Welcome to the City of Glendale Arts Summer Art Camp 2009 for Arizona kids! The workshops will be held at the Fruit Packing Shed at the beautiful Sahuaro Ranch Park, 9802 N. 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85302 from the very end of June until the last week in July.
We have six artists in five weeks leading workshops for kids and youth between 6 and 18!
 Four Days of Folk Art and Storytelling
June 29 – July 2 and July 20 – 23, 2009
This year Christy Puetz will be doing two weeks of her popular workshops “Four Days of Folk Art and Storytelling” where her young students discover a new project every day with new materials and stories. Workshop details and instructor bio
Planet of Percussion: A Hands-On World Music Workshop
July 6-9 and July 13-16, 2009
Will Clipman will be directing his “Planetary Percussion Ensemble” for two weeks teaching students the ins and outs of drumming culminating in a public performance on the very last day. Workshop details and instructor bio
Write and Illustrate Your Own Book
July 27 – 30, 2009
For the writers in your family Cyndi Coon will teach her workshop “Write and Illustrate Your Own Book”. Students will learn to tell their stories in words and pictures! Workshop details and instructor bio
The Art of Finding
July 27 – 30, 2009
For the older students, Joe Willy Smith will lead the workshop “The Art of Finding”. Using materials found in our immediate surroundings/neighborhoods we will explore the possibilities of creating art collaboratively and individually. The collaborative project will be on display in our award winning outdoor classroom “Mediation” in our Habitat Garden at the Main Library, 5959 W. Brown St., 85302. Workshop details and instructor bio
All workshops have a morning and afternoon session 9 am – 12 pm and 1 pm to 4 pm.
You may register your child for one of the two-week sessions with Christy and Will. For other artists providing single week sessions you may only register your child for either the am or pm session.
Register Online
To register online, go to https://www.glendaleaz.com/parksandrecreation/webtrac/vsiwebtrac.html. To get a user name please call the contact number on the page. You can be from anywhere in Arizona and get an ID number for these classes. Then register the whole family. When you have registered and signed in use the drop-down menu to find “Summer Arts Camp”.
Cost: $20 non-refundable application fee per workshop and student.
Information: 623-930-3520 or 623-930-3755.
Workshops fill up quickly!
Four Days of Folk Art and Storytelling
Instructor: Christy Puetz
Date: June 29 – July 2 and July 20 – 23, 2009
Morning Sessions: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ages 6 - 9
Afternoon Sessions: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ages 6 – 9
Cost: Non-refundable application fee of $20.00 per child
Location: Fruit Packing Shed at Sahuaro Ranch
9802 N. 59th Ave. Glendale, AZ 85302
Workshop Description:
1. Tiny Mighty Spirits: Do you ever wish you could fly or have a super-human power? If so, what would it be? We will explore the role that dolls and figures have played in world cultures as you embellish your own wooden figures of inspiration, power, mystery, and energy.
2. Jungle Animal Dioramas: Wild cats, monkeys, exotic birds and elephants, oh my! This workshop will take you into the jungles of South America and Africa to learn about the native animals and plants. We will create our own jungle animals out of clay and an environment for them to live.
3. Funky Hats: Wearing a hat can protect you from the sun, rain or even the bitter cold. They can also show others what your job might be (police officer, queen, or chef). The hats we will create will tell others about your interests, personality and personal style. Whether it is embellished with jewels or twisted into a unique shape, your hat will be funky!
4. Treasure Boxes: Do pirates really keep their treasure in a box? What if the treasures were on the inside and outside of the box? We will embellish and fill a tiny box with precious objects, images and cloth to tell a story about you and your family or friends. You can even bring your own photos to add to the box!
Christy Puetz has spent more than a decade experimenting and creating fiber art and beaded objects. In 1993 she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fiber Arts with a minor in Printmaking from the University of North Dakota. In the past several years she has shown her art work extensively around the country, been published in multiple books and designed over a dozen commissioned pieces of art for collectors.
As well as being dedicated to producing and exhibiting her artwork, Christy is heavily involved in the Phoenix Art and Arts Education Community, exhibiting at local spaces like eye lounge contemporary art space and the Icehouse. Christy’s passion for art and the community carries over into her other field of expertise which is developing and facilitating community education and Artist-in-Residence programs at schools, libraries, community centers and hospitals.
Christy currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona where she is the Program Director for Beads of Courage, a non-profit organization that creates arts-in-medicine programming for children coping with cancer and other serious illnesses.
Planet of Percussion: A Hands-On World Music Workshop
Instructor: Will Clipman
Dates: July 6-9 and July 13-16, 2009
Morning Sessions: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM for ages 6-9
Afternoon Sessions: 1:00 PM-4:00 PM for ages 10-13
Cost: Non-refundable application fee of $20.00 per child
Location: Fruit Packing Shed at Sahuaro Ranch
9802 N. 59th Ave. Glendale, AZ 85302
Workshop Description:
Participants learn to speak the universal language of rhythm by using three hand-held percussion instruments (the agogo, or two-toned iron bell; the claves, or hardwood rhythm sticks; and the axatse, or gourd rattle). Once we’ve mastered the individual voices of the instruments, we learn to integrate the rhythms into a complex four-part polyrhythm by following the heartbeat of the Mother Drum, or songba. We then orchestrate a musical composition, incorporating elements of intro and outro; verse, chorus and bridge; tempo and dynamics; and crescendo and diminuendo. Along the way, we learn about the Mathematics of Music and the Science of Sound, and explore traditional techniques of drum construction and tuning, making our experience a truly interdisciplinary and multicultural journey to the Planet of Percussion®. We have a ton of fun raising a joyful racket while we cultivate and elevate fundamental learning and life skills such as pattern recognition, language acquisition, mathematical computation, right-left brain neural integration, concentration, coordination, communication, and cooperation, all in a creative and supportive atmosphere. The workshop culminates with an informal community showcase presentation of our music: The Planetary Players Percussion Ensemble®!
A drummer since the age of three, Will Clipman is a four-time Grammy® Nominee, a two-time Native American Music Award® Winner, and a New Age Reporter Music Award® Winner. He has recorded over fifty albums, including twenty-one for Canyon Records, where he is regarded as their house percussionist. Will currently holds the heartbeat for the R. Carlos Nakai Quartet, the William Eaton Ensemble, the Wilde Boys (Nakai, Eaton & Clipman), the 7/20 Twins (Gentle Thunder & Will Clipman), the Mary Redhouse & Will Clipman Duo, the Amber Norgaard Band, and ARC (Gabriel Ayala, Vince Redhouse & Will Clipman). Will is also a two-time Tucson Area Music Award® Winner, and has been inducted into the Tucson Musicians Museum for his contributions to the musical community in his hometown. His latest Canyon Records release is his solo CD Pathfinder, which showcases Will’s pan-global palette of drums, melodic percussion, wind instruments, and vocal chants in thirteen of his own original compositions.
Write and Illustrate Your Own Book
Instructor: Cyndi Coon
Date: July 27 – 30, 2009
Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. for ages 10 – 12
Afternoon Session: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. for ages 10 – 12
Cost: Non-refundable application fee of $20.00 per child
Location: Fruit Packing Shed at Sahuaro Ranch
9802 N. 59th Ave. Glendale, AZ 85302
Workshop Description:
The workshop will kick off day one with a brainstorming session on character development. Each participant will dream up a cast of characters. We will write about what the characters look like, what they like to do and about the adventure they will take; short stories will be written about this adventure. Days two and three will be spent refining the story and illustrating the characters and the individual background pages. On the final day we will put it all together into a bound book.
Cyndi Coon received a Bachelors of Fine Art degree from Kendall Collage of Art and Design (Grand Rapids, MI) with a major in Fine Art. In 2000 she received a Masters of Fine Art degree from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) with a major in Fine Art.
In 2001 Coon started her company, Laboratory5 which stretches wide arms around both art and design. Her offerings include painting, drawing, stationery and sewn/ fabric items, custom commissions and consulting services to artists and art organizations. Cyndi Coon is also a teaching Artist within the community college system and in community after school programs.
Cyndi Coon is the author of Art That Pops- How to make wacky 3-D creations that jump, spin and spring: Published by Scholastic, 2006.
The Art of Finding
Instructor: Joe Willy Smith
Date: July 27 – 30, 2009
Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. for ages 13-18
Afternoon Session: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. for ages 13-18
Cost: Non-refundable application fee of $20.00 per child
Location: Fruit Packing Shed at Sahuaro Ranch
9802 N. 59th Ave. Glendale, AZ 85302
Workshop Description:
Using materials found in your immediate surroundings/neighborhood we will explore the possibilities of creating with reclaimed resources. The first part of the workshop is a ‘finding’ field trip within the immediate area. We will then go into a classroom setting to create art. There will be a collaborative art project and an individual art project. The collaborative project will be on exhibition for several months installed on the face of the vertical shade structure in the Habitat Garden on the south side of the Glendale Main Library.
Requirements: Good walking shoes, work gloves, sun glasses.
Joe Willie Smith is a multimedia artist working with found resources to create site specific installations/performance, sculpture and paintings. Selected collections: The Phoenix Art Museum, Butler Museum of American Art, Taller Experimental de Graphica, Neiman Marcus and the City of Phoenix.
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