{"id":26933,"date":"2020-07-09T19:30:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T23:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=26933"},"modified":"2020-07-16T17:37:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T21:37:34","slug":"home-is-where-the-art-is-brings-cultural-centre-summer-camps-to-a-tablet-near-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/home-is-where-the-art-is-brings-cultural-centre-summer-camps-to-a-tablet-near-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Is Where the Art Is brings Cultural Centre summer camps to a tablet near you"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For many of us lately, our homes have been an all-purpose\nhub to live, work and play during this time of social distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, thanks to some clever re-thinking from organizations\nlike the Aurora Cultural Centre, home is also the setting for new kinds of\nsummer camp experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home Is Where the Art Is, the Aurora Cultural Centre\u2019s\nnew Virtual Summer Camps program, launches this week with what is billed as a\n\u201cdynamic blend of live-online and offline learning, along with games, dance\nparties and virtual snack times together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t just crafty things you can find on YouTube!\u201d\nsays Leanne DiMonte, Education and Outreach Manager for the Aurora Cultural\nCentre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with counsellors Amanda, Cassandra, Madison and\nNicole, Ms. DiMonte helped develop Home Is Where the Art Is as a brand-new\nvirtual program based on feedback from patrons and parents. Their feedback was\nclear: as circumstances surrounding the global pandemic threw cold water on facilitating\nin-person camps in a safe and healthy way, they wanted a \u201cvirtual program that\nis active and engaging and not just more screen time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat is really what we\u2019re trying to achieve with this,\u201d\nshe says. \u201cThe program features a blend of what we call our \u2018live-online\u2019 and\noffline learning. Offline learning features instructional video tutorials that\nget posted daily for campers to access and they are essentially step by step\nguides on how to create an art piece while encouraging tactile learning. Some\nof the projects are messy, so we want you to go into your yard or take it to\nthe park! Parents want something that actually gets their kids up and moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe live-online learning is really a place where campers\ncan log on each day and interact with their fellow counsellors. There will be\nan art technique that is discussed, but it is also a time to play games. There\nmight be a virtual dance party, a drama game, or maybe they will just have\nsnack time with their friends. Some of the feedback we got from parents, too,\nwas that sometimes it is just nice for them to talk to each other and maybe\nhave a little show-and-tell on what they have created so far.\u201d
\nAdding to the virtual fun, \u201cspecial guests\u201d will be introduced throughout the\nsummer, including some current and former gallery artists, musicians who have\nperformed at the Aurora Cultural Centre or for Cultural Centre programs outside\nof 22 Church Street, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to make something that is really fun and we\npulled from the various themes that we had already created; we have Artistic\nImaginations, which is learning how to create mythical creatures like unicorns\nand dragons; we have Arts Through the Ages, which is like an art history week;\nthere\u2019s Sculpt It, which is all about clay and model magic. There\u2019s lots of\ndifferent tools and materials that can get used throughout the summer and we\nare providing the art supplies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cultural Centre\u2019s curbside pickup program for camp\nmaterials is already underway, with the first batch prepared for pickup from\nthe Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex. Aside from a couple of further at-home\nsupplies, all you need to take part in the program, once registered, is a\ncomputer or tablet and a good internet connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to make it really accessible for parents\nbecause we recognize you might not be able to source out clay on your own and\nthings like that, and that is why we decided to create the Art Kit and curbside\npickup,\u201d says Ms. DiMonte. \u201cWe have been running ever since we decided to\nlaunch this. There are lots of new logistical challenges, but we have an\nincredible team and they have really developed great skillsets. We\u2019re doing a\nlot of video editing, we\u2019re learning a lot of new technology, but what we have\ncreated does respond to what parents were asking for, which is something fun,\nactive, engaging and safe \u2013 because it is done from the comfort of your own\nhome, you can guarantee the safety of your child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs we develop this new normal, I think we may continue\nthis virtual learning. We are looking right now at offering virtual learning\nfor our adult patrons, likely in the fall, depending on what the world looks\nlike then, but we may offer some adult programming that is online, or maybe it\nis a blend of both online and in-person. It has really been a very interesting\nlearning curve for us and next week we\u2019ll learn a lot more once parents react\nto [the camp program].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home Is Where the Art Is camps are on now and will run each week through August 28. For more information, including registration, visit auroraculturalcentre.ca or call 905-713-1818.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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