2012 summer camp calendar

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Summer CampS 2012ViSual and performing artS

June June 11–22

Musical Theater LIVE!Hector Armienta – Opera Cultura

9am–12pm • ages 9–12

I your child loves to sing, actor dance—this is where they belong! In this two-week musicaltheater intensive students willreceive acting, dancing andsinging lessons with scenes romBroadway musicals includingvocal techniques, improvisationand blocking. Camp will culminatein a perormance or amilies.

Musical Theater for Children

Hector Armienta – Opera Cultura

1pm–4pm • ages 6–8

What a great way to learn about the theater and the perormingarts! In this two-week camp students will explore creativemovement, acting and singing. The program will include musicaltheater games, improvisation, and Broadway show scenes taughtby perormers rom Opera Cultura.

Hector Armienta is a musical theater composer. He is an artseducator and teaching artist, and ounder o Opera Cultura, anorganization to teach youth through music, opera, and storytelling.

June 11–15

African Culture throughStories, Songs, Drums,& DanceMasankho Banda


In Arica – dance, music, stories and drumsare an integral part o lie. In this excitingnew camp, students will learn to dance, singand drum, while learning about dierentArican cultures. Camp will culminate with aperormance by students.

Masankho Banda is rom Malawi. His organization, UCanDanc’,works to build peace, inspire diversity and oster healing throughdance, music, drums and stories.

Circus Arts

TBA

June 11–15 (& June 18–22) • 1pm–4pm • ages 6–10

Come join the circus! In a un, sae and challenging environment,students will explore the basic skills o circus arts including juggling,tumbling, pyramid building, and rolling globe. Circus Arts helps buildsel-condence, discipline, coordination and a great sense o humor.Camp will culminate with a perormance, and can be taken or oneweek or two weeks.

My Comic Book Imagination:Drawing, Painting and SculpturePantea Karimi

9am–12: ages 6–81pm–4pm: ages 9–12

Have you always wanted to learn how to make your own comic book?This camp will explore the value o humor in our lives and what itmeans in art. Students will use their imagination to create un andinteresting characters and scenes and how to mix realism and antasy.They will make their own 2D and 3D comic books.

Pantea Karimi has an MFA in printmaking and painting, and an MFAin graphic design. Her works have been exhibited in Iran, England,and America.

June 18–22

An Introduction to PaintingSusan Trimingham

9am–12: ages 6–8 • 1pm–4pm: ages 9–12Students will learn painting techniques withan emphasis on understanding the elementso visual art and the use o music to enhancethe process. Paintings by the great artistswill be used to inspire every project. Lessonswill include the concepts o line, color,shape, nature patterns, geometric patterns,and texture.

Susan W. Trimingham works as a painterand holds degrees in Anthropology, Art, andSocial Science. She has taught in Uganda,Yosemite, and UCSC.

Circus ArtsTBA

June 18–22 (& June 11–15) • 1pm–4pm • ages 6–10

(See Circus Arts description June 11–15. Camp can be taken or oneor two weeks.)

June 25–29

Missoula Children’s TheatreRed Riding Hood


Your child will shine as they rehearse their roles throughoutthe week with proessional actors and directors rom MissoulaChildren’s Theatre, the country’s preeminent children’s theatertouring company. Youth gain condence while participating in age-appropriate perorming arts workshops led by local teaching artistsincluding voice, dance, drama, costuming, and set design. The weekculminates with a perormance at the Carriage House Theatre onFriday, June 29 at 5pm. Camp ees include 2 tickets.

(See week of July 30– August 3 for the second Missoula Children’s Theatre camp)



From the Residency:Sculpture on the Grounds

Wendy Tetsu


Students will meet artists rom the Montalvo’s Lucas ArtistsResidency Program. Ater visiting the residency studios, studentswill explore the artists’ avorite disciplines through a variety ohands-on activities at various locations on Montalvo’s grounds.Projects created will be inspired by the work o the artists inresidence. See instructor bio in column to let.

JulY 23–2 7

Mapping the Terrain: Looking atLandscape, Learning about OurselvesAmanda Eicher


Beginning with nature study and sensory observation, students willexplore and map the Montalvo grounds according to the natural and

human history o the area. Students will learn basics o orientation,species identication and drating, and will create a book o mapsand projections. Materials used will be pencils, compasses, rulers,triangles, protractors, cameras and scanners, magniying glasses,needles and thread.

Amanda Eicher is a visual artist. She works with high schoolstudents to design public artworks around violence preventionand personal well-being. She has been an artist-in-residence atMontalvo Arts Center.

From the Residency 1

Ilana Crispi




Students will meet select artists at Montalvo’s Lucas Artists ResidencyProgram. Ater visiting the residency studios, students will explorethe artists’ avorite artistic disciplines through a variety o hands-onactivities at various locations on Montalvo’s grounds. Projects createdwill be inspired by the work o the artists in residence.

Ilana Crispi is a visual artist and educator. Her classes combineceramic sculpture, writing, book arts, sound sculptures, technologyand recycled materials. She has been an artist-in-residence atMontalvo Arts Center.

Aboriginal and Prehistoric ArtNancy Meyer


In this camp students will travel to the pastto explore how people in earlier times usedart as a way to record stories, dreams, andcommunicate ideas. Ater studying examples o cave art rom Franceand Australian Aborigines, students will tell their own stories using avariety o materials. See instructor bio in column to let.

JulY JulY 9–1 3

Drawing from Fantasy:A New Way of Seeing

Dana Harel9am–12pm • ages 9–12

This drawing class will introduce studentsto the realms o antasy and t he surreal asthey tap into their imaginations and learn todraw rom real lie observation. Instructionincludes pencil shading, composition, designand developing a keen eye or details.

Dana Harel was born in Israel. She holds aBA in Architecture and works as a visual artist. Dana’s drawings usethemes o humans, animals, the environment, and architecture. Shehas been an artist-in-residence at Montalvo Arts Center.

Spy CampAlli Woodside


Prepare to be a spy at this art and adventure camp! Ater exploringMontalvo’s grounds and designing a 3-D map o the property,students will learn about secret “languages”, riddles, and othersecret codes to create an alphabet code that only their spy teamknows. Using the spy gear, disguises and the secret code made inclass, our spies will discover a secret treasure hidden at Montalvo!

Alli Woodside is an installation artist and art educator. Sheholds a degree in studio art, and teaches visual and digital artsin the schools.

Meet the Masters: PicassoNancy Meyer


This camp will explore the artworko a modern artist whose namehas come to mean a masterpieceo art…”a Picasso”. Ater lookingat Picasso portraits, collage andsculpture, students will create theirown Picasso-inspired images usingpaint, oil pastels and watercolors.

Nancy Meyer holds a degree in artand art education. She is an artist

and teaches in a variety o mediumsincluding mosaics, painting,printmaking and clay.

The Shadow:Puppets and PerformanceWendy Tetsu


Based upon traditional Balineseshadow puppetry, students will learnabout this ancient art orm and

create a cinematic Shadow and Light presentation using spoken word andstorytelling combined with paper andhuman ‘puppets’ perormed behinda large screen. Students will createstoryboards, stick puppets, masks,scenery, dialogue, music and props.

Wendy Tetsu studied ashion design and clay art, and works in clothingdesign, painting, ceramics, sculpture, installation art and lm.

Hand-built Pottery with Raku FiringCharlee Wagner


Learn to make pinch, coil and slab pots which are both ancient andcontemporary pottery vessels. The raku process res clay to a very hottemperature and then it is removed and placed on a bed o combustiblematerials that creates designs on the surace.

Charlee Wagner, an accomplished photographer and ceramicist, isEducation Coordinator at Montalvo Arts Center.

JulY 16–2 0

Meet the Masters: SurrealismNancy Meyer


Have you ever been daydreaming and visualized something in yourmind’s eye that could not exist in the real world? Looking at dierentsurrealist artists including Magritte, Frida Kahlo, and Dali, studentswill imagine what they might have been thinking or dreaming and thenmake their own surrealistic art using a variety o unusual mediums.See instructor bio in column to let.

Spy CampAlli Woodside


Prepare to be a spy at this art and adventurecamp! See course description and instructor bio incolumn to let.

Creating Mosaic ArtNancy Meyer


Have you ever purchased milk while standing inside a milk bottlebuilding or artwork while standing in a museum? This camp will lookat architectural design rom the traditional to the outrageous, exploringthe work o Frank Lloyd Wright, Hundertwasser, Van Gogh’s “Bedroomat Arles” and the architecture at Montalvo. Students will design andbuild creative spaces and sculptures in 2D and 3D art orms. Seeinstructor bio in column to let.

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Sum m er Cam p feeS

Camps are ve days a week: Monday – Friday

Half-day: General $175; Members $160

Full-day: General $350; Members $320

$10 materials fee for every camp

•MusicalTheaterLIVE!

AM (2 weeks) General $375; Members $345

•MusicalTheaterforChildren:

PM (2 weeks) General $375; Members $345

•ToolsfortheActor:General$200;Members$185

•Glee:MusicalTheatre:General$200;Members$185

•MissoulaChildren’sTheatre(allday):

General:$375;Members$345(includes2tickets

or perormance)

San Jose Chamber Orchestra

•AllThingsStrings:General$400;Members$375

(9:30–3:00)Lunchandsnackincluded.

•PreludeStrings:General:$175;Members$160

(9:30–12:30)Snackincluded.

Morning and afternoon day care:

$50/week(8:00–9:00am)or$50/week(4pm–5:30pm)

orDrop-inCare:$10perdaypersession.

regiStration

•Registration or Spring and Summer Camps begins

February 10 or Advocate level Members (and above)

and February 22 or the public. Camps do sell out

quickly! As an Advocate Member (or above) register or

camps at reduced rates beore the general public! To

joinMontalvo,call408.961.5858,M–F,10am–4pm.

•Register or camp through the Montalvo Box Oce in

personorbyphoneat408.961.5858,M–F,10–4.

•Online Registration will begin February 10 for

members and February 22 for the general public.

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Full and partial scholarships are available orMontalvo Arts Center camps. For details and to obtain

an application, visit montalvoarts.org/programs/

scholarships. Email [email protected] or call

408.961.5820formoreinformation.

•For Montalvo Arts Center’s camp reund policy visit

www.montalvoarts.org/reundpolicy.

Step Up! African Music & DanceJanetta Coleman


Stepping is a dance perormance that combines Arican traditionswith popular culture. It involves synchronized percussive movement,singing, speaking, and chanting. Students learn simple polyrhythmicstepping pieces that include the voice as an instrument, as well as

traditional Arican percussion instruments and drums.

Janetta Coleman is a perorming artist and music teacher whoworks with youth teaching dance, percussion, poetry and singing.

JulY 30–auguSt 3

Missoula Children’sTheatre

The Secret Garden


See previous Missoula TheatreCamp description on page 1.

The week culminates with aperormance at the Carriage HouseTheatre on Friday, August 3 at 5pm. Camp ees include 2 tickets.

auguStauguSt 6–10


Kathy Martinelli9am–12pm • ages 6–8

Students will meet artists romMontalvo’s Lucas Artists Residencies Program. Ater visiting theresidency studios, students will explore the artists’ avorite artisticdisciplines through a variety o hands-on activities at variouslocations on Montalvo’s grounds. Projects created will be inspired bythe work o t he artists-in-residence.

Kathy Martinelli is a visual artist and art educator. She has workedor many years as an art teacher.

Tools for the Actor:California Theatre Center

9am–12 • ages 9–12

Want to learn to be an actor? Usingexercises based on imagination,concentration, physicalexpressiveness, and vocal variety,students will learn acting skillsand learn to dramatize stories rommyths, legends, and olk tales,culminating in a presentation at theend o the week.

GLEE: Musical TheatreCalifornia Theatre Center


Do you love to sing? Build song and dance skills while developingmusical theater talents with proessional actors rom CTC’s singers,dancers and stage choreographers. Students will perorm at the endo the week or riends and amily.

California Theatre Center was ounded to create quality theatricalexperiences or youth and amilies, instilling an early appreciation oliterature and the ne arts, and providing educational opportunitiesand training.

The Artistic Alphabet –the ABC’s of Art

Kathy Martinelli


Students will create their own alphabet book with drawings andimagination. Each page will be devoted to a letter o the artisticalphabetutilizingdifferenttechniques,conceptsandstyles:AforAbstract Art, B or Brilliant, C or Color, etc. See instructor bio incolumn to let.

auguSt 13 –17

All Things StringsSan Jose Chamber OrchestraBarbara Day Turner

Symphony Strings:

9:30am–3pm • ages 10–18

(lunch and snack included)

Prelude Strings:

9:30am–12:30pm • ages 7–14(snack included)

A week o string music un, developinggood string techniques while enjoying dailyworkshops in playing styles (jazz, baroque,etc.), a chance to compose a piece, and agreat study unit on Mozart. Camp ends with short perormance onFriday. An audition CD, MP 3 or MP4 must be submitted by July 27 toCharlee Wagner, Education Coordinator at Montalvo.

San Jose Chamber Orchestra is a proessional string orchestraocused on presenting high-quality chamber orchestra repertoire.SJCO continues to champion a variety o living composers alongsidemore amiliar classical works. Barbara Day Turner is the ounderand Musical Director o SJCO.

Drawing, Painting and PrintmakingPantea Karimi

9am–12: ages 6–8 • 1pm–4pm: ages 7–14

Develop drawing, painting and printmaking techniques, step-by-step,through un, creative and imaginative thoughts and projects. Learnhow to use ink, monotype techniques, charcoal, paint, watercolor,pastel pen and more to express ideas and create artworks. Seeinstructor bio on page 1.



more fun at montalVo tHiS Summer!

15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga, CA 95070

408.961.5800

Montalvo Box Ofce 408.961.5858

Mon–Fri, 10am to 4pm, or www.montalvoarts.org

Circus Bella

Sunday, July 29, 2pm

$20 adult/$10 child; members $16 adult/$8 child

Circus Bella is an open air, one-ring circus eaturing contemporary, high-level acts set to an original score perormed by live musicians. David HuntandAbigailMunncreatedCircusBellainthespringof2008torespondtoashared dream or an accessible and high quality circus in the San FranciscoBay Area. Together, with band director / composer, Rob Reich, they assembledthemselves into an ensemble company o 9 perorming artists and a quarteto musicians. That all, Circus Bella perormed three dates in San Francisco.In 2009, Circus Bella expanded its company and created, DOINK!, its rst60-minuteproduction.DOINK!premieredatYerbaBuenaGardens and went on to show at ve other outdoor publiclocations in Oakland and San Francisco. The momentumcontinues as Circus Bella plans or its 2012 season withthis rst appeaprance at Montalvo Arts Center.

3rd Annual ARTS SPLASH!Student Arts Festival &Open House/Open Studios

Saturday, April 21, 11am–4pm • FreePaid parking on-site and free shuttles

from West Valley College

This year’s ARTS SPLASH! Open House/Open Studios andStudent Arts Festival will kick o Montalvo’s CentennialCelebration with exciting artworks and perormances inall artistic disciplines created by Bay Area student groupsresponding to the theme Celebrating 100 Years of the Arts! Investigating the arts, nature, history and the uture oCaliornia, collaborative student projects will be on displayaround the grounds. Multiple hands-on art making andperormance workshops, tours, perormances, and OpenStudios in the Lucas Artists Residency will engage visitorsthroughout the day. Join us or ood, riends & un! P.S. The

ood trucks will be back by popular demand!

Starry, Starry Night:Art & Astronomy Slumber Party

Friday, August 10, 2012, 7pm–

Saturday, August 11, 8am

Ticket prices: $80 adult / $50 child / Family

(2 adults/2 children) $230; Member: $70 adult /

$40 child / Family $200

Friday Evening Only: $50 adult / $35 child;

Member: $40 adult / $28 child

Celebrate mankind’s ascination with the skies andastronomy’s infuence on art through the ages. Coincidingwith the 404th anniversary o the invention o the telescope,the 43rd anniversary o the lunar landing, and the annualPerseid meteor showers, Starry, Starry Night 2012 exploresour relationship with outer space. We invite the communityto learn about the vast night skies and the art it inspiresthrough stimulating astronomy talks by guest astronomersand storytellers’ tales o the night sky. Explore space throughcontemporary art installations and lms and create yourown art inspired by the heavens. Sleep under the stars onMontalvo’s ront lawn ater this multi-disciplinary arts estivaland wake to a pancake breakast at the historic Villa.

Wint e rC ampS

Circus Arts Camp

Mon, Feb 20–Fri, Feb 24

9am–12pm: ages 6–8

1pm–4pm: ages 9–12

Want to join the circus? In a un, saeand challenging environment, explore the diverse skills o circusarts including juggling, eather balancing, stilt walking, tumblingand clowning with Texas the Clown rom the SF Circus Center.

Residency Design Camp

Mon, Feb 20 – Fri, Feb 24

9am–12pm: ages 9–12

1pm–4pm: ages 6–8

Inspired by Montalvo’s Lucas Artists Residency Program, thiscamp, held in the Residency, will introduce young minds todiverse artistic disciplines o design in process-oriented activitiesaround ideas o place — through architecture, landscape, graphicand textile design.

WINTER CAMP FEESHalf-day: $175 General / $160 Member

Full-day: $350 General / $320 Member

Morning Care: 8am–9am; $50 for the week

Aftercare: 4:00–5:30; $50 for the week

Drop-in Care: $10 per day per session

meSSage from rutH mankin,

direCtor of eduCation

Welcome to Montalvo’s

Education Programs or

Spring and Summer 2012. As

this is our Centennial year, itis very exciting to think that

we are continuing to honor the

mandate o Senator James

Phelan to nurture the arts

through his bequest! Look

inside and you will see that we’ve got some great

programs lined up or you.

In February we are oering two new Winter

Camps:CircusArtsandtheArtofDesign.InMarch

we will host “Arts In Your Classroom”, our 10th

annual Proessional Development Conerence orteachers. In April, we will host ARTS SPLASH!, our

3rd annual Student Arts Festival and community

Open House, which is ree to the public. For the

estival, student groups create artworks to display

and create stage perormances or a un day on

Montalvo’s grounds. This year ARTS SPLASH!

is also the ocial kick-o o our Centennial

celebration events!

This summer we are adding many new exciting

camps in the visual and perorming arts, including

Arican Stories, Songs and Drums, Circus Arts,

Ceramics and Raku Firing, and Comic Book Art,

among many others! We expect to sell out the

summer camps, so make sure to sign up early and

become part o the rich cultural environment that

Montalvo provides or the community at large.

Last, but not least, we are bringing back “Starry,

StarryNight:Art&AstronomySlumberParty”on

the ront lawn at Montalvo. Imagine astronomers

and artists coming together to look at and interpret

the stars. Where else can you go to get so manydierent and interesting experiences in the arts al l

in one place? Montalvo Arts Center is denitely the

place to be in 2012.

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