2008
SUMMER CAMPS
The
arts council offered many arts-based summer day camps throughout
our area. We will be offering summer camps again in 2009.
For
information on the summer 2008 camps that were held, see
below:
International
Cuisine, Cultural Arts & Fine Crafts, World Music,
Hip Hop Dance, Myths and Legends, Storytelling and drama
workshops
July
7 – 11 (Hockley Valley)
July 14 – 18 (Everett)
August 11 – 15 (Baxter)
$150/per week: The camps run all day 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
for youths 8 to 13 years of ages
Students
will look at artists, arts and crafts from all over the
world and explore art practices from these different cultures
and places (such as Africa, Japan, Europe, Native American
etc.). In doing such, students will explore a variety of
materials and techniques such as *Celtic Knotwork and Bookmaking,
Hip Hop, Drumming Circles, Silk Scarf Dying, Totem Pole
Art, Sushi Making, Storytelling and Drama, Outdoor Activities
and MORE!
(*subject to change)
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For
older youths: Video/Photography (Tottenham- July 21-25)
Separate Workshop for ages 12 – 15, 9:00 am to Noon,
Tottenham $85.00/week
Digital
Video/Digital Photography with Deanna Neville-Verardi
Become a movie director and digital editor! During this
week long day camp students will learn how to use their
digital camera and computer software to film short movies
and stop animation videos. They will create and assemble
a short video production to keep. They will also learn about
technical operations as a part of the production process.
Campers will learn to storyboard, film, act, and edit productions
through hands-on multi-media activities. At the end of the
session, we will host a SSAC Summer Student Film Festival
where all video productions will be screened, and parents
will be allowed to attend.
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT: digital camera and/or digital video
camera. Laptop with Windows Movie Maker (standard on most
computers with Windows XP operating system). Note, every
participant does not need their own equipment, so from 2
to 3 kids who are coming together can share if they know
each other. Please arrange this before coming to the camp.
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About
our Instructors:
We
are pleased to announce that Emily Morrison (see bio below)
will be the main Camp instructor. Emily will be assisting
the individual art workshop instructors as well as directing
the international cuisine (sushi), music, drama, outdoor
games and storytelling sessions of the camp. We have been
awarded a Summer Experience Program Grant for a summer student,
who will be hired to assist Emily during the 4 weeks, thus
offering a great teacher/student ratio. This student will
be trained in May at a special Camp Councilor program to
help her with her position at the SSAC Summer Arts Camp.
Hip Hop and general Arts sessions will be confirmed in the
next month.
Summer
Camp Coordinator and Instructor: Emily Morrison
Emily Morrison graduated from the University of Western
Ontario with a Bachelor of Music and Minor in General English.
She has participated in various music workshops, including
gamelan, taiko drumming and African drumming, and hastaken
several writing courses. She has returned to the Alliston
area after having spent a year abroad for Teacher's College.
She currently supply teaches with the Simcoe County District
School board at both the Elementary and Secondary levels,
and she has a piano studio of fourteen students..
Featured
Workshops – (confirmed as of April 30; please check
our website for more workshops as they are confirmed)
Bookmaking
and Celtic Knot work with David Rankine
David Rankin received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at York
University and it was there that David began to explore
Celtic art and saw how closely it was connected to Celtic
music and dance. Since art school, David has sought to contemporize
Celtic art and has been at the forefront of the Celtic art
explosion in Ontario and North America. He has participated
in numerous group and solo shows across Canada David’s
teaching experience extends from formal instruction at Haliburton
School of Fine arts ,Mohawk College, Cedar Ridge Art Centre
(Toronto) and the Goderich Celtic college, to workshops
and classes for primary and secondary level students .
Silk
Scarf Dying with Sandi Neményi
Sandi Neményi is a weaver, spinner, and musician.
She has taught youth programs at CACY for several years,
and taught in public schools in City of York and Toronto
for over 30 years. She is a former president of the New
Tecumseth and Area Arts Council and a founding member of
the Nottaswasaga Hand weavers and Spinners.
Totem
Pole Art with Mo Bayliss
Mo Bayliss has assisted in the research and presentation
of the life of North American Aboriginal Man and his early
ancestors with the Pecos Rio Grande Museum of Early Man
for over seven years. Through this research, Mo has gained
great insight into how early man used his crafts and skills
to tell his story. Beginning with paint making from stones
and self taught, Mo developed her "paint kit"
to over 30 pigment producing stones, used in a dynamic watercolour
medium. Much of Mo's work now features illustrations of
historical North American artifacts including ancient pottery
and heritage water craft.
Digital
Video/Digital Photography Deanna Neville-Verardi is a graphic
designer, a visual artist, and a digital media teacher at
Holy Trinity High School in Bradford. One of her student
films was recently nominated for the Top 25 at the Toronto
Student Film Festival. Deanna has a B.A. in Fine Arts, B.Ed,
M.Ed, and holds an RGD designation.
