Art Explorers! Summer Camps
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About this camp
Riverside Arts Center, located in downtown Ypsilanti, MI, is a creative hub focused on sharing creativity, exploring art, and growing in community. The center hosts innovative exhibitions throughout the year, typically 6-8, showcasing diverse art from students and professionals. It also provides creative experiences for all ages, including various classes and workshops, such as traditional Japanese hand stitching, Korean patchwork, and Polish paper chandelier making. Some workshops specify an age range, such as 16+ for Korean patchwork, and generally focus on artistic skill development.
Past sessions
A greatest-hits week of creative fun! Campers will revisit favorite techniques, remix popular projects, and combine multiple art forms into exciting end-of-summer creations.
Learn more / RegisterExplore contrast, mood, and illumination. Campers will work with shadow, dramatic lighting effects, glow elements, and high-contrast techniques to create visually striking artwork.
Learn more / RegisterStep into three dimensions! Campers will design and construct sculptures using cardboard, clay, recycled materials, and structural techniques to bring ideas off the page and into space.
Learn more / RegisterBig art, bold materials, and fearless creativity. Campers will explore action painting, mixed media, large-scale projects, and experimental techniques that embrace process and discovery.
Learn more / RegisterLearn how artists play with perception! Campers will experiment with perspective, patterns, and visual tricks to create artworks that bend the eye and challenge reality.
Learn more / RegisterDesign meets self-expression! Campers will create wearable art, customize accessories, experiment with fabric techniques, and finish the week with a mini fashion showcase of their original designs.
Learn more / RegisterExplore the natural world through art! Campers will create vibrant botanical drawings, sculpt insects and garden creatures, and experiment with nature-inspired textures and patterns.
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