Southern State's Fayette Campus
There are lots of summer camps, but only one like the Appalachian Skills Camp. Designed for students entering grades 4 and up, the 2013 Appalachian Skills Camp will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, June 17-21, at Southern State Community College’s South Campus, 12681 U.S. Route 62, near Sardinia.
This summer, your child has the opportunity to participate in arts workshops that will cultivate skills they can utilize for a lifetime. These workshops were created with kids in mind, and will instill basic skills as well as enable the student to begin a portfolio they can add to year after year.
Participants can choose from three different workshop tracks, including Explore Your Creative Side, Pottery, and Creative Writing. Registration is required by June 6. Please contact Amanda Lewis at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 3520, or alewis@sscc.edu.
* EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVE SIDE ($35) – Explore your creativity and imagination with a weeklong investigation of art making and storytelling. You will use all types of media from pencils to watercolor paint, go on a guided nature walk, write and illustrate your own stories, and create inspiring collages and paintings. You will come away with a completed visual journal filled with unique ideas, stories and beautiful images.
* POTTERY ($40) – This class will teach young people ages 10-18 the basic skills required to work with clay. Students will explore sculpture, pinch pots, slabs, the potter’s wheel, and glazing. Pottery will be fired in the kiln and may be picked up after July 1. Students will be asked to return on June 27 if possible, to complete glazing. Each student should bring an apron or large work shirt and pictures of animals they would like to create. Come play in the mud with us!
* CREATIVE WRITING ($25) – Would you like to write the great American novel? We can’t do it in five days, but you can get a start with a week of creative writing. Explore short stories, poetry, and writing on the computer and more. We will explore ways of inexpensively publishing your work and you will finish the week with a polished portfolio to share with your family and friends. This workshop is open to all attendees-adults and children.