Week 1: June 28-July 2
Week 2: July 5-July 9
Week 3: July 12-July16
Week 4: July 19-July 23
Week 5: July 26-July 30
Week 6: August 2-August 6
Art Alliance 2010 Art Camps
Art Alliance Art Camps are held in the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center, 200 N. Davie Street, in downtown Greensboro, in Studios 127 & 129, located on the first floor of the Greensboro Cultural Center. Camp instructors are all educated artists/instructors. Art Alliance camps are offered to specific age groups each week, with age appropriate projects.
All campers should bring a snack, full day campers should also bring a bag lunch for supervised lunchtime. Please inquire about discounts for multiple all day weeks, or siblings attending all day weeks together. Class size is limited for all camps. Pre registration is required. Scholarships may be available,.
For further information please call 336-373-2725, visit www.artalliancegso.com or email artalliancegso@gmail.com
Week 5 is cancelled.
Week 6, August 2-August 6, Ages 8-10 years
8:30-12:30
Garden Art
Take your art into the great outdoors! We’ll make flower pots, bird houses, garden flags, wind chimes, stepping stones and more. Make your garden a work of art and let your creativity grow wild!
Drawing, Painting & Pottery, 1:00-5:00
Students will do it all- half the class will be drawing and painting projects, half the class will work in clay. Be sure to bring a snack- having fun is hard work. All pottery will be glazed and fired.
Cost: $120
Students work with a variety of dry media: pencil, colored pencil, chalk and oil pastel, charcoal, marker. Painting may include watercolor, ink, tempera, acrylic. Students develop skills in composition, line, shape, texture and form. Learn more about composition, shape, line, texture, form, and increase your portfolio of work!
Cost: $75/6weeks
Homeschool Drawing and Painting
Instructor: Josh Sutcliffe
Mondays, 1:30-3:00
Ages 10-13
Mondays, 3:00-4:30
Ages 6-9
New Class! Mondays, 4:30-5:30
Instructor: Josh Sutcliffe
Ages 9-12
Session 1: A Graphic Storybook
Graphic Art Story Book: There's more than one way to tell a story. Tell it with paint, ink, and graphite! Students can create the next superhero, illustrate their favorite book, or make a cartoon for the funny pages. In addition to exercising their drawing and painting talents, students will also learn basic plot structure and character development while strengthening communication skills.
Session 2: Mixed Media
Artists in this class will use paints, found objects, papers and more to create artwork that employs many techniques- build on what you know, develop a new way to use it!
New Class for Homeschool: Cultural Discoveries
Instructor: Kathryn Gauldin
Tuesdays, 1:00-2:30
Discover the crafts of unique lands and their artists while learning more about your world. Students will create tea bowls, masks, sand paintings, baskets, x-ray drawings, molas and more. With each country studied, students will make a traditional craft.
Picks and Stitches,
Instructor: Kathryn Gauldin
Tuesdays, 4-5:30
Textile arts for youth- weaving, sewing, felting and more! Learn how to warp a loom, sew a piece of artwork, spin and dye wool, and quilt! It’s a great way to get started in the textile world and design your own crafts.
Youth Drawing and Painting
Instructor: Jordan Owens
Tuesdays, 4:00-5:30
Ages 6-8 years old, session 1,
Ages 8-10 years old, session 2
Teen Drawing & Painting
Instructor: Jordan Owens
Saturdays, 10:00-11:30
Advanced Teen Drawing & Painting
Saturdays, 11:30-1:00
Session 1: 9/4—10/9
Session 2: 11/6-12/11
Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are:
- 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement
- 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools
- 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair
- 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance
- 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem
Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:
- Attend music, art, and dance classes nearly three times as frequently
- Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently
- Read for pleasure nearly twice as often
- Perform community service more than four times as often
(Living the Arts through Language + Learning: A Report on Community-based Youth Organizations, Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching, Americans for the Arts Monograph, November 1998)
Class size is limited for all classes. Pre registration is required.
Scholarships may be available,.
For further information please call 336-373-2725 or email artalliancegso@gmail.com
Art Alliance classes are held on schedule when the Greensboro Cultural Center is open.
The Greensboro Cultural Center is closed on Federal Holidays. To view a list of these dates please click here.
Inclement Weather!
Art Alliance classes are held on schedule when the Greensboro Cultural Center is open. If conditions are not deemed safe the building will close and classes will not be held. Afterschool classes will follow the Guilford County School cancellation schedule.
As always, use your best judgement.
As soon as we know the class schedule will change, an update will be on our phone at 336/373-2725.
Thank you for your understanding.
