K-5 Kids Art Camp

Dates: 6/18-6/21
Days: Tuesday through Friday
Full Time: 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Part Time: 2:00-4:00 pm

Instructor: Dajin Yoon

Led by LA-based visual artist and educator Dajin Yoon, students will be introduced to a variety of visual art mediums and learn about contemporary artists and new vocabularies while absorbing hands-on skills and techniques throughout this engaging 4-day art camp. Students will bind a chapbook at the end of the summer camp to encapsulate their experience and learning throughout the summer. 

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Summer Intensive: Sculpture & Painting

Dates: 6/24-7/4
Days: Mondays through Thursdays
Time: 2:00-6:00 pm

Instructor: Li Zeng

Learn to express what matters to you through the world of three-dimensional media. In this Summer Intensive session, we will go over different approaches to sculpture-making and installation art and look at a range of artists’ practices. Utilizing clay, paper, wire, and readymade objects, students will gain hands-on knowledge in sculpture modeling and assemblage through various demonstrations.

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Summer Intensive:
Drawing & Painting

Dates: 7/8-7/18
Days: Mondays through Thursdays
Time: 2:00-6:00 pm

Instructor: Michelle Sauer

Heat, alchemically, is necessary for transformation and movement. The fever dream works to stir, dizzy, purge, remember, excite, warp, symbolize, and merge. This Summer Intensive session will examine surrealist visual techniques used in art and film. Drawing from these techniques, students will create a sequence of paintings, incorporating dreams and memories while experimenting with material application and color. 

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Summer Intensive: Photography

Dates: 7/22-8/1
Days: Mondays through Thursdays
Time: 2:00-6:00 pm

Instructor: Rory Hamovit

This course will explore photographic image making ranging from analog to digital processes with a focus on self-portraiture and its expansive definitions. What is a self-portrait and does the artist even need to be physically present in the image to create a self-portrait? Over the 2 week intensive, students will learn how to frame images, shoot / develop film, and edit / print images digitally while developing photographic works that explore the idea of the self-portraiture through numerous techniques and technologies from the medium’s past and contemporary space.

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Figure Drawing with Live Models

Dates: 7/2-8/6
Days: Tuesdays
Time: 6:30-9:00 pm
Instructor: Nelli Astvatsatrian

Figure Drawing skills are crucial to building a successful portfolio. This 6-session workshop will advance your figure drawing techniques with live model sessions. We will work towards portfolio-ready figure drawing pieces that showcase your skills and technique in your unique visual style. This workshop is highly recommended for students with experience in figure drawing and/or preparing portfolios for college applications.

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Exhibition-Making Class

Dates: 6/28-8/9
Days: Fridays
Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Instructor: Jenny Eom

Over the course of 8 weeks, students will produce an exhibition of their own from beginning to end. Through this process, students will develop a deeper understanding of the art of exhibition making, gain the practical skills needed to put on a successful exhibition and get a glimpse of what it’s like to pursue a career in the creative field. Students will learn about the various elements that make up an exhibition and execute the roles of a curator, writer, editor, marketer, graphic designer, spatial designer, art handler, documentation photographer, event producer, and of course, artist.

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