Going Green With FAVA Summer Arts Camp

The FAVA Arts and Crafts Camp theme for the week of July 12 to 16 was Green Art. Students discovered ways of making art while being kind to the earth including, paper making using junk mail and natural materials, paper mache and printing using vegetables.

Materials used in the class, which was taught by FAVA instructors Janet Gilmore and Karen Hainline, were recycled from local businesses and industries.

Over the week, students leaned about current environmental artists, including Andy Goldsworthy Agnes Denes and Chris Jordan.

The students then created their own works of Ephemeral Art, art which will change with the passage of weather,  using leaves, twigs, flowers and stones.

The next FAVA summer class starts Monday, July 19. The Pix and Flix course will explore photography and animation. To see photos from week one of the class, Back to the 60s, click here.