UPDATE: Summer Fundraiser

With school out of session and the Summer Camp starting this week at Kayton-Frazier Boys & Girls Club, the Summer Art Program is just around the corner! We have started a fundraising campaign through Blick Art Material’s Art Room Aid, which is an online community to help raise funds to purchase art materials. We’re looking for as many contributions as possible and we would appreciate your support immensely! Click here for a link to our project page!

Check back for more updates as we get closer to the start of the program and on the status of the fundraiser!

Thanks for your support!

UPDATE: Your contributions through our Art Room Aid Fundraiser raised a total of $220 for art supplies for the Summer Art Program! Thank you so much!

This will provide a great start for a collection that will go towards the great projects we have ahead of us this summer!

Thank you again and stay tuned for more updates on the program!

Giant Children's Day Carp

To follow up last week’s Children’s Day celebration, the kids colored in their own fish scales and created a large carp fish. The children worked really well together to create the fish!

Children’s Day Flags

This Monday, the children created personal carp flags in honor of Children’s Day. In Japan, Children’s Day is celebrated in honor of children’s happiness and strength. The children made carp as they represent strength because of a Chinese legend where a carp swam up stream to become a dragon.

Dream Center Drawings

In preparation for the summer program, the first exercise we did was ‘Dream Center Drawings’. Based off of a blank template of the Boys & Girls Club, the children were asked to draw what they wanted to see added or changed to their building. 

LABnormal + Kayton-Frazier Boys & Girls Club

This summer LABnormal PLUS will be collaborating with the Kayton-Frazier Boys & Girls Club of Savannah, Georgia to conduct and Summer Arts Program.

Kayton-Frazier Boys & Girls Club serves as a community center for children age 5 to 18 with the hope to instill qualities guiding them towards becoming responsible citizens and leaders. The center serves over 1,500 children in the Savannah area and has been successful in hosting events and proving a nurturing environment for the children to participate in activities such as sports, games and the arts. The summer program at the club is designed for 6 to 12 year olds.

The children will gain an introductory understanding of the basic design principles through 12 classes over a six week period over the summer of 2013. The main analog themes that will be addressed will include color, 2-D design and 3-D design. Over the course of the two weeks, these principles will be introduced and explored through various mediums including drawing, painting, and paper cutting and folding. These exercises will show the children various design techniques and approaches that can positively impact their environments.