5-day Art In Nature: Earth Art Exploration

TIME:

• 5-day: July 29th - August 2nd, 9:00AM - 12:00PM
• 4-day: July 29th - August 1st, 9:00AM -  12:00PM  (CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP) 

VENUE: Room 111, South Whidbey Parks and Rec

AGE: 4-7

In this experiential art class, we will bring the little artists a wide range of nature-based materials (clay, wax, nature objects, yarn, rovings, earth powder, water/ice, paper, etc.) to explore. Throughout the camp, we will bring stories of the origins of each material, and how they came to be, to introduce an understanding and appreciation of what we use in art, and their connections to our environment.

Sample Schedule:

1. Drop-off Transition
2. Introduction to Material + Exploration
3. Nature Walk + Snacks
4. Story Time
5. Return to Class Space + Developing Individual Projects

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Jiuyu is an Integrated Creative Art Instructor with a background in various media. Her art follows an integrated approach combining Body-based Arts, Buddhism, Taoism, Yoga, and Waldorf Education. A Chinese native born to a Buddhist family, Jiuyu spent her childhood and teenage years traveling and living around the globe, where she found her passion for nature and community building. In teaching art, Jiuyu uses elements of movement, storytelling, meditation, art-making, and weaves together multiple aspects of the creative being.

Jiuyu graduated from the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago. She has experience in teaching both young children and adults.  She believes that for young children especially, art is one of their primary languages of communicating with the outside world. Through art, children can process emotions and soften their approach to the world.  They build the capacity for reverence and learn to express love in a non-linear way.

Jiuyu is an art instructor for the WILASC afterschool program at the Whidbey Island Waldorf School campus.