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Summer Camps - Ages 13-18


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UNDER THE SEA - HOT GLASS STUDIO with GlassWorks Staff

SC-5010 • Mon.-Fri., June 9-13, 9 a.m.-noon

Go under the sea with the Banana Factory’s own GlassWorks staff! In this camp, teens enjoy a week of fun creating fish, sea forms and other types of aquatic life out of glass! They’ll learn to manipulate glass with different glass forming techniques as they explore torch work, slumping & fusing and glassblowing! $330

 

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UNDER THE SEA - MOSAICS with Kim Hogan

SC-5011 • Mon.-Fri., June 9-13, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Take a summer trip under the sea with our talented artist instructor! In this camp, students enjoy the sights of the sea while creating their very own mosaics! Colored tiles, seashells, pebbles and various other sea-related objects are just the beginning when learning about nontraditional mosaic. At the end of camp, students will take home beautiful, personalized mosaic projects. $150

 

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COMBINATION - Under the Sea - Hot Glass Studio / Mosaics

SC-5012 • Under the Sea - Hot Glass Studio/Under the Sea - Mosaics – Pair the two as a full-day camp for only $450.

To register for this combo camp, please call 610-332-1300.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY with Estizer Smith

SC-5013 • Mon.-Fri., June 16-20, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

With Digital Photography, campers learn to use our Olympus digital cameras while discovering the adventure of digital media in the Olympus Imaging Center. They’ll also use Adobe Photoshop to alter and distort the images they take during the week. Your kids will leave this camp with prints to last a lifetime! $150

 

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WHEEL THROWING AND SCULPTURE with Deb Slahta

SC-5014 • Mon.-Fri., June 23-27, 9 a.m.-noon

This dynamic class teaches your teen how to take a ball of clay and transform it into a bowl or cup using the pottery wheel, as well as learn clay hand building techniques such as coiling, weaving and pinch pots. They’ll discover the ins and outs of clay as they design and create their own artistic vessels and sculptures. A glazing day will be arranged at a later time to paint and fire the dried stoneware. $150

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PATRIOTIC - HOT GLASS STUDIO with GlassWorks Staff

SC-5015 • Mon.-Thurs., June 30-July 3,
9 a.m.-noon

Think Red, White and Blue! Join us in our GlassWorks hot glass studio during the week of July 4 to create patriotic images, flags and fireworks out of glass! Teens will learn to manipulate glass with different glass forming techniques including torch work, slumping & fusing and glassblowing! $265

 

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DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY with Edward Leskin

SC-5016 • Mon.-Thurs., June 30-July 3,
12:30-3:30 p.m.

Lights, Camera, Action! Take a week to explore the fascinating world of darkroom photography! In this class, students learn to take a wide array of images while seeing photography from start to finish. They’ll work with lighting and photo chemicals and draw and print their own negatives! $120

 

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COMBINATION - Patriotic Hot Glass Studio / Darkroom Photography

SC-5017 • Patriotic – Hot Glass Studio/Darkroom Photography – Pair the two as a full-day camp for only $375.

To register for this combo camp, please call 610-332-1300.

BUGS - HOT GLASS STUDIO with GlassWorks Staff

SC-5018 • Mon.-Fri., July 7-11, 9 a.m.-noon

It’s an exciting morning as students design and create their own buggy creatures out of hot glass with the Banana Factory’s GlassWorks staff! Campers craft bugs of all different styles, shapes and sizes using various techniques. They’ll learn to manipulate glass with different glass forming techniques including torch work, slumping & fusing and glassblowing! $330

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BEADMAKING WITH HOT GLASS with GlassWorks Staff

SC-5019 • Mon.-Fri., July 14-18, 9 a.m.-noon

Create beautiful beads with the use of a flameworking torch! With the help of the Banana Factory GlassWorks staff, teens learn the basic skills to make beads at the torch, including heating glass and shaping it with tools, as they fashion awesome wearable art!
$330

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JEWELRY MAKING with Valerie Breaux Haaf

SC-5020 • Mon.-Fri., July 14-18, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

One thing’s for sure - we love jewelry at the Banana Factory! This fun camp will take you through the how-to’s to get to the ‘WOW, YOU MADE THAT?!’ Campers make beautiful jewelry to wear or give as gifts. It’s a summer session that’s great for everyone! $150

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COMBINATION - Beadmaking with Hot Glass / Jewelry Making

SC-5021 • Beadmaking with Hot Glass/Jewelry Making – Pair the two as a full-day camp for only $450.

To register for this combo camp, please call 610-332-1300.

LANDSCAPES - SLUMPING AND FUSING STUDIO with GlassWorks Staff

SC-5022 • Mon.-Fri., July 21-25, 9 a.m.-noon

It’s a thrilling morning as teens create their own landscape designs out of hot glass with the Banana Factory’s GlassWorks staff! Campers design landscape images of all different styles, shapes and sizes - they’ll learn to cut flat glass into shapes and slump them over molds to create patterned landscape tiles. $330

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LANDSCAPE WATERCOLOR PAINTING with Andrew Kish III

SC-5023 • Mon.-Fri., July 21-25, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

You love to paint and you want to kick it up a notch? Watercolor painting is beautiful, subtle and creative in a way you’ve never experienced. Our talented artist instructor will teach you all you need to know about the form and technique of the water medium. In this camp, you’ll paint in the studio and go outside in nature to create your next masterpiece. $150

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COMBINATION - Landscapes - Slumping & Fusing / Watercolor

SC-5024 • Landscapes - Slumping and Fusing/Landscape Watercolor Painting – Pair the two as a full-day camp for only $450.

To register for this combo camp, please call 610-332-1300.