Whole Body Drawing and Painting
Age: 5-11 years old
June 22nd-25th
This camp will be led by Fiona Sullivan. Come willing to participate in physical warm ups involving Capoeira and dance inspired movement. Then with creative energy open, learn about different drawing styles from still life to thirty second sketches. Explore ‘drawing’ with a paintbrush and what it means to draw with your whole body involved. Explore different drawing styles from gesture drawing and painting to control contour. Students will have the opportunity to plan and execute a large group painting as well as paint their own smaller canvas.
Expressive Dance:
Ages: 5-11 years old
June 29th-July 3rd
Led by visiting dance artist Shannon Kelly and Fiona Sullivan. Shannon brings her 20 years of dance experience with her background in afro-modern, lyrical, experimental and Brazilian dance. Learn creative dance techniques and experiment with form and body awareness. Students will have the opportunity to work in smaller groups and with the group as a whole. We will view short dance videos and observe different artists’ depictions of dancers over the ages. The week will culminate with a final performance at 3:15pm Sharp!
License to Write
Age: 7-13 years old
July 6th-10th
Led by Fiona Sullivan
Explore the art of narration with words, images and oral story telling. Maybe you love to write but get hung up on grammar. Inspired by Peter Elbow’s writing method, we will practice daily ‘free writes,’ and try out our hand in the realm of fiction and nonfiction. We’ll consider writing as mark making and explore the boundary between drawing and writing. We’ll ask the question, how do we incorporate writing into visual art? Come with the desire and openness to both write and draw.
Kids for The Earth
Age: 5-11 years old
July 13th-17th
Join Susan Koch who taught in the public schools for 30 years and now loves teaching in the best classroom of them all, the natural world! Nature Science camp with a focus on stem activities and the integration of creative art making. Explore nature, complete daily nature experiments and missions and create art from natural and upcycled materials.
Bauhaus Bountiful Botany:
Age: 5-11 years old
July 20th-24th
Join Susan Koch for another camp! Susan taught in the public schools for 30 years and now loves teaching in the best classroom of them all, the natural world! Find the intersection between plant anatomy and art. Learn about flower parts from the stamen to the sepal and look at different artist interpretations of flora and fauna. Explore different leaf patterns and start to translate your distinct leaf patterns to art inspired by the bauhaus style.
Theater: Earth Defenders Camp
Age: 5-11 years old
July 27th-31st
Join Sarah Adelaide, a Vermont based artist and educator whose work combines her passion for performance art with the joy of scientific discovery. Students will investigate a creature, plant, or topic in our local ecosystem, learn relevant facts and terms, and discover a problem or disharmony. As a group we will then learn about the narrative story Arc which will help us weave our learning into an original play script. The last few days of camp we will be working on putting our words to action and song in an original performance. Families are invited to attend our final Friday performance starting at 3:15pm sharp!
Intro to Capoeira: ½ day morning camp
Mon-Thurs. 9:30am-12:30pm
August 3rd-6th
Age: 11-18 years
This intensive four day Capoeira workshop will introduce participants to Capoeira, a Brazilian art form that combines dance, music and martial arts. The workshop will be led by Luis Gonzalez or Profesor Cavaleiro. Luis, originally from Spain, cofounded the Capoeira Club at Bangor University in 2006. Luis then continued to teach Capoeira in New York City from 2013 to 2020. After Covid, Luis resumed teaching in NYC until he moved to Vermont in 2024. He now lives in Middlesex and continues to offer Capoeira classes at Camp Meade. Supporting instruction will be provided by Fiona Sullivan who has been studying Capoeira for four years.
Fashion Frenzy and Mending Madness:
Age: 5-11 years old
August 10th-14th
With Fiona Sullivan
Welcome to all things fabric related. Draw your fashion ideas. Bring in a stuffie for which you would like to create accessories or a costume. Enjoy hand sewing and use our Saori looms. Bring in an item of clothing that needs a patch and discover the interaction of practicality and design. Have a chance to use our sewing machine. Send your child with a white t-shirt so they can decorate their own t-shirt with fabric markers, paint and pastel!
Model Treehouse Building Camp
August 17th-21st
Age: 5-11 years old
With Heather Garland
During Treehouse Building Camp, campers will look at treehouse designs for inspiration and then design their own 3D treehouse model. We will go for walks and collect natural materials to add to our designs. Who knows maybe a fairy will move in once we are done!
