Art and Science Summer Camps 2024
Hilary Cannon Anderson is an Indiana licensed art teacher with 15 years experience teaching art (Monroe County Community School Corporation, Ivy Arts for Kids, Outschool, and private lessons) and 12 years experience teaching science (summer camp and after-school for WonderLab Museum of Science, Health, and Technology).
Allen Zielinski is an Indiana, licensed art teacher who has been teaching art for over 5 years. He’s led Ivy Arts camps and currently teaches elementary art in MCCSC schools.
Hilary and Allen began working together in schools and have collaborated on projects ever since. As we teach art, we include sciences, contemporary arts, and exploring diverse cultures through art making.
Week-long camps with be held in my yard, driveway, and teaching studio in Bloomington, Indiana, following reasonable health safety protocols which will be adjusted as needed. Sink with soap provided for frequent hand washing.
Maximum enrollment is 12.
Week-long Camps
Fiber Arts Fun
for Campers entering 1st-7th grade
$170 per camper (includes T-shirt, bag, and other supplies)
Do you want to design your own clothes or accessories? Our popular Fiber Arts Camp is back with new projects as well as some familiar favorites:
Tie-dye shirts
Create and decorate hats
Sew a bag
Learn embellishments techniques such as embroidery, making pom-poms, and sewing on buttons
Monday - Friday June 10-14, 10am-noon
Exhibit and Demonstration for Family and Friends, Friday, June 14, 12-12:30pm)
Mini-verse
THIS CAMP IS CURRENTLY FULL. Registering for this camp will add your camper to the waitlist in case of last minute cancellation.
for Campers entering 1st-7th grade
$150 per camper
Think SMALL!
Have you ever wanted to make art for an ant? Do you like to make little cartoons? Create our own mini-verse of miniature artworks and simple animations:
Create mini-figures
Comics and flipbooks
Mini-artworks for our mini-museum
Monday - Friday June 17-21, 10am-noon
Exhibit and Demonstration for Family and Friends, Friday, June 21, 12-12:30pm
Puppetry
for Campers entering 1st-7th grade
$150 per camper
Join us to create stories, props, and puppets! We’ll explore different ways to make puppets and use them to tell stories.
Create various styles of puppets
Write your own stories
Make scenery and props
Perform short puppet shows
Monday - Friday July 22-26, 10am-noon
Exhibit and Puppet Show for Family and Friends, Friday, July 26, 12-12:30pm
Sculpture and 3D Art
for Campers entering 1st-7th grade
$150 per camper
Get inspired by sculptures from around the globe and across the centuries! We’ll dive into all things 3D as we:
Create Masks
Build Wire sculptures
Learn 3D drawing
Explore other 3D art techniques
Monday - Friday July 29-August 2, 10am-noon
Exhibit and Demonstration for Family and Friends, Friday, August 2, 12-12:30pm
Drop-in Camps
Tie-Dye Drop-in Camp
9-10:30 OR 10:30-Noon Monday July 15, 2023
For Everyone: Kids age 6 and older, Adults, Parent/Grandparent with child age 4 and older
For campers age 6 and older (including adults) $25 per camper, $35 for Parent and child team
Bring a shirt, pillow case, bandana, small towel, cotton socks, or other cotton item to tie-dye! Dye only sticks to cotton, so when dyeing cotton-poly blend items, the dye only sticks to the cotton fibers giving the item a lighter, heathery look. Click to learn more about preparing your item for dyeing.
I will demonstrate several techniques for participants to select from.
Depending on the number of participants, each person may be able to dye two items.
I will provide the dyes and some gloves.
You bring the item to dye and gloves to protect your hands from the metals in the dyes. Wear old clothes!
Click here for important information about preparing for Tie-Dyeing and Rinsing and Washing Tie-Dye.
Landscape Collage Drop-in Camp
9:30-Noon, Monday August 5, 2024
For campers entering 1st-7th grade, $35 per camper
Come create a Landscape collage inspired by your summer travels, Bloomington scenery, book settings, fantasy settings, or wherever your imagination takes you. We will:
explore several painting techniques to create collage paper
learn to make chalk pastel skies
cut and glue to create a collaged landscape
Kaleidoscope Day Drop-in Camp
9:30-Noon, Tuesday August 6, 2022
For campers entering 1st-7th grade, $35 per camper
Enjoy using a variety of kaleidoscopes and learn how they work:
Use mirrors to explore found object Kaleidoscope images
Use pattern blocks to design kaleidoscope patterns
Create your own kaleidoscope style mandala
Climb in and get your photo taken in the human-size kaleidoscope!!!!
Tuesday Afternoon Pre-K Summer Art Class
Stories and the Art They Inspire
For 4- and 5-year-olds who will enter Kindergarten in 2024 and 2025
Tuesdays 2:30-3:30pm
Dates:
May 21
June 18
July 16
July 23
July 30
Class may meet additional dates in yet to be confirmed: (June 4, June 11, July 9, August 6)
$72 to attend any four classes
$108 to attend any six classes
$18 for each additional class
Each week we read a short book, then create an artwork inspired by the theme or illustrations. Stories and projects include a range of themes such as seasons, animals, holidays, family, community, vehicles, colors, shapes, numbers, letters, etc.
We explore a range of 2D and 3D art media including drawing, painting, collage, printing, building, and clay. We work on some projects over several weeks. Sometimes we focus on creative exploration without creating a final project to take home. We also look at and learn to talk about artwork. And we play games.
We also learn to collaborate, to share materials and ideas, to care for our art materials, and to care for our studio space.
Minimum class size of 3, Maximum class size of 8
What Families are Saying about 2021 Summer Camps:
“My kids were extremely entertained and inspired by Mrs. Anderson’s camps. They looked forward to every day of camp!”
“My kids had a "blast" at the Fabulous Flying Machines week-long camp! They enjoyed the great mix of science and art, with fun and engaging activities that go way beyond art. Hilary did an amazing job of encouraging each camper and supporting their strengths. The kids were excited and proud to show off what they did at the end of the week!”
“The tie-dye drop-in was something that my children, ages 7 and 10, were looking forward to doing the whole summer. Since we missed the first class that Hilary offered, she graciously organized a second class for my family, three of my kids' friends and one parent. This was a great and affordable opportunity to do something messy with expert guidance that we'd been eager to do for years. We also loved the opportunity to participate in something as a family and with friends. We've received many compliments on our tie-dyed shirts! I'm hoping to arrange something like this again, perhaps to celebrate a future birthday!”