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  • Benton: Fun For Kids, Summer Art Academy

    Benton Summer Art Academy

    Monday, June 27-Friday, July 1
    It’s a Jungle in Here: Animals in Art  (ages 5-7)

    $150 non-member/$140 member (cost covers the entire week)
    9:30am-12:30pm
    Learn about the layers of the rainforest and the creatures who call this place home. Participants will enter a tropical realm and sculpt poison dart frogs, build jungle treehouse sculptures, paint spirit animals, and design pastel toucans.

     Tuesday, July 5-Friday, July 8
    ArtVenture: Painting, Printing and Pastels (ages 8-11)

    $120 non-member/$112 member (cost covers the entire week)
    9:30am-12:30pm
    Get ready to roll up your sleeves and get messy! Participants will paint larger-than-life portraits, design pastel landscapes, marble paper, and print with unexpected items like bubbles, fish, seashells, and leaves. *Please note: this camp will not meet on Monday, July 4 and the fee is prorated accordingly.

    Monday, July 11-Friday, July 15
    Wild Art: Bubbles to Brushes (ages 5-7)

    $150 non-member/$140 member (cost covers the entire week)
    9:30am-12:30pm
    Have you ever painted with your toothbrush? Or made a print with rainbow bubbles? During this wild and wacky session, participants will get messy as they paint and print with unusual items like vegetables, toothbrushes, wands, and even their fingers!

     Monday, July 18-Friday, July 22
    Secrets of the Forest: Magical Creatures & Mythical Beasts (ages 8-11)

    $150 non-member/$140 member (cost covers the entire week)
    9:30am-12:30pm
    Enter a magical and artistic realm of unknown species! Participants will get creative as they sculpt magical creatures out of clay, build designer dragons, create monster collages, and construct miniature zoos filled with mythical beasts.

    Space is limited for each session; reserve your place today by contacting Mollie Sixsmith, Curator of Education, at 860-486-1711 or mollie.sixsmith@uconn.edu.

    THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
    University of Connecticut
    School of Fine Arts
    245 Glenbrook Road
    Storrs, CT

    For more information, contact: The Benton Museum at 860-486-4520