The Art of Nature
Art and Naturalist Studies Camp
Many say art is nature, and nature is art. At Trackers, we know that the stories we tell are what guide us to change the world. The artists of today are our storytellers who shape the future.
During the Art of Nature Camp we weave different art media together to tell the story of our natural greenspaces. We honor the birds, the trees, the plants and the animals with the art we make from their inspiration.
Children take home projects and new skills to last a lifetime. We have a gallery showing for friends and family at the end of the week, Friday at 2:30.
Depending on their age, students work with graphic, writing, and modern media such as video and photography to hon their own creativity and expression. All of this is centered around the child's own connection to the natural world. Many naturalist studies are taught from the artistic perspective such as animal tracking, birding, wild plants, and landscape ecology.
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Ages 5-6
$350
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Ages 7-9
$300
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Ages 10-12
$300
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Ages 5-12 The Art of Nature includes
• take photographs in nature
• paint animals and plants
• explore art on land with natural materials
• improve sketchign and illustration
• use charcoal, paint and other art media
• gallery showing @ 2:30 on Friday
• make your nature journal
• sing nature songs
• practice fibre crafts
• weave with natural materials
• naturally dye a shirt
• write poetry and make haiku
• explore the land in nature walks
• Parents attend a gallery showing at 2:30pm on Friday
We help children to feel like that group of kids wandering country backyards 50 years ago: independent, tired, muddy, wet and happy from the woods and wild. We are acutely aware of full and real hazards of the out of doors after years of working in environmental education. We try to move away from the highly structured and limiting tolerances of conventional environmental education while keeping kids truly safe but not encapsulated from, or phobic of nature. We are deep patriots to the value of offering guided yet very free and transparent experiences for kids. We believe it is okay to be thirsty at times, cold at times, and wet at times. It builds empathy and care for the gifts of life. It fosters adventure and sincere accomplishment. We also believe it is critical to feel supported and cared for as they truly explore their passion and responsibility. And through a healthy life immersed in nature, they test the limits and great potential of the often untapped physical and emotional resiliency they possess.
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