July 15 to 19: Ages 10 to 13
July 22 to 26: Ages 10 to 13 and 13 to 16
9:30 am to 5:00 pm daily Monday to Friday.
Five fun days of making art outdoors and in the big top tent at Gowan’s Grove, about 20 minutes south of Swift Current. The Grove is an established campground along a picturesque bend of Swift Current Creek, with chalet, washrooms, and kitchen facility. Students will meet at the Art Gallery in the morning and travel to the Grove in the Gallery’s van.
Bring a bag lunch, dress for outdoors.
Mornings will be art expeditions into the landscape, drawing, painting and photographing from nature. Students will visit the nearby teepee rings and quartz hill. Afternoons will be back in the tent, making a variety of sculpture projects. The day will also include swimming in the creek, weather permitting.
At the end of the week, there will be a wrap-up exhibition, with parents invited to see and celebrate the student’s artwork.
Camp leaders & instructors: Mr. Kim Houghtaling, MVA, sculptor, painter, art educator, and special guest artists and teachers.
Registration fee: $145
Fee includes art materials and transportation from Art Gallery to Gowan’s Grove and back. Students must bring their own appropriate outdoor clothing, bug spray, sun screen, lunch, permission to swim, etc. Ask for details.
Registration deadline: June 15
Enrollment is limited.
To register call 306-778-2736
Art Gallery of Swift Current, Public Art Services