Imagining and illustrating future technological advances

North River Arts Society
Summer Arts Camp
2015

Students will create work to reflect the future that they will live in.. After discussing technological advances made recently, they will image and try to predict what will come soon. The students  will illustrate their ideas with oil pastels and layer watercolor to create their backgrounds.               

An exploration of artmaking with natural, sustainable materials

North River Arts Society
Summer Arts Camp
2016

In the week long unit, students will learn to work with materials that are organic and/or recycled. Artmaking practices can be expensive and wasteful, which limits access to the arts for many people and also produces massive amounts of excess trash. Showing students at an early age how to avoid wasting money and materials when creating art will  help them grow into more sustainability-focused adults. They will use various printmaking and papermaking techniques to explore these ideas.