SUMMER YOUTH COLLEGE - 5 WEEKS

• June 28-July 29, 2021
• Student Ages 8 - 14 years old
• $1,125.00
• Includes all workshop supplies.
• Lunch, snacks, and drinks are not included.

AVAILABLE CLASSES:

3 Dimensional Cardboard Sculpture: Would your child like to make scene props and figures from different movies and video games with cardboard? Now, don’t let the name fool you, it’s an amazing class. Our college instructors also teach this to their students. Google “cardboard sculptures high school” and see what comes up. You will be surprised!

Comic Book Design: Learn, love, and create comic books! Students will learn a basic history of comic books and use strategies for comic book design. Each child will create his/her own original comic book!

Digital Comic Book Design: In this class, students will develop their concept of cartooning and storyboarding and create a digital comic book.

Digital Manga & Anime: Students will learn the concept of Manga & Anime. Students will write down a few of their favorite thing to do using adjective/descriptive words, Place (real or imaginary), color, pattern, name. Students will create their own Manga & Anime characters based on their writings.

Digital Photography: This class will introduce basic camera controls and provide an understanding of focus, exposure, apertures, pixels, and sensors They will then explore a variety of creative techniques for manipulating their photographs using Adobe Photoshop software on computers.

Enchanted Houses: These tiny, charming abodes are easy and fun to create and will open a magical world of wonder and enchantment in your child’s imagination. Create just one or possibly a whole village!

Felt Art & String Art: This course introduces students to string art. Students will create artwork using geometric lines that are measured and spaced out so that they will produce a design that is either drawn or sewn. These lines create abstract patterns or representational designs.

Figure Drawing: Students will learn the technique of figure drawing. Students will pose for short periods of time for figure drawing, as well as use a skeleton and ceramic bust for drawing poses. A variety of media will be used, including graphite pencils, colored pencils, charcoal, and pastels. All supplies are included in the registration fee and are nontoxic.

Filmmaking: As part of our Summer Youth College program, From Zero to One Hundred is a student-based, comprehensive, and interactive course in Film, spanning from basic pre-production to post-production activities, with the inclusion of multiple, enjoyable art applications, and a sprinkle of film theory.

• Students will learn how to analyze elements of film, and how to recognize these elements when watching the coming-of-age film screened in class.

• Students will learn how to design costumes for these characters by translating their personality traits into colors, shapes, and textures that mirror them. Like color, shapes, textures, and direction also have cultural connotations while affecting us subjectively.

• Students will design a set that will show a specific environment for the emotions their characters are experiencing, as well as the overall mood and themes of their main concept. In this collaboration, students will learn the language of colors, Color Coding, where every color has a cultural, or somewhat objective connotation, and a subjective interpretation by the emotions we associate with any color. They will be able to visually translate words, sentences, and entire messages into colors that will accordingly affect their viewers’ experience.

• While the art of acting is one of the most helpful disciplines to experience as a foundation to any chosen profession, students will have the option to act themselves or to invite someone else to act in their short film.

• Students will learn basic editing strategies and color grading as they further interpret and finetune the message or purpose of their short film.

A guest speaker that specializes in film production and a ballroom dancer/baritone/actor will entertain students while they experience a gamut of artistic expressions.

Glass Art: Expand your children’s world beyond crayons and markers. Students will experience a fun and exciting way to create incredible art masterpieces with their very own hands. This is the perfect escape from the summertime blues.

Jewelry Making and More: Stretch your imagination to design an original piece of wearable art. Students will use the art of Paper Quilling, beads, wire, cording, charms, and anything else they can imagine creating their own one-of-a-kind necklace, ring, bracelet, key chain, etc. A real piece of artwork!

Kinetic Art: Students learn how forces are used in the creation of art. They come to understand that it is not just bridge and airplane designers who are concerned about how forces interact with objects, but artists as well.

Manga & Anime: This course is an introduction to the concept of Japanese-style drawing and the concept of cartooning and storyboarding. Students will write down some of their favorite things (name, pattern, color, descriptive word, and place) to be used in their own Manga & Anime.

Mythical Clay Creatures: Come and use your imagination to create with clay and bring creatures to life!

Painting with Acrylics: Color your world with watercolors! Join us in this comprehensive beginner’s class as we help you navigate all the basics. You’ll explore a range of tools and supplies, essential techniques, plus hands-on demonstrations and so much more.

Painting with Pastels: Pastel can be a great medium for beginning artists. Learn how to master basic artistic concepts. Learn how to paint with pastels to create dynamic color and master basic concepts like define value and incorporate hard and/or soft edges into a painting.

Stop Motion Animation: Students are immersed in strategic processes of the elements of stop motion including creating characters and backgrounds with everyday items, developing a script and story arc, and adding Special Effects. The emphasis is on building technical skills, boosting creativity, and confidently sharing what they create.

Host or Publisher Summer Youth College at Palm Beach State College