ArtisTree/Purple Crayon SUMMER 2018SUMMER CAMP GUIDE AGES 3-18. 3 NEW! VINS Peeps: VINS Adventures Instructor: VINS and ArtisTree Instructors Class Dates: One-week camp, June 18-June

www.artistreevt.orgCover artwork by Erik Russell. May not be use without permission of the artist.Painting completed in Dan Gottsegen’s Beginning Painting Class at ArtisTree.

SUMMER CAMPSAGES 3-18

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AFTERNOON STUDIOS

AGES 5-12PAGE 12

VISUAL ARTSAGES ADULTS, 14+

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MOVEMENTAGES ADULT, 11+

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CREATIVE WELLNESS

ALL AGESPAGE 16

WORKSHOPSALL AGES

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PRESCHOOLAGES BIRTH-5

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ArtisTree/Purple Crayon

SUMMER2018

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TIME/DAY AM CAMPS, 9AM-12PM PM CAMPS, 1-4PM

JUNE 18-22

Flip-Flop Acrobatics: Ages 3-5

VINS Peeps VINS Adventure: Ages 4-6 (at VINS)

A World of Art: Ages 5-8

Explore with Photography: Ages 9-15

Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Music Theatre Camp: Ages 8-18

Magical Worlds: Ages 5-8

Upcycle Your Duds: Ages 9-14


See Afternoon Studios (pg. 10) for additional afternoon options

JUNE 25-29

Sense-sational Art: Ages 3-5

Fun in the Forest: Ages 4-6

Reptile Encounters: Ages5-8

Extreme Video: Ages 9-13


Adventures in Fibers: Ages 7-13



JULY 2 & 3LEGOS in Red, White and Blue: Ages 5-8

TBA: Ages 9-12

Beads and Beyond: Ages 5-8

TBA: Ages 9-12

JULY 9-13

Wiggles and Giggles: Ages 3-5

Build It! Explore Machines with LEGOS: Ages 5-8

Horse Connections: Ages 9-12 (full day, 9am-3pm)

Stop-Motion Animations: Ages 9-15

Chorus for Kids: Ages 6-11

Claymation: Ages 10-15

Horse Connections: Ages 9-12 (full day, 9am-3pm)


JULY 16-20

VINS Peeps Animal Adventure: Ages 4-5

Making Magic: Ages 5-8

Shake it Out: Ages 5-8

En Plein Air: Ages 9-14

VINS Peeps Anybody Home?: Ages 4-5

The World and the Drum: Ages 5-8


JULY 23-27

VINS Peeps Up in the Air: Ages 4-5

Woodworking Wonders: Ages 6-9

Kids’ Calligraphy: Ages 8-13

Books Alive!: Ages 9-12

VINS Peeps Pomfret Pioneers: Ages 4-5

Camp Drum: Ages 9-13


JULY 30-AUGUST 3

Fairy Tales and Other Treasures: Ages 3-5

Flippin’ Good Time: Ages 5-8

“Dino”-mite Drawing: Ages 8-13

Jewelry Boutique: Ages 9-14

Back to Basics: Little House!: Ages 6-12

Coding for Kids: Ages 8-14


AUGUST 6-10

Passport to Adventure: Ages 3-5

Super Comics: Ages 6-10

Dance Around the World: Ages 8-12

Kids’ Wheel Throwing: Ages 9-14

Write On!: Ages 8-14


AUGUST 13-17

Slimy, Squishy and Slippery: Ages 4-6

Outdoor Art Escape: Ages 5-8

Spa Camp: Ages 9-14

Artful Experiments: Ages 5-8

Game On!: Ages 9-12


AUGUST 20-24

Nature Art Explorers: Ages 5-8

Wearable Art: Ages 9-12

Dragons and Zen Gardens: Ages 9-12

Outdoor Sculpture: Ages 5-8

*No Afternoon Studios offered this week*

SUMMER CAMP GUIDE AGES 3-18

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NEW! VINS Peeps: VINS Adventures

Instructor: VINS and ArtisTree Instructors Class Dates: One-week camp, June 18-June 22 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm. **This camp is held at VINS Nature Center** Cost: $150 for 5 days. Visit the VINS website for registration: http://www.vinsweb.orgAges: 4-6 Campers investigate nature by taking brief hikes around the beautiful VINS Nature Center while learning about the different types of animal habitats they encounter. Daily art projects will allow campers to reflect on their nature explorations and expand their creativity.

Instructor: Lindsay McClure MillerClass Dates: One-week camp, June 18 – June 22Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $135 for 5 daysAges: 5-8Let’s make artwork inspired by global stories and artifacts collected during Lindsay’s travels. Explore Sri Lanka, Egypt, The Gambia, Senegal, and Mexico through photographs, videos, and art projects that connect us to their peoples and landscapes. Join us for imagination and fun as we create, share, and celebrate our artistic achievements together!

A World of Art

Instructor: Scott McClure Miller Class Dates: One-week camp, June 18 – June 22Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm Cost: $150 for 5 days Ages: 9-15 Explore the world around us – through the lens of a camera! You’ll be given a camera to use for the duration of the camp. From close-up views of insects and plants, to long-range landscapes, to underwater photography, you’ll learn creative photo techniques while having fun outdoors.

Explore with Photography

Flip-Flop Acrobatics

Instructor: Kaitlyn Knapp Class Dates: One-week camp, June 18 – June 22 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm Cost: $150 for 5 days Ages: 3-5 Rolling through hoops, jumping on trampolines, and tumbling are just a few of the activities you’ll explore as we figure out new ways to move our bodies. Our primary focus in this beginner-level camp is the development of balance, flexibility, strength, and coordination while having fun!

Instructor: Margaret DwyerClass Dates: One-week camp, June 18 – June 22Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 5-8Enter the magical, miniature world of fairies, elves, and other woodland folk. We will make our own woodland characters along with dwellings and accessories that you can take home and play with all summer long. Combine art supplies with natural materials and create your very own miniature kingdom. We’ll have a Woodland Celebration at the end of the week.

Magical Worlds

Instructor: Lindsay McClure MillerClass Dates: One-week camp, June 18 – June 22Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pmCost: $140 for 5 daysAges: 9-14Bring in 3-8 clothing items in need of some love and redesign them with acrylic paint! No mistakes exist: every brushstroke can be integrated into a work of art. By the end of the week you will design and paint at least three pieces of clothing—one using abstract painting techniques.

Upcycle Your Duds

Director: Ashley Barrow, Theatre Prog. CoordinatorClass Dates: Two-week camp, June 18 – June 22 and June 24 – June 29. Performances will be June 28, 29 and 30.Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-4pmCost: $300 for 2 weeksAges: 8-18Join our cast of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland JR., the second summer youth production in ArtisTree’s Grange Theatre. Immerse yourself in a world of acting, singing, dancing, costume-making, and more, and feel the excitement of bringing this classic madcap adventure to life with plentiful wonderful and wacky characters.

Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr. Musical Theatre Camp

SUMMER CAMPS LISTED BY WEEK OFFEREDJUNE 18-22

Register Today!www.artistreevt.org

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Sense-sational Art!Instructor: Claire KawskiClass Dates: One-week camp, June 25 – June 29Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $130 for 5 daysAges: 3-5Have you ever made paint you can eat? Drawn with your eyes closed? Let’s set our senses loose this week as we explore textures, smells, tastes, and more! Books, gardens, musical instruments, and other adventures will inspire our play and art making. Daily crafts and explorations in the five senses will have us rejuvenated by all that surrounds us.

Instructor: Caitlin EastmanClass Dates: One-week camp, June 25 – June 29 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pm Cost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 7-13Come spend the week among beautiful fibers. We’ll begin by making a simple 2D needle felted wall hanging and move on to make a 3D needle felted creation of your choice. Next, delve into stitching, create a traditional god’s eye, and end the week by making a gorgeous dyed scarf using the Japanese shibori process.

Adventures in Fibers

Instructor: Fiona Davis, Ceramics DirectorClass Dates: One-week camp, June 25 – June 29Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $130 for 5 daysAges: 5-8Join us for remarkable and rambunctious reptiles created by YOU in our own clay studio. Let’s explore all sorts of reptiles: where they live, what they eat, and how they move. Using hand building techniques you will design and build your reptile in clay and finish off your creature in the glazes of your choice.

Reptile EncountersInstructor: Scott McClure Miller Class Dates: One-week camp, June 25 – June 29 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm Cost: $140 for 5 days Ages: 9-13 Cameras in the AIR, cameras in the WATER, cameras rolling down a hill on a skateboard! Drones, shock-proof cameras, and more will enable us to capture extreme video and see the world from unique angles. We’ll create and edit a short film using iMovie for our culminating project.

Extreme Video

Fun in the ForestInstructor: Kathleen Dolan, ArtisTree Staff, and Marie Hanson, National Park RangerClass Dates: One-week camp, June 25 – June 29Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $120 for 5 daysAges: 4-6Join this week-long adventure at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. Become an official “Nature Explorer” using your imagination, curiosity, and your five senses to investigate and build connections to nature’s wonders. Each day you’ll enjoy new themed crafts, music, movement, and forest excursions.

Full descriptions and the most up-to-date class information can be found on our website.All offerings are subject to change and/or cancellation due to low enrollment. Please pre-register.

www.artistreevt.org802.457.3500 - [email protected]

SUMMER CAMPS LISTED BY WEEK OFFEREDJUNE 25-29

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LEGOS in Red, White and BlueInstructor: Marie Cole, ArtisTree StaffClass Dates: Two-day camp, July 2 and July 3Day/Time: Monday and Tuesday, 9am-12pmCost: $60 for 2 daysAges: 5-8Take on our Independence Day LEGO challenges! Build famous landmarks, state flags, scenes from American history, and more. Help us build an enormous LEGO red, white, and blue American flag!

Instructor: Brian BurkholderClass Dates: Two-day camp, July 2 and July 3Day/Time: Monday and Tuesday, 9am-12pmCost: $60 for 2 daysAges: 9-12Join us to explore the insect wildlife that lives in our local brook. Be prepared to get wet as we use nets to catch the specimens we’ll bring back to the studio. Campers will learn about the food pyramid and who the key players are. Our animal friends will inspire fun art projects about predators and prey, ranging from building accurate insect models to assembling homes for bats or birds.

Aquatic Insects and More!

Beads and Beyond

Instructor: Karen Rodis, ArtisTree StaffClass Dates: Two-day camp, July 2 and July 3Day/Time: Monday and Tuesday, 1-4pmCost: $60 for 2 daysAges: 5-8Explore the creative world of beads. Learn new jewelry techniques with different kinds of beads as we make bracelets, necklaces, hairclips, and more. Join us for beading projects such as wind chimes, sun catchers, fairy wands, and animals. We’ll make our own polymer clay beads that will be fired and ready for use in our crafts the second day.

Instructor: Emily BurkholderClass Dates: Two-day camp, July 2 and July 3Day/Time: Monday and Tuesday, 1-4pmCost: $60 for 2 daysAges: 9-12You can decoupage almost anything and create a work of art! We’ll decorate objects with paper cut-outs and create enduring treasure boxes, necklaces, memento jars, picture frames, and more. Use our colorful papers and comics or bring your special papers from home. You can even decoupage with your own photos!

Decoupage Mania

SUMMER CAMPS LISTED BY WEEK OFFEREDJULY 2 & 3 (SPECIAL HOLIDAY WEEK TWO DAY CAMPS)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle This year, in an effort to reduce the amount of waste produced by disposable water cups,

ArtisTree/Purple Crayon will supply a stainless-steel water bottle to each camper enrolled in summer camps.

Reserve yours today by registering for any of our popular camps!

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Wiggles and GigglesInstructor: Claire KawskiClass Dates: One-week camp, July 9 – July 13Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm Cost: $130 for 5 daysAges: 3-5Channel your wiggles and giggles and dance through the week. Campers will begin each day with a story and yoga in order to practice breathing deeply and with purpose. Moving into dance, we’ll explore the classical techniques of ballet and basic rhythms of jazz. To add to the fun, we’ll get creative with props, dress up, and make believe! Each day will feature a different craft inspired by our movement activity of the day.

Instructors: D.J. Jesser, LICSW, and Kathleen Dolan, ArtisTree Staff Class Dates: One-week camp, July 9 – July 13Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm Cost: $600 for 5 full days Ages: 9-12 Come discover creative play with horses in a safe environment at MoonRise Farm. Horse activities will include music, visual arts, yoga, vaulting, and mindfulness both on and off the horse. As you engage in the creative arts and learn how to connect with your horse, you will also forge new connections with yourself and your friends. A culminating performance of horse arts activities will be held on the last day of camp.

Horse Connections

Build it! Explore Machines with LEGOSInstructor: Marie Cole, ArtisTree StaffClass Dates: One-week camp, July 9 – July 13Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm Cost: $120 for 5 daysAges: 5-8Let your imagination run wild with hundreds of LEGO® parts! Create projects such as scales, water wheels, race cars, catapults, and more. Come away understanding fundamental principles of beginning engineering and physics such as energy, matter, and cause and effect. Design and build as never before, and explore your craziest ideas in a supportive environment.

Instructor: Mark van Gulden, Music DirectorClass Dates: One-week camp, July 9 – July 13Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pm Cost: $120 for 5 daysAges: 6-11Come find out how powerful your voice can feel when added to a group of singers. We’ll sing pop, folk, and acapella songs and perform them at the end of camp! Watch videos, learn breathing and vocal techniques, and learn to sing simple and beautiful harmonies. This camp is for everyone who wants to have fun and make friends while developing some performance skills that can make you a more confident singer.

Chorus for Kids

Instructor: Meredith HolchClass Dates: One-week camp, July 9 – July 13Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm Cost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 9-15Learn to shoot stop-motion animation with a video camera! Working in small groups, you’ll construct 3-D characters and sets with found objects and materials such as wire, fabric, wood, and recycled objects. You’ll animate your story one frame at a time. When the shooting is done, record an original soundtrack to complete your animation. Final productions will be posted to YouTube for viewing.

Stop-Motion Animation

Instructor: Meredith HolchClass Dates: One-week camp, July 9 – July 13Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pm Cost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 10-15Discover the wonders of morphing with stop-motion claymation. Working in a small group, sculpt your own flexible characters with modeling clay. Make 3D sets and create an original storyline featuring transformation. Using a video camera, you’ll shrink, transform, and morph your characters one frame at a time. Finally, record an original soundtrack to complete your video. The finished movies will be posted to YouTube!

Claymation!

SUMMER CAMPS LISTED BY WEEK OFFEREDJULY 9-13


Full descriptions and the most up-to-date class information can be found on our website:www.artistreevt.org

All offerings are subject to change and/or cancellation due to low enrollment. Please pre-register.

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Making Magic

Instructor: Sarah Bernstein and Jenney SilvaClass Dates: One-week camp, July 16 – July 20 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $180 for 5 daysAges: 5-8Stitch your way into Hogwarts! Join us for a fun and exciting week of wool felting, crochet, embroidery, and bracelet making. Create beautiful Harry Potter themed pieces such as a needle felted golden snitch and owl, a crocheted house scarf, a friendship bracelet, and a hand embroidered crest. All levels of experience are welcome to make some fantastic fiber arts magic happen.

Instructor: Kaitlyn KnappClass Dates: One-week camp, July 16 – July 20 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $165 for 5 daysAges: 5-8Just gotta dance? Join this fun exploration of ballet, jazz, contemporary, and acro dance. We’ll cultivate your artistry and encourage you to tap into your innate creativity for exciting choreography projects. Camp will culminate with a group performance for friends and family to enjoy. No prior dance experience necessary!

Shake it Out!

Instructor: VINS and ArtisTree Instructors Class Dates: One-week camp, July 16 – July 20 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pm. Friday session is held at VINS Nature Center. Cost: $150 for 5 days. Visit the VINS website for registration: http://www.vinsweb.orgAges: 4-5 Campers will explore the amazing creatures that occupy the smallest crevices to the largest trees through crafts, games, stories, and outdoor adventure. We will discover the natural world often hidden in plain sight: under the bark of a dead tree, below the surface of the soil, and more.

VINS Peeps: Anybody Home?

NEW! VINS Peeps: Animal Adventures

Instructor: VINS and ArtisTree Instructors Class Dates: One-week camp, July 16 – July 20 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm. Friday session is held at VINS Nature Center. Cost: $150 for 5 days. Visit the VINS website for registration: http://www.vinsweb.orgAges: 4-5 Explore the amazing adaptations of mammal, bird, insect, reptile, and amphibian species that call Vermont home. ArtisTree and Vermont Institute of Natural Science instructors engage campers in art projects, games, outdoor exploration, stories and live animal encounters!

Instructor: Mark van Gulden, Music DirectorClass Dates: One-week camp, July 16 – July 20 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pm. Cost: $120 for 5 daysAges: 5-8Drums have played interesting roles in the history of the world. Join us to learn about drums and other percussion instruments in Native American, Island, Indian, and Middle Eastern cultures and more. Camp time will involve group drumming, viewing videos of drum and dance, creating artwork, telling stories, playing games, and even dancing to the beat of the drum! Special guest performers will join us throughout the week.

The World and the Drum

Instructor: Jacqueline Overstreet, ArtisTree StaffClass Dates: One-week camp, July 16 – July 20Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $175 for 5 daysAges: 9-14Escape the studio and learn how to capture beautiful Vermont landscapes on paper and canvas outside! In nearby locations we’ll explore our grassy hills, woods, and mountain views using a variety of techniques and materials. We’ll talk about perspective, composition, value, and color mixing using different mediums. Our last day will feature an exhibit for friends and family that highlights our wonderful work from the week.

En Plein Air: Outdoor Landscape Drawing and Painting


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Instructor: Laura Di PiazzaClass Dates: One-week camp, July 23 – July 27 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm Cost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 8-13Let’s learn the art of decorative handwriting: calligraphy! Our focus will be on foundational calligraphy, Palmer penmanship and pointed-pen script. We’ll work with calligraphy markers and dip pen and ink. You’ll be given your very own calligraphy materials and special tools to use and keep at the end of camp.

Kids’ Calligraphy

Instructor: VINS and ArtisTree Instructors Class Dates: One-week camp, July 23 – July 27 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm. Friday session is held at VINS Nature Center. Cost: $150 for 5 days. Visit the VINS website for registration: http://www.vinsweb.orgAges: 4-5 Learn about creatures that flap, flutter, soar, and buzz through the sky with ArtisTree and Vermont Institute of Natural Science instructors. From the canopy of a towering tree to a fragrant flower-filled meadow, campers will investigate the lives of these aerial acrobats while participating in hands-on activities, fun games, and art projects that build on the theme of the day.

VINS Peeps: Up in the Air!

Instructor: Amanda Ann PalmerClass Dates: One-week camp, July 23 – July 27 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm Cost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 9-12What are you reading this summer? Let’s make your favorite characters, scenes, and stories come to life in the clay studio. Bring a book for inspiration and we’ll create miniature scenes in clay that capture exciting events, portray beloved characters, or invent new endings. Join us for literature, imagination, and fun as we embark on adventures in ceramics.

Books Alive!

Instructor: Jennie HarrimanClass Dates: One-week camp, July 23 – July 27 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm Cost: $175 for 5 daysAges: 6-9Ready to build? Sign up for our hands-on introductory camp and use real, kid-sized tools to build your own projects. Learn how to measure, mark, cut, and join as you create items that are practical, functional, and useful. Woodworking is a fun and fulfilling activity that builds confidence and fosters respect, responsibility, and trust. Projects include boats, airplanes, animals, automata, and more!

Woodworking Wonders

Instructor: VINS and ArtisTree Instructors Class Dates: One-week camp, July 23 – July 27 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pm. Friday session is held at VINS Nature Center. Cost: $150 for 5 days. Visit the VINS website for registration: http://www.vinsweb.orgAges: 4-5 Campers investigate nature by taking brief hikes around the beautiful village of South Pomfret to learn about the different habitats here. Instructors will help campers interpret clues that lead to special surprises. Daily art projects will allow campers to reflect on their nature explorations and expand their creativity. On the last day of camp, campers will be guided along the VINS Nature Center trails on a special quest to find a mystery animal.

VINS Peeps: Pomfret PioneersInstructor: Mark van Gulden, Music DirectorClass Dates: One-week camp, July 23 – July 27 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pm Cost: $120 for 5 daysAges: 9-13Learn percussion skills on a variety of drum types and get the hang of playing solo and in groups. Each day will feature a different theme, such as Western snare drum techniques, West African drumming, marching drum corp styles, mallet percussion, and even bucket drumming (our all-time fave!). Join us for fun and sun in this loud and lively camp.

Camp Drum

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Instructor: Luke EastmanClass Dates: One-week camp, July 30 – August 3Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 8-13Feathered velociraptors! Raccoon striped tales! Inspired by the latest CGI animations and top scientific illustrators, work with a variety of materials to create dinosaur art ranging in scale from tiny “desk dinos” to saurian-size wall posters. Young artists and aspiring paleontologists alike will enjoy drawing dinosaurs accurately and realistically based on recent scientific findings.

“Dino”-mite Drawing

Instructor: Emily BurkholderClass Dates: One-week camp, July 30 – August 3Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $140 for 5 daysAges: 3-5In this imagination-rich adventure you’ll delve into well-known stories, create art, and play games. Join us for magical Beauty and the Beast projects, flying Peter Pan artwork, safari animal Jungle Book collage books, and more.

Fairy Tales and Other Treasures

Instructor: Claire KawskiClass Dates: One-week camp, July 30 – August 3Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 9-14Join in the magic of creating jewelry, accessories, and decorations with some of our earth’s magnificent stones. We will explore using natural materials such as semi-precious stones, leather, and feathers to create various projects using the techniques of beading and wire wrapping. Learn how to assemble jewelry and discover the special properties of certain stones. With similar materials we’ll make other fun creations like wind chimes, wall hangings, and more.

Jewelry Boutique

Instructor: Kaitlyn KnappClass Dates: One-week camp, July 30 – August 3Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 5-8Let’s get tumbling! Improve your flexibility, strength, balance, and coordination as we play with lots of exciting individual and partner acrobatic skills. We’ll design creative routines to perform for family and friends to enjoy at the completion of camp. All levels of acrobatics experience are welcome!

Flippin’ Good Time

Instructor: Jennie HarrimanClass Dates: One-week camp, July 30 – August 3Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pmCost: $175 for 5 daysAges: 6-12 Love the Little House book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder? Come do woodworking and sewing activities related to the books and pioneer life with Laura Ingalls Wilder expert Jennie. Projects include: toy beds, toy sleds, boot jacks, miniature cabins, sewing samplers, linens for the bed, and more.

Back to Basics: Little House!Instructor: Eileen VaughnClass Dates: One-week camp, July 30 – August 3Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pmCost: $120 for 5 daysAges: 8-14Join us to create animated stories and build computer games! Learn to use the popular computer language Scratch (from MIT). Make magic happen as you drag blocks of commands into a sequence that makes your invented characters move and interact. Eileen will create an online account for you so you can share your projects with your family and friends.

Coding for Kids


SUMMER CAMPS LISTED BY WEEK OFFEREDJULY 30-AUGUST 3

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Instructor: Nicole ConteClass Dates: One-week camp, August 6 – August 10Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $120 for 5 daysAges: 8-12Travel with us to Italy, India, the Middle East, and beyond to explore dances and their cultural roots. Nicole will teach Tarantella, Bhangra, and other gender-inclusive styles in a supportive community environment through simple choreographies and free-form fun. Step in and find your groove!

Instructor: Fiona Davis, Ceramics DirectorClass Dates: One-week camp, August 6 – August 10Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 9-14Take advantage of this rare opportunity to work on the potter’s wheel each day. We will work through wedging techniques, centering, and throwing. Create pots, big and small, and learn about trimming and handles. No prior experience is necessary. Make fun and funky pieces to take home and enjoy.

Kids’ Wheel Throwing

Instructor: Emily BurkholderClass Dates: One-week camp, August 6 – August 10Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 3-5Grab your passport and join us to explore cultures around the world through art. Each day will bring an exciting artistic adventure in new country. Projects inspired by the art of Mexico, Australia, France, Germany, and Japan will stimulate our imaginations and help us learn about people all around the globe.

Passport to AdventureInstructor: Luke EastmanClass Dates: One-week camp, August 6 – August 10Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 6-10Love comic books? Learn how to make your own superheroes and comics in this fun and fast-paced camp. Work with a variety of materials as you move from your first pencil sketches to inking your finished comics on Bristol board (just like the pros). You’ll learn the “tricks of the trade” to design exciting covers, think up amazing super powers, and create new characters and stories all of your own.

Super Comics

Dance Around the World

Instructor: Scott Caffrey and Luke EastmanClass Dates: One-week camp, August 6 – August 10Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 8-14Compose and illustrate your own graphic novel-style book! Fun sketching techniques will help you learn how to visualize your ideas and create your hand-made drawings. Gain confidence in your writing and create your own story in a fun, judgment-free working environment.

Write On!

SUMMER CAMPS LISTED BY WEEK OFFEREDAUGUST 6-10




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Instructor: Caitlin EastmanClass Dates: One-week camp, August 13 – August 17Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $175 for 5 daysAges: 9-14Pamper yourself and the ones you love! Learn how to make homemade lotions, lip balm, sugar scrubs, and bath bombs with essential oils and package them in beautiful ways. We will create a pair of slippers and an eye pillow as we learn the fine art of de-stressing. On the final day we’ll invite parents and guardians to be pampered by YOU at the ArtisTree day spa!

Instructor: Margaret DwyerClass Dates: One-week camp, August 13 – August 17Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 5-8Be prepared to get messy! We’ll combine art materials with shaving cream, marbles, squirt bottles, and even bicycles to create lively, original artwork. This camp is very interactive, so come with your adventurous spirit and create some experimental masterpieces!

Artful Experiments

Instructor: Nicole ConteClass Dates: One-week camp, August 13 – August 17Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $130 for 5 daysAges: 4-6Discover the “icky but interesting” living things hidden all around us! Outdoor nature adventures, art projects, creative drama, and mystery challenges will spark our curiosity as we explore cold-blooded critters, such as snails, salamanders, fish, and insect larvae, as well as fungi and plants. Come join the yucky fun.

Slimy, Squishy and SlipperyInstructor: Emily BurkholderClass Dates: One-week camp, August 13 – August 17Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 5-8Let’s escape the studio! Join us for outdoor adventures in light and shadow, local forest animals, plants and trees, the water cycle, and the seasons of Vermont. Our nature investigations will spark our curiosity, helping us to ask questions and find answers, and inspire us to return to the classroom for imaginative integrated arts and crafts.

Outdoor Art Escape

Spa Camp

Instructor: Niels BurgerClass Dates: One-week camp, August 13 – August 17Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pmCost: $130 for 5 daysAges: 9-12Grab some dice, draw a hand of cards, and come spend a week playing and inventing games. We will explore all aspects of non-computer games, from playing card games, board games, social games, and outdoor games, to making our own games. Design game components, write rules, and play each other’s games in this unique and fun camp.

Game On!





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Instructor: Sarah Bernstein and Jenney SilvaClass Dates: One-week camp, August 20 – August 24Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $180 for 5 daysAges: 5-8Explore and embrace nature through the fiber arts! Enjoy time outside and find natural treasures to add to your beautiful crafted pieces. Our nature adventures on ArtisTree’s hills and trails will inspire us to create a colorful felted tapestry, crochet a summer scarf, craft a clever gnome, and weave teepees. Join us and learn the basics of needle felting, crochet, embroidery, and weaving.

Nature Art ExplorersInstructor: Margaret DwyerClass Dates: One-week camp, August 20 – August 24Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 9-12Create designs on your own t-shirts, bandanas, and more using fabric paints, inks, and markers. We will learn printmaking techniques such as silk screening and monoprinting. Inspired by batik, we will make our own heat moldable foam stamps and capture intricate patterns from texture plates. Complete the week with an outdoor tie-dye project!

Wearable Art

Instructor: Allison ZitoClass Dates: One-week camp, August 20 – August 24Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: 9-12Come discover Asian arts and cultures and get inspired to create. We’ll hear folk tales of bravery and friendship, build toy dragons, paint scrolls, and learn the basic techniques of traditional Japanese ink painting. Zen gardens, haikus, and more will round out the week, which will culminate in an art show for friends and family.

Dragons and Zen Gardens: Exploring Asian Art

Instructor: Various ArtisTree InstructorsClass Dates: Ongoing, June 18 – August 16 (No studios July 2-5)Day/Time: Mondays-Thursdays, 1-4pmCost: $20 for each 3-hour classAges: 5-12Children are invited for a fun, hands-on art experience. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays will find us working with mixed media and crafts; Tuesdays we create in the Ceramics Studio with clay and glazes. The last hour of class will give children the opportunity to continue working on projects, or to venture outside for supervised free playtime.

Afternoon Art Studios

Instructor: Emily BurkholderClass Dates: One-week camp, August 20 – August 24Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 1-4pmCost: $130 for 5 daysAges: 5-8ArtisTree’s beautiful woods and fields are the perfect settings for artwork made by YOU! Let’s work and play together to build sculptures inspired by artists like Andy Goldsworthy and Alexander Calder. Return to ArtisTree with friends and family after camp ends to visit your sculptures and notice how Mother Nature shapes your work over time. Includes field trip to SculptureFest.

Outdoor Sculpture


AFTERNOON STUDIOS PAIR AFTERNOON STUDIOS WITH MORNING CAMPS TO CREATE A FULL DAY EXPERIENCE!

Each ArtisTree/Purple Crayon camp provides a healthy snack and a supervised recess break. Please inform us of any allergies at registration. Campers attending both a morning session and an afternoon session have a supervised lunch/recess break between 12-1pm.

Full-day campers must bring their own bag lunch and drink.

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VISUAL ART PROGRAMMING BY DAY OFFEREDMONDAYS TUESDAYS

Instructor: Lynn VanNattaClass Dates: Six-week session, June 18 – July 23Day/Time: Mondays, 5:30-8pmCost: $200 for 6 weeksAges: Adults, 16+Celebrate summer by painting the evening beauty of quintessential rural Vermont. Join an adventurous and creative group of outdoor painters for weekly instruction, demos, supportive critique, and BYO picnic suppers. Learn how to paint light and shadows and create depth with aerial perspective. The class will be taught in oils but other mediums are welcome.

Day’s End En Plein Air

Monitor: Adrian Tans, ArtisTree StaffDates: Ongoing, June 19 – August 17 Day/Time: Tuesdays, 6-8:30pmCost: $10 per class (reduced summer rate)Ages: AdultsThe figure drawing program features weekly monitored life drawing sessions, without instruction, open to individuals of all levels of experience. The poses will be timed, with an emphasis on longer poses.

Figure Drawing

Instructor: Laura Di PiazzaClass Dates: Three-week session, August 1 – August 15Day/Time: Wednesdays, 6-8pmCost: $80 for 3 weeksAges: Adults, 16+Join us in learning the elegant hand of copperplate calligraphy in this introductory class. We’ll work with a pointed pen nib and learn how to create fine hairline strokes and thick shaded strokes. Tuition includes the cost of all calligraphy materials, which you will keep at the end of the session.

The Dancing Pen

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WEDNESDAYS

Instructor: Mark van Gulden and Ben Fox, ArtisTree StaffClass Dates: Six-week session, June 19 – July 31 (no class July 3)Day/Time: Tuesdays, 6-8pmCost: $150 for 6 weeksAges: Adults, 16+Learn to use MIG welders and basic brazing techniques using MAPP gas and oxygen torches. We will use right angle grinders to cut and smooth metal and welds, and bend and shape metal using heat from MAPP gas torches. This is a fun and supportive introductory course to the world of metal sculpture.

Welding and Metal Sculpture for Beginners

Instructor: Mark van Gulden and Ben Fox, ArtisTree StaffClass Dates: Ongoing, August 7 – September 5Day/Time: Tuesdays, 6-8pmCost: $15 per class (preregistration is required)Ages: AdultsHave some welding experience under your belt, but looking to broaden and deepen your skill set? Come use our gear, stretch out your skills, and create using metal, grinders, cutters, and MIG welders.

Weekly Welding

All offerings are subject to change and/or cancellation due to low enrollment.

Please pre-register.


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Instructor: Jacqueline Overstreet, ArtisTree StaffDates: Ongoing, June 22 – August 17 (no painting July 6)Day/Time: Fridays, 9am-12pmCost: FREE (donations welcome) Ages: Adults Venture outside weekly to paint our gorgeous Vermont landscape with fellow artists. Soak in the summer sun and practice your en plein air painting skills to capture the beauty around us. The organizer will find ideal scenic painting sites each week and facilitate a friendly and supportive painting environment.

ArtisTree Plein Air Painting Group

VISUAL ART PROGRAMMING CONT’D BY DAY OFFEREDFRIDAYS MULTIPLE DAYS

Instructor: Katie RundeClass Dates: One-week intensive, June 25 – June 29Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: Adults, 12+Learn to draw successfully from life and photographs alike. This rigorous but low-pressure class will teach you age-old step-by-step drawing techniques.

Seeing the Light: How to Draw What You See

Instructor: Joan HoffmannClass Dates: One-week intensive, June 25 – June 29Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 5:30-7:30pmCost: $100 for 5 daysAges: Adults, 16+Learn to travel with your watercolors and paint anywhere! We will pare down our paint supplies, make handy travel “kits” for ourselves, and then get outside and paint postcard-size vignettes in a journal or on paper. Let’s lighten up and learn to paint quick sketches—a few strokes in lights and darks—that evoke memories. No experience necessary.

The Traveling Painter: Journaling, Vignettes, and Sketching with Watercolors

Instructor: Laura WhiteClass Dates: One-week intensive, July 9 – July 13Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $150 for 5 daysAges: Adults, 13+Whether you are new to wheel throwing or have a bit of experience, the best way to move your throwing skills along is to work every day on the wheel with great instruction. Watch your ceramics skills quickly improve in this supportive and convivial environment. The last day will be for glazing.

Wheel Throwing Intensive

MONDAY-FRIDAY INTENSIVES

Monitors: Fiona Davis, Veronica Delay, Deb GoodwinDays/Times: Wednesdays 1-3pm, Thursdays 6-8pm, Sundays 1-3pmDates: Ongoing, June 20 – August 18 No Open Studio: July 4Cost: $75 for 5 visits to the studio, plus $1.20 per pound of stoneware clay (includes firing and glazing). Drop-in fee: $20 plus $1.20 per pound of clay (minimum purchase is 5 pounds).Ages: Adults, 16+Open Studio is a self-directed time to work in our well-equipped ceramics studio. If you have previous ceramics experience and are looking for studio space and equipment, this is an opportunity for you to delve into your own work.

Clay: Open Studio

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Instructor: Daniel GottsegenClass Dates: One-week intensive, July 23 – July 27Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 4-7pmCost: $175 for 5-day programAges: Adults, 16+Join renowned artist Dan Gottsegen to paint the landscape en plein air (outside). In this fun class you will learn a range of technical and formal skills, including composition, color, and handling paint masterfully and expressively.

Painting en Plein AirInstructor: Daniel GottsegenClass Dates: One-week intensive, July 16 – July 20Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 4-7pmCost: $175 for 5 days Ages: Adults, 16+Join renowned artist Dan Gottsegen to draw the landscape outside. You will learn a range of technical and formal skills, including what makes a good composition and how to handle a range of drawing materials masterfully and expressively, while having a lot of fun.

Drawing from the Landscape

VISUAL ART PROGRAMMING CONT’DMONDAY-FRIDAY INTENSIVES CONT’D


All offerings are subject to change and/or cancellation due to low enrollment. Please pre-register.Full descriptions and the most up-to-date class information can be found on our website:

Instructor: Katie Runde Class Dates: One-week intensive, August 6 – August 10 Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pmCost: $150 for 5 days Ages: Adults, 12+ Because faces can be tricky! We’ll work on basic drawing tips and techniques while exploring a different facial feature every class and working on one week-long portrait drawing project.

Drawing the Face

Instructor: Phoebe StandishClass Dates: Ongoing, June 20 – August 22 (no class July 4)Day/Time: Wednesdays, 4:30-6pmCost: $15 per classAges: Adults, 16+This is a free-flowing Vinyasa style of Hatha Yoga: gentle enough for beginners, yet challenging for any level. It’s designed specifically to restore and maintain flexibility, strength, and balance “from head to toe.” Enjoy a fulfilling 1 hour and 30 minute session, creating oneness in body, mind, and spirit. Contact Phoebe Standish for more information at 802-353-0257 or [email protected]

Yoga with PhoebeInstructor: Tomoko Liguori Class Dates: Ongoing, June 20 – August 22 (no class July 4)Day/Time: Wednesdays, 9-10:15am Cost: $15 per class Ages: Adults Join us for summer yoga indoors and outdoors! You do not need to be flexible or strong to practice yoga. While yoga may appear to be simply a stretching exercise, yoga in fact creates balance in the body by developing both strength and flexibility. Observe your muscle tone and alignment improve in this yoga class for continuing students.

Intermediate Vinyasa Yoga

MOVEMENT PROGRAMMINGBY DAY OFFERED - ALSO SEE “WORKSHOPS” FOR ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT OFFERINGS

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Instructor: Jacqueline Overstreet, MA Mental Health Counseling & ArtisTree StaffDates: One-week series, June 11 – June 14Day/Time: Monday-Thursday, 5-6:30pmCost: $30 for 4 daysAges: Adults, 16+Discover how the arts can help us move through painful moments in life. Learn tools for releasing stress, setting healthy boundaries, practicing gratitude, increasing compassion, and finding greater inner peace. Each participant will receive a sketchpad and the book Drawing from the Heart by Barbara Ganim.

Drawing from the HeartInstructor: Ben Fox, LCMHC and Jess Stout, MSWDates: Ongoing, June 19 – August 14Day/Time: Tuesdays, 9:30-10:30amCost: FREE Ages: All ages welcomeThis weekly support group draws on the power of both the creative arts and human compassion to help participants traverse the challenging terrain of grief. In this confidential, non-discriminatory space, we welcome people of all ages and with various experiences of loss. This weekly group is free and ongoing: participants may attend as many sessions as they choose. Drop-ins are welcome and no artistic experience is required! Co-facilitated by Ben Fox, LCMHC and Jess Stout, MSW.

Living with Loss: A Creative Approach

Instructor: Jacqueline Overstreet, ArtisTree StaffDates: One full-day retreat, July 29Day/Time: Sunday, 9am-3pmCost: $30 for a full-day workshopAges: Adults, 16+Replenish your inner well in this nourishing and inspiring one-day retreat. Throughout the day you will explore the intuitive and mindful connections between contemplative practice (sitting meditation) and creative practice (drawing, painting, sculpting, writing, etc.) in an atmosphere of silence and quiet sharing.

Artful Meditation Retreat

Instructor: Kaitlyn KnappClass Dates: Six-week session, June 27, July 11, July 25, August 8, August 15, & August 22Day/Time: Wednesdays, 6:30-8pmCost: $100 for 6 weeksAges: 11-15Join us at The Prosper Valley School gymnasium for this mixed-level class to take your strength, flexibility, limbering, tumbling, and hand-balancing skills to the next level. In our fun and supportive classroom we’ll explore walkovers, handsprings, aerials, back tucks, and much more. Classes will be equal parts hard work and laughter!

Acrobatics for Teens and Tweens

CREATIVE WELLNESS

MOVEMENT PROGRAMMING CONT’DBY DAY OFFERED - ALSO SEE “WORKSHOPS” FOR ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT OFFERINGS

All offerings are subject to change and/or cancellation due to low enrollment.

Please pre-register.


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Instructor: Peg BrightmanClass Dates: Three-day workshop, August 13 – August 15Day/Time: Monday-Wednesday, 9:30am-12:30pmCost: $100 for three daysAges: Adults, 13+Clay bas-reliefs are found across time in many cultures, from the ancient Egyptians to contemporary societies. Exploring the medium of clay, we will experiment with bas-relief, moving from two dimensions into three. Completed work can be fired, painted, or glazed. Includes one free pass to an open studio session for finishing projects.

Instructor: Margaret DwyerClass Dates: Three-day workshop, June 19 – June 21Day/Time: Tuesday-Thursday, 5:30-8:30pmCost: $110 for three daysAges: Adults, 16+Painting at a large scale in watercolor is a very liberating, satisfying experience. We will use large watercolor sheets, a variety of traditional and experimental techniques, and our biggest brushes to encourage an energetic surface. Free yourself from overthinking, learn to respond with more immediacy in your work, and discover amazing results.

BIG! Watercolor Fast and LooseInstructor: Lynn VanNattaDates: Two 4-hour workshops, July 18 or August 8Day/Time: Wednesdays, 9am-1pmCost: $55 for 3-hour class plus local farm lunch Ages: AdultsJoin us for a fun morning of outdoor painting followed by a delicious three-course lunch at Fable Farm in Barnard, VT. After an initial painting demonstration, Lynn will support and guide each student individually throughout the morning. The blend of luscious garden hues and food will delight both your color palette AND your food palate!

Easel to Table

Instructor: Lucinda RooneyClass Dates: Four-hour workshop, August 4Day/Time: Saturday, 9am-1pmCost: $85 for 4 hoursAges: Adults, 18+Learn to combine color and texture to create an unusual and beautiful bouquet and centerpiece. Based on the instructor’s book Bouquets with Personality, discover how to create natural and expressive designs. All flowers are locally sourced and foraged. The last hour is dedicated to one-on-one support and help.

Bouquets with Personality

Instructor: Ashley Barrow, Theatre Programming CoordinatorClass Dates: Three-hour workshop, July 30 Day/Time: Monday, 6-9pmCost: $80 for 3 hoursAges: Adults, 16+Want to hone your audition skills so you can get that role? Learn techniques, receive constructive criticism, and clean up your auditioning tool bag. This workshop will provide both one-on-one teaching as well as group instruction. Bring your own monologue and song to the workshop, or contact Ashley to request one to practice prior to the workshop.

Get that Role! Audition Techniques




WORKSHOPS BY MONTH OFFEREDALL AGES

Instructor: Caitlin EastmanClass Dates: Three-hour workshop, July 11Day/Time: Wednesday, 5:30-8:30pmCost: $35Ages: Adults, 15+Personalized journals are lovely to use for writing, watercolor painting, or sketching. Join us to learn different binding techniques and create a one-of-a-kind book for yourself or to give as a gift. We’ll work with beautiful heavy duty watercolor paper, wax, and linen thread; feel free to bring any of your own paper treasures to add as pages.

Handmade Art and Writing Journals

Exploring Bas-Relief in Clay

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WORKSHOPS BY MONTH OFFEREDALL AGES

PRESCHOOL SUMMER FUN FOR YOUNG FAMILIESBIRTH TO 5 YEARS

Instructor: NAClass Dates: Ongoing, June 20 – August 15 (no playgroup July 4)Day/Time: Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30amCost: FREE! (donations welcome)Ages: Birth-5 years (children must be accompanied by an adult caregiver)Playgroups give caregivers and children a chance to play together, make new friends and share parenting ideas in a safe and comfortable environment. This summer we’ll spend time outdoors! Join us for water play, sandbox fun, and more. When it’s raining we’ll hang indoors in our fabulous playroom.

Playgroup




Instructor: Margaret DwyerClass Dates: Three-day workshop, August 14 – August 16Day/Time: Tuesday-Thursday, 5:30-8:30pmCost: $110 for three daysAges: Adults, 16+Water in Vermont takes on many forms. This workshop will look at how natural light and the surrounding landscape play a role in the ever-changing face of water. What is below the surface? How does one capture sparkle and movement? Lively demos will cover a variety of painting techniques. Jump in and get wet!

WET! Capturing the Subject of Water in Watercolor

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• Workshops• Gallery Exhibit• Artist Talks• Live Music

Near and Far:A Dayof Cuba

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ArtisTree/Purple Crayon SUMMER 2018SUMMER CAMP GUIDE AGES 3-18. 3 NEW! VINS Peeps: VINS Adventures Instructor: VINS and ArtisTree Instructors Class Dates: One-week camp, June 18-June