CARPE DIEM! Summer Arts Camp on the Shore
A Sampling of Activities and Field Trips


ACTIVITIES will include most, if not all, of the following:

- art classes and workshops: book/journal-making, mosaics, fused glass jewelry-making, artist trading cards, life drawing, basket-weaving
- swimming
- kayaking and canoeing
- bicycling
- cairn building (a la Andy Goldsworthy) and collecting of driftwood and other shore treasures
- bird-watching (bald eagles, great blue herons, egrets, osprey, hummingbirds, finches, etc)
- volleyball, badminton, tennis, bocce ball, Frisbee, and other outdoor games
- Oxford-Bellevue Ferry ride and ice cream cones in the park and a walk through Historic town
- field trips to remarkable artist studios and galleries (weaving, mosaics, woodworking/furniture building, instrument-maker, ceramics, painting – see descriptions below)
- music and dance workshops and/or free-time/evening pastimes for those who are interested (ensemble work, a cappella singing, international songs and dances)
- African drumming workshop
- baking and cooking classes – learn how to make crepes and waffles, bread, grenola, delicious salad dressings, won tons, poppyseed cake, hummus, stromboli, hollandaise, and more
- readings of favorite poems, plays and passages; collecting of quotes for our handmade books
- sharing sessions – campers and staff who would enjoy having a chance to teach a favorite craft, game, recipe, or share other special talents


FIELD TRIPS

- Gallery by the River: Contemporary Tapestry Weaving and Studio
www.ctw-tapestry.com/gallery-by-the-river.html
Features one of the largest weaving looms in the world ~
Owner by renowned artist Ulrike Leander from Norway

- Turtle Cove Mosaics
www.turtlecovestudios.com
We will visit the Indoor and outdoor exhibits of marvelous mosaic creations, plus the working studio space of Craigie Succup and Susan Wasilewski.

- Woodworking and Furniture Building Shop c/o master artisans Jim Beggins and Jim McMartin (famous for building the Maryland Governor’s desk out of the majestic, historic Wye Oak tree)

- Caledon Glassworks ~ Stained Glass Studio of Paul Winters

- Visit to artist Sue Stockman’s back yard to see the myriad of creations in wood and mosaic, and further down Railroad Ave. in St. Michaels, a visit with Steve Fagan to see his guitar-building studio.

- Oxford-Bellevue Ferry ride and a walk through the historic town of Oxford, plus ice cream cones in a beautiful park with small beach and skipping stones.


OTHER POSSIBILITIES:

- Visit to horse farm in Trappe, Maryland, home of cellist Carey Miller and classical guitarist and master builder Peter Zukoski – to see their famous octagonal barn and music studio.
- Tour of home and gardens at the historic Clays-Hope farm ~ dating back to the 1700’s. We will hear the owners describe their years of restoration work and tell an amazing story about the family that once lived there.
- Academy Art Museum
- Avalon Theatre
- Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
- Unicorn Book Store (rare and used books)
- Dragonwings puppetry studio of Debra Hathaway and Eric Heath
- Community dance (contra, circle and square) with live music
- Evening concert in historic St. Michaels harbor-front park
- Pottery studio of Martha and Forrest Bogan, creators of the famous “Crab Drop” for the First Night Talbot celebration in Easton.