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Digital Art: The Dragon Quest

Ages 11-17 Monday 4 August-Friday 8 August 3pm - 7.30pm Join us for a unique camp experience: a combination of DIGITAL ART and ROLE PLAY GAME! Each day, we’ll generate ideas for an original fantasy world, bringing that world to life on our screens as we draw, paint and sculpt. You’ll build your own character, using it for role play as we enlarge the story we create together. Join us for this exciting Fine Art Quest program: you’ll improve your digital art skills while immersing yourself in a fantasy adventure. if you love art and you’re fascinated by fantasy role play games like DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, this is the program for you! Bring along your device; if you are working on a [...]

March 12th, 2022|Fine Art & Digital Art, Summer Day Camp 2025|

Creative Writing: Writing for TV…Life in a Writers’ Room

Ages 11-17 Monday 4 August- Friday 8 August 10am to 2.30pm Have you ever wondered what it would be like to write for television? Well, this is your chance to find out! Experience life in a Writer’s Room as you work collaboratively with other writers to devise an original TV series. We’ll teach you how to sculpt a story, build unforgettable characters and write amazing dialogue. You’ll learn why writing for television relies on well-structured plot and visual impact as you create a pilot for your very own TV show. Get ready to pitch your ideas in a celebration on the final day. Beginner and experienced writers are all welcome; write by hand or on a device, the choice is yours! PROGRAM [...]

March 12th, 2022|Creative Writing, Film Making, Summer Day Camp 2025|

Fine Art: Timeless Treasures

Ages 11-17 Monday 28th July – Friday 1st August 3pm-7.30pm Take your inspiration from classical and contemporary artists as you paint, draw and sculpt your way through the week! Experiment with drawing styles and techniques, then move on to painting projects as you work with acrylics and watercolour. Artists of all levels are welcome – including young people working on portfolios for arts school applications. Discover technical and creative drawing and painting skills, get inspired by famous artists, have fun and explore your artistic potential with us this summer. PROGRAM CALENDAR APPLY NOW! Digital and Fine Art Camps - On-Line and in Bloor West Village

March 12th, 2022|Fine Art & Digital Art, Summer Day Camp 2025|

Film Production: Alien Invasion!

Ages 11-17 Monday 28 July – Friday 1 August 10am – 2.30pm Film Camp: An Alien Invasion Your movie begins when an alien craft lands in high park. Who witnesses this? What do they do? Are aliens walking among us and do they mean us ill will? Learn special effects film-making as you create this exciting movie. Make a short film in just 5 days! Learn by doing, as you devise your plot, create a storyboard, write the script, scout locations, and film! We’ll work collaboratively in the studio and out in the neighbourhood, creating a movie that will take everyone’s skills to the next level. Learn about lighting, sound, directing, camera work and more as you experience life on set – plus, [...]

March 12th, 2022|Film Making, Summer Day Camp 2025|

Virtual Writing Salon

Ages 11-17 Monday 21 July – Friday 25 July 3pm to 7.30pm each day (with an hour’s break for dinner) Immerse yourself in creative writing from the comfort of your home, garden or cottage! Develop characters, build stories, create unique settings and learn all about tension, dialogue and mood as you respond to exciting and varied writing prompts. Whether you love poetry, fantasy, science fiction, action/adventure or comedy (or if you are still discovering what you like), this fun and inspiring week will help you grow as a writer. Beginner and experienced writers are all welcome; write by hand or on a device, the choice is yours! PROGRAM CALENDAR APPLY NOW! Creative Writing Camps - [...]

March 12th, 2022|Creative Writing, Summer Day Camp 2025, Virtual Camp|

Film Production: A Murder Mystery

Ages 9-15 Monday 21 July – Friday 25 July 3pm – 7.30pm A murder mystery Do you fancy yourself as Sherlock Holmes or even Enola Holmes? Film a classic murder mystery with witnesses, clues and a dastardly villain. Will your audience guess who committed the crime? Make a short film in just 5 days! Learn by doing, as you devise your plot, create a storyboard, write the script, scout locations, and film! We’ll work collaboratively in the studio and out in the neighbourhood, creating a movie that will take everyone’s skills to the next level. Learn about lighting, sound, directing, camera work and more as you experience life on set – plus, act on camera if you choose! We’ll screen our movie [...]

March 12th, 2022|Film Making, Summer Day Camp 2025|

Photography & Photo Editing

Ages 11-17 Monday 21st July - Friday 25th July 10am to 2.30pm each day Learn to take great photographs as you participate in photographic assignments in our studio and on location. Discover nature photography, portraiture, macro, architectural photography and more. Learn how to use SLR camera features, and to take amazing shots with only your phone. Towards the end of the week, we will turn to editing! We’ll teach you how to make the most of photo editing software as you create fabulous art using your own photographs as raw material. Photographers participate in a group exhibition on the final day. Bring along an SLR camera if you have one – or we have ones you can use. Campers should bring a [...]

March 12th, 2022|Film Making, Fine Art & Digital Art, Summer Day Camp 2025|

Creative Writing and Fine Art: Create a Graphic Novel

Ages 11-17 Monday 14th July – Friday 18th July 10am – 2.30pm Do you enjoy art as well as creative writing? If so, this program is for you! You’ll spend Monday and Tuesday exploring story structure, devising characters and building an outline for the graphic novel you want to create. Take workshops in comic book illustration as you experiment with different illustration styles, then work with an artist to bring your story to visual life on paper. By the end of the week you will have a complete story outline and the first few pages of your graphic novel illustrated in full. Note: if you are mostly interested in creative writing that’s okay, as long as you are willing to give art [...]

March 12th, 2022|Creative Writing, Fine Art & Digital Art, Summer Day Camp 2025|

Creative Writing: for the JOY of Words!

Ages 11-17 Monday 7 July-Friday 11 July 10am to 2.30pm In this varied and playful creative writing camp, we’ll explore words and stories in every way possible. We’ll play word games, collaborate on stories, try spoken word poetry, invent language and create word collages. We’ll write song lyrics, turn the entire studio into a poem, create our own books, make wearable word art and end with an amazing zine we will write and illustrate together. What happens when you forget traditional structures and share your love of words in new and exciting ways? Join this writing program and find out! Beginner and experienced writers are all welcome. Please bring along a plain T Shirt in your own size. PROGRAM CALENDAR APPLY [...]

March 12th, 2022|Creative Writing, Summer Day Camp 2025|

Animation Creations

Ages 11-17 Monday 30th June – Friday 4th July 2025 3pm-7.30pm Develop the skills you need to bring your wildest and most creative ideas to life in 2-D animations! With all-new content, you can enjoy this camp even if you’ve taken programs with us before. Create original digital art masterpieces and learn how to animate them. View famous animations for inspiration and discover how to make the most of open-source software to create and animate stories of your own. You’ll practise your new skills by participating in digital drawing games, too! Join us for an exciting journey into the world of animation. Bring along your device; if you are working on a laptop we will have drawing tablets for you to use. [...]

March 12th, 2022|Fine Art & Digital Art, Summer Day Camp 2025|