Jul 23 Thursday
Summer Arts Adventures for ages 5–7 is a joyful, all-day creative program where every week is a brand-new adventure. Each day is packed with fun, hands-on activities that invite young artists to imagine, experiment, and create in a supportive, welcoming environment.
Participants will paint, draw, build, stitch, sculpt, and explore art from around the world while getting their hands messy (in the best way!). With guidance from experienced teaching artists, kids build confidence, make new friends, and discover the joy of creative play. Days also include games, outdoor time, and special adventures, including field trips to nearby parks and museums.
In our fully-equipped art studios, young artists can experiment with clay, comics and cartoons, painting, photography, printmaking, bookmaking, sewing, sculpture, and more.
Fees: $495 per week.Weekly after care is available from 4:00 – 5:30 pm for $90 / week.
An Introductory Animation Workshop with Elanna Allen and Jimena Faerber for students ages 6+ (limited to 12 students)
WHAT
Star in your own animated movie through this animation workshop that uses YOU as the star! In this workshop, students will make movies using an animation technique called pixelation, a form of stop-motion that uses people as puppets. Students will storyboard, create sets and props, and finally, film their movies. The workshop will conclude with a special screening of the students’ films. No previous animation skills or experience required!
Parents and friends are welcome to join on Saturday, July 25th at 10am for a premiere screening of the students’ films at NFAC.
This workshop is limited to 12 students. Participants should bring their own snacks & drinks.
This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 75 works by a diverse group of artists, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day, May 1918 and continuing to the present day, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey, and Julie Mehretu, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents and whether justice is available to all.
For Which It Stands… forms part of America250: The Promise and Paradox, an initiative through which Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment.
Curator: Carey Mack Weber, Executive Director, Fairfield University Art MuseumFaculty Liaison: Aaron Weinstein, PhD, Assistant Professor of Politics
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