Art4Teens: NEW summer art camp just for ages 12-18

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is pleased to present Art4Teens, a week-long camp where students explore the arts with accomplished teaching artists.

Camp runs July 27-31 9am-3:30pm at the Shoreline Center. Students choose one core class (a main area of interest) where they spend three hours each day, and they also choose two elective classes (other areas of interest) to complete their day.

This program is open to students how have completed 6th -12th grade and want to learn more about the arts. Tuition is $230, Arts Council Members at Family Level and above get a 5% discount on tuition. Apply online or get more information. Email questions to Kelly Lie.

Class Descriptions

Visual Arts A with Elsa

Core Class: Fiber Arts and Designing with Fabric

We will explore weaving, knitting, crochet, embroidery, rope making, hand and machine sewing, quilting and more. Campers will make everyday items with a whimsical flare while learning a variety of stitching techniques to construct 3-D sculptures and create one-of-a-kind projects. Design and implement iron-on patches inspired by campers’ own original ideas and drawings.

Elective Class: Needle Felting

Create characters from the gaming and video worlds and other objects using wool roving, needles and wool felt fabric. Take inspiration from pop culture to create some fun fibers of felt!

Elsa Bouman, known as The Loom Lady, has taught visual arts and most notably fiber arts. She has also worked as a graphic designer in the rock and roll music industry.

Visual Arts B with Thaddeus

Core: Batik Self Portraits

Students will create a batik self-portrait using acrylic paint and hot wax. They will create a line drawing of their face by tracing over a digital photo.  This line drawing will be enlarged and transferred to cloth with hot wax. Acrylic paint will be applied to the cloth to color it in.

Elective: Reed Lanterns

Students will create a three-dimensional form using reed and masking tape that can be lit with a battery operated tea light. This will be covered with tissue papier-mâché.  If desired, students can add images to the lantern.

Thaddeus Jurczynski has been presenting art and science enrichment workshops for over 20 years. He does parade art, such as giant puppets and large-scale commissioned work. 

Visual Arts C with Charlie

Core: Telling Stories Through Comics

Students will be provided the tools and instruction to help them write and illustrate their own multi-page comic based on a fairy, folk, or tall-tale of their choice. We'll explore the tools of the trade, from pencils to dip pens, and spend the week transforming blank pages into illustrated stories. Artists of all abilities are welcome!

Elective: Comic Strips

The three-panel comic strip is the bread and butter of making comics. In this elective, we'll explore the basics of making comics: constructing a visual joke, designing characters, and using pencils, ink, and lettering to make it all work!

Charlie Capp has been making comics for many years, and currently has two major projects: his ongoing weekly webcomic “The Tyranny of Pants”, and a graphic novel adaptation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”. With an educational background in biology, the worlds of nature and science are among his favorite subjects. 

Steel Drums with Bob

Core and Elective Classes: Learn the lively art of playing the steel drum.

The history of steel drums will be discussed along with many techniques for playing this unique instrument. For the core class instrumental experience is helpful, but not required. The Core Class will perform on the final day of camp.

Bob Phillips is a professional Latin jazz trombonist and a band and steel drum teacher in the Shoreline School District.

Theatre Arts with Jennifer

Core: Play Production

This class will work together to write, design, and perform an original play – all in a week! Campers will develop their acting skills, learn to work together as a team, and develop a strong understanding of the play production process.

Elective: Improvisation!

Quick … name seven things you might find in someone’s backpack… Campers will use short form theatre games to learn the principles of improvisational theatre, develop acting skills, and strengthen your ability to work together with a team.

Jennifer Kulik holds a Ph.D. in Theatre for Young Audiences from Arizona State University. She has taught, directed and written plays for young people ages 3 – 105 in the Seattle area and across the world.

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to cultivate creativity and inspire our community through the arts.