September 6 - 12
Seven-day Creativity Camp for adults
at Camps Newfound-Owatonna
Embrace your God-given creativity in the serene and supportive environment of camp. Make new friends. Enjoy delicious food. Change the way you see yourself - for good!

$50 off if you enroll before May 1st.
An additional $50 off when you sign up for both Week 1 and Week 2

Workshops & Instructors

Ceramics
ROGER HONEY

Basket Weaving
LINDA STRICKLER

Rustic Furniture
JAMES STRICKLER

Your House in Cross-stitch or Needlepoint
SUSAN KILBORN

Found Objects Sculpture
ALEX COOK

Creativity Camp Director
MICHELE PARSONS   trowmich@verizon.net
Michele graduated from Principia College with a BA in studio art and a minor in metalsmithing. She has ten years of retail sales and management experience in renowned galleries that feature wearable art. Michele served on the Kirkland Arts Center Board of Directors for six years and ended her tenure as the Vice President. She learned the art of ceramics at the KAC and is currently teaching children's ceramic classes. Michele has also taught art and ceramics in public schools, at Camp Newfound and Owatonna, and at Creativity Camp. She currently holds the position of retail manager for the Kirkland Arts Center's fine and functional art store, where she also sells her ceramics.

REGISTRATION

Arrival and departure times
Arrive: September 6, Monday, after lunch
Depart: September 12, Sunday, mid-afternoon

Tuition and fees 6 nights, 7 days = $750 per person
Materials fee = varies by course
All linens (sheets, blankets, towels) = $25/person
Extra blanket or sleeping bag = $5 each
Airport pickup/delivery = $20 each way

Accommodations
Participants are housed in staff cabins (with space heaters) at Newfound and Owatonna. Meals are served in the Newfound dining room beside a warming fire... or, weather permitting, on the dining room deck overlooking the lake. Food is plentiful and delicious! Classes are held in various locations around camp, indoors and out, in the warmth of the sun or by a fireplace.

How to register
Choose one class to take for all seven days.
PRINT APPLICATION must be accompanied by $100 nonrefundable deposit to:
Camps Newfound/Owatonna
4 Camp Newfound Road, Harrison, ME 04040

Workshop Descriptions

Ceramics
ROGER HONEY
"Mud and water folk," come and experience the nuances of an ancient craft by the shores of Long Lake. This is your opportunity to try your hand at the pottery wheel and make simple joys of wonder, and/or pursue the satisfaction of making a creative, hand-built form from scratch, using the craft techniques of pinching, coiling, and slabbing. At the conclusion of the session, every participant will have experienced the process of making a clay object from start to finish, from gooey mud to a glazed work of art. Come prepared to get messy and delight in Roger's passion for clay.

About Roger Honey
Roger Honey has been an artist and an educator for more than 30 years. He grew up in Farnham, England, and graduated from the prestigious Royal College of Art in London, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts. Upon completion of his degree, Roger joined the faculty at London University, where he was a lecturer and ceramics specialist. In 1980, Roger joined the faculty at Principia College as a professor of studio art with a focus on ceramics, sculpture, and three-dimensional design. He and his wife currently live in Barrington, IL, where Roger continues to teach and produce hand-built stoneware. His recent work is inspired by Utah landscapes. Website: www.rogerhoney.com

Basket Weaving
LINDA STRICKLER
This workshop will introduce you to basic weaving techniques and materials that will provide a foundation for your own creative exploration of basketry. You'll begin by making a small wall-hanging from cattails and/or inner cedar bark, and learn to weave, twine, and make cordage. You'll finish off this piece by adding your own personal touch with embellishments. Our next project will be a small, traditional Northwest basket made from the inner cedar bark of the Western Red Cedar tree. You'll be able to try different patterns and use other natural materials on the baskets, learn construction of a basic rim, and then add embellishments. The instructor will prepare most of the cedar bark, but you will also have the opportunity to prepare some of your own weaving material. Stimulate your imagination for your next project by looking through books and sharing ideas about basket samples. Time will be set aside to venture outside to look at natural materials and talk about gathering, preparing, and storing materials for future baskets. Lists of what will be supplied and what you should bring will be provided.

About Linda Strickler
Linda Strickler's involvement with art in many varied forms - from pen-and-ink drawings to graphic design work to making lampshades and journals - has been ongoing for as long as she can remember. Linda has a BS in art education, and for many years after college, she painted small landscape watercolors and sold them in a local art gallery. In the early 1990s, Linda and her husband, James, collaborated in making reproduction 19th-century clocks. Linda used the traditional art of reverse glass painting on the clock front and James built the wood clock cases. When they moved to Washington in 1995, Linda and James became interested in native fibers and started a business creating art influenced by their new area. Linda weaves traditional baskets with materials gathered from nature to create unique pieces of functional art, while James creates Northwest tables and lamps. Linda has taught weaving to both children and adults, and looks forward to teaching at a Christian Science camp - a place that is familiar to her! Website: web.mac.com/jlgstrickler

Rustic Furniture
JAMES STRICKLER
Learn the basics of rustic furniture building. Make a chair frame out of tree saplings and branches with hand tools (unless you consider a cordless electric drill to be a power tool), using mortise and tenon joinery. Then, learn to weave a beautiful seat using cotton canvas webbing. This project is perfect for all levels of experience, and the finished product is a chair suitable for children ages one to eight, or who weigh up to 90 pounds. The experience gained can be directly applied to other rustic projects. A list of tools and materials will be provided.

About James Strickler
James Strickler has been building furniture since 1988. He graduated from Michigan State University with a BS in computer science and, after many years in the Northeast working with computers, he left that industry and began working with wood - initially with wooden boats as a carpenter, rigger, and painter. During this time, he became inspired by the Shaker traditions of simplicity of design and integrity in construction. This interest led him to become a furniture-maker. James's love of boats and boating precipitated a move to the Pacific Northwest. There James found materials harvested from the landscape to be interesting, new additions to his supply of woods for making his tables, benches, and lamps and he began modifying his designs to incorporate these materials in his work. The artist's inspiration comes from the cultures of his natural surroundings, as well as the Shaker tradition. Great care goes into gathering, peeling, and drying the materials used in creating his furniture. James uses Northwest materials and traditional joinery, and strives to build furnishings that will be used for generations. Website: web.mac.com/jlgstrickler

Your House in Cross-stitch or Needlepoint
SUSAN KILBORN
Turn your home, another favorite house, or a building from a photograph into an heirloom in counted cross-stitch or needlepoint. Learn to create a pattern in accurate proportion and detail for stitching an ornament, pillow, or piece for framing. You'll work from your pattern on graph paper and begin to execute your design on linen, Aida cloth, or canvas. You will concentrate on perfecting your pattern to finish stitching it at home. Once you've worked through this design process, you will be able to create or re-create anything in your favorite needlecraft. You will receive instruction and recommendations for each step of the process - from photo to finish. While we will not be using computers at camp, Susan will demonstrate the use of a computer program for those who might like to make such an investment in the future. Some experience in either cross-stitch or needlepoint techniques is required.

About Susan Kilborn
Susan Kilborn is a former teacher of art elements and principles, as well as perceptual and creative skills in the visual arts, at the University of Nebraska, Utah State University, and Michigan State University. She holds MS and PhD degrees in the visual arts from Pennsylvania State University. Since childhood, Susan has been a productive artist in nearly all of the needlecrafts, which she also has taught in many venues - adult education, craft stores, and at fundraisers. Susan inspires creative expression and a passion for needlework in others. An employee at Longyear Museum, Susan's extensive background and examples of her original cross-stitch are featured in the Museum Store and in a profile on the museum website: www.longyear.org/news_events/news/40-a_life_pattern_in_cross-stitches

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Improvisation, Conceptual and Found-Object Sculpture
ALEX COOK
Get ready to get your hands dirty! This will be a messy class. That is to say, no material is off-limits. We will use some things as they are and others will be painted, shaped, and changed. We will explore many ways in which an idea becomes a form and, through trial and error, arrive at the best way the form can express that idea. Largely considering the art of sculpture to be play, we will let our materials and environments influence the way we create. We will gather supplies from our daily lives and build beautiful creations from them. We will explore objects, reflecting on the ways in which their texture, color, size, and shape influence the way they work in our sculptures. Through these activities, we will consider the best ways to construct our sculptures, and techniques for achieving a diversity of form, color, and texture. Finally, we will collaborate on a large found-object sculpture. Prerequisites include: Beauty 101, Willingness 112, and Silliness 234.

About Alex Cook
Alex Cook is a muralist, musician, and sculptor. He has created over 60 murals in the US and abroad, and has founded and directed a mural-painting program for teenagers called Art Builds Community. One of Alex's passions is art that brings people together socially. Along these lines, he has organized community events in which folks create sculptures together using objects found in their neighborhood. Currently, Alex is touring the US, performing songs from his recent album of Christian Science-based rock music, "Tree Of Life."
Website: www.stonebalancer.com