Grades
4 & 5
Art
Courses-The Creators
Art Voyages
Basic
Drawing & Painting
Fine
Arts
Great Artists
Lights,
Digital Camera, Action!
Multimedia
Sculpture
A Night at the Improv!
Photography
Printmaking
Puppet Making
Art
Voyages
Second Term/Grades 4–8, 8:30–9:30
am
Travel the globe through art! Explore unique art forms
throughout history and geographic location. You might
touch down somewhere in Africa, aboriginal Australia,
the Native American West, or even the Swiss Alps!
Who knows? All we guarantee is creative fun! Fee:
$125
Basic Drawing & Painting
Second Term/Grades 4–8, 9:30–10:30 am
Enjoy figure drawing, perspective, nature, shade and
shadow drawing, utilizing charcoal, pen and ink, colored
pencil, and various media including acrylics and watercolor.
Fee: $125
Fine Arts
First & Second Terms/Grades 4–8, 8:30–9:30
am
Experience and experiment with a variety of media
this summer. From clay construction to printmaking,
and from painting to collage, you’ll discover
the excitement of hands-on art! Fee: $125
per term
Great Artists
First Term/Grades 4–8, 8:30–9:30 am
In this class, we will choose some of the greatest
artists in history and then we will learn their special
techniques for success. How did Degas draw those ballerinas?
How did Japanese printmakers create masterpieces for
the ages? How did Native American craftsmen make their
stunning jewelry? We’ll learn and create our
own impressionist gardens just like Monet! Fee:
$125
Lights, Digital Camera,
Action!
First & Second Terms
Grades 4–5, 10:30 am–12:30 pm
Grades 6–8, 8:30–10:30 am Release
your creativity as you and your friends make your
own short movie! This is a super opportunity to become
a screen writer, a director, and a cinematographer
as you plot your story, write the script, scout your
locations, and give life to your characters. Students
will learn techniques for video production and editing,
and with the help of some cool software, the class
will produce a finished CD of your movie. Kids who
enjoy creative writing, storytelling, and gadgets
will love this class! Who knows, you might find yourself
showing at the Sundance Film Festival! Fee:
$200 per term
Multimedia Sculpture
Second Term/Grades 4–8, 9:30–10:30
am
Three-dimensional art forms involve a variety of media.
Clay, found objects, and even paper provide exciting
materials to sculpt in this fun class! Fee:
$125
A Night at the Improv!
First & Second Terms
Grades 4–5 , 11:30 am–12:30 pm
Grades 6–8 , 10:30–11:30 am
Get a taste of the Theater as our creative staff from
the CSG Summer Stock Theater conducts a special hour
of improvisational acting classes. Our activities
will be based on the work of Viola Spolin, founder
of the comedy troupe Second City in Chicago, and creator
of many improv games. We will also participate in
stage combat and “theater sports,” which
emphasize the actor’s main tools : body and
voice. Each week we’ll have fun with what we
havelearned with a performance of “Friday Morning
Live.” Fee: $125 per term
Photography
First Term/Grades 4–5
Second Term/Grades 6–8, 8:30–10:30 am
Explore creative visual expression through photography.
Experience hands-on camera work in black and white
and the technical side of the photo lab. Please supply
a 35 mm camera(a limited number of cameras are available
with a refundable security deposit). Fee:
$200
Printmaking
First Term/Grades 4–8, 9:30–10:30
am
Can a vegetable be a printmaker’s tool? Have
you ever created an image with string? Have fun exploring
these and a world of possibilities in this printmaking
workshop. Fee: $125
Puppet Making
First Term/Grades 4–8, 9:30–10:30
am
Realize the powerful influence of puppets in our culture.
Design your very own personal puppet. Build it, give
it costuming, and create a personality (from the elbow
down, of course!). Fee: $125
