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Greater Norristown Art League

children's weeklong summer art camp dates

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2008 Camp Dates

(classes that are filled will be noted as "full")

 

1.  June 23-27 (full)

2.  July 7-11

3.  July 14-18

4.  July 21-25

5.  July 28-August 1

6.  August 4-8

7.  August 11-15

8.  August 18-22

To Register
  • Simply pick your week(s) and include the date(s) chosen
  • Include children's names and ages

  • Home phone number

  • Payment can be made the first day of camp/children bring a lunch.

  email info to contact@gnal.org.  A confirmation email will be sent

   

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mon. thru Fri./ages 6 and up.

Instructors:  Jo Ann Cooksey Bono and Mary Lozinak

8 sessions in June, July and August

Cost:  $115 per weeklong session

Jo Ann teaches an introduction to basic drawing skills and techniques to improve your artwork from 10 a.m. until the lunch break each day.  From 12:15 until 2 p.m., Mary will involve the students in “hands on” projects such as collage,  papermaking, tee shirt printing, 3-d design and sculpy clay.  Friday’s “Graduation Day” includes an art show, award ceremony and reception for parents, siblings, grandparents and friends.

All supplies are included.  Students provide their own lunch.  A refrigerator is available and the building is air-conditioned.  This is the 12th year to run this successful program.  Both instructors are professional artists.


email contact@gnal.org to register or call 610-279-1008.

Young artists hone skills at Greater Norristown Art League (2001)

By JUDY BACA
Times Herald Staff

EAST NORRITON - On the last day of winter, as the final snow melted from rooftops, Jo Ann Cooksey Bono counted at least 25 youngsters already signed up for the Greater Norristown Art League's summer art camp sessions.
The camp, designed for youngsters 6 through 14 years, runs for eight weeks, June through August. Classes are held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday at the art league headquarters, 800 W. Germantown Pike, East Norriton, and participants can sign up for one or more weeks. The cost is $100 per week.
"This will be our eighth year," said Bono, who runs the camp with
Mary Lozinak. ""We figure 20 students per week would be ideal but last year we had 23 students a week for all eight weeks. Most children only come for one week but a few signed on for more than one."
She explained that the same program is usually repeated each week but, when students come for a second week, "We try to find new things for them to do or different projects covering the same information."
Morning sessions, taught by Bono, are devoted to classes in drawing.
"I'll introduce some kind of drawing activity," Bono explained, "such as pen and ink techniques, light and shadow, figure drawing or a scratchboard project."
Following the drawing classes, there is a lunch break. Children are invited to bring a lunch and store it in the league's refrigerator. Bono also noted that the building is air conditioned.
This year,
Mary Lozinak will take over in the afternoon to teach hands-on projects which will have them up and moving around. She will have an assistant to help with the more active sessions. In other years, Bono's daughter, Sara, now 21, has served as assistant.
"She is a graphic design student at Kutztown," noted the mother, "so she had a ball."
"This year," Bono continued, "we have a city theme and they will construct three-dimensional buildings as a project. Everyone will design some type of building to go into a community setting. They will construct it or de coupage it in some way they choose to finalize it. They will also be making cars and other equipment for a city.
"On Friday, the last day, we always have an art show for family and friends with their works matted and hung. This year all the buildings will be put together to make a city, then each student will get to take his or her piece home."
Commenting on the popularity of the camp, Bono said, "They love it. We have had 10 or 12 of each class as repeats from one year to the next. Schools recommend the camp and we have had family units of siblings and cousins take up whole classes. I think one reason they like it is it's not the whole day. They can sleep later and go to the pool in the afternoon. And, they can pick a week when the family is not on vacation.
"Parents tell us their children had so much fun they can't wait to come back. There's not that much offered in the way of art for the summer in this area."
As for herself, Bono concluded, "I truly enjoy doing the camp. It's been a great experience for me. It's fun to see them come back and see how they've grown. They are always nice kids and we have never had any discipline problems. And, even though they are all ages thrown in together, the information is presented in different ways and, by the end of the week, the older ones are helping the younger ones so it ends up being one big friendly group."
The instructor said awards are always given at the end of the week, with each child receiving a certificate, so "everybody's a winner."


For more information on the Greater Norristown Art League summer camp, contact Jo Ann Cooksey Bono.

©The Times Herald 2004 (used with permission of The Times Herald)

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