A three-week cycle in July repeats in August, but instructors give specialized attention to students who are ready to advance. The first week each month focuses on drawing and painting, the second on watercolor and the third on sculpture and collage. Neil Boston has taught the classes for 16 years and has one or two assistants. We have waiting lists for every class every year. Starting three years ago, the museum added a one-week accelerated art program for age 8 through 15.
Students work with a high school teacher three hours a day for five days.
Anna Villanueva, of Mishawaka, uses a drill to form a sculpture during a 1998 art camp at Saint Mary's College. People wanted more. Art camps are popular elsewhere as well. Wendy Jones at Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve in Niles says an art camp for ages 6 to 14 has been held off and on for about 15 years and has been going strong for six. At the South Bend Regional Museum of Art, children choose among ceramics, painting, drawing and comic books.