members $150 / Public $180
Use illustration to communicate your vision. Develop a story using images from concept to comic and find out why graphic novels are becoming more and more popular to make and to read.

Beads and Baubles with Holly David
Ages 8-12
1 pm - 4 pm
Members $150 / Public $180
Make beads, buttons, and more out of Sculpey clay canes of your own creation. Learn how to make different patterns to fashion beautiful accents for your wardrobe.

Art of Comic Book Heroes with Jennifer Wheeler
Ages 6-9
1 pm - 4 pm
Members $150 / Public $180
Create the world of your favorite comic book heroes through drawing, painting, and mixed media. Construct capes, gadgets, and weaponry to put you in a super-human story!

August 1-5

Underwater Art Adventure with Jennifer Wheeler
Ages 7-11
9 am - 4 pm*
Members $295 / Public $350
Dive into art inspired by water and its inhabitants! Create paintings, drawings, and mixed media artwork as you learn science and art together. *The last day will meet at the Mystic Aquarium. Bring your own peanut-free lunch and snack daily.

Global Art with Jamie Jackson
Ages 4-7
1 pm - 3 pm
Members $100 / Public $120
Speak the universal language of art! Create jeweled eggs, aboriginal paintings, scarab stones. Decorate drums and sing a song or two from far away.

Portrait of Mystic with Caryn Davis
Ages 10-14
3:30 - 5:30 pm
Members $100 / Public $120
Become a photojournalist as we take you "on assignment" through our unique town! Capture the culture, nature, architecture, waterfront, and street life that define Mystic in the summer. Students must have their own camera and should have prints of their pictures for a collage project on the last day.

August 8-12

Food Art with Christen Pratt
Ages 6-9
9 am - noon
Members $135 / Public $165
Do you love food? Do you love to play with your food? So do artists! Learn from a visual artist and culinary professional as you create food sculptures, paint food still lifes, and explore the history of food's influence on art.

Bookmaking with Audrey Jacobs
Ages 7-11
1 pm - 4 pm
Members $135 / Public $165
Discover all types of bookmaking, from accordion books to puzzle books and stitch books. Decorate and fill your books with nature sketches, collage, poems, and abstract designs.

Graffiti Art with Jamie Jackson
Ages 10-14
1 pm - 4 pm
Members $150 / Public $180
Learn about graffiti art and create your own (legal) graffiti! Explore various techniques using giant stencils, posters, and spray paint. View examples of graffiti from around the world and come up with your own provoking visuals.

August 15-19

Animation Vacation with Kid Filmmakers
Ages 10-11
9 am - 4 pm
Members $335 / Public $365
Experience the art of animation from storyboarding to anime and Claymation in this week-long hands-on Kid Filmmakers program. Movies are shown daily to inspire and illustrate specific film techniques. Bring a peanut-free bag lunch to enjoy each day.
Call Kid Filmmakers at 1-800-459-4922 or register online www.kidfilmmakers.com.

Teen Art Workshop with Jennifer Wheeler
Ages 14 -18
1 pm - 4 pm
Members $150 / Public $180
Work with varied media, subjects, and techniques in our galleries and studios. Develop your work with a chance to draw from a live model. Improve your critiquing skills and portfolio during this intensive week of art immersion.

To register, please call the Mystic Arts Center
Education Department at 860-536-7601 x213.