CHILDREN’S MULTI-ARTS CAMPS
SUMMER 2021
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM
NEW:
ONLINE COURSES
CHILDREN’S MULTI-ARTS CAMPS ONLINE Ages 4-9
saic.edu/cw
ACTIVE, CREATIVE, PLAYFUL
Your child will be exploring in a wide range of materials such as drawing, painting, mixed media, fibers, performance, wearables, and animation. Each session features different projects, so students can sign up for multiple weeks.
WHAT MAKES OUR MULTI-ARTS CAMPS SPECIAL: • For each course, we select a theme and structure projects and exploration around that idea. Our youngest creators are learning and researching concepts, bringing their points of view to life through the projects they make. And, be ready, they make A LOT of work!!! • Our museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, is an integral part of students’ experiences, and virtual visits to the museum are a part of each class. Be prepared to have your child teach you about their favorite pieces in our collection! • We believe being active fuels imagination, and guarantee that students will not just be sitting in front of their computer all day. Campers venture into the real world often to gain inspiration and materials for their projects. • Our instructors are not only amazing mentors and teachers, but have robust artistic practices themselves. Each class has one instructor and one classroom assistant allowing for a 7 to 1 student-to-faculty ratio.
REGISTER ONLINE AT: continuingstudies.saic.edu
CHILDREN’S MULTI-ARTS CAMPS ONLINE (ages 4-9) saic.edu/cw Session Dates:
One-week sessions: July 12-16 August 2-6 Three-week sessions: July 12-30
July 19-23 August 9-13 August 2-20
July 26-30 August 16-20
Register online: continuingstudies.saic.edu 1-Week Online Camp: $200 3-Week Online Camp: $750 3-Week Afternoon Drawing Club: $500
AGES 4-6 WITH ADULT SUPERVISION* ONE-WEEK SESSIONS MON-FRI, 9 A.M.-11 A.M. These camps provide a playful, stimulating environment for our youngest campers to grow as creative, unique individuals. Using a variety of traditional and contemporary approaches, students experiment with drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed-media, and design. Students are also provided with time for play through music and movement. Through the process of looking and creating, four to six-year-olds gain a better understanding of the process of making in addition to how and why art is made. These key principles help students to gain confidence in their own work and build on their individual strengths for future classes. * This online course requires one adult to be present in the room with the camper while camp is in session in order to support and facilitate the child’s participation in all synchronous and asynchronous activities. Dates
Topic
Course #
July 12-16 July 19-23 July 26-30 August 2-6 August 9-13 August 16-20
Art and Stories STEM to STEAM Virtual Museum Explorers Upcycled Artists World Builders Virtual Museum Explorers
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AGES 7-9 THREE-WEEK SESSIONS MON-FRI, 9 A.M.-12 P.M. These courses provide a stimulating environment for young artists to grow as creative, unique individuals, develop artistic skill-sets, and learn how to creatively problem-solve. Campers work together on a variety of fun projects and participate in the joys of making art with friends, experimenting with painting, drawing, mixed-media, sculpture, printmaking, and much more! Projects are designed to enhance both personal expression and collaborative abilities while introducing students to contemporary and historical art. Dates
Topic
Course #
July 12-30 July 12-30 August 2-20 August 2-20
World Builders Digital Artists Virtual Museum Explorers Citizen Artist
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AGES 7-9 THREE-WEEK SESSIONS MON-FRI, 1-3 P.M. Come spend your afternoon with SAIC’s drawing club! Through a series of exciting and joyful drawing games, collaborative activities, and independent sketching projects students will explore a variety of drawing techniques and approaches, including essential elements of 2D design and art, as they develop an understanding of line, shape, shading, and light. Dates
Topic
Course #
July 12-30 August 2-20
Afternoon Drawing Club Afternoon Drawing Club
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FAMILY PROGRAMS ONLINE Family members work together or side by side to create visual art projects. Recommended ages are 4-10 and children must be accompanied by a registered, paying adult. All campers participate in virtual museum visits and studio activities. July 12-16, Monday-Friday, 9-11 a.m. (#1114) August 2-6, Monday-Friday, 9-11 a.m. (#1120)
Note: Schedule subject to change.
TUITION PER PERSON $200 per person
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM (MSP) ONLINE Ages 10-13
saic.edu/msp Our camps are designed to allow students to focus on their
IMMERSIVE, CONDFIDENCEBUILDING, FUN
interests, learn new skills, and bring their ideas to life. Our online arts instruction, led by top-notch faculty, is driven by SAIC’s celebrated approach to art and design education. Enroll for one of our one- or three-week sessions, or sign up for multiple weeks.
WHAT MAKES OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM SPECIAL: • Students are able to dive deep in their areas of interest. Each course provides an immersive experience that teaches young makers both conceptual and technical skills, while allowing them the freedom to explore and innovate. • Our museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, is an integral part of our students’ experience. Virtual visits to the global collection are key components of every camp. Be prepared to have your child teach you about their favorite pieces in our collection! • Our online classes include a variety of learning approaches. Students will get first rate-instruction from their instructors, interact with faculty and peers over video conferencing, play group games, participate in virtual tours of museums, and have independent time to work on projects. • Our faculty are not only amazing mentors and teachers, but have robust artistic practices themselves. Each class has one instructor and one classroom assistant allowing for a 7 to 1 student-to-faculty ratio. • Our courses are great ways to make new friends with other youth who share similar interests.
REGISTER ONLINE AT: continuingstudies.saic.edu
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM ONLINE Ages 10-13 saic.edu/msp Session Dates: One-week sessions:
July 12-16 August 2-6
Three-week sessions: July 12-30
July 19-23 August 9-13
July 26-30 August 16-20
August 2-20
ANIMATION CAMP
M-F, 1-4, JULY 12-30 (#1129) Students learn animation principles while exploring different techniques, including stop-motion animation, frameby-frame animation, digitally modified video, and computeraided animation to create their own projects.
ARCHITECTURE CAMP M-F, 9-12, July 12-30 (#1127)
COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS CAMP
Using our city as inspiration, students learn free-hand perspective drawing, drafting, model making, and various digital software programs, while examining architectural structures, materials, and technologies.
M-F, 9-12, August 2-20 (#1132)
DESIGNED INVENTIONS CAMP
DIGITAL ARTS CAMP
DRAWING AND PAINTING CAMP
M-F, 1-4, August 2-20 (#1133) We bring the processes—from sketches and paper mock-ups to 3D modeling—students come with their ideas and curiosity to imagine and invent new objects and products.
This camp focuses on the exciting creative making that can happen right on the campers’ home computer. Through a series of introductory, choice-based projects, students will develop skills in key areas of digital artmaking such as graphic design, video and audio recording, and digital illustration.
M-F, 9-12, July 12-16 (#1137) M-F, 9-12, July 19-23 (#1138) M-F, 9-12, July 26-30 (#1139) M-F, 9-12, August 2-6 (#1140) M-F, 9-12, August 9-13 (#1141) M-F, 9-12, August 16-20 (#1142)
Note: Schedule subject to change.
TOY DESIGN AND 3-D MODELING CAMP
VIDEO GAME DESIGN CAMP
WORLD BUILDING CAMP
Refund and Cancellation Policy:
M-F, 1-4, July 12-30 (#1128)
M-F, 1-4, August 2-20 (#1131)
M-F, 1-4, August 2-20 (#1134)
100 percent tuition refund will be issued one week prior to the session start date. No refunds will be issued after this date. All requests must be submitted in writing to cs@saic.edu and include the student’s name, ID number, and course information. Refunds take four to six weeks to process. Note: Nonattendance does not constitute an official withdrawal, nor a cancellation of tuition and fees.
From idea to execution, students draw, sculpt, digitally model, and prototype a toy of their own design, creating a final model for their end project.
Students code and illustrate one-of-a-kind computer video games, even sharing some of their creations with friends on the web! Students make use of traditional and digital media such as sketchbooking, storyboarding, sound effect editing, digital drawing, and using industry platforms for game creation.
Work alongside fellow campers to imagine, design, and then create the various elements of a brand new fantastical world full of your own characters, plants, structures, histories, and more. This mixed media course will feature projects in illustration and comics, sculpture, 3-D modeling, and creative writing.
Register online: continuingstudies.saic.edu One-Week Camp Tuition: $300
Three-Week Camp Tuition: $750
ONE-WEEK SESSION: JULY 12-16 Course
Day/Time
Course #
Drawing and Painting Camp
M-F, 9-12
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M-F, 1-4 M-F, 9-12 M-F, 1-4 M-F, 1-4
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Using a wide variety of materials, students explore character development, plot structure, scripting, and storyboarding to create their own digitally edited drawings, and handmade zines.
THREE-WEEK SESSION: JULY 12-30 Animation Camp Architecture Camp Digital Arts Camp Toy Design and 3D Modeling Camp
ONE-WEEK SESSION: JULY 19-23 Drawing and Painting Camp
M-F, 9-12
#1138
M-F, 9-12
#1139
M-F, 9-12
#1140
M-F, 9-12 M-F, 1-4 M-F, 1-4 M-F, 1-4
#1132 #1133 #1131 #1134
M-F, 9-12
#1141
M-F, 9-12
#1142
ONE-WEEK SESSION: JULY 26-30 Drawing and Painting Camp
ONE-WEEK SESSION: AUGUST 2-6 Drawing and Painting Camp
THREE-WEEK SESSION: AUGUST 2-20 Comics and Graphic Novels Camp Designed Inventions Camp Video Game Design Camp World Building Camp
M-F, 1-4, July 12-30 (#1130)
Using a wide variety of drawing and painting materials—pencil, charcoal, pastel, ink, gouache, water-based paint, and mixedmedia—students build skills such as line, perspective, tone, proportion, composition, value, gesture, and contour.
ONE-WEEK SESSION: AUGUST 9-13 Drawing and Painting Camp
ONE-WEEK SESSION: AUGUST 16-20 Drawing and Painting Camp
SAIC reserves the right to cancel or alter fees, schedule, or staffing. Students will be notified prior to the first class and will have the option of taking another class or receiving a full refund.
Summer Camps 2021:
CHILDREN’S MULTI-ARTS CAMPS ONLINE Ages 4-9
saic.edu/cw
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM ONLINE Ages 10–13
saic.edu/msp Questions? email cs@saic.edu or call 312.629.6170
Register online:
continuingstudies.saic.edu
Did you know? We’re also offering online Family Programs, in-person and online Early College Program (Ages 14-18) and adult courses this summer. Visit saic.edu/cs to learn more.