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The American
Girl Doll Camp in June at the MacNider Museum was a runaway success,
so the Museum will offer the camp a second time in July. Campers
can expect more opportunities to make creative and stylish clothes
and accessories for their American Girl or similar doll, Teddy
Bear or stuffed animal playmate. The camp will be held from Tuesday,
July 22 through Friday, July 25 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. each afternoon.
Cost of the camp is $32, Museum members, $28. For more information
please e-mail Linda
Willeke
or call 641-421-3666.
Summer
Art Classes:
ART AFTERNOONS
10 Class
Meetings
Ages 5-10
Come to the MacNider
on Thursday afternoons for art extravaganzas! Each day will be
chock-full of things to make and take home with you.
Studio A
DATES: Thursdays,
June 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7, 14
TIME: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
INSTRUCTOR: Ashley Siegrist
FEE: $60, Members $54; or $6/class, Members $5.50/class
BEAD BONANZA
2 Class Meetings
Ages 6- 12
Learn new rolling
techniques and make beautiful beads into rainbow-hued jewelry.
Studio A
DATE: Tuesday,
July 1 and Thursday, July 3
TIME: 10:00 am - noon
INSTRUCTOR: Jan Willeke
FEE: $15, Members $13.50
FASHIONISTA
WORKSHOP
2 Class
Meetings
Ages 7 and up
Ramp up your
summer style with a unique wrapped headband or barrettes using
floss and decorative embellishments. The next week, whip up an
instant shirt using bandanas.
Studio A
DATE: Wednesdays,
July 2 and July 9
TIME: 1:00 - 3:00 pm
INSTRUCTOR: Ashley Siegrist
FEE: $15, Members $13.50
ART BUGS 
4 Class Meetings
Ages 2-5
Museums are great
places for preschoolers to learn about their world. Studio A
TUESDAYS 10:00
- 11:00 am
July 8: Fishy Fun with Nemo
July 15: Thomas the Train (optional visit after class to East
Park to see the Steam Locomotive)
August 5: Sun and Sand in Another Land
August 12: Fiesta Fun
INSTRUCTOR: Marilynn Eilers
FEE: $16, Members $14
MOSAIC MADNESS
1 Class
Meeting
Ages 5 and up
Make a summer
mosaic project for your house or garden. Everyone will go home
with a mosaic treasure of their own.
Studio A
DATE: Saturday,
July 12
TIME: 10:00 am - noon
INSTRUCTOR: Pam Jost
FEE: $8, Members $7
PACKING TAPE SCULPTURE
1 Class Meeting
Ages 8-12
Wow! Experiment with packing
tape to make your friends into life-like sculptures. When you're
finished, we'll have a small exhibition and take photos to document
your work.
Studio A
DATE: Wednesday, July 16
TIME: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
INSTRUCTOR: Caryl Dahn
FEE: $10, Members $9
DRAWING AND
PAINTING STUDIO
 4 Class Meetings
Ages 5-10
Spend a week
in the studio doing the kind of drawing and painting exercises
and projects real artists do to hone their skills.
Studio A
DATE: Tuesday,
July 29 - Friday, August 1
TIME: 10:00 am - noon
INSTRUCTOR: Ashley Siegrist
FEE: $32, Members $29
SUMMER MEMORY
SAVERS
2 Class Meetings
Ages 5-10
Capture memories
of a special summer in a personalized photo album made of fun
foam and also make a 3-D summer memory box to hold special treasures
of the lazy days.
Studio A
DATE: Tuesday,
August 12 and Wednesday, August 13
TIME: 1:00 - 2:30 pm
INSTRUCTOR: Ashley Siegrist
FEE: $12, Members $11
Summer
Art Camps:
CREATING WITH
CLAY CAMP
6 Class Meetings
Ages 5 and up
Get your hands into some
mud and learn to handbuild, throw on the wheel and glaze. If
you have already had a ceramics class, this camp will give you
a chance to make even more projects.
Ceramics Studio
DATES: Tuesday - Friday,
June 10 - 13, Tuesday, June 17 and Friday, June 20
TIME: 10:00 am - noon
INSTRUCTOR: Jeannette Calvin
FEE: $48, Members $43
TIE-DYE AND
SCREENPRINT CAMP
4 Class Meetings
Ages 7 and up
Get a good look going!
Create your own stencils and learn batik and tie-dye. Shirts,
socks, totes, bandanas, any natural material can be transformed
with your own designs.
Studio A
DATES: June 17 - 20
TIME: 1:00 - 3:00 pm
INSTRUCTOR: Jeannette Calvin
FEE: $32, Members $29
ART BUGS CIRCUS
McGURKUS CAMP
4 Class Meetings
Ages 2-4 (with caregiver)
Dr. Seuss and the Circus
McGurkus are coming to town! This camp is an opportunity for
children and a parent or caregiver to get to know the museum
and explore art materials in a fun environment.
Studio A and outdoors, weather permitting
DATES: Tuesday, June 24
- Friday, June 27
TIME: 10:00 am - noon
INSTRUCTOR: Marilynn Eilers
FEE: $32, Members $28; or $8/day, Members $7/day
AMERICAN GIRL
DOLL CAMP
4 Class Meetings
Ages 7-10
Food, jewelry, purses,
costumes, blankets; there are so many things a doll or teddy
bear needs to get along in life! Learn how to make lots of awesome
accessories for your doll or stuffed animal playmate. This is
a great class for young friends to take together.
Studio A
DATES: Tuesday, June 24
- Friday, June 27
TIME: 1:00 - 3:00 pm
INSTRUCTORS: Jeannette Calvin and Jan Willeke
SUPPLIES: Bring your American Girl or other doll or stuffed animal.
FEE: $32, Members $28
PUPPETS AND
PEOPLE CAMP
5 Class Meetings
Ages 6-10
Puppets, puppets, puppets!
Make puppets, design a stage and cast your creations in a play.
The camp will have projects adaptable to both older and younger
children. Studio A and outdoors.
DATES: Monday, July 7 -
Friday, July 11
TIME: 10:00 - noon
INSTRUCTOR: Ashley Siegrist
FEE: $40, Members $36
AWESOME ARCHITECTURE CAMP
5 Class Meetings
Ages 8-12
Have you ever wondered why the architecture
in Mason City is visited by people from all over the world? Famous
architects Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Burley Griffin and William
Drummond all designed buildings in Mason City. In Architecture
Camp we'll study Prairie School and other styles of architecture,
find examples in an architectural scavenger hunt, make floor
plans for a home, draw a perspective or elevation of a building,
design a stained glass window and visit a practicing architect.
We'll even create buildings to eat! It will be awesome! Studio
A
DATES: Monday, July 21 - Friday, July 25
TIME: 8:30 - 11:30 am
INSTRUCTOR: Peggy Bang
FEE: $60, Members $54
SUMMER ART
CAMP
5 Mornings, Monday
- Friday
Ages 7 - 12
Right here in River City!
Get ready for a whole week of art fun, making tons of cool things
at the MacNider Museum. Experiment with new materials as you
paint, build, work with paper, beads, clay and fabric. Create
on your own and get together with friends for group projects.
Dress for mess! Outdoors, weather permitting.
DATES: Monday through Friday,
August 4 - 8
TIME: 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
CAMP DIRECTOR: TBA
FEE: $60, Members $54
Studio Wish
List
o Interesting
Fabric - fuzzy, sparkly, shiny, velvety
o Used T-shirts
in child or small adult sizes
o Marbles
o Shells
o Buttons
o Beads
o Old jewelry
Please bring donations
to the front desk of the Museum and make sure they are clearly
marked "Art Studio Donation"
Scholarships Available
Through generous donations from
individuals and groups in the community, scholarships are available
to students who normally would not be able to experience an art
class. For more information or to donate towards a class scholarship,
please contact Linda
Willeke, Coordinator of Education, @ 641-421-3666.
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