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June 18-22 kids college art camp Photos from Kids College Art Camp 2011 submitted by programming director Anne Pedersen.
As Union College is preparing to welcome a host of incoming freshmen for orientation this summer, the Knox Arts, Crafts and Humanities Council, Inc. is preparing to welcome a younger group to campus for this year’s Kids College Art Camp. Each summer, children come to camp for a week, and with the help of volunteers and KACHC members, get to study one of four different styles of art. The children can choose to participate in music, dance, painting or theatre. At the end of the week, the students will give a final performance in which they demonstrate the skills they have learned throughout camp. This year, the final performance is scheduled for Friday, June 22, at 2:00 p.m. in Rector Little Theatre on Union College’s campus. There will be another performance by the Wood & Strings Theatre earlier in the week. This performance will be June 18 at 6:00 p.m., also in the Rector Little Theatre. According to their website, Tennessee-based Wood and Strings Theatre “uses the captivating and comprehensive
nature of art to engage the imagination, create experiences full of meaning and provide tools to build positive solutions for life’s challenges.” Clarissa and Leon Fuller began the Wood and Strings Theatre over two decades ago and have been working throughout the country ever since. Their specialty is producing plays using puppetry, and while at Union they will work with the children at camp to teach them some of this art. According to programming director Anne Pedersen, the professionals of Wood and Strings Theatre will “guide the children to create an original puppet show of their own, including how to make the puppets, costumes and paint the backdrop, etc.” Their performance at the beginning of the week is titled “Back Woods Rambling.” It will be free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.woodandstringstheatre.net.