The Collingwood Arts Center presents
Summer Youth Arts Enrichment Programming

Through the art enrichment activities of the Collingwood Arts Center, (CAC) the Resident Artists will act to achieve new heights of awareness and positive activity amongst the youth and young adults participating in this project. We aim to bring new and exciting alternatives of art activities to the area of the underserved populations, and engage the participants in literary, performing, music, and visual arts. By offering artistic freedom, skill building and a positive social atmosphere, the CAC will work to bring about a positive connection to the community, the adults, and the youth it serves.

STAR Instructors, who live / work / create at the CAC, have designed art activities that give each participant an instructional workshop of various forms, and general information to support the history of the particular art form they are facilitating. Through the creative process of each art activity, the participants will continue to use their basic reading, writing and math skills. Education is the key to success, the STAR project promotes art enrichment activities as a tool to re-enforce the basic education skills already learned.

Workshop Descriptions

CLOTHING REMAKE DESIGN: GRADES 5-12

Instructor: Darcie Trame - Bio

DUCK TAPE DESIGN: GRADES 3-8

Instructor: Darcie Trame - Bio

PHOTOGRAPHY: GRADES 7-12

Instructor: Boyd Hambleton

POETRY WRITING & PERFORMANCE: GRADES 7-12
In this workshop you will develop a poem, perform it in front of the class, and develop the poem each day. On the last day you perform in a “poetry slam” that will be judged by local poets.
Instructor: Michael D. Grover - Bio

NARRATIVE FICTION WRITING: GRADES 7-12
Children will be encouraged to experiment with crafting a narrative with word pictures, song-style dialogue and other innovative literary techniques. You will begin with sample stories and then through rough drafts and then revise copy to create your own story. The use of positive feedback in a writing workshop environment will culture in you a love of writing that will last a lifetime.
Instructor: James O'Fahey - Bio

BEGINNING DRAWING & PAINTING: GRADES K-12
Starting with a simple drawing and then transferring it into a finished painting. Subject matter can be anything from animals and landscapes to portraits.
Instructor: Jim Williams - Bio

RELIEF PRINTING: GRADES 3-12
Printmaking is a media students are often not exposed to until late in high school, if at all, often times due to a lack of a print press. In this workshop students will be taught the methods of printmaking which don't require a press to achieve a finished image. Students will be given instruction on methods of carving a relief block, building collagraph images out of found textures, as well as printing, registering and editioning multiple copies of hand pulled images. Time will also be allotted for safety demonstrations, defining what printmaking is, as well as building a sense of artistic community and teamwork.
Instructor: Ian Welsch - Bio

TAI CHI: GRADES 3-12
In the Tai Chi workshop; you will learn a combination of deep breathing and relaxation with slow, graceful, gentle movements. Tai Chi was found to be safe and effective, promoting balance control, flexibility, and cardiovascular fitness. Although Tai Chi is considered a martial art, it is unlike all other martial arts in the way that all of it’s movements are done in a slow fashion.
We request that if you do participate; please wear loose clothing & tennis shoes.
Instructor: Tom Statum - Bio

DANCE (Hip Hop, Ballet, Modern): GRADES K-12

Instructor: Charles Miller

Additional Information

The workshops will run from 1pm - 2:50pm. A hot meal will be served at 3pm. The group activity will take place between 3:30pm and 4pm. All participants will be ready to be picked up at 4pm.