Saturday Workshops: Art + Nature
Grades 3–5
First come, first served (capped at 10 students)
Saturdays July 17–August 14, 9:30am–12:30pm
Free
Victoria Baez and Isabel Young
The Saturday Workshops: Art + Nature are an opportunity to explore what happens when you make art outside!
Modeled after the famous Saturday Art School, this free workshop series aims to encourage students to notice their surroundings and how they can perceive, manipulate, and document them through art and play.
Due to COVID restrictions this workshop series will
- Take place entirely outdoors (weather permitting)
- Require masks
- Be socially distant
- Be capped at 10 students, so sign up soon!
Snacks will be provided.
These workshops are open for registration to rising children in grades 3–5 from Champaign and Vermilion Counties and are offered at no cost to the participants through the generous support of the Curtis C. Nash Children’s Creativity Fund, the School of Art + Design, the Nash Everyday Arts Lab Fund, and the Art Education program at the University of Illinois.
Saturday Workshops: Art + Nature
Location
Hessel Park at 1400 Grandview Drive in Champaign
Pickup/Drop-Off Information
Drop off/pick up students in the circle drive on the north side of the park.
Victoria Baez and Isabel Young
Saturday Workshops: Art + Nature
Field Trip
On Saturday, July 31, drop off and pick up students at Japan House’s parking lot off of Lincoln Avenue at 2000 South Lincoln Avenue in Urbana.
Instructors
Victoria Baez and Isabel Young are graduate students at the University of Illinois’ School of Art & Design getting their MA and MEd in Art Education, respectively.
Victoria Baez and Isabel Young
Crafted Costumes: Comic Book and Other Fantasy Characters
Grades 3–5
First come, first served (capped at 12 students)
July 12–23 (no class on weekends), 10am–11am
Free
Connor Dyer
In this free workshop students will engage in an artist and performative practice through popular culture. Most children have a favorite character or have envisioned themselves in a world of their own creation. Over the course of this nine-day workshop, kids will have fun creating their own superhero or fantasy costumes from t-shirts and superhero masks. On the last day we’ll have a Zoom party as our characters!
The workshop includes a free supply bag with a superhero mask, a set of fabric markers, and a white t-shirt. Other supplies for additional decoration of mask and t-shirt may be necessary and must be provided by the parent/guardian.
Registration for this workshop is open to rising students in grades 3–5 from Champaign and Vermilion Counties. The student must attend the first day of class or the registration will not be honored.
Free registration and supplies are courtesy of the generous support of the Curtis C. Nash Children’s Creativity Fund, the School of Art + Design, the Nash Everyday Arts Lab Fund, and the Art Education program at the University of Illinois.
Location
This course is offered as a no-contact option for students and will be held online. A link will be provided via email after registration.
Connor Dyer
Crafted Costumes: Comic Book and Other Fantasy Characters
Pickup Information
Supply pickup will be announced via email.
Instructor
Connor Dyer is a recent MA graduate in Art Education from the School of Art & Design.
Connor Dyer