Clay House Art

Early Bird Pricing Ends 3/31

Group One: Ages 1st~6th graders (6~11y) / 10 campers

Group Two: Ages 7th+& Up graders (12y+& Up) / 10 campers

Camp Description

Pop art’s origins can be traced back to the East Coast with groundbreaking artists like Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Keith Haring. On the West Coast the claim to modern pop art’s throne always lied with Wayne Theibaud. Theibaud’s style combined elements of daily life and use of heavy pigments to create vivid artwork that touches on people’s memories. We pay homage to the still living (he is 100 years old!) Theibaud by learning about their influences, artistic characteristics, motifs, and style in order to emulate these masterpieces but with a Clay House Art twist.

Our classic artwork camps combine 2D and 3D artmaking techniques to recreate these classic artwork in air dry clay. For this week students will delve into modern art with Wayne Thiebaud’s 3 Machines. Campers will learn about his unique painting style and sketch the iconic scene onto canvas. Then, students will start to layer air dry clay on the canvas with techniques invented right here in Clay House Art’s studio, to recreate the visual elements of the original 3 Machines. Campers will then create their own 3D gumball machine decoration that they can put on their desks at home.

By the end of the week, campers will have created their own masterwork recreations combining traditional techniques in sketch, oil pastel on a new air dry clay medium.

Students receive a set of 3 Take-Home Clay Modeling Tools by registering today!

What Campers Learn

• The elements of Design - Color & Texture
• Exploring ways that classical artwork defines the visual world around us
• How to use clay hand modeling and sketching techniques to achieve their vision
• How to identify different types of Mix-media to combine with Air-dry clay
• Air-dry clay on canvas making techniques
• Air-dry clay restoration techniques
• Art Critique (Public speech training)

What Campers Create

• A sketch draft of Classical painting
• The purpose and value of an artist statement
• One professional of Classical Air-dry clay artwork on 16”x20” canvas
• One 3D Gumball Machine with Air Dry Clay
• A presentation of Art Reflection (Public speech training)

Camp Info

Full-Day Camp: Monday - Friday / 9:00am - 2:00pm (5H)

Half-Day Camp: Monday - Friday / 9:00am - 11:30pm (2.5H)

*Half-day camp sessions provided online ONLY!

Summer Camp will take place in our studio in Downtown Burlingame. Campers will have EXCLUSIVE use of the building during camp hours.

Camp Fee

ONSITE:

-Full Day Camp $670 (EARLY BIRD: $620 BEFORE 3/31,2021)

Tuition Includes:

• 1-week of Instructions
• 1-week of Art Materials
• A 16”x20” Canvas
• Friday Ice cream Day
• A Set of 3 Take-HomeClay Modeling Tools

ONLINE

- Full-Day Camp $670 (Early Bird: $620 Before 3/31,2021)

- Half-Day Camp $400 (Early Bird: $350 Before 3/31,2021)

Online Camp Materials list (Full-Day): 

• 2 in 1 Air-dry Light clay 640g/22.6oz (16 colors)
• Clay Modeling Tools (Set of 3)
• A 16”x20” Canvas
• Oil Pastels (50 colors)
• Watercolor Paints (5 colors)
• Disposable Plastic Cup
• UPS Shipping fee

Online Camp Materials list (Half-Day): 

• 2 in 1 Air-dry Light clay 320g/11.3oz (8 colors)
• Clay Modeling Tools (Set of 3)
• A 9”x12” Canvas
• Oil Pastels (50 colors)
• Watercolor Paints (5 colors)
• Disposable Plastic Cup
• UPS Shipping fee

Multicamp Discounts

Campers enrolling in multiple weeks can use a discount code at checkout to save more

*to use this discount for multiple campers please separate into two transactions as the discount code can only be applied for one camper at a time

**valid only for onsite camps

Code for those enrolling in two camps: "2camps" for $100 Off per Camper

Code for those enrolling in three camps: 3camps for $200 Off per Camper