Art Experience for Kids
Coming to the Industrial Arts Center

Registration is open for the Creative Summer 2010 at the Industrial Arts Center in Gulfport's Art Village. Kicking off the six-week program will be a repeat of last year's popular Kids Art Experience with James Oleson Jr. June 14-18.

Kids will learn a variety of media and make two projects each day. They will be encouraged to explore how they can create unique works of art from materials and objects they can find in their everyday environment. Media will include wire sculpture, soap sculpture, rock sculpture, collage, mosaic, caricature and more. The Week long art experience will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday - Friday, June 14-18 and July 5-9.

Beginning on June 21, from 2 to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday will be Hands On Sculpture. In this fun series, kids will explore a variety of hands on sculptural techniques including handbuilding with clay, papier mache, working with armatures, relief sculpture and glass casting. Hands On Sculpture will be held 2 to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday, June 21-25 and July 12-15.

The third offering for summer 2010 will be Kids Glass Week. Kids will experience a variety of glass arts in a series of five 3-hour workshops: blown glass ornaments, hot glass paperweights, glass fusing, broken glass mosaic and glass painting. This week long glass art experience will be held from 9 a.m. to noon,  Monday - Friday, June 28 - July 2 and July 19-23.

For information or registration, visit the Industrial Arts Center online at www.industrialartscenter.org. The Industrial Arts Center is located at 2902A Beach Boulevard South, in Gulfport's Art Village Courtyard.

SummerKids Art Schedule
June 14-18 - Kids Art Experience with James Oleson Jr.
June 21-25 - Hands On Sculpture
June 28-July 2 - Glass Week (limited registration)
July 5-9 - Kids Art Experience with James Oleson Jr.
July 12-15 - Hands On Sculpture
July 19-23 - Glass Week (limited registration)

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