Charlie's Artists

It's Art Camp Week at the old Dallas Academy, and campers get to create

 3-D works under the direction of famous folk artist Charlie Lucas.

 Using a variety of  trash and trinkets that vary from sections of garden hose, 

old wooden forks, beads, keys and wire, these young artists got out

 the glue guns and went to work. Campers rotated among art stations 

and also made jump ropes, painted ceramics, decorated old cigar boxes

 and had pictures made in costumes on Monday.  

Linking to Our World Tuesday and City Daily Photo Blogs

Unstoppable

When it came to Art Camp last week, this young man was (as his T-shirt shows) simply UNSTOPPABLE!

He's working with a loom, and I am betting that the guys were as good or perhaps (better?) than some of the gals at this craft.

Art Camp was sponsored by the City of Selma and held at the old Dallas Academy, home of the ceramics center. The next session will be in mid-July.

Recycling with The Tin Man

Young artists at the City of Selma Art Camp this week are learning how to recycle scraps of anything and everything with Charlie "The Tin Man" Lucas.

They're making 3D sculptures of imaginary creatures from old jeans, tickets, wire, buttons, yarn, paint, string, beads, clothespins, plastic, spools and styrofoam.

The camp is under way at the city ceramics center in the old Dallas Academy. Some 50 children are enrolled, and more can take part in the second Art Camp July 13-17.

Getting Ready for Art Camp

Ceramics, wire art and weaving are just a few of crafts that youth ages 8-14 will get to experience in the first of two summer art camps.

The camp is sponsored by the City of Selma Ceramics Department in the old Dallas Academy building.

Check the Alabama Weaver blog for a preview of some of the preparations.