Ages 5 and up
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Times: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: $50
Materials will be provided, please bring a water bottle and a snack.
Workshop description
This summer come travel the globe in this unique kids art camp. With international artist and educator, Jill Saxton Smith, we will explore traditional art techniques of 6 different cultures and create our own kid take on it. This camp is aimed at fostering cultural awareness, collaboration, creative thinking and expression that includes hands-on experiences in a variety of mediums and techniques. All supplies and a snack will be provided, please bring a water bottle.
In this class we will explore one of the oldest methods of printmaking still used in India today. We will print our own colorful patterns using the hand block printing method to make cool tote bags.
About the Instructor
Jill Saxton Smith, a native of Utah, has been living and working as an artist internationally for the past 15 years. Some of the places she lived include Egypt, Zimbabwe, Canada and Guatemala. She received her BFA from Utah State University and her MFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. She has given many lectures, taught workshops and demonstrated her art as a visiting artist to a variety of organizations and schools including a position as elementary art teacher at Colegio Maya, the top international school in Guatemala. Jill’s goal is to help her students not only develop technical skills but to also experience the power that art holds as a viable means of communication and expression. You can check out her art at: www.jillsaxtonsmith.com