
Summer art camps are underway at the Woodson Art Museum, and youngsters are converging this week for Art From All Angles. Early Tuesday, children ages 10-11, clustered in the lobby swinging brightly colored lunchboxes before spending the day creating three-dimensional forms and figures with clay, plaster, and wire. They started by screen printing their own graphic t-shirts. Before sculpting, they soaked up inspiration from metalwork in the galleries and sculptures in the garden, where they paused for a picnic lunch by the pond.


The ratio was excellent Tuesday, with three or four budding artists to every helper – a great way for volunteers to ease into the week. This year, the volunteer crew includes two teenagers who are children of Museum staff – my daughter, Sarah Kate, and Alex, Jayna’s son who’s been a faithful camp volunteer for years.
Sessions for younger children are booked solid, with about twenty 8- and 9-year-olds coming today and a full slate of 5-7-year-olds on Friday. Sarah Kate, who is 15, wants to be a teacher when she grows up, so volunteering for the art camps offers great experience and another opportunity to solidify – or modify – that career choice. Alex, who is 17 and wants to be a paleontologist, says he has a strong artistic interest that he wants to share with the next generation.