FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Run through August 2006

Contact: Danielle Cézanne, Education Coordinator, 651.407.0597, wbca@whitebeararts.org

Cool Summer Art Classes for Kids and Teens

7/18/06
White Bear Lake, MN – Take a break from the heat this summer with cool art classes for kids and teens. The White Bear Center for the Arts (WBCA) is offering fun and educational classes in creative writing, storytelling, clay, printmaking, mosaics, painting, jewelry making, and much, much more! All Art Center instructors are experienced professionals in the field they are teaching. Classes are discounted for WBCA members. It pays to become a member! Visit www.whitebeararts.org and click on “Classes” to see a full listing of youth and adult art classes. Call the WBCA at 651-407-0597 for more information or to register. Advance registration in is required.

FRIDAY ART CAMP

Instructor: Cassandra Monson
July 21, 9-Noon: Glow in the Dark
Location: Tamarack Nature Center, 5287 Otter Lake Road
White Bear Township, Minnesota 55110
Register through Tamarack Nature Center 651-407-5350

Grades 1-6
$25 per class-(Includes materials)

ADVENTURES IN DUCT TAPE
Instructor: Carly Stipe
JULY 25, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Ages 6 & up
Register in advance.
Have you ever seen what you can make out of Duct Tape? Well, if you have you’ll be in this class making a cool looking wallet or coin purse.

CLAY TOAD ABODES AND FAIRY HOUSES
Instructor: Sally Brown
JULY 25, 12:30-3:00 PM
Ages 8-12
Register in advance.
What could be better in a garden than a house for toads or fairies? Let your imagination flower as we use clay and colorful underglaze to create a clay house.

WEARABLE ART!
Instructor: Carly Stipe
JULY 26 & 27, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Ages 6 & up
Register in advance.
Make outrageous, wearable art with everyday items...tickets, newspaper, envelopes, plastic cups-the possibilities are endless! Bring your ideas and a few items you would like to transform into a hat, a dress, a belt... The last day of class we’ll have a fashion show!

CLAY MASKS AND ANIMALS
Instructor: Sue Kapsner
JULY 26 & 27, 12:30-3:00 PM
Ages 8 & up
Register in advance.
Come play with clay in sculptural form and learn a variety of handbuilding techniques. We will create 3-D masks, folded animal sculptures and free standing sculpture.

PORTRAIT PAINTING
Instructor: Cassandra Monson
JULY 26 & 27, 12:30-3:00 PM
Ages 6 & up
Register in advance.
Sketch and paint a realistic or funky portrait of yourself or someone you know. We will learn how to paint on real canvas. Bring a photo of a face you want to draw.

WHO AM I?
WRITING WORKSHOP with JOHN CADDY
Instructor: John Caddy
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts
AUGUST 1, 2, 3, 8 & 9, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ages TEEN
Register in advance.
“ Who Am I?” is the eternal human question. Never is the question asked more often than by people who are rapidly changing without much say in the matter, in other words, by teens. Students will create a variety of self-portraits in poem form, and share them with the group as they are willing. No one will be required to share. Biographical notes: John Caddy is a poet and naturalist whose books include Morning Earth: Field Notes in Poetry, Eating the Sting, and The Color of Mesabi Bones. A Bush Artist Fellow, John’s honors include the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Minnesota Book Award, and the Sally Award for teaching arts. He has taught poetry in many venues for 35 years.

DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Instructor: John Gwinn
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts
AUGUST 1, 2 & 3
9:30-12:00 PM, Ages 6-9
12:30-3:00 PM, Ages 10 & up
Register in advance.
Lights, Camera, Action! Digital Storytelling will be a 3-day class that teaches young people how to use media arts tools to tell stories. Students will use digital video cameras, still picture cameras and computer editing software to put together group projects, which they will take home on DVD.

LAKESIDE WATERCOLOR
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts
Instructor: Paula Lundquist
AUGUST 7, 14, 21 & 28, 12:30-3:00 PM
Ages 7 & Up
Register in advance.
We will explore nature on sight as we bring paints, paper and pencils with us to the shores of White Bear Lake. We will learn to see with the artist’s eye and create exciting paintings. In case the weather isn’t great, we will be doing our watercolors indoors at the Art Center.

MESSY MOSAICS!
Instructor: Sally Brown
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts
AUGUST 8 & 9, 12:30-3:00 PM
Ages 6 & up
Register in advance.
Turn that beautiful dish you broke into a work of art. We have a variety of shapes to work with! The first day we will plan our design and glue it. The second day we will mix, color and apply grout. All materials are provided, but bring that broken dish if you wish!

IMAGINARY WORLDS
Instructor: Helen Stringfellow
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts
AUGUST 10, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Ages 8 & up
Register in advance.
Think about building whatever you dream of. In this class, we will build scale models out of cardboard and paper to create your own imaginary place.

COILED BASKETRY
Instructor: Sue Kapsner
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts
AUGUST 10, 12:30-3:00 PM
Ages 10 & up
Register in advance.
The art and craft of baskets is over 10,000 years old! People used natural materials in the areas where they lived. Our baskets will be made from man-made and natural materials. These baskets are beautiful and fun to make!

FRIDAY ART CAMP - Drawing
AUGUST 11, 9-Noon
Instructor: Cassandra Monson
Location: Tamarack Nature Center, 5287 Otter Lake Road
White Bear Township, Minnesota 55110
Register through Tamarack Nature Center 651-407-5350

Grades 1-6
$25 per class-(Includes materials)

WILD CHILD PICTURE FRAMES!
Instructor: Kim Bakken-Parr
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts
AUGUST 15, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Ages 10 & up
Register in advance.
Using copper wire, jute and vinyl, you will create the perfect “Wild Child”! These are great for decorating your one of a kind picture frame.

PRINTMAKING POTPOURRI
Instructor: Susan Boeckmann
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts
AUGUST 15, 16 & 17, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Ages 8-14
Register in advance.
In this class you will learn about printmaking techniques and printmakers from history, then make prints of your own. We will create relief plates, line-prints and monotype prints, as various techniques yield various results.

PURE SILVER-PURE FUN!
Instructor: Kim Bakken-Parr
Location: White Bear Center for the Arts
AUGUST 16 & 17, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Ages 10 & up
Register in advance.
Working with precious metal clay, you will create silver earrings that are totally unique! Express yourself and sense of style.

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White Bear Center for the Arts is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build creative and culturally rich communities in the White Bear area by providing arts experiences for children, adults, and families.

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