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2024 In-Person Summer Camp Schedule

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Happy Valley Art School proudly announces our unique summer camps that combine art, crafts, literature, STEM, and Chinese culture.  This summer, we will add many fun and new activities to our summer program. Each week, students will have life drawing camps depending on the theme of the week. Respecting and stimulating the individual creativity of each student is at the heart of their teaching philosophy. Happy Valley Art School takes a student-centered approach, with a focus on design principles and the process of problem-solving, rather than on copying the subjects. In the classroom, instructors consult individually with each student as they work independently and collaboratively. They help students to develop their own big ideas, collect references, brainstorm relevant concepts, and explore how the concepts are conveyed through visual elements.

Advanced portfolio students can choose any camp that is for 8+. We will divide students into different age groups and instruct them individually. Please register as soon as possible to ensure your spot!

Happy Valley Art School的夏令营不仅仅局限于画画，而是结合了艺术，手工制作，创意写作，STEM和中国文化在不同的课程设计中。夏令营每周都会根据课程内容带学生们进行写生和技法训练。学校教育理念的核心在于尊重和激发学生的创新意识，采用了以学生为主的教学方式，帮助学生学习和理解艺术元素和设计原则，并着重培养学生解决问题的能力，而不是去简单的拷贝或者画得相似就好。在课堂中，老师会引导学生找到他们感兴趣的主题，学习如何收集和分析参考图片和资料，进行头脑风暴找到解决问题的各种方法，并且探索如何用视觉的元素来表达他们的概念。王颖骅（Sarah Wang）老师创建了Happy Valley Art School，王老师在美国获得艺术教育的博士学位，研究方向为创意艺术教学法研究以及设计思维在艺术教育中的应用。以下是Happy Valley Art School今年的夏令营项目，我们会针对年龄分班，提供适合学生程度、激发他们兴趣的教学。

作品集学生和大孩子可以选择任何8岁以上的夏令营，我们会按照年龄对学生进行分组，老师会对学生单独辅导。

Schedule

Date	Theme	Age	Teacher
6/10-6/14	Drawing Study	8+	Sarah
	Chinese Painting & Calligraphy	7+	Mr. Wang
6/17-6/21	Painting Study	8+	Sarah
	Chinese Painting & Calligraphy	7+	Mr. Wang
6/24-6/28	Digital Painting & Illustration Design	8+	Sarah
	Chinese Painting & Calligraphy	7+	Mr. Wang
7/8-7/12	Clay & 3D Sculpting	8+	Sarah
	Chinese Painting & Calligraphy	7+	Mr. Wang
7/22-7/26	Stop-Motion & Animation	7+	Sarah
	Oil Painting	8+	Mr. Wang

A Typical Day at Camp

8:50-9:00	Drop Off
9:00-10:15	Camp Time
10:15-10:30	Snack Break
10:30-12:00	Camp Time
12:00-13:00	Lunch Break/Game Time
13:00-14:15	Camp Time
14:15-14:30	Snack Break
14:30-16:00	Camp Time

*Please contact school info@happyvalleyartschool.com if you need extended care between 4 pm-6 pm.

Half-Day Camp (9 am-12 pm, 1 pm-4 pm): $275/week (Early Bird); $290/week (After 5/30)

Full Day Camp (9 am-4 pm): $550/week (Early Bird); $580/week (After 5/30)

Lunch (Optional): $50/week

Early Bird Discount: qualified for the early bird if you PAY before 5/30

Multi-week Discount: 1st-week Full tuition; 2nd+ week $15 off Half day camp; 2nd+ week $30 off Full day camp

Sibling Discount: $15 off one child

*If you need to cancel the camp, please notify us 1 week ahead to get a full refund (a 5% process fee is required). If you have attended two days or less before you cancel the camp, you can only get a half refund. If you have attended three days or more before you cancel the camp, no refund.

*You will receive our invoice from your email once you register online. It may take several days for us to process and send the invoice. You can pay the invoice through your email. Find your spam if you do not see our email.

Drawing, Painting, Mix Media, and Portfolio (素描，绘画，混合媒材等纯艺术夏令营)

This camp is designed to provide instruction in the fundamental approach, techniques, and concepts of drawing and painting. Students will investigate various ideas and considerations regarding art in both historical and contemporary terms. Campers will be divided by age and level. Little students will focus more on observation and creative exploration. Larger students will be taught using still life, nature, and photo references as a means of investigating art elements and principles. Students will bring home a portfolio of all the work they created during the camp. High schoolers are welcome to take the camp to prepare a portfolio for AP Studio Art and college applications. Each week we have a different focus on the media and content. It is recommended that students attend multiple weeks to master a variety of media, art concepts, and skills. 

学生将进一步学习探索各种画材来表达和进行创作！学生将按照年龄分班，小一点的孩子将更多地去探索各种不同的表现手法和艺术风格，并按主题进行创作。大一点的孩子将进行静物和人物的写生学习，高中的孩子可以利用这个夏令营来准备他们的AP和大学申请作品集！每周都会讲解不同的媒材和主题，我们建议学生可以注册多个星期来学习不同的媒材和绘画技法。

 

 

Chinese Poem, Calligraphy, and Painting (中国书画营)

This camp will be taught by a well-known Chinese painting and calligraphy artist, Zuji Wang. Students will learn the basics of Chinese brush painting and calligraphy. Each week, we will focus on a certain genre, such as freestyle flower and bird, freestyle landscape, meticulous flower and bird, etc. Students will be divided by their age group. Small kids will work on freestyle more and have fun with ink and brush techniques. Large students can create nice portfolio with more advanced Chinese painting skills.

学生将在这个夏令营中学习和体验中国传统文化！书画营将由上海著名画家和艺术教育家王祖基老师教授，王老师一直在各个学校，包括百灵鸟幼儿园、各个私立小学中学、复旦大学和财经大学的成人教育、上海老干部大学、黄浦区和虹口区老年大学等学校从事成人和青少年的美术和书画教学，深受学院的欢迎和好评！至今，王老师已经从事美术教育三十多年，2009年和2014年均被上海市教委评为“上海市老年教育优秀教师”。至今也已出版了《国画入门》和全国书画考级丛书《花鸟篇》等书。在这个夏令营中，孩子们将学习国画和书法。他们将学习国画和书法的基本笔法和构图。每周我们都会尝试一种国画画法，例如花鸟写意、山水写意、工笔花鸟、青绿山水等等。学生将按年龄分组，小一点的孩子会更多地学习儿童写意和创意国画，探索不同笔法和国画技法；大孩子可以深入学习工笔和山水技法，并进行自己作品的创作。以下作品均为之前的学生作品。

  

Digital Painting & Illustration Design

Students combine their basic art element skills with their love of technology in the exciting camp. Students will learn how to: Draw shapes and forms using digital software; Apply value, space, and texture; Develop patterns, repetition, and variety; Practice movement, rhythm, proportion, and more. This class uses and builds upon their 2d visual art skills that involve problem-solving, courageous creativity, and time management. Character design will be thoroughly conceived through anatomy, clothing, hair, and facial/body expression design. Students will explore a range of drawing styles such as realism, abstract, technical, and graphic. Students will learn how to create more interesting and meaningful compositions by taking risks, editing, and peer/self-critiques. The software we may use is iPad, Apple Pencil, and Procreate, students need to bring their own devices to the class.

  

 

Stopmotion/Storyboard & Animation

Bring your characters and stories to life! Students will learn to write a story and convert the story into a script for an animated cartoon. They will then create drawings of characters as inspiration to build 3D model clay sculptures. Campers will learn the basics of animation production such as timeline and storyboarding. They will use stop motion apps as well as simple video editing apps to turn their story into REAL animation! Students will bring home the sculptures they made and also the link to their animation to share with families and friends. Students will also present and play their animation in front of parents in the end-of-week showcase. You can visit https://vimeo.com/album/4005337 for previous students’ claymation. High school students will work on more advanced storyboarding and 2D animation production techniques and create their own animation for contests and college preparation portfolios.

 

Clay & 3D Building

Campers will learn how to use clay, recycling materials, and other media to build their project. Students will explore their own big ideas, draft designs, and form their structures from a variety of materials. They will learn to convert their ideas from 2D sketches to 3D forms. Smaller students will work on clay and have fun building. High school students will work on more advanced projects to form their portfolio pieces.