Instructor: Joel Fuller

Ever dreamed of animating movies? Try our digital animation course!

Digital animation students will dive into the basics of animation, learning key concepts and techniques to bring their creative ideas to life.

Using Blender in UA computer labs, students will explore principles of motion, timing, and storytelling in animation. While designing and animating their own characters and scenes, students will gain valuable skills for future endeavors in digital arts.

Instructor: Sarah Riches

UA Art Camp is proud to offer its first-ever art history course!

 

While North America hosts the FIFA World Cup this summer, students in this inaugural course will host an “architecture World Cup.” The course will expose students to architectural traditions and standouts of the 48 countries competing in the world’s most-watched sporting event.

 

After discussing criteria for successful architecture, students will debate and vote on head-to-head matchups until a single country remains.

 

Students will leave camp having drawn, observed, and evaluated a broad range of architecture. The class aims to equip students with the skills to engage with the art and history of building design. Weather permitting, the class will use UA’s campus as an additional source for observation.

 

Learn more about UA’s art history program on our website.

Instructor: Cassandra Palmer

Get ahead in one of UA’s fastest-growing majors!

Students in the graphic design course will use Adobe design software, drawing tools, and sketching materials to learn the essentials of color, lettering, and layout. Course projects include creating logos, designing posters, and developing a personal font.

Students will leave camp with core skills, a mini portfolio, and a stronger creative voice on which they can continue to build.

Learn more about The University of Alabama’s award-winning GDS program on our website!

Instructors: Sarah Marshall, John Klosterman

Students will work through each step of the screen printing process on their way to creating custom t-shirts, tote bags, and posters. No previous printmaking experience is required.

Over the course of the week, students will learn to use printmaking equipment to design, create, and curate their own prints. Experience preparing screens will give students a leg up in college-level printmaking instruction.

Instructor: Craig Wedderspoon

Woodworking students will learn the fundamentals of both woodturning and sculptural fabrication while using the tools and equipment in the UA woodshop.

Class projects will alternate throughout the week. Using a wood lathe, students create usable cups, bowls, and spindles from a variety of different woods (pictured). Campers also spend time building sculptural forms with dimensional lumber.

Students leave the course not only with their practical and sculptural creations, but experience with proper shop protocols and safety procedures.

Looking to work with clay? Try our ceramics course listed below!

Instructors: Meg Howton

Students in the ceramics class learn both hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques in UA’s ceramics studio: a 7,000 square-foot facility with a complete inventory of clay and glaze materials.

Most students leave camp with 3-6 self-designed ceramic pieces in a wide variety of functional and decorative styles. Due to busy kiln schedules, some student creations aren’t ready for pickup until the week after Art Camp.

Worked with clay before? Try our woodworking course listed above!