Creative kids conclude camps
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By Clay Schuldt
NEW ULM -- Summer camps at The Grand Center for Arts & Culture concluded Thursday.
For the last six years, The Grand has offered two session of Creativity Camp in June and August. It allows younger kids to explore their artistic creativity through several different mediums. The students were split up, with K-3 participating in the morning and 4-7 in the afternoon.
Grand program director Tamara Furth said each session had 40 kids. Some kids participate in the June and August day camps. For the August camp the students worked with art instructors Rhonda Johnson, Ed Fornberg, Kay Brunett Martin and Ann Makepeace on a variety projects. Monday through Thursday all the kids in the class worked on three projects a day for 12 projects throughout the week.
Furth said the goal was to have kids work in different art mediums not usually covered at school.
Instructor Brunett Martin said creative camp went well this year. She described it as "fantastic." She believed the kids liked working with ceramics the best. There were multiple projects using clay. This included a special mobile featuring ceramic leaves. The mobile took all week for the kid's to complete.
The junk sculpture was another favorite activity. The kids were able to manufacture art from scrap material assembled with a hot glue gun.
Brunett Martin said the junk scraps were donated from the public. She put the call out on Facebook for old junk scraps and locals delivered.
Twelve-year-old Toby Forstner created a surrealistic sculpture of a mechanic from mechanical components.
Furth thanked New Ulm Area Foundation and Community Education for help funding the creative camps over the summer.
The Grand will be posting the fall schedule for Youth Arth Classes. Those interested in taking classes are encourage to check The Grand's website.
Staff photo by Fritz Busch
Summer camps at The Grand Center for Arts & Culture concluded Thursday. From left, Brody Stadick, Ash Setterholm, Dylan Nilson (partially hidden), instructor Rhonda Johnson, Greta Baker and Ailey Wyczawski build bird feeders and wear t-shirts with their own designs. Summer creativity camp activities included ceramics, leather work. painting, drawing, screen printing and more.