About The Courses
2025 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. 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 |
| 6/9-6/13 | Fine Art – Drawing | 6+ | Sarah |
| Portfolio and Individual Study | 12+ | Sarah | |
| 6/16-6/20 | Fine Art – Painting | 6+ | Sarah |
| Portfolio and Individual Study | 12+ | Sarah | |
| 6/23-6/27 | Digital Painting | 8+ | Sarah |
| Portfolio and Individual Study | 12+ | Sarah | |
| 7/7-7/11 | Clay & 3D Sculpting | 6+ | Sarah |
| Portfolio and Individual Study | 12+ | Sarah | |
| 7/14-7/18 | Stop-Motion & Animation | 6+ | Sarah |
| Portfolio and Individual Study | 12+ | Sarah | |
| 7/21-7/25 | Game Design with Unity | 10+ | Sarah & June |
| Portfolio and Individual Study/span> | 12+ | Sarah |
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): $300/week (Early Bird); $320/week (After 5/30)
Full Day Camp (9 am-4 pm): $550/week (Early Bird); $600/week (After 5/30)
Lunch (Optional): $80/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, there is 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 by cash, check, or Zelle (account: happyvalleyartschool@gmail.com) to avoid credit card fees. You can also pay by credit card or Paypal (a credit card fee will be applied). 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。
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.
Game Design with Unity
Step into the world of game creation in our exciting Game Design with Unity camp! This hands-on camp introduces students to the fundamentals of game design using Unity, a professional game engine used by industry pros around the world. Campers will learn how to build 2D and 3D games from the ground up—designing characters, creating environments, adding player controls, and scripting interactions using C# programming.
They’ll explore game mechanics, level design, animation, and sound to bring their ideas to life. Throughout the camp, students will develop creative thinking, storytelling, and problem-solving skills, all while gaining real-world experience in one of the most popular game development platforms. By the end of the week, each camper will have their own playable game to share with family and friends!
We’re thrilled to have June as the instructor for this camp. June is a former student of Ms. Sarah and a graduate of NYU, where she majored in Interactive Media Arts and Computer Science. Now a professional in the game design industry, June brings real-world experience and creative insight to every lesson, making this an inspiring and enriching experience for students.
No prior coding or Unity experience is necessary—just bring your imagination and love for games!
