Spring Fling Book Thing: Fun with Writing and Book Arts

Cinquain Series

Platform Pop-ups

SUMMER DAYCAMPS FOR YOUTH

INK, FILM, CLOTH, PAPER, CLAY: 5 CENTERS

CULTURE CAMP

ARTS ON THE RIVER CAMP

WRITING AND BOOK ARTS CAMPS with MCBA and The Loft Literary Center

Spring Fling Book Thing: Fun with Writing and Book Arts

Cinquain Series

Platform Pop-ups

YOUTH WORKSHOPS FOR INDIVIDUALS
MCBA's workshops for youth are often offered in collaboration with other arts-minded organizations such as The Loft Literary Center and the Twin Cities' five centers for art. Also, check out our Summer Daycamps for youth!

Spring Fling Book Thing: Fun with Writing and Book Arts
With Emily Carr Moore and Claire Wilson
Monday, March 31 to Friday, April 4; 1:00 to 4:15 pm
For children grades 2 to 5

Make your Spring Break trip the Open Book and jump into creative writing and book arts! First, you’ll play a variety of interactive writing games with Claire to inspire and kick-off your poems and stories. Then, after a short break, you’ll work with Emily in MCBA’s studios to incorporate your written work into handmade books, papermaking and printing projects. Example projects include constructing an 8-page accordion for your riddles and making a personal journal, which will include collaged handmade paper and a poem that describes you. Students should bring a snack each day.

$170 ($155 MCBA or Loft members)

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Cinquain Series
with Georgia Greeley
Sunday, April 6; 10am-4pm
For children ages 11 and up

If you like to write books and are curious about bookmaking, this class is for you! Focusing on the topic of your choice, you will construct a hard cover accordion book featuring a series of cinquain poems that you write in class. Bring your words to life by illustrating the pages with collage. Page design will be emphasized. This one-day class will give you many of the skills you need to continue writing and making books on your own. No experience necessary. Please bring a bag lunch.

$50 ($45 members)

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Platform Pop-ups
with CB Sherlock
Wednesday & Friday, August 20 & 22; 1-3:30pm
For students entering grades 6-8

Create a book with platform pop-ups and learn to layer them to construct a 3D scene. Students will examine concepts of background, middle ground and foreground. The book may be made more complex by adding more layers.

$48 ($44 members)

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MCBA presents an amazing array of summer experiences for kids and teens ages 7 and up. Have fun experimenting with book arts plus a huge variety of other artistic and cultural adventures. For additional preschool and grade school opportunities, check out our Youth and Family workshops.

INK, FILM, CLOTH, PAPER, CLAY: 5 CENTERS
For students ages 8–12

Feed your creative appetite with five days at The 5 Centers for Art: MCBA, Minnesota Center for Photography, Textile Center, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, and Northern Clay Center. Learn exciting art-making techniques from professional artists. Each week-long session will follow a different artistic theme. Experiment with a variety of techniques including digital and analog photography; monoprints, drypoints, and relief prints; textile dyes and weaving; handmade paper and books; and wheel-thrown pottery and sculpture. Register through Northern Clay Center at 612.339.8007.

Travel: Mon–Fri, June 23-27; 9am-3pm
World Cultures: Mon–Fri, July 21-25; 9am-3pm
Creative Free-for-all: Mon–Fri, August 18-22; 9am-3pm

$285 ($265 for members of participating organizations)

CULTURE CAMP
Mon–Fri, August 4-8; 9am-3pm
For students ages 7–12

Spend a day at each of five cultural arts organizations: MCBA, Children’s Theatre Company, Walker Art Center, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, and Zenon Dance Company. Work with artists at each site to create original sound experiments, performances, prints, handmade books and dances. Friends and family are invited to a presentation at the end of class at each location. Participants must provide their own transportation to each institution and bring a bag lunch each day. Register through the Walker Art Center box office at 612.375.7600.

$260 ($195 for members of participating organizations)

ARTS ON THE RIVER CAMP
Mon–Thurs, June 30-July 3; 9am-3pm
For students ages 8–12

Play music, get up on stage, bake bread and construct books while exploring the rich cultural organizations within the Minneapolis riverfront district. Arts on the River Camp offers children a new experience each day at four top arts centers including MCBA, the Guthrie Theater, Mill City Museum and MacPhail Center for Music. Participants will be dropped off at Mill City Museum each day and will walk to each participating organization (all within three blocks from the museum.) Register through Mill City Museum at 612.341.7556 or online at www.mnhs.org/summercamps.

$225 ($200 for members of participating organizations)

WRITING AND BOOK ARTS CAMPS with MCBA and The Loft Literary Center

Character Constructions
Mon–Fri, July 14-18; 1:00-4:15pm
For students ages 11-12

Learn how sharpening your five senses can help develop vivid characters. Each day you will brainstorm, build, and refine one or more characters. How do they dress? What do they do for fun? How old are they? Then create unique, handmade books to bring your characters to life.

Paint and Word
Mon–Fri, July 21-25; 10:45am-2:30pm
For students ages 13-14

Explore new ways to combine written word and visual image in this Asian-inspired writing and bookmaking class. First, create haiku, cinquain, and other short poems. Then make scrolls and hard-cover accordion books that combine your writing with sumi-e, an ancient Asian ink painting technique. Students will get to take home their own ink and brush set.

Fairy Tales and Bookmaking
Mon–Fri, July 28-August 1; 9am-12:15pm
For students ages 9-10

Set out on your own magical journey writing original characters and adventures. Maybe a hero is waiting to save a troubled kingdom, or possibly a princess is preparing for battle with an evil sorcerer. You will learn through role-playing, interviewing, and mapping your storyline. Then construct a book to feature your fairy tales, make marbled paper, and use the printing press to create letter forms inspired by intricately-decorated illuminated manuscripts of antiquity.

Creative Constructions in Writing and Bookmaking
Mon–Fri, August 11-15; 1:00-4:15pm
For students ages 7-8

This weeklong experience will introduce you to different types of creative writing, as well as to the world of book arts, print projects, and papermaking. First, play a variety of interactive word games to inspire and kick-start your writing. Then show off your written work in your own handmade paper, accordion books, and a poster that you design on the Vandercook press.

Each session $170 ($155 MCBA or Loft members) plus applicable supply fees ($5-$10).
Register through The Loft Literary Center at 612.215.2587.