MAUMEE — Area youth ages 7 through 14 will have the opportunity to
combine drawing and nature in a hands-on creative learning environment
as Owens Community College serves as host to its first-ever Drawing from
Nature Youth Camp, June 20 – July 18.
The Drawing from Nature Youth Camp will be offered through Owens’
Workforce and Community Services, which is located at the Arrowhead Park
Learning Center on Indian Wood Circle. The four-week camp will take
place Mondays from 9 a.m. to noon for ages 7 through 10 and from 1 to 4
p.m. for ages 11 through 14. No classes will occur on July 4.
“Owens’ Workforce and Community Services is excited to expand its
continuing education programming and offer a hands-on camp, which
combines art and nature,” said Rhonda Hogrefe, account representative
for Owens Continuing Education and Community Service. “The new Drawing
from Nature Youth Camp allows attendees to express themselves
artistically and explore our natural surroundings within a unique
experiential learning environment.”
Camp attendees will receive hands-on learning specific to creative and
traditional drawing techniques, which will be used to fill sketchbooks
with studies from natural surroundings. Traditional art tools such as
pencils, charcoal, ink and crayons will be used during the camp along
with sticks, reeds and grasses to create drawings of natural design.
Every week will consist of a different activity using various
compositions and media to create a piece of artwork for the camp
participants.
Among the creative and traditional drawing techniques which will be
incorporated into the camp curriculum are stippling, cross-hatching,
shading, ink drawing, brush and ink wash, and watercolor. Sketchbooks
will be displayed at the camp’s end.
The new Drawing from Nature Youth Camp will be taught by Owens Adjunct
Instructor of Fine and Performing Arts Gary Wittenmyer. Wittenmyer has
garnered regional and national acclaim for his artistic expressions in
gallery and art exhibitions in Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota. His work
currently appears at the Toledo Museum of Art in the Collector’s Corner
location.
Registration for the camp is $125. For more information or to register, call (567) 661-7357 or (800) GO-OWENS, ext. 7357.