9341 Mill Street, Ben Lomond • (831) 336-3513 • www.mountainartcenter.org
The Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center (SCMAC) supports and encourages the arts through education, exhibition and cultural activities. Centrally located in the San Lorenzo Valley, they serve a large mountainous region that stretches from Santa Cruz to Los Gatos providing a venue for cultural activities, exhibition space and arts education programming for our membership and the general public. Explore our site to find art classes and specialty workshops. Join the SCMAC for good times and friendships through art.
A Closer Look
Spring Exhibit • April 25 – July 11
Stop, slow down, take a closer look at the details around you. Focus on the piece of the whole that catches your eye. This exhibit entices the viewer to feel the texture and breathe in the color.
Thomas Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 12 – 6 p.m.
Admission is free to the public.
Super Summer Art Camp for Kids
Discover a world filled with inspirational art projects that will unleash your child’s creativity. Our weeklong Summer Art Camp classes encourage artistic expression, art appreciation, understanding, imagination and fun for kids ages 6 – 12 and Tweens & Teens.
Exciting art classes with paint, clay, pastels, printmaking, found objects and much more! Students have adventurous experiences looking at, talking about, and making art. An experienced team of fun and creative professional educators who are also practicing artists teaches youth art classes.
Ages 6 – 12
Camp classes for ages 6-12 are $150 Members / $160 Non-Members plus a $15 Materials Fee. A sliding scale fee is available for families in need. Please call 831-336-4ART.
Lunch: 12:00-12:30pm. Campers attending both morning and afternoon sessions will have a supervised lunch break from 12:00 – 12:30 pm at Ben Lomond Park.
Please pack a nutritional lunch and snacks that do not require microwaving or refrigeration.
Session I: Reach For The Sky
June 22 – 26
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Things that Fly with Lori Wilson
Join us this summer as we discover and create Things that Fly. Take a look at birds, butterflies, and bugs in a new way. We will draw, paint, and do printing in this fun, fact-finding week.
12:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Drawing and Painting Nature with Brenda Berg
Grades three and up will learn to create compositional depth using light and shadow, perspective and proportion.
We will look at and discuss artworks by Modern and contemporary artists including John James Audubon, Remedios Varo and Suzuki Kiitsu.
Session II: It’s Like Magic
July 6 – 10
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Planet Earth: Reuse, Recycle, Recreate! with Brenda Berg
Exploring a rich mix of drawing, painting and recycled materials, campers will choose from a wide array of textures, colors and tricks of the trade to magically recreate exciting works of art–while learning about the environment and how their art can help save the planet.
12:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Finding New Dimensions in Clay with Jennifer Hennig
This class is designed for beginners and continuers for the love of the clay medium. We go through the FUNdamentals of working with clay all the way through glazing it!
Session III: Bright Ideas
July 20 – 24
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Drawing and Sculpting Creatures with Lori Wilson
We will draw using our imaginations then sculpt critters using recycled and found objects. Learn to use art supplies and found objects in new ways.
12:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Make a New Friend Out of Clay! with Jennifer Hennig
We will make a sculpture in a week using a variety of methods but all out of clay. Careful attention to structural integrity will be encouraged for the survival of your friend. Make a new friend in a week!
Session IV: All A-Flutter
August 3 – 7
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Dreams Take Flight: Intro to Guitar with Amanda West
We will explore fundamental music concepts (rhythm, melody, harmony), while laying the foundation of guitar basics including tuning, strumming, tablature and chords. Students should bring their own guitars or contact the instructor before camp to find one.
12:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Highflying Masterpieces with Lori Wilson
Have you ever wanted to make kites and paper airplanes? Join us for this fun filled class where campers will use paper, and plastic materials to create things that fly. Come prepared to sculpt, paint and decorate some highflying masterpieces.
Tweens & Teens
Session I
June 22 – 26
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Robotics with Ted & Brenda Berg
Learn how to build, program and control a Mindstorms NXT robot! A great introduction to the world of robotics and an opportunity for further robotics exploration for returning students. In addition, each student will have an opportunity to build and keep one kit robot.
Age: 8 years – high school. Members $185, Non-Members $195 – Includes $25 materials fee.
Session II
July 6 – 10
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Getting Centered with Jen Hennig
This is a class for older kids who want the chance to learn how to throw on the potter’s wheel, or need more practice with assistance. We analyze the role and development of the visual arts in past and present cultures throughout the world, noting human diversity as it relates to the visual arts and artists.
Age: 9 – 17. Members $160, Non-Members $170 – Includes $10 materials fee.
Session III
July 20 – 24
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Full Steam Ahead: Steampunkery with Brenda Berg
Using recycled and other salvaged materials, campers will magically recreate brand new steampunk art that is inspired by the steam powered Victorian era and science fiction: time-travel goggles, metal arm bands, a working clock, leather wrist bands, Victorian collars, and wherever the time-travel imagination takes you.
Age: 10 – high school. Members $180, Non-Members $190 – Includes $20 materials fee.
Session IV
August 3-7
3:30 – 5:30 pm
See You In The Funny Pages! Cartooning and Comics with illustrator, Brian Bowes
From newspapers to the computer screens, cartoons are a fantastic way to show the funny side of life. Cartoons can be sincere, poignant, and thought provoking. This class offers a chance to add your voice to the storied history of cartooning.
Age: 11 – 17. Members $165, Non-Members $175 – Includes $15 materials fee.
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Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center 9341 Mill Street, Ben Lomond (831) 336-3513 Website www.mountainartcenter.org