Children's Workshops/ Middle School Program Summer 2022 at SAIC by School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Early College Program (Ages 14-18), and adult courses this summer. Visit saic.edu/cs to learn more.

We’re also offering Family Programs, in-person and online

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Questions? Email cs@saic.edu or call 312.629.6170

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM Ages 10–13 saic.edu/msp

• 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. • Whether your camp is on campus or online, our museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, is an integral part of our students’ experience. In-person and 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 camps include a wide variety of learning approaches. Students will get first rate-instruction from their instructors, collaborate and create with peers, play group games, explore a variety of creative resources, and have independent time to work on projects. • Our faculty are not only amazing mentors and teachers, but have robust artistic practices themselves. Because of this, instructors are able to share their passion for making while providing inspiration and motivation for their students. • SAIC recognizes that creativity and innovation flourish when children bring their ideas together. Taking part in our programs is a great way for students to learn the power of collaborative thinking and art-making, and make new friends who share similar interests!

SUMMER 2022

WHAT MAKES OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM SPECIAL: 36 South Wabash Avenue, suite 1201 Chicago, IL 60603

Our camps are designed to allow students to focus on their interests, learn new skills, and bring their ideas to life. Our 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 two-week sessions, or sign up for multiple courses.

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM Ages 10-13 Continuing Studies

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IMMERSIVE, CONDFIDENCEBUILDING, FUN

CHILDREN’S MULTIARTS CAMPS Ages 4-9 saic.edu/cw

Ages 10-13

CHILDREN’S MULTI-ARTS CAMPS Ages 4-9

Summer Camps 2022:

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM (MSP)

CHILDREN’S MULTI-ARTS CAMPS Ages 4-9

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ACTIVE, CREATIVE, PLAYFUL

At the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), the nation’s premier art and design school, we understand that self-expression, out-of-the-box thinking, and cultural awareness flourish when kids make art. At SAIC, children learn to explore, imagine, and discover while we guide them on a path to becoming

SUMMER CAMPS ARE BACK IN-PERSON! ONLINE OPTIONS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS

the creators, innovators, and problemsolvers of the future.

WHAT MAKES OUR MULTIARTS CAMPS SPECIAL: • For each course, we select a theme and structure projects and exploration around that idea. Our youngest creators will be 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 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! • In our classrooms, young artists work both independently and as a collaborative, creative community. Through interactive group projects, games, and art-based activities students learn the power of collaboration while making new friends who also love to create. • Our instructors are experienced educators with their own robust artistic practices. With their dynamic skill sets, interests, and passions instructors are able to create unique and highly engaging classroom experiences for their students.

CHILDREN’S MULTI-ARTS CAMPS

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM

(ages 4-9) saic.edu/cw

Session 1: One week - 6/27-7/1, M-F 9:00-4:00 Multi-Arts Camp: Ages 4-5 #1110 | Ages 6-7 #1114 | Ages 8-9 #1118 Session 2: One week - 7/11-7/15, M-F 9:00-4:00 Multi-Arts Camp: Ages 4-5 #1111 | Ages 6-7 #1115 | Ages 8-9 #1119 Session 3: Two week - 7/18-7/29, M-F 9:00-4:00 Multi-Arts Camp: Ages 4-5 #1112 | Ages 6-7 #1116 | Ages 8-9 #1120 Session 4: Two week - 8/1-8/12, M-F 9:00-4:00 Multi-Arts Camp: Ages 4-5 #1113 | Ages 6-7 #1117 | Ages 8-9 #1121 Session 5: One week - 8/1-8/5, M- F 9:00-12:00 Family Camp #1122

Ages 10-13 saic.edu/msp Session Dates:

Aftercare available for all in-person, full-day camps from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. 1-week camp aftercare: $100 2-week camp aftercare: $200

One-week sessions: June 27-July 1 Two-week sessions: July 18-July 29

Register online: continuingstudies.saic.edu One-Week Camp Tuition: $600 Two-Week In-Person Camp Tuition: $1,100 Two-Week Online Camp Tuition: $500

MULTI-ARTS CAMP: AGES 4-5 SESSIONS 1-4, M-F, 9-4 (Aftercare available) 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 also explore during daily trips to the Art Institute of Chicago, and play through music, dance and circle-time. Through the process of looking and creating, youth learn about how and why art is made, helping them gain confidence in their own work and build on their individual strengths for future classes.

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. COVID-19 Policy: Starting in the 2021-2022 academic year, all undergraduate, graduate, post-baccalaureate, and Continuing Studies students who are eligible for a COVID vaccine and who intend to be on campus for any period of time will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. SAIC will continue to follow COVID protocols informed by guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH). All students will be required to follow SAIC’s evolving policies around masking, social distancing, and submission of vaccine status documentation.

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Video Game Design Camp Comics and Graphic Novels Camp Animation Camp Drawing and Painting Camp

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SESSION 3: TWO WEEK - 7/18-7/29 In-Person: M-F 9:00-4:00 Online: M-F 9:00-12:00

These camps provide a stimulating environment for young artists to grow as creative, unique individuals and to learn how to creatively problem-solve. In addition to daily studio art projects, students visit the Art Institute of Chicago to explore, research, and capture new ideas. 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! Each session has a new focus so students can enroll in multiple sessions.

Refund and Cancellation Policy: 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.

Students learn animation principles while exploring different techniques, including stop-motion animation, frame-by-frame animation, digitally modified video, and computeraided animation to create their own projects.

Using our city as inspiration, students learn perspective drawing, drafting, model making, and various digital software programs, while examining architectural structures, materials, and technologies.

Session 1, Session 2 & Session 4, M-F, 9-4 (Aftercare available)

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Comics and Graphic Novels Camp Intro to Fashion Camp Illustration Camp World Building Camp Drawing and Painting Camp

SESSIONS 1-4, M-F, 9-4 (Aftercare available)

These camps provide a stimulating environment for students to explore their artistic potential and voice and increase skill development, using the Art Institute of Chicago, surrounding architecture and public art, and current events as inspiration. Students work independently and collaboratively, gaining skills in media such as drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpting, and mixed media in a fun, safe, and nurturing environment. Each session has a new focus so students can enroll in multiple sessions.

Session 3, M-F, 9-4 (Aftercare available)

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.

DIGITAL ARTS CAMP Online: Session 3, M-F, 9-12 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 art-making such as graphic design, video and audio recording, and digital illustration.

SESSION 2: ONE WEEK - 7/11-7/15, In-Person, M-F 9:00-4:00

MULTI-ARTS CAMP: AGES 6-7

SESSIONS 1-4, M-F, 9-4 (Aftercare available)

ARCHITECTURE CAMP

Session 1 & Session 4, M-F, 9-4 (Aftercare available)

COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS CAMP

SESSION 1: ONE WEEK - 6/27-7/1, In-Person, M-F 9:00-4:00

1-Week Camp: $600 2-Week Camp: $1,100

MULTI-ARTS CAMP: AGES 8-9

July 11-July 15 August 1-August 12

Aftercare available for all in-person, full-day camps from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. 1-week camp aftercare: $100 2-week camp aftercare: $200

ANIMATION CAMP

FAMILY CAMP SESSION 5, M-F, 9-12 This one-week camp draws extensively on the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) and its world-class collection with daily museum visits. Families of all types work together and/or independently on visual art projects in the SAIC studios. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult and all campers participate in both museum and studio activities. Note: Schedule subject to change.

TUITION PER PERSON $350 per person

Architecture Camp Video Game Design Camp Fashion Camp Digital Arts Camp (ONLINE) Drawing and Painting Camp Drawing and Painting Camp

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SESSION 4: TWO WEEK - 8/1-8/12 In-Person: M-F 9:00-4:00 Online: M-F 9:00-12:00 Comics and Graphic Novels Camp Fashion Camp Animation Camp Drawing and Painting Camp (ONLINE) Drawing and Painting Camp

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DRAWING AND PAINTING CAMP In Person: Sessions 1- 4, M-F, 9-4 (Aftercare available) Online: Session 4, M-F, 9-12 Using a wide variety of drawing and painting materials—pencil, charcoal, pastel, ink, gouache, water-based paint, and mixed-media—students build skills such as line, perspective, tone, proportion, composition, value, gesture, and contour.

FASHION CAMP Session 3 & Session 4, M-F, 9-4 (Aftercare available) This camp introduces young designers to fashion, as they build fundamental skills in fashion illustration, draping, garment construction, and machine and hand sewing. Lessons and projects change each camp so students may enroll in multiple camps over the summer.

INTRO TO FASHION CAMP

ILLUSTRATION CAMP

Session 2, M-F, 9-4 (Aftercare available)

This one-week camp introduces young designers to fashion with an emphasis on experimentation and discovering their own style. Students develop original ideas and build fundamental skills in clothing transformation.

Characters, animals, objects, vehicles, and environments are created using traditional and digital media and methods such as graphic markers, illustration pens, watercolor, ink, sculpting materials, and digital editing software like Adobe Photoshop.

VIDEO GAME DESIGN CAMP

WORLD BUILDING CAMP

Session 1 & Session 3, M-F, 9-4 (Aftercare available)

Session 2, M-F, 9-4 (Aftercare available)

In this dynamic and challenging camp, students code and illustrate oneof-a-kind computer video games! 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.

Note: Schedule subject to change. Refund and Cancellation Policy: 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. 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. COVID-19 Policy: Starting in the 2021-2022 academic year, all undergraduate, graduate, post-baccalaureate, and Continuing Studies students who are eligible for a COVID vaccine and who intend to be on campus for any period of time will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. SAIC will continue to follow COVID protocols informed by guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH). All students will be required to follow SAIC’s evolving policies around masking, social distancing, and submission of vaccine status documentation.