Classes & Camps
Classes and workshops for all ages and skill levels.  
Simply Jane Logo: Make Your Painting Pop


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Drop in Paint Studio
Simply Jane Artist are on hand to show you how to use our professional grade acrylic paints and
brushes, teach a little technique (that we call making it pop)!

$5 studio fee plus what project you choose to paint
(items start at $4, with large selection $10 and under)
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Release Day Arts Camps
Have fun creating art all day. We are offering a variety of arts and crafts from papermaking, printmaking, painting, clay,
mixed media and more.
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2010 Summer Arts Camp
Camps are week long, Monday – Friday, with full and half day options. There is a $20 discount per week for full day
students. Children registered for a full day camp must bring a bag lunch and drink. Refrigeration is available. A
supervised lunchtime from 12:00 – 12:30 is followed by an hour of high energy
activities including movement classes.


MORNING CAMPS
9:00 – 12:00       $115  each


AFTERNOON CAMPS
1:30 – 4:30    $115  each
WEEK 1        JUNE 14 - 18
How to Draw Comic Books         Ages 7 - 12
This class is for the beginning illustrator who’s
interested in developing skills while learning new
techniques to create better and more realistic
illustrations all while developing your own style. You
will develop your creativity and storytelling abilities
and other important skills needed to be a good artist.
Supplies $10
WEEK 1        JUNE 14 - 18
Clay Creations                        Ages 7 - 12
We will explore the many methods of using clay from
pinch pots to hand building techniques, and even a
little wheel throwing. We will make forms with
textures and colors and be very imaginative.
Everyone loves clay!
  

Supplies $15
WEEK 2        JUNE 21 - 25
Fun with Arts and Crafts             Ages 6 - 12
Have fun with a sampling of shorter high quality
projects from painting and clay to jewelry and collage.
We will have new creative projects every day!



Supplies $15
WEEK 2        JUNE 21 - 25             
Drawing from Life                       Ages 7 - 12
Class sessions will focus on drawing as a learning
process.  Students will work towards developing a
“hand-eye” sensibility through exercises in portraiture
and still-life rendering.  A particular emphasis will be
placed on studying the natural forms of plants and
flowers.
Supplies $10        
WEEK 3        JUNE 28 – JULY 2
Exploring Printmaking                 Ages 7 - 12
Think textures. Think patterns. Think colors. Think
backwards. In this class we will explore printmaking
techniques from rubbings and potato prints to simple
and complex methods of relief prints.

Supplies $10
WEEK 3        JUNE 28 – JULY 2         
Mosaic Creations                        Ages 8 - 12
Mosaic tiles are everywhere! We can make mosaic
from paper, from nature, buttons, hardware and office
supplies. And of course we can use ceramic and
glass tiles. We will make a variety of beautiful
mosaic objects.
Supplies $15  
WEEK 4        JULY 5 - 9
How to Draw Comic Books 2       Ages 7 - 12
This class is for the beginning illustrator who’s
interested in developing skills while learning new
techniques to create better and more realistic
illustrations all while developing your own style. You
will develop your creativity and storytelling abilities
and other important skills needed to be a good artist.  
Supplies $10
WEEK 4        JULY 5 - 9
Sculpture                                Ages 7 - 12
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n this class we will explore several three
dimensional techniques. We will build and cast to
make mobiles and sculptures using a variety of
materials including wire, plaster, clay, wood and
found objects.
Supplies $10
WEEK 5        JULY 12 - 16
Creative Papermaking                Ages 6 - 12
It’s kinda like paint and kinda like clay. It’s colorful
paper pulp! Come and see what you can make with it.
We pull screens through and layer shapes of different
colors to create plants, designs, houses, faces and
figures.  
Supplies $10
WEEK 5        JULY 12 - 16
Patterns and Design                   Ages 8 - 12
We will explore elements of design such as color,
shape and line  to develop patterns that we will make
into colorful artwork. We will draw, sculpt and build
these patterns into drawings, paintings, clay pieces,
mosaics and more.
Supplies $15
WEEK 6        JULY 19 - 23
Fun with Arts and Crafts             Ages 6 - 12
Have fun with a sampling of shorter high quality
projects from painting and clay to jewelry and collage.
We will have new creative projects every day!



Supplies $15
WEEK 6        JULY 19 - 23
Drawing Comic Books: Younger Ages       
Ages 6 - 8
This class is for the beginning illustrator who’s
interested in developing skills. You will develop your
creativity and storytelling abilities and other important
skills needed to be a good artist.  This class is for
younger students and older assistant teachers.
Supplies $10
WEEK 7        JULY 26 – 30
Batik and Tie Dye                        Ages 8 - 12
Batik is a wax resist dye process in which melted wax
is applied to fabric or clothing, which we then dye,
layering colors. Bring any white or solid light colored
cottons, fabric or clothing, and learn about colors
while brightening them up.
 

Supplies $15
WEEK 7        JULY 26 - 30   
Art Wearables: Accessories and Jewelry
We all love unique and stylish accessories. We will
use old clothes, fabrics, beads, lace, buttons and
bindings to turn rags into treasures. We will learn
some basic sewing, beading and jewelry making
techniques, as we design fun scarves, hats, jewelry
and bags to brighten up our wardrobes.    
      
Supplies    $15
WEEK 8        AUGUST 2 – 6
Maskmaking                                Ages 8 - 12
Learn Jennifer’s special way to make a mask. It’s fun
because we work with so many kinds of sculptural
materials! We start by sculpting with clay. Then we
make a plaster mold. We pack the mold with paper
pulp and then we use pastels for color and embellish
with feathers and sticks.   


Supplies    $15
WEEK 8        AUGUST 2 - 6
People Making                Ages 7 - 12
We will have a lot of fun studying the human figure
and face proportions as we make two and three
dimensional people, and the costumes and
environment that go with them. We will develop
imaginative characters and stories while drawing,
painting and sculpting them in clay, using a variety of
media from pastels and acrylics to earthenware and
fimo. Any age can gain from this class.
Supplies $10
WEEK 9         AUGUST 9 - 13
How to Draw Comic Books 3       Ages 7 - 12
This class is for the beginning illustrator who’s
interested in developing skills while learning new
techniques to create better and more realistic
illustrations all while developing your own style. You
will develop your creativity and storytelling abilities
and other important skills needed to be a good artist.


Supplies $10
WEEK 9        AUGUST 9 - 13
Art, the Environment and Me     Ages 6 - 12
Participants will employ 2- and 3- Dimensional
techniques using both natural and artificial objects
found in the environment. Our mixed-media projects
may be focused on ecological commentary; however,
students are encouraged to use the techniques to
compose their own unique statements on any
subject. We will be exploring collage, sand-casting
with plaster, sculptural composition, and modeling
with armatures.
Supplies $10
WEEK 10        AUGUST 16 – 20
Drawing/Painting                         Ages 8 - 12
We will develop skills in rendering flora and fauna,
landscape, perspective drawing, facial proportions
and more using a variety of media from pencil and
pastels to watercolor and acrylics.   
Supplies $10
WEEK 10        AUGUST 16 - 20
Fiber Arts                Ages 8 - 12
We will explore techniques in knotting, weaving,
felting and more while making beautiful projects from
friendship bracelets to pouches and more.

Supplies $15

All classes are held at Simply Jane Studio, 4801 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419, 612-354-3961
*Simply Jane reserves the right to cancel any camp that does not meet minimum enrollment by the registration deadline. The registration deadline
is two weeks prior to class. If we cancel, you will receive a full refund. Please refer to our website for withdrawal policies. www.simplyjanestudio.com
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TEACHERS
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Jane Elias
Jane comes from a long line of artist and began her professional career as an illustrator for the Minnesota Daily and other local papers while
completing a BA at the University of Minnesota.  For the last 20 years Jane has been illustrating, creating functional art and murals all over the
US. Most rewarding is teaching in schools, in the community and at the studio how to use art materials and simple techniques in how to "make
your paintings pop"!

Jennifer Kunin
Jennifer has a BFA in fine art from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and a BS in art education from the University of Minnesota. She has
worked and exhibited as an independent artist for over twenty years, while teaching residencies in schools through the State Arts Board Artists in
Education program. Her primary art form is handmade paper sculptural relief pieces and batik. When she’s not teaching or making art you might
find her swimming out in the middle of a lake somewhere or enjoying precious time with her grandchildren.
Check out her web site at: www.jenniferkunin.com

Sreekishen Nair
Sree earned his BFA at the Collage of Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan.  He has worked on cross-cultural projects both independently, and
through the Department of Anthropology at Wayne State University, also in Detroit.   He continues to be active in the execution of Public-Art here
in the Twin Cities, and some of his works can be viewed at the JD Rivers Community Garden Project at Theodore Wirth Park  on Glenwood Ave.

Huy Ngo
Huy has had a love of illustration since he was a little boy, drawing everything that would pop into his head.  He picked up his first comic book at a
flea market when he was 10 and was hooked; he has since been a collector now for 17 years and knows the industry very well. He began his path
to becoming a comic book illustrator as a child emulating his favorite artist and drawing his favorite characters eventually developing his own skills
and style and creating his own characters. Huy has developed his skills through continuing education art classes, keeping up with new
techniques, working alongside peers in the field and of course lots and lots of practice. He has used his skills to become a freelance commercial
artist.  He has worked on movie story- boards, character concept development projects, and has written his own comic books.  Huy has a great
gift for illustrations and love for the comic book genre, skills and knowledge he hopes to pass on to the great artists of the future.