SPRING BREAK Arts Extravaganza Camp     March 24-28 • AGES 6-12 • 9am - 5 pm

COST: $250/week;    $60/day;     $55/day for 2 or more days or 2 or more children; Registration Free waived for this camp

Come spend the week or any combination of days on our farm having fun in the Spring time outdoors and creating ART of many kinds! Louise Omoto Kessel and Holmes Graybeal will be leading this camp together with some fabulous guest artists scheduled by the day! Counselors will be scheduled as enrollment requires to keep staff-child ratios low and good attention for your children maximized! Louise will be offering a range of art activities each day in a free-to-choose "Art Party" format. Cooperative Games, Canoeing on the Pond, Frisbee Golf, Nature Exploration will also be in the mix!

Guest Artists CONFIRMED are:
• Beverly Botsford (Wednesday)- Beverly is a world class percussionist and a fantastic teacher as well. She will get us all making instruments, playing as ensemble, banging on things and "in the groove"!;
• Erick Davis (Thursday)- Erick is a visual artist who's own work includes tile and stone mosaics, large scale murals, paintings and drawings. Erick has done beautiful work at our farm in the past helping children make art from natural materials and helping them with an assortment of other visual art experiences.
• Monday, Tuesday and Friday, Louise and Holmes will lead art activities, play, nature explorations, pond excursions, etc. With the help of a counselor or two if enrollment requires.

ART PARTY CAMP   May 19-24 • ages 2-7 with their parents • cost $175; second child $150; per day cost $40/child/day


Camp Hours: 9am - 2pm

This fabulous Spring day camp for the youngest campers and their parents (or other special adult) will involve partying with art all week long! Louise will be setting out a spectacular array of visual art explorations each day and will be joined by creative movement, nature explorers, and music artists for an all around fun time. In Louise's art class come ready to finger paint; mix together colorful slime; play in shaving cream; draw with pastels, colored chalk, and other medium; learn to embroider on burlap or sew your own stuffed animal; make your own toys, and so much more! When you meet our guest artists bring your voices and bodies to the tumbling, dancing, singing chorus of activity! Much of the day will be for adults and children to share in creating together. Each afternoon we will offer an hour long workshop with our guest artists that will be specifically for the creative exploration and rejuvenation of the adults while other artists and camp counselors work with the children. Singing Games provide a lively morning circle and our day ends with a closing circle and story told by Louise.

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FELTING WORKSHOP for Adults   (and parents and children in May!)

Because we love felting and in particular love our felting teacher Candace Waken, we host a monthly Felting Workshop here at Clapping Hands Farm. Here are our monthly offerings for the Spring season! We will be taking a BREAK from the monthly Felting Workshops over the summer and will resume our Felting Workshops in September! Please note also that we have a whole WEEK of Felting and other Fiber Arts in our 2008 Summer Camp line up!

Saturday March 15, Felting Workshop for Adults, 10 a.m. -2 p.m. Cost $50 includes materials.
Bring your own lunch, OR we can provide lunch for an additional cost of $9.

Thursday April 10, Felting Workshop for Adults, 10 a.m. -2 p.m. Cost $50 includes materials.
Bring your own lunch, OR we can provide lunch for an additional cost of $9.

Saturday May 10, SPECIAL FELTING WORKSHOP for Parents and Children together! 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Cost $95/pair includes materials. Bring your own lunch, OR we can provide lunch for an additional cost of $9 per person. Other Adult-Child relationships such as Grandparent-Child, Mentor-Child, Godparent-Child etc. welcome! Suggested age range 8 years old and up. We will consider exceptions for younger children who have some felting experience and a keen interest in the medium, please contact Louise to discuss age exceptions if you are interested in bringing a younger child. Parents/Adults should expect to spend some of their time helping their children with their projects, but we hope everyone will be able to design and felt a project of their own!

Call to register! 919-542-5599 or email: louiseok@mindspring.com

Candace Waken leads our once-a-month Felting Workshop for Adults. Come enjoy a day in good company and fine creative spirit! Felting is the ancient art of turning wool into a beautiful sturdy material that can range from totally functional to highly decorative (or a wonderful combination of both!). By adding soap, warm water, and friction to wool of many colors participants can create things as varied as hats, beads, figures, scarves, pouches, slippers, portraits, balls, geodes, puppets, and toys. The process is satisfying, the results are beautiful!

Candace Waken makes stunningly beautiful felted objects herself and is a gifted teacher of the highest order! You can count on a studio atmosphere that is supportive and empowering; Candace guides with the confidence and intelligence her years of experience provide and delights in the beauty of the things her students create. She has taught handwork at the Emerson Waldorf School, led felting camps at the Friends School Summer Camps and of course at our own Clapping Hands Farm Fiber Arts Camp. Now by popular demand we offer our once-a-month Felting Workshop for Adults! Although the basic principals are readily grasped by the children at our summer camps, I can give personal testimony – the materials and possibilities have ENDLESS fascination for adults.

Each one day workshop will lay out the basic principals of creating a range of felted objects –flat pieces, balls, cords, three dimensional sculpted pieces, etc. Each person will have the freedom to design and craft an object (or objects) of their choice with Candace's support. I admire Candace's ability to lead workshops where everyone in the studio is working on something different and each person experiences success!
No previous experience is required! Experienced felters will also benefit from this workshop where lovely materials will be provided in abundance and a range techniques will be taught.

FAMILY DRUMMING WORKSHOP  with Beverly Botsford  




April 21, Monday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A homeschool enrichment day for ages 6 and up with their parents. Cost $20 per child age 6 and up/parents free. Bring your own lunch.

Beverly Bostford is a world class percussionist who tours internationally with jazz singer Nneena Freelon. She was also a founding member of Chuck Davis' African American Dance Ensemble in it's early days in NC. Along with being an outstanding musician in her own right, I have never seen anyone cause a group of NON-musicians sound so good in such a short period of time! She is an excellent workshop leader!

Come spend a day at our farm in Beverly's company! There will be a percussion workshop in the morning, an instrument making activity, lunch and free time, followed by another percussion workshop in the afternoon.

Our setting in Pittsboro is secluded and lovely, with a large camp shelter where we can work rain or shine.
Younger siblings are welcome to tag along, but parents will be 100% responsible for their care, including ensuring that the workshop space stays focused. (There will be plenty of room to play away from the workshop space if needed!)