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Has anyone told you a great story lately?
Contract a Storyteller for your school or community!
Nationally known storytellers perform annually at the Mariposa Storytelling Festival on the second weekend of March. Visit our Storytelling page for this year’s performers. You can easily contract one of these professionals to perform for your school or community, simply contact the Mariposa County Arts Council for complete details! (Recommend 4-5 months advance planning).
Email us to request information on Touring Storytellers:
info@arts-mariposa.org |
SUMMER CAMP
2009
 In cooperation with Mariposa County Parks and Recreation, the Mariposa County Arts Council is please to again provide art instruction to all Mariposa Summer Camp attendees each Wednesday morning. Artists include Cris Miller, Erica Smith, Andrea Winton, and guest artist Rosemary Hempfling.
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 Tied to this year's Summer Camp themes, the eight weeks of instruction includes:
- Artwork Stations including Watercolor, Pastels, Pencils, Vine Charcoal and Chinese brush and ink
- Theme “under the microscope” includes cartooning, caricature, expression, proportion and distortion; Color and intro to design and shape
- “History” theme was complimented by how to draw historic sites including perspective drawing, angles, lines, light source and shadow, foreground and background
- “Earth/Rocks” included the art of painting rocks, seeing and drawing animal forms, textures, feathers, fur or scales
- “Sports” was a still life lesson in composition and form, light & shadow using baseball mitts, bats, rackets etc.
- “Animal” theme focused on the art of soft chalk pastel on toned paper, forms, shapes, texture and values
- “Butterflies” with a fiesta in color of mixed-media—oil pastels, pen outline, watercolor wash and texture
- “Halloween” and creepy things includes vine charcoal, white chalk, tone paper
- Final week of August 12th will include the art of collage, tear or cut colored paper, painted and pressed leaves, moss, pine needles etc. in a study in composition, color, form, texture and relief printing
Instructors top photo: Erica Smith, Bottom: Andrea Winton and Cris Miller
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