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Events - Workshops and Classes

VSA TEXAS
New Media Arts Summer 2013 Two-Week Beginning Courses for Young Adults with Disabilities.
We want YOU! Ages 15 and up.
All Camps held at the AGE Building
3710 Cedar St., Room 101, Austin, TX
Cost for each camp is $350*

Camp 1: Stop Motion Animation: The Edge of Imagination Station
DATE: June 10 - June 13 & June 17 - June 20
TIME: Monday - Thursday, 10 am - 2 pm
Johnny Villarreal is a multimedia artist living and working in Austin. In 2008, he co-founded The Edge of Imagination Station, an interactive stop motion animation lab. With experimental workspaces and custom software he will help participants create and film their own short animated video. No previous experience necessary.

Camp 2: Music and Recording
DATE: June 24 – June 28 & July 1 -- July 3
TIME: 1st wk: Monday - Friday
2nd wk: Monday – Wednesday, 10 am - 2 pm
Make It, Play It, Tape It and Take it Home! Create your own instruments, jam with others in the class. Make music together. Purly Gates is a full time musician, living outside Austin. Into high tech and low tech. No previous experience necessary.

Camp 3: Community Arts and Media Resources
DATE: July 8 – July 11 & July 15 – July 18
TIME: Monday – Thursday, 10 am - 2 pm
New Media Arts instructor Carol Stensrud Ed.D. CTRS, will expand participant’s knowledge of Austin community arts and New Media resources through field trips and guest artists. In the classroom you will also create your own story using images, sounds and digital media. No previous experience necessary.

Camp 4: Theater Fun and Games
DATE: July 22 - July 25 & July 29 - August 1
TIME: Monday - Thursday, 10 am - 2 pm
Instructors Heidi Caldwell and Celia Hughes will lead the development of creative thinking, self-confidence, listening, team building, and communication, all while having loads of fun and laughs using the tools of theater sports, games and activities. No previous experience necessary.

Download registration form.
For more information email Lynn Johnson or call 512-454-9912
*Please inquire about partial scholarships to all Camps.

This project is funded and supported in part by Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin through the Economic Growth & Redevelopment Service Office/Cultural Arts Division believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com.



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