Fruita Art Camp 2015
Fruita Art Camp is an enrichment
program that has been in operation
teaching the value of the arts to local kids
for over 15 years.
Our camp’s mission is:
Summer Art Camp is an educational
experience that provides a child the
opportunity for problem solving and
learning different types of creative art
processes thus providing the chance to
learn self-expression and creativity in an
open and non-judgmental environment.
The program is for kids ages 5
(having finished kindergarten) to
13 years of age.
Things to bring: Mark names on all.
• a water bottle
• sack lunch with added snacks
• comfortable shoes for activities
• a hat or cap, sun screen optional
Day schedule runs as follows:
9:30 am – begin sign in. Children are
divided in to groups and begin
art projects.
10:50 am – Break time
11 am – Art projects
12 pm – Lunch
1 pm – Art projects
1:45 pm – Break time
2 pm – Art projects continued.
2:50 pm – clean up, begin sign outs
as parents, guardians arrive.
Dates for this summer’s camp are:
Week one, June 1 – 5
Week two, June 8 – 12
Week three, June 15 – 19
Week four, June 22 – 26
Art Camp hours of operation are from
9:30 A.M. to 3 P.M.
Location for the camp is
Fruita Middle School Art Dept.
239 N. Maple, Fruita, CO.
The door is on the north side of the
school, easy to drive up to.
Teachers are there at 9 A.M. to prep.
Each of the 3 teachers is a certified
teacher.
Please share this information with
friends and with neighbors. Our
program lets the campers have fun
while they get to learn by doing art.
Carpool. Come visit the camp, watch
the organized chaos of learning.
FOR INFO CALL
970.314.1245
Vera Mulder. ..or 858 9008
Further information and requirements
are included in the registration form.
This form is displayed on Mulder’s
blog:
Herestoallaboutfruita.blogspot.com.
Registration forms are available at
Fruita Middle School, Children’s
Nature Center, You may request the
form by emailing
[email protected]
THE CAMPS ARE FUN AND
EDUCATIONAL, A GREAT
EXPERIENCE !
Each week of camp has a different
theme. Possible
Projects are listed, changes may be
made as to campers needs, ideas.
Week One
SPACE and Beyond
Clay bowls to hold pendants, space
people
Box with lid
Planets, space ships on tiles
Drawings using easy perspective of
“space objects, cities, creatures
Painting, inventing, writing,
making.
Week Two
Gotcha Covered
Personal pendants of clay.
Boxes with lids. Cups,
Batiked t-shirt, papier mache head
gear, masks. Making a bag.
How to draw people,
Watercolor, tempera patterns,
environments.
Print making, designing own
patterns, Self portrait
Week Three
The State of 3-D
Clay objects, animals, vessels, more
Learn about some 3-D artists.
Sculpture in the round, paper and
Relief sculpture, Mosaics from
recycle paper, Weaving natural
materials, Art using recycled
materials. Designing on paper for 3D and more…
Week FourArt Going Global
Clay tiles with relief objects, maybe
Egyptain or Mayan.
Creative color, Drawings from
musical works
Creating depth in art
Art reproductions with a twist.
Painting and drawing musical
instruments (we might get to try
some)Making a mural. Clay
Whistles
Canvas painting
Rhythm in Aborigini Art
dance
Camps will incorporate literature,
Hopefully some dance, movement,
geography and history along with
loads of creativity and imagination
and problem solving.
We make learning fun!
Registration Form. Send to
Fruita Middle School Art Club
239 N. Maple, Fruita CO 81521
Campers $69 per week, Siblings
$35 each. Ages 5 if had
kindergarten to end of grade 5.
Please mark the week, or weeks
you want. If you change plans, that
money will be refunded.
June 1____ June 8_____June
15____June22______
Your Email____________________________
Camper’s Names; and age of each
_________________________________________
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Parent/guardian____________________
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__HomePh_______________Cell__________
__Address______________________________
__City_____________________
Zip___________
Emergency contact and phone
Emergency ph24/7________________
Any allergies, conditions teachers
should
know.___________________________
If medication needed, Who should
administer?___________________________
Who-authorized to pick up these
campers, with phone number
_________________________________________
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Walkers or bike, send note, signed.
Indicate here. Bike_____/ walk_______