Arts Camp
4-H
Arts Camp: October 4-5, 2008.
If you're in Middle School, grades 6-8, don't miss 4-H Arts Camp!
Where else can you go to one place to learn about music, drama,
visual arts, photography, communications, and juggling!
 You'll
rotate through the different Arts tracks each day, participate in
a group Arts experience Saturday evening, and close with a ceremony
for parents and families, celebrating the results of your group
Arts Camp experiences. You'll also meet new friends, participate
in camp games, and enjoy the great natural setting of Upham Woods,
a 300-acre environmental education center on the Wisconsin River
near Wisconsin Dells.
4-H
Arts Camp is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Extension
and is funded through registrations and a grant from the Wisconsin
4-H Foundation. The program is planned and led by a talented group
of 4-H high school youth, assisted by UW-Extension specialists,
4-H staff and key adult volunteers. You'll learn lots of creative
ideas to take home to share with your family and friends.
If
you haven't been a part of the Arts Camp experience, come and see
what you've been missing! Space is limited. Call your county 4-H
Youth Development Agent for more information about camper, counselor,
and/or chaperone opportunities now!
4-H Arts Camp - A statewide Arts & Communication Workshop
designed for middle school age youth grades 6-8.
Dates: Oct. 4 at 9:30 a.m. to Oct. 5 at 2:30 p.m.
Cost: Campers, $60.00 which includes a camp T-shirt; Adult Chaperones,
$30.00.
Registration Deadline:
Youth Staff - May 1
Campers - September 10
Activities are Divided into Tracks
Activity Counselors
Activity counselors keep the campers . . . active!
You will learn a lot as you keep the campers entertained while you
are in charge of Arts Camp recreation and flag ceremony.
"Not only do your campers learn about the arts,
you also acquire knowledge about the arts through teaching the campers
about them," said Dan from Eau Claire County.
"You meet a lot of people and gain leadership skills.
I've come out of my shell," said Angie from Dunn County.
Communication
Communication is an important part of everyday life. In this track,
you will learn different ways of communicating. For example the
most common forms of communication are non-verbal, facial expressions,
and hand gestures. Campers will play different games like the adverb
game and gibberish game, which help with body gestures and facial
expressions.
Drama
The drama track is a "high-energy, super-duper,
fabulous, intense, accepting, trusting, and FUN" group of counselors.
They teach the campers to be comfortable with their expressions.
"For a lot, it's like finding a family," said their director,
Rita.
Campers in this track play various games: learning
improv, self-control and composure. They learn to trust a partner,
when they are mirroring each other. The campers have to anticipate
their partner's moves. As a group, they create a human sculpture,
and then fill the negative shape in with others in the group.
"Basically, it's pass or fail for the whole group.
We rely on each other," said Isaac, from Waushara County.
Juggling
The ultimate "learn-by-doing" 4-H project . . . juggling!
Come join 4-H youth and adults from around Wisconsin for some hands-on
action designed to get you juggling in one lesson!
The Juggling track is open to all 4-H youth and adults, regardless
if you've never juggled before. No experience necessary. From Cloverbuds
to grandparents, juggling is a skill anyone can learn!
The sessions are taught by Arts Camp Counselors, with some "awesome"
assistance from several experienced Sheboygan County 4-H jugglers.
You may bring you own objects to juggle (no chainsaws, please!)
or we will have supplies to create your own personal juggling balls.
We will also have scarves, clubs and beanbags on hand for you to
try as well.
Music
"Music has been a part of my life since before I was born,"
said Amanda from Sheboygan County.
The counselors for this track love it, because music
has such an impact on their own lives. Here, campers learn four
basic parts of music: dance, rhythms, singing and instruments. The
campers are taught a song and learn to sing it. Then they are taught
either a line dance or an Irish jig. They get to see and hear some
examples of various instruments from around the world. They also
learn how to pick out the beats in rhythms.
"It's a lot of fun. We get to jump around,"
said Seth from Adams County.
Photography
Photography gives participants the opportunity to "Take the Arts
Apart" by trying different aspects of what goes into a photo. The
campers are divided into three sections. In one section groups look
at color negatives and draw the photos, as they would see them in
print. The second section works on composition and leading lines
of a photo. The last section works on trick photograph with a Polaroid
camera. The purpose of this activity is to test the limits of the
illusions possible in photography.
Visual Arts
Visual Arts track can be compared to photography but this creative
track is more hands-on. The campers create clay sculptures and collages.
Campers also participate in an expression activity drawing out their
feelings in a portrait of themselves. As a final project the campers
will construct a 3-D creature consisting of cardboard boxes. Once
the creature is constructed the group as a whole will decide what
kind of facial expression to give their creature.
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