Good Morning from Kameron's Creative Expression Class!

Yesterday was a wonderfully busy day at the Pageant of the Masters.  Here is what our campers had to say about it:

"We got to make our our art, we called them ART-ivities!  We made Raku Pots by painting a pot with three layers of paint, and we can't wait to see how they turn out.  At Scratch Art we they gave us what looked like a blank piece of paper, but when we used our various tools to scratch designs into it, revealing the colors underneath.  In Print Making we pressed designs into a piece of foam, which paint was applied to and then pressed into a piece of paper.  Doing these activities with friends made them EVEN BETTER!"

"We then continues in our family groups, walking around the Festival of the Arts.  We discovered many mediums, such as watercolor, acrylic, oil, wood working, jewelry, trash art, and many more.  We also explored the Junior Art Exhibit that features work from students from Pre-K through Grade 12.  We will never forget the beautiful artwork we saw."

"Afterwards we took a long, uphill walk to the beach.  After we arrived we played some games in a circle, then sat in our family groups and worked on a riddle and had pizza.  We had so much fun!"

"We ended our evening by seeing the Pageant of the Masters.  People stood still for 90 seconds to recreate famous pieces of art.  There were different forms of art ranging from de Vinci's The Last Supper to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial.  The performance was both breathtaking and remarkable."

It was a wonderful day!

We've been reflecting on our experiences in different ways.  We've experimented with different forms of poetry and have created a friend in a button to spend the day with (and written from his perspective).  We've created Mandalas to artistically represent ourselves in all the different roles we play.  We've created stories using the artwork we saw last night to guide us.  We can't wait to share them with you when we get home!