Wherever your passion lies in the arts - music, art, ceramics, dance, theater, culinary - we have an amazing experience waiting for you this summer! Here are our dates down below. See you soon, an d if you have any questions, just give us a ring at (908) 230-6079
Wishing Our Whole Community an Amazing Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year
Hope you are well, wishing you a merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, and a beautiful new year!
I want to also say thank you to every single person in our community - our students, parents, school administrators and teachers, our faculty, and our hosts during the summer - for your support, feedback, and enthusiasm for all we did this past year in Rock Camp, Diving Into Art, Dance Intensive, Explore Ceramics, Jazz Workshop, and Theater Workshop. The community we have created over the years is very special.
Art Camp in the Hamptons, Diving into Art
Diving into Art, the premier summer art camp in the Hamptons located at our Bridgehampton, NY campus has summer camps and classes for artists of all ages. Our art director, Sophia Santarella, talks below about our art camp that explores acrylic and watercolor painting, each week ending in a “works-in-progress” exhibit for friends, family and the public.
1. What excites you about this summer and our art program Diving into Art in Bridgehampton, both our day camp and our late afternoon adult lessons (3-5 pm)?
I am excited to be engaging with students and building our own little community. The younger students have such a natural intuition towards creating art, It's wonderful to help students cultivate their own creative voice.
For the older students I am very excited to help them develop confidence and skill in art making. The hardest part of making art is getting started and creating freely. I am looking forward to facilitating learning through skill making that will cultivate artistic confidence in students!
2. This summer you will focus Session I (7/18-22) on acrylic painting and for Session II on watercolor painting (7/25). How does an artist change his or her approach with type of painting?
One's approach changes based on the qualities of the material. For example watercolor is known for its airy and transparent appearance, while acrylic is thicker and more opaque. Unlike acrylic, watercolor typically uses the color of the paper as the lightest color. Working with watercolors requires patience as layering colors is important. Typically the approach to watercolors is working with your lightest colors first as your most transparent layer. From there each layer of water color becomes more opaque as you build up your darker colors.
When painting in acrylic you also work in layers. The difference in acrylic painting is that in this medium you work from dark to light slowly building up your highlights. It is an important distinction that dictates one's approach to each medium. Though there are exceptions to these rules, these approaches help develop strong painting skills in acrylic painting and watercolor painting.
You Be You: Music, Art, Dance, and Theater Camps in Bridgehampton, NY and Lebanon, NJ
One of the benefits for those that come to our summer camps and classes in the Hamptons and New Jersey, Rock Camp, Jazz Workshop. Diving into Art, Dance Intensive, and Theater Workshop is that you are doing two things at the same time.
I once has a teacher that asked me what was a guitar. What is it? Well, it’s carved wood with steel or nylon strings, etc… The teacher shook his head, no, no, no. He smiled and said the guitar is a reflection of you! When you are studying to learn and master an art form this concept becomes more apparent every day. Through learning an art form you start to learn more and more about yourself. The second thing you realize is that while it’s important you work on your individual skills, it is also important to work well with others, to cooperate, challenge and support your fellow musicians, artists, dancers, and actors. These two ideas are not only important in the arts, but life in general!
Looking forward to seeing everyone this July!
Hamptons Summer Art Camp, Diving Into Art, Watercolor Painting
Our summer art camp in the Hamptons, Diving Into Art, meets in July for 2 weeks at our campus in Bridgehampton, NY. In Session I, July 18-22, we will focus on acrylic painting, and in Session II, July 25-29, we will focus on watercolor painting.
Watercolor painting is a whole world in and of itself, and paintings in this style give plenty room for the viewer to add his or her interpretation. This is definitely the case in the works of impressionist painters such as Monet, Degas, and Renoir.
An interesting technique to bring out different textures in your watercolor paintings is to use salt in the painting process.
Here is a short video demonstrating the process.
An Inner Confidence Rises Up, Music, Art, Dance, Theater Camp in the Hamptons
Through the years I have noticed an inner confidence emerge from students in our music, art, dance, theater camp in the Hamptons and New Jersey. Something happens when someone throws himself or herself into something and creates something that they never thought was possible.
When students arrive at our music camp, our art camp, our theater camp, and our dance camp in the Hamptons and New Jersey, there is a mix of excitement and maybe a bit of nervous energy. It’s amazing to see how this feeling transforms into a certain confidence that comes through performance and sharing your talents with your peers, family, and the public. It’s not showy…it’s a kind of quiet, inner confidence that radiates outward that’s built on accomplishments that they have seen through on their own with their fellow musicians, dancers, artists, and actors.
How a "Mistake" in Music Can Say So Much, Rock Camp, Jazz Workshop, Dance Intensive, Theater Workshop in New Jersey and the Hamptons
One of the benefits of learning music is you learn to adapt to change in the moment. Creating something whether its music, art, dance, or theater, you have to work as a team, and embracing change is part of that. This is something you will learn and experience at Rock Camp, Jazz Workshop, Dance Intensive, and Theater Workshop in New Jersey and the Hamptons. The bass player may be rushing the beat a little bit, the drummer forgets the cue going to the bridge, an actor forgets a line, a painter makes a brush stroke he didn’t intend. What do you do, especially if it’s during a live performance?
Here is a fascinating video of the great pianist Herbie Hancock talking about making a “mistake” at the piano in a performance with the trumpeter Miles Davis. Herbie talks about cringing when it happened, but then he talks about how MIles Davis heard what happened and altered his notes to make his “mistake” something perfect. Herbie goes to say how this experience taught him to approach music and life differently. So good, check it out.
Summer Art Camp in the Hamptons, New York
If you love drawing, painting, and create works of art you are in the right spot! Diving into Art is the name of our summer art camp in the Hamptons and like the name suggests you will be actively learning and creating works of art this July 18-22nd and July 25-29th in Bridgehampton on Long Island in the Hamptons.
In Session I, July 18-22, we will explore acrylic painting, the fundamental of drawing, and there will be a series of electives in the afternoon (anime drawing, photography, and more). In Session II, July 25-29, our focus will be watercolor painting with amazing electives in the afternoon as well. At the end of both sessions there be “Works In Progress Exhibit” open to friends, family, and the general public.
See you this July!