Bad Dog Arts Studio
Summer Art Camps 2015
June 8 – August 21 • Grades K-8
MAKE IT GREAT
This summer, Bad Dog Arts will give campers the opportunity to explore their environment while playing outside in the dirt, growing tasty veggies, meeting ancient dinosaurs, and of course, making great art! Students will interact with their environments and communities while stretching their imaginations, making art and fun crafts with recycled and creatively repurposed materials.
“Trash is the failure of Imagination.” – Aaron Kramer, artist
All programs are 9AM - 4PM unless otherwise noted.
Summer Art Camps 2015
June 8 – August 21 • Grades K-8
MAKE IT GREAT
This summer, Bad Dog Arts will give campers the opportunity to explore their environment while playing outside in the dirt, growing tasty veggies, meeting ancient dinosaurs, and of course, making great art! Students will interact with their environments and communities while stretching their imaginations, making art and fun crafts with recycled and creatively repurposed materials.
“Trash is the failure of Imagination.” – Aaron Kramer, artist
All programs are 9AM - 4PM unless otherwise noted.
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Week 1
Giving Tree June 8-12 • Grades 2-3 • Bad Dog Arts Studio • $250 Trees are an essential part of our environment as they clean the air, provide us with shade, and beautify our communities. In this camp we will explore all the great ways that trees contribute to art through the materials that they produce, including paper, cardboard and leaves. Campers will create with new and recycled materials, and look to Master Artists such as Da Vinci and Matisse to inspire their work. |
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Week 2
Animal Adaptations June 15-19 • Grades K-1 • Bad Dog Arts Studio • $250 How does a chameleon change colors and why does a zebra have stripes? In this camp we will play hide-and seek with the members of the animal kingdom who have adapted to their environments to escape their enemies and catch their prey. Campers will engage in projects focusing on pattern and texture, and create their own camouflaged critter and it’s environment to fool the eye. Desert Detour June 15-19 • Grades 2-3 • Bad Dog Arts Studio • $250 A detour is a diversion off the main road. At first glance the desert seems to be desolate place, but take a closer look and you will realize there are many living things that call this land home and have been there for a long time. Explore this spectacular landscape with cave drawings, animal sculptures, and mixed media collages. |
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Week 3
Forest Friends (Camp Full) Partner Camp with Cottonwood Canyon Foundation • Grades 2-3 June 22-26 • Bad Dog Arts Studio + Thursday field trip to Silver Lake • $250 Meet the animals of the National Forests that are right here in our own backyards! Campers will learn about the animals that live in the Wasatch Cache National Forest, and then use their imaginations to make puppets, animal habitats, and more. On Thursday, we will take a special trip to visit Silver Lake, with our partners from Cottonwood Canyon Foundation, where campers will have the chance to see trout swimming in the streams, investigate beaver lodges & dams, and maybe even see a moose! After our lake tour, we will use found objects from our trip to create unique pieces of art to remind us of our wildlife friends. Water World (Canceled) Partner Camp with TreeUtah • Grades 4-5 June 22-26 • Redwood Nature Center • $260 This week campers will get their hands wet while learning about our unique local watershed with TreeUtah at the wetlands of the Redwood Nature Area. In the mornings, campers will borrow rubber boots and wade into the wetlands to learn about the animals and plants that make this ecosystem their home. In the afternoons, campers will return to Redwood Recreation Center and engage in projects such as floating ink on water to marble paper, exploring special properties of watercolor, and creating colorful paper windsocks of one of our watershed's most popular fish. Drop campers off at the Redwood Nature Area 2660 South 1160 West, West Valley City at the baseball field across from the Redwood Recreation Center. Pickup at the Redwood Recreation Center 3060 Lester Street, SLC |
Week 4
ScienceArts (Camp Full)
Partner Camp with Natural History Museum of Utah) • Grades 4-5
June 29-July2 • Grades 4-5 • BDA / NHMU
This amazing hands-on camp builds upon the natural curiosity of campers as they engage with the interrelated concepts of art and science. While at Bad Dog Arts each morning, we will explore the natural world through painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Each afternoon at NHMU campers will dive into several different science topics from physics and chemistry to biology and geology. Drop camper off at Bad Dog Arts by 9:00am and pick up at NHMU by 4:30pm. Transportation between sites is provided.
Art+Science (Camp Full)
Partner Camp with Natural History Museum of Utah • Grades 2-3
June 29-July 2 • NHMU / BDA
This amazing hands-on camp builds upon the natural curiosity of campers as they engage with the interrelated concepts of art and science. Each morning at NHMU we will dive into several different science topics from physics and chemistry to biology and geology. While at Bad Dog Arts each afternoon, campers will explore the natural world through painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Drop camper off at NHMU by 8:30am and pick up at Bad Dog Arts by 4:00pm. Transportation between sites is provided.
ScienceArts (Camp Full)
Partner Camp with Natural History Museum of Utah) • Grades 4-5
June 29-July2 • Grades 4-5 • BDA / NHMU
This amazing hands-on camp builds upon the natural curiosity of campers as they engage with the interrelated concepts of art and science. While at Bad Dog Arts each morning, we will explore the natural world through painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Each afternoon at NHMU campers will dive into several different science topics from physics and chemistry to biology and geology. Drop camper off at Bad Dog Arts by 9:00am and pick up at NHMU by 4:30pm. Transportation between sites is provided.
Art+Science (Camp Full)
Partner Camp with Natural History Museum of Utah • Grades 2-3
June 29-July 2 • NHMU / BDA
This amazing hands-on camp builds upon the natural curiosity of campers as they engage with the interrelated concepts of art and science. Each morning at NHMU we will dive into several different science topics from physics and chemistry to biology and geology. While at Bad Dog Arts each afternoon, campers will explore the natural world through painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Drop camper off at NHMU by 8:30am and pick up at Bad Dog Arts by 4:00pm. Transportation between sites is provided.
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Week 5
Summer Arts Classic (Camp Full) Partner Camp with Camp Kostopulos • Grades 4-6 July 6-10 • BDA / Camp K • $250 + $30 transportation fee Join Bad Dog Arts and Camp Kostopulos for a fun new partnership and the classic summer camp experience. In the mornings at Bad Dog Arts, students will create horse sculptures, make origami animals, and explore myriad uses for duct tape and packing tape. In the afternoon, campers will be transported to Camp Kostopulos for an afternoon of outdoor adventures and nature exploration! Students will hike, fish, rock climb, play field games, learn about nature, participate in the high and low ropes course, and ride horses! Summer Arts Classic (Camp Full) Partner Camp with Camp Kostopulos • Grades 2-3 July 6-10 • Camp K / BDA • $250 + $30 transportation fee Join Bad Dog Arts and Camp Kostopulos for a fun new partnership and the classic summer camp experience. In the mornings, students will meet at Camp Kostopulos for outdoor adventures and nature exploration! Students will hike, fish, rock climb, play field games, learn about nature, participate in the high and low ropes course, and ride horses! In the afternoon, campers will be transported to Bad Dog Arts to create paper mache treasures, make origami animals, print & paint with natural materials and more. Drop camper off at Camp K by 8:30 AM and pick up at Bad Dog Arts at 4:00 PM. Transportation between sites is provided. Nature Legends (Canceled) Partner Camp with TreeUtah • Grades 2-3 July 6-10 • Eco Garden / Day Riverside Library • $260 Everyone loves a good story! Spend the mornings listening to legends and mythologies of the Natural World drawn from a variety of Native American tribal cultures in the Eco Garden with TreeUtah. Campers will have the opportunity to explore the Permaculture Orchard as they learn about the relationships between the plants and animals that live there. Students will learn basic permaculture gardening skills, practice their observational skills, and craft their own stories based on their discoveries. Campers can expect to get their hands dirty! In the afternoons, we will create animal masks, make clay sculptures, and paint with traditional art materials. Campers should wear clothes that are appropriate for the outdoors and closed toed shoes. Drop off and pick up at the Day-Riverside Library: 1575 W 1000 North, SLC |
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Week 7
Art-Sploration Partner Camp with Splore • Grades 2-6 July 20-23 • Bad Dog Arts Studio / Jordan River / Big Cottonwood Canyon • $275 Explore your world through art and outdoor exploration in partnership with our friends at Splore. On Monday and Wednesday, students will create art inspired by nature, including paper marbling and printmaking with natural materials. On Tuesday, we'll canoe the Jordan River and play with water-based art, and on Thursday, we'll go climbing and create art outdoors. Pick up and drop off at Bad Dog Arts; all transportation included. |
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Week 8
Bee Creative (2 Spots Left) July 27-31 • Grades K-1 • Bad Dog Arts Studio • $125 • 9AM - 12PM We may think that all bees do is buzz around and make honey, but bees in our environment are very important for helping food and flowers grow! This week, we'll learn all about bees, their hives, and the essential jobs they do in making our world great. We explore all aspects of “bee-hood” by creating clay bees, paper honeycombs, building giant flowers for our bee sculptures to visit, and more. Fun With Food & Art July 27-31 • Grades 3-5 • Glendale Community Learning Center • $250 From yummy cucumber airplanes to cute bento box lunches, this week is all about having fun with your food! Each morning we will make tasty sculptures, creatures, and pictures with food, then we'll eat it for lunch! In the afternoons, we will continue the fun by creating food inspired art that will include character drawings, juicy paintings, veggie puppets, and more. Drop off & Pick up at the Glendale Community Learning Center, 1388 S. Navajo St., SLC. Garden Gnomes and Fairy Homes Partner Camp with Wasatch Community Gardens • Grades 3-4 July 27-31 • Grateful Tomato Garden / BDA • $250 + $18 transportation fee Register at WCG Join Wasatch Community Gardens & Bad Dog Arts this summer for a fun-filled week of imaginary garden friends! Mornings will be spent with in the real world of gardens – cultivating, harvesting, and eating tasty, fresh-grown snacks. In the afternoons at Bad Dog Arts, campers will make their own gnomes, engage in the architecture of fairy homes, and create garden themed art for gardens of any variety. |
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Week 9
Forest Dwellers (Canceled) Partner Camp with Cottonwood Canyon Foundation • Grades 4-6 August 3-7 • Bad Dog Arts Studio + Thursday field trip to Silver Lake • $250 Meet the animals of the National Forests that are right here in our own backyards! Campers will learn about the animals that live in the Wasatch Cache National Forest, and then use their imaginations to make puppets, animal habitats, and more. On Thursday, we will take a special trip to visit Silver Lake, with our partners from Cottonwood Canyon Foundation, where campers will have the chance to see trout swimming in the streams, investigate beaver lodges & dams, and maybe even see a moose! After our lake tour, we will use found objects from our trip to create unique pieces of art to remind us of our wildlife friends. Creative Kitchen / Arts Mash-Up August 3-7 • Grades 6-8 • Glendale Community Learning Center • $250 From avocados to zest, learn to cook from local food experts. Explore a variety of ingredients from the garden and put them to new and creative use each morning while making our lunch. In the afternoon, we’ll play with a variety of art materials in new ways to create mixed media 2-D, and 3-D works of art, including a group project. Drop off & Pick up at the Glendale Community Learning Center, 1388 S. Navajo St., SLC. |
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Week 10
A Bug’s Eye View (2 Spots Left) August 10-14 • Grades K-1 • Bad Dog Arts Studio • $250 Look up, look down, look all around. We live on a planet where we are surrounded by so many fascinating bugs of all different shapes and sizes. They crawl, jump, fly, and slither all around us. Be inspired by the shapes, colors, and movements of insects through painting, drawing and sculpture making. Garden Party August 10-14 • Grades 3-6 • Glendale Community Learning Center • $250 Each morning you will learn to cook delicious dishes with a different party theme of the day such as a Mad Hatter’s Party. We will use fresh food from local gardens and then we get to eat our creations for lunch! In the afternoons, have fun creating festive and colorful artwork that will be inspired by the garden party of the day. Drop off & Pick up at the Glendale Community Learning Center, 1388 S. Navajo St., SLC. Art of Science (Camp Full) Partner Camp with Natural History Museum of Utah • Grades 6-8 August 10-14 • NHMU • $290 • Register at NHMU for waiting list This week of camp will take its cue from the connections between science and art. Mornings will be spent with Museum staff investigating microbes that dwell inside us as we work with scientists and visit a lab where this research is taking place. We’ll also get an understanding of the art of curating and exhibiting collections by visiting with staff, scientists, and Museum collections. Afternoons will find campers shifting gears slightly with Bad Dog staff, exploring the use of scientific principles like light, pigment, and heat within an art context. We will go for walks to collect materials and spend our afternoons using what we have found to create art and art materials. Camper drop off and pick up at NHMU. |
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Week 11
Design Your World August 17-21 • Grades 2-3 • Bad Dog Arts Studio • $250 Architect, engineer, and fashion designer are all examples of people who design everything around us; from buildings and automobiles to the shoes you wear. Use your imagination to design and create your own world. We will use a variety of colorful materials to create future cities, wearable art, amazing animals, and more. Geometric Artists August 17-21 • Grades 4-5 • Bad Dog Arts Studio • $250 Geometric shapes can be found everywhere in both nature and the man made world. Throughout art history many famous artists have been inspired by geometry from Da Vinci paper wings to Matisse leaf bowls. Explore geometric shapes to create paper airplanes, cardboard sculptures, and Zentangle drawings. |
Parents Seeking Reduced Fee or Tuition Waivers
Don't Forget To Sign Up ON Our Waiting List!
• First come first served
• Summer Camp Fee Discounts or Fee Waivers are limited to one camp per student
• All paper work needs to be sent or brought in
• Acceptance into the Summer Camp will be notified the first week of May
Don't Forget To Sign Up ON Our Waiting List!
• First come first served
• Summer Camp Fee Discounts or Fee Waivers are limited to one camp per student
• All paper work needs to be sent or brought in
• Acceptance into the Summer Camp will be notified the first week of May
Parents Please Read!
Kids Studio Summer Camp Information 2015
After Care Available until 5pm
Camp Times and General Info
• Registration fees include all camp materials and AM and PM snacks
• Half-Day Camps: Run from 9am to 12pm or 1pm to 4pm
• Full-Day Camps: Run from 9am - 4pm
Campers attending full-day camps must bring their own lunch and drink.
• Bad Dog Arts will provide a snack for half-day camps and a morning
snack and afternoon snack for full day camps.
• Children will stay on site and will be well supervised at all times, including lunchtime.
• Space is limited to 16 participants.
• Child to Adult ratio is 8:1 as a minimum requirement.
• After enrolling online, you will receive a confirmation e-mail of camp safety and registration
forms. Completed forms must be turned in one week prior to your first day of camp.
• All artwork will stay on-site at the Bad Dog studio until the last day of camp.
• Each camp will end with a mini-art exhibit component during the last half hour of
the last day of camp. Parents and other family members are invited to attend and
admire the wonderful artwork.
Drop Off and Pick Up
Bring your child to Bad Dog Arts South West Entrance of the Artspace Commons Building
at 824 South 400 West, Suite B131, Salt Lake City, Utah. Pick up is the same.
Parents must Sign-In & Sign-Out their child each day.
Cancellation Policy
You may cancel your child's after-school class and/or camp registration up to two weeks prior to the first day. Please e-mail us at admin@baddogarts.org. A refund will be issued less a $20 cancellation fee. We are unable to issue refunds after that time. We are also unable to refund for missed days of camp or class.
If you need to transfer your child's registration from one class/camp to another you may do so up to two weeks prior to the start date. A $10 service fee will be charged per child per class/camp at the time of the transfer.
Lunch and Snacks
Campers will enjoy a staff supervised lunch break between 12pm and 1pm. Campers must
bring their own lunch. Morning and afternoon snacks will be provided for all campers.
Dietary Needs
If your child has strict dietary needs, we will do our best to meet them, however we do
recommend sending your child with a snack of their own.
Kids Studio Summer Camp Information 2015
After Care Available until 5pm
Camp Times and General Info
• Registration fees include all camp materials and AM and PM snacks
• Half-Day Camps: Run from 9am to 12pm or 1pm to 4pm
• Full-Day Camps: Run from 9am - 4pm
Campers attending full-day camps must bring their own lunch and drink.
• Bad Dog Arts will provide a snack for half-day camps and a morning
snack and afternoon snack for full day camps.
• Children will stay on site and will be well supervised at all times, including lunchtime.
• Space is limited to 16 participants.
• Child to Adult ratio is 8:1 as a minimum requirement.
• After enrolling online, you will receive a confirmation e-mail of camp safety and registration
forms. Completed forms must be turned in one week prior to your first day of camp.
• All artwork will stay on-site at the Bad Dog studio until the last day of camp.
• Each camp will end with a mini-art exhibit component during the last half hour of
the last day of camp. Parents and other family members are invited to attend and
admire the wonderful artwork.
Drop Off and Pick Up
Bring your child to Bad Dog Arts South West Entrance of the Artspace Commons Building
at 824 South 400 West, Suite B131, Salt Lake City, Utah. Pick up is the same.
Parents must Sign-In & Sign-Out their child each day.
Cancellation Policy
You may cancel your child's after-school class and/or camp registration up to two weeks prior to the first day. Please e-mail us at admin@baddogarts.org. A refund will be issued less a $20 cancellation fee. We are unable to issue refunds after that time. We are also unable to refund for missed days of camp or class.
If you need to transfer your child's registration from one class/camp to another you may do so up to two weeks prior to the start date. A $10 service fee will be charged per child per class/camp at the time of the transfer.
Lunch and Snacks
Campers will enjoy a staff supervised lunch break between 12pm and 1pm. Campers must
bring their own lunch. Morning and afternoon snacks will be provided for all campers.
Dietary Needs
If your child has strict dietary needs, we will do our best to meet them, however we do
recommend sending your child with a snack of their own.
Bad Dog Parents!
Fees for children and teen art classes and workshops
may be discounted or waived based on need.
Note:
• First come first served
• Summer Camp Fee Discounts or Fee Waivers are limited to one camp per student
• All paper work needs to be sent or brought in
• Acceptance into the Summer Camp will be notified the first week of May
Fees for children and teen art classes and workshops
may be discounted or waived based on need.
Note:
• First come first served
• Summer Camp Fee Discounts or Fee Waivers are limited to one camp per student
• All paper work needs to be sent or brought in
• Acceptance into the Summer Camp will be notified the first week of May
After you fill out the Reduced Fee or Tuition Waiver Application,
attach completed form in an email to: admin@baddogarts.org
Or you can mail completed form to:
Bad Dog Arts
824 South 400 West, Suite B129
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
attach completed form in an email to: admin@baddogarts.org
Or you can mail completed form to:
Bad Dog Arts
824 South 400 West, Suite B129
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101