2025 SASY Camp Classes!
Summer Arts Series for Youth — SASY is a one-week Summer Arts Camp encounter with visual as well as performing arts. Campers are given the flexibility to choose their own art experience. They may want to dabble in the performing arts or take part in the visual arts or perhaps do a bit of both. Every effort will be given to placement of our campers in the classes they want, however, if a class is filled they may be placed in another fun-filled class.
Classes are broken down by age group and length of time. Our youngest campers, ages 5-7 have a half-day camp experience from 9 am – noon. Our senior campers, ages 8 to eighth grade are in full-day camp from 9 am – 2:15 pm.
At the end of camp on Friday, family and friends are invited to an exhibition of the week’s artwork, as well as music and a theatrical performance on the Tryon Fine Arts Center main stage!
Register early for these fun and exciting classes
HAVING FUN WITH ART! Campers will unleash their creativity with the fun-filled art projects in this class.Students will paint an animal. Explore printmaking in several different ways, and make some great art. So, clear a spot on your wall for your kid’s masterpiece!
WILD, WONDERFUL ART! Students will find this class both wild and wonderful. They will be drawing and painting wild—and not so wild—animals! Yes, they’ll be bringing home pets you won’t have to feed or groom, just admire!
MAKING MUSIC YOUR OWN! Kids will love this class! Woody Cowan will delight your child with his love for music and engaging personality. At our art celebration on Friday afternoon, students will perform in the auditorium, in an all-star group singing with Woody accompanying on the guitar.
SENIOR CAMP CLASSES (students going into third grade & up)
LIGHTS, LINES, ACTION! This theater class is a blast! It gives campers an opportunity to perform on stage. They will learn lines, blocking, costumes, and stage make up. We will be performing a play for our Friday 5:30 Show. This class is from 9:00 to 12:00 each morning. It is a steep learning curve but a way to get your feet wet in theater!
PAPER MÂCHÉ! Students will have a great time making a paper mâché of their own shoe. Just bring an old sneaker to layer on the paste-soaked paper. Kids will also make a paper mâché mask, and paint both their masks and shoes after they dry. Two wonderful works of art to add to your home gallery!
ORIGAMI I Turn a sheet of paper into a mini-sculpture! Learn the ancient art of paper folding to create shapes, boxes or animals.ORIGAMI II Does your camper have some experience with origami? If so, this is the class for them! Students will learn more advanced techniques of paper folding.
LET’S PAINT A MURAL! This class is a floor full of fun. Students will design and paint a giant mural. Mr. Ben and Mr. Brian help students make this enormous task a wonderful work of art that will be the backdrop for our theater performance.
MUSIC FUN! We are pleased to announce that Mr. Woody Cowan, music teacher and band performer extraordinaire will join us to teach this class. Campers will have a great time discovering their voices, to sing, or simply make some noise that translates to beautiful and expressive music! On Friday, this joyful class will show us some of what they have learned in a no pressure, supportive performance.
ART IN ACTION: COMIC CREATORS! From old-school newspaper strips and comic books to Manga and graphic novels, cartoons are captivating! In this class, Students who love to draw and create characters will learn to come up their own character ideas and develop them, then create a short 3 to 5 panel comic strip featuring their character creations.
WILD AND WONDERFUL ABSTRACT ART That may look like a few blobs of paint, but look again! Notice the form, the color, the shapes, the composition, the flow. That is abstract art! In this class, students will explore the elements of abstract art with an emphasis on one of the movement’s pioneers, artist Wassily Kandinsky.
Please note, these workshops fill fast and we’ll make every effort to give our students the classes they would like. However, because we limit the number of students in each class, we reserve the right to change their choices, only if necessary. All our classes are rewarding,
enlightening, inspiring, and best of all, fun!
