Camp Carlos 2008

June 2 to August 1

Come see the world with Camp Carlos! From the ancient to the modern, from the shores of the Mediterranean, across the sands of the Sahara, and on to the tip at its southern-most end, Camp Carlos will draw on the richness of African thought and creativity represented in the Museum’s permanent African collections and the special exhibition Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Cross the Atlantic and explore the art and craft of making books the ancient American way. Wander through ancient Greece and Rome, Egypt, the Near East, and Asia learning and illustrating the stories depicted in art. In the galleries, campers will learn from artists of the ancient world and, in the studio, from some of Atlanta’s best practicing artists. From June 2 to August 1, a summer of imagination, creativity, and fun await your child at Camp Carlos. Campers will hand-build with clay, paint and draw, create artist’s books, and use traditional and modern materials to make beads and jewelry, with the guidance of gifted Atlanta artists and teachers and inspired by art from around the world and across time. $185 for members and $225 for non-members per week. Aftercare is available from 3 to 5 PM for an additional $60 for the week. Download a PDF of the camp brochure with registration form. Check the Carlos Calendar for more Camp Carlos details.

EARTHMOVERS AND SHAKERS
CERAMICS STUDIO
June 2-6
7-9 year olds
June 9-13
10-12 year olds

Shaping and firing clay began thousands of years ago in Nubia and continues today throughout Africa. In this session of camp ceramic artist Ana Vizurraga will work with campers to use a variety of hand-building techniques to form works of clay based on African traditions, ancient to modern. We’ll visit clay animals, people, and pots from the Carlos’ African collection and the special exhibition Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for inspiration.

PYRAMID BUILDING
BOOKMAKING STUDIO
June 16-20
13-17 year olds

An artist’s book is a unique work of art created in a book form that is conceived of as a whole by the artist. This means that the content and the form of the book are equally important and are the product of a total concept of the artist. Combining many processes and mixed-media, an artist’s book invites the viewer to interact with it in multiple ways so that the book may be looked at traditionally but may also transform into a work that is more sculptural. Using the pyramids of ancient Nubia, Egypt, and the ancient Americas as inspiration, artist Pam Beagle-Daresta will work with campers to make pyramid-shaped artist’s books. Finished books will include text and imagery drawn from pyramid references but shaped to reflect personal content.

ONE FOR THE BOOKS: ANCIENT AMERICAN CODICES
BOOKMAKING STUDIO
June 23-27
13-17 year olds

An artist’s book can be created in many different forms, its content exploring and communicating ideas in an individual way. One of the many forms a book can have is that of a codex, a book with screen-folded pages arranged so it can be looked at one page at a time or as one continuous page. Ancient Maya and Aztec codices (plural of codex) had pages made from the inner bark of certain fig trees or from animal skins. Through pictures painted on their screen-folded pages, these books recorded important dates, rituals, and events. In this session of camp, artist Pam Beagle-Daresta will use the codex form to work with campers who will make an artist’s book/codex based on their own lives, with thought to how the codex form relates to the content. Because our access to fig bark is limited, codices will be made of anything from plexiglass to recycled materials and will be scribed, painted, folded, and stitched to create a unique work of book art.

ONCE UPON A TIME
PAINTING / DRAWING / ILLUSTRATION STUDIO
July 7-11
7-9 year olds
July 14-18
10-12 year olds

Long ago, before there were books, one way people told their culture’s stories was through images that were painted, inscribed, and drawn on the things they created. Artist Ande Cook will teach campers to paint and draw stories represented on works of art in the Carlos’ collections, from the ancient Greek story of Aktaion, devoured by his own hunting dogs to the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut arched across the heavens to stories of transformation told with animals like the jaguar and crocodile in the Ancient Americas and many more.

CAMP CARLOS FROM HEAD TO TOE
JEWELRY DESIGN
Monday, July 28 - Friday, August 1
Please note this is a multi-session event.
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
10-12 year olds.

Throughout their history and across the vast African continent, the peoples of Africa have traded resources and products with those of other cultures and countries of the world. African imagination and a willingness to embrace materials as varied Venetian glass beads, cowrie shells, and recycled materials such as telephone wire, bottle caps, and tin cans resulted in works of beauty, color, and whimsy. Using similar materials, jewelry artist Gail Walter will work with campers create to items of personal adornment with an African influence. $185 for non-members and $225 for members per week. Aftercare is available from 3 to 5 PM for an additional $60 for the week. Download a PDF of the camp brochure with registration form.