Art Adventures Camp
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Art Adventures Camp
August 11–13, 2025 | 8:30–11:30 a.m. | For kids entering grades 5–8 in the fall.
Register for one class or all three!
Join UWL Art Department faculty, Lisa Lenarz, to expand your creativity and art authorship in a campus art studio! Each day provides a new learning opportunity to gain hands-on experience, explore diverse mediums, and develop new artistic techniques. Student participants will leave each session with their own artwork to keep or share with others.
Monday, August 11, 2025
Tessellating Patterns & Transformations
This session and hands-on workshop introduces participants to the art of Gillian Turnham which transforms and abstracts along with repetition. Concepts such as tessellations (a pattern of geometric shapes that cover a surface without gaps or overlaps) will be practiced and elaborated on. Examples of tessellations in nature include:
• Reptile and fish scales • Honeycomb
• Fritillary flowers • Turtle shells • Raspberries
• Pineapples
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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Recycled Assemblages
In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn about the work of artist, Louise Nevelson, notably her “assemblages” which utilize found materials in relief compositions which are then painted one uniform color. This workshop asks participants to consider ways discarded materials can be repurposed and made into forms of art.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Art, Storytelling, & Mythologies
This session and hands-on workshop introduces participants to the paintings of Rabbit Before Horses Strickland, a member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, whose work is deeply rooted in Anishinabe culture and mythology. Participants will be encouraged to learn about WI first nations and reflect on mythologies from their cultural roots to develop art that tells a story.
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