mountaineer summer drawing academy
I had an amazing time this past month teaching in the Mountaineer Summer Drawing Academy, a three-day art camp for high schoolers held on the campus of West Virginia University. After spending the better part of the past year planning for this event, I was thrilled to see our joint venture between the College of Creative Arts and the WVU Extension Service come together so successfully!
Students received instruction in both observational and mixed media drawing, while also exploring “Exquisite Corpse” drawings, a group collaborative exercise made famous by 20th-century Surrealists. Other camp highlights included button making, a storytelling session with entertainer Adam Booth, and various interaction with State 4-H Days participants. Now that we’ve had a successful maiden voyage for this camp, I am looking forward to planning next year’s session and growing both the number of participants and the scope of this program.
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- Sharing my sketchbook archive
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- Drawing outside the Creative Arts Center
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- Drawing outside the Creative Arts Center
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- Students cutting up magazines for button making
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- Storyteller Adam Booth entertaining campers
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- Storyteller Adam Booth entertaining campers
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- Making s’mores after storytelling
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- Working on “Exquisite Corpse” drawings at the Mountainlair
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- Working on “Exquisite Corpse” drawings at the Mountainlair
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- State 4-H Days tower building competition
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- State 4-H Days tower building competition
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- Students making buttons
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- Student displaying her bounty of buttons
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- My favorite, the student who made a bunch of Dr. Phil buttons
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- Working on mixed media drawings
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- Working on mixed media drawings
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- Working on mixed media drawings
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- Group picture with myself & the camp participants
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- Wall of “Exquisite Corpse” drawings
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- “Exquisite Corpse” drawings
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- “Exquisite Corpse” drawings
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- Wall of mixed media drawings
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- Mixed media drawing
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- Mixed media drawings
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- Mixed media drawing
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- Mixed media drawing
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- Mixed media drawing
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- Mixed media drawing
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- Mixed media drawing
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- Mixed media drawing
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- Sketchbook drawing
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- Sketchbook drawings
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- Sketchbook drawing
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- Sketchbook drawing
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- Sketchbook drawings
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- Sketchbook drawing
Dylan Ethan Collins 
Congrats to you and others for a successful and wonderful addition to the portfolio of programs at the CAC.
Great post Dylan, a fantastic camp with such an awesome group of young artists I was so impressed!!
Thank you for all your hard work and for posting the pictures. My daughter Ashlee had an amazing time and cant wait for the next camp