Arts & Imagination Camps

Instructor: Harford Heights
Ages: 6-11
Dates: Week 8 (August 7 - 11)
Times: full day (9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Cost: $450

Explore the fun places we have in our town; all children who attend this camp must be able to follow directions, stay with the group without needing one on one attention, use quiet and polite voices and not get overstimulated by a non-rigid schedule. Families will need to provide students with a “brown bag” lunch.

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Instructor: Anita Horwath
Ages: 5-11
Dates: Week 6 (July 24 - 28)
Times: half day (1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Cost: $255

This camp gives children the chance to share their love for American Girl dolls and collaborate with friends who have the same enthusiasm for everything American Girl! Campers will make costumes or accessories for their dolls, play games, and perform many artistic vignettes. Dolls are always included and love to be part of everything we do, including visiting a new country every day! We will board a plane and learn about a new place each day. We will have a fashion show, dance to new music and make an interesting snack. Passports will be provided! Note: Campers may bring any doll to camp each day, an American Girl Doll is not required.

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Instructor: Holly McAslan, RPCS Lower School Art Teacher
Ages: 5-11
Dates: Week 4 (July 10 - 14)
Times: half day (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Cost: $295

Clay creativity with forms and hand-building to make clay creations inspired by animals around the world. Campers will make pottery, mugs, bowls, cups, all with an animal theme. Come join the fun!

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Instructor: Little Scholars
Ages: 6-11
Dates: Week 1 (June 20 - 23)
Time: half day (1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Cost: $225

What happens when drawing and creative writing collide? COMIC CREATIONS! Delve into the world of comics as you explore different comic styles, create a signature character, develop a unique cartoon style, design a comic book, and build a portfolio of comics. Sharpen your pencil and ignite your creative juices with us!

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Instructor: Little Scholars 
Ages: 6-12
Dates: Week 7 (July 31 - August 4)
Time: half day (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Cost: $255

Design your very own fashion line with us! Budding designers will keep a fashion portfolio, create a one-of-a-kind piece with recyclable goods and end the program with a runway show to rival Fashion Week! We will participate in several design challenges too. Come design the runway with us!

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Instructor: Catherine Mapp, MICA
Ages: 9-11
Dates: Week 2 (June 26 - 30)
Times: half day (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Cost: $250

Students will dive into the basics of drawing from life while learning about the expressive qualities of line, shapes and mark-making. They will explore how familiar objects can be broken down into combinations of shapes and lines, how emotions can be conveyed in changing facial features, the relationship between object/context in real and imaged environments, how 3D forms can be translated into curves and lines on a 2D surface, and how to translate the expressive quality of plants into lines and shapes.

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Instructor: Harford Heights
Ages: 5-11
Dates: Week 2 (June 26 - 30)
Time: half day (1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Cost: $225

From castles and dragons to fairies and frogs– campers will explore the world of magic through books and plays to create magic objects, fairy or gnome gardens. We will dip into the delights of Shakespeare, honor ancient herbology potions, and adventure into the world of fairies and dragons!

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Instructor: Anita Horwath
Ages: 5-11
Dates: Week 6 (July 24 - 28)
Times: half day (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Cost: $255

Fairies dance! Fairies play! Fairies explore! Each day we will dream up fairy stories to perform with your children and enjoy a scrumptious fairy snack. We will dabble in fairy crafts and use our imaginations. No fairy is complete without magic wings and a wand, plus fantastic fairy face and hair paint at the end of the week! Campers will join friends in the fairy world as we celebrate the power of imagination and creativity.

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Instructor: Holly McAslan, RPCS Lower School Art Teacher
Ages: 7-12
Dates: Week 5 (July 17 - 21)
Times: half day (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Cost: $275

This camp is for creativity with sewing, weaving, felting, and more! We will use these mediums to create tote bags, pencil cases, pillows, and other fabric items.

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Instructor: Harford Heights
Ages: 5-11
Dates: Week 7 (July 31 - August 4)
Times: half day (1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Cost: $250

Once Upon A Time, there was a group of campers who worked hard to create an unforgettable story! They learned about creating a story with a beginning, middle, end, protagonist, antagonist, and more. Then they created an illustrated book of their story, as well as performed their story with costumes and props or puppets and miniatures. And everyone lived happily ever after!

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Instructor: Catherine Mapp, MICA
Ages: 9-11
Dates: Week 2 (June 26 - 30)
Times: half day (1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Cost: $250

Students will work in acrylic and watercolor to develop a working understanding of color theory (primary, secondary, complementary, and neutral) and how to utilize color mixing for expressive purposes. Students will explore small individual projects as well as large collaborative pieces inspired by artists such as Georgia O’Keefe, Peter Max, Helen Frankenthaler, and Henri Matisse.

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Instructor: Holly McAslan, RPCS Lower School Art Teacher
Ages: 5-11
Dates: Week 2 (June 26 - 30)
Times: half day (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Cost: $275

Campers will enjoy this week dedicated to painting with watercolors, gouache, tempera, and acrylics. Campers will also learn interesting ways to manipulate paint to create amazing textures on canvas and other surfaces. We will also have fun using printing methods to enhance our paintings. This camp is ideal for the child who loves to draw and paint.

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Instructor: Holly McAslan, RPCS Lower School Art Teacher
Ages: 5-11
Dates: Week 1 (June 20 - 23)
Times: half day (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Cost: $275

Make your own plate, mug or other finished pieces and glaze to create one of a kind of pottery. This is a fun camp centered on creativity with clay and modeling mediums. Campers will make useful items of pottery, vessels, and other sculptural pieces that incorporates imagination and creativity.

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Instructor: Little Scholars
Ages: 5-10
Dates: Week 8 (August 7 - 11)
Time: half day (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) 
Cost: $255

We are looking for the next rock and roll star! We will jam out with handmade instruments, learn hip songs, and rock the day away. Your rocking scholar will show off their social skills, gross motor skills, and fine motor skills at our final performance. Show us your rock star side!

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Instructor: Amanda Eich
Ages: 7-12
Dates: Week 4 (July 10 - 14)
Times: half day (1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Cost: $285

This camp is for scrapbook beginners who love making memories! Campers will bring their own photographs, newspaper clippings, tickets, etc. and create a scrapbook throughout the week. We'll practice cutting, gluing, and other fine motor skills to craft a scrapbook unique to each child. We will use everything from paper bags and scraps to beautiful cardstock and stickers to show that truly anything can be used to create a keepsake. 

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Instructor: Holly McAslan, RPCS Lower School Art Teacher
Ages: 5-11
Dates: Week 6 (July 24 - 28)
Times: half day (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Cost: $295

Clay, wood, paper mache, recycled materials, wires and more! This camp is for that child who loves to make things with building materials, cardboard, recyclables, clay, and other materials. We will focus on famous architecture, artists, and inspirations from the world around us!

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Instructor: Harford Heights
Ages: 5-12
Dates: Week 9 (August 14-18)
Times: full day (9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Cost: $450

Campers will make, hide, and find treasure! We will use maps, go on scavenger hunts and solve puzzles to find the next clues. During this week, campers may explore the great outdoors and leave the RPCS campus to explore nearby nature areas and parks to do some geocaching. All campers will get to create a treasure box and fill it with gems, jewelry, and coins from the week. Adventure awaits you!

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Instructor: Harford Heights
Ages: 5-11
Date: Week 6 (July 24 - 28)
Time: half day (1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Cost: $225

Explore the deep blue sea and wonders of the wind during this hands-on camp. Campers will enjoy creating miniature boats, learn about water properties and what makes an object sink or float.

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