In its 2010 program PAAL expanded the two-week Summer Art Camp to include both elementary school and middle school children. Based upon parent feedback from the 2009 program, this year’s program also expanded to offer full-day rather than half-day sessions. Further, through the help of Petersburg Parks and Leisure Services, for the first time the program was able to offer students breakfast and lunch each day. These changes helped PAAL accommodate 42 children during this year’s Summer Art Camp, up from approximately 20 last year.

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In an effort to expand its educational art programming for adults and children in the greater Petersburg area, PAAL will be hosting a silent art auction and ARTy PARTY September 10‐12, 2010.

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An exhibition of artwork created by more than 40 area youth who have participated in PAAL’s art camp will open in the organization’s second floor gallery this Friday, August 13, in conjunction with Old Towne Petersburg’s Friday for the Arts! Dioramas depicting scenes from ancient Rome, landscape watercolors, quilts, pottery and more will be on display. A reception for the art camp exhibition will begin at 5:30 p.m. on the second floor.

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PAAL is offering a wide range of classes in September.

For children, a mask-making workshop will be available. For adults, PAAL will offer a book-binding workshop plus a series of classes on drawing basics, oil and acrylic painting, wire and metal jewelry making, and memorial art and sculpture.

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Paint, design, draw, sculpt, construct! — This year’s Summer Art Camp includes programs for elementary school age youth as well as for 7th to 9th graders. Program dates are as follows:

AUGUST 2 TO 6 – ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
AUGUST 9 TO 13 – 7TH TO 9TH GRADE

The childrens’ work will be featured at the opening of the August 13 Friday for the Arts! event in PAAL’s upstairs gallery.

Breakfast and lunch will be served. Hours are 9am to 2pm, Monday to Friday.

Application and payment are due by July 31, 2010.

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In its 2009 program, PAAL expanded the Summer Art Camp for children to a two-week program.

There were 20 students that attended on alternate weeks (an elementary session and a secondary session). We had fun and better met the learning needs of different aged children. We invited the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to teach segments on Africa and Egypt. The elementary aged children experienced a taste of our affiliate even while their doors were closed for renovation. What a treat! Parents are requesting a longer day and longer sessions next year.

A special thanks goes to all of the volunteer teachers: Carolyn Jolly, Brenda Stankus, Sagan Lacy, and Pam Roberts, and also to Vernon Johns Jr. High School, Appomattox Regional Governor’s School, and Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School students. We are looking forward to next year!