SUNY Westchester Peekskill Summer 2023 Newsletter

Youth Arts Technology Program for Children Ages 7-10 SUNY Westchester Peekskill • 27North Division Street Peekskill NY10566• 914-606-7300 6 July 10 – August 3 Registration Opens Monday, March 20 CLASSES DO NOT MEET ON FRIDAYS Painting & Drawing Get your ideas out of your sketchbook! Students will enjoy painting and drawing in the studio class that is both interactive and social. In this class, students will learn from discussion, group critique, and examples of art while honing art skills of observation, gesture, composition, value, color mixing, and brushstroke, etc. The teaching artist demonstrates painting and drawing techniques for portraiture, representing the human form, and landscape, abstraction. CE-ART 2016PE, $184. July 10-20, 2:30-4:30 pm. #9300 IN-PERSON July 24-Aug. 3, 12:00 noon-2:00 pm. #9301 IN-PERSON Mixed Media Printmaking This course will introduce innovative ways to make homemade prints while also introducing how everyday technology like copy machines, computers, and jet printers make printing possible and contemporary. Learning together in studio, students will make a portrait print by using a photograph. Drawing from observation and imagination, students will make designs for printmaking projects like tee shirts, posters and artwork to frame. The instructor will introduce soft linocut, monotype, stenciling, and how to marbleize paper, to create prints on rice paper and other printmaking papers. CE-ART 2337PE, $184. July 24-Aug. 3, 9:30-11:30 am. #9303 IN-PERSON Coding for Kids Give your child the edge and have them engage in coding sequences of instructions that empower them to control robots and gaming interfaces. Students need to be able to write commands in the right sequence in order to communicate their instructions to others. Computer coding is what makes this possible and is a key 21st century competency for children today. Students will code stories, animations, and games and share them with others. CE-COMP 2127PE, $184. July 10-20, 9:30-11:30 am. #9322 REMOTE July 10-20, 2:30-4:30 pm. #9323 REMOTE July 24-Aug. 3, 12:00 noon-2:00 pm. #9324 REMOTE July 24-Aug. 3, 2:30-4:30 pm. #9325 IN-PERSON Digital Painting and Drawing Learn how to utilize a stylus and tablet to create intricate texture maps for 3D objects, self-portraits, and compositing digital photography to create new cosmic vistas. Students will engage in a deep understanding of the technical challenges of painting and drawing utilizing Adobe Photoshop with the help of a master digital painter. CE-DGART 2064PE, $184. July 10-20, 12:00 noon-2:00 pm. #9310 IN-PERSON July 24-Aug. 3, 2:30-4:30 pm. #9311 IN-PERSON 2D Animation Students will imagine, develop, and design animated film shorts while practicing digital 2D animation. They will develop their own drawing to build characters and sets to support stories of their own creation. This class integrates traditional and digital media and skills. These stories will turn into digital illustrations and stop animations that will be translated into moving images in time-based software. CE-DGART 2066PE, $184. July 10-20, 9:30-11:30 am. #9316 IN-PERSON July 24-Aug. 3, 12:00 noon-2:00 pm. #9317 IN-PERSON TinkerCAD for Kids TinkerCAD is a free web-based software that allows students to create 3D forms. These forms may be extruded, replicated, and combined to create elaborate shapes and works of art. Students will build in TinkerCAD and then output their artworks in our Makerspace as 3D prints. CE-DGART 2112PE, $184 (+ $50 materials fee). July 10-20, 12:00 noon-2:00 pm. #9326 REMOTE July 24-Aug. 3, 9:30-11:30 am. #9327 REMOTE The Youth Arts Technology Program is a STEAM program focused on engaging youth in arts technology integration that will better prepare them for advanced study and work in the 21st century. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) focuses on the hybridization of art and science and develops critical creative thinking. These courses are designed to encourage self-expression, collaboration, and innovation. Students will combine manual and digital skills to realize a take-away portfolio project. State of the Art Equipment • Nurturing Instruction Opportunity for Fun and Creativity Students may register for one or more classes for their age group. 2-hour classes meet from 9:30-11:30 am, 12:00 noon-2:00 pm, and 2:30-4:30 pm. *4-hour Game Design and 3D Animation meet from 9:30-11:30 am and continue from 12:00 noon-2:00 pm with a halfhour break at 11:30 am. A half-hour break is offered at 11:30 am and 2:00 pm for students continuing to the afternoon sessions. 2-hour classes are $184; 4-hour classes are $236. All classes meet Monday-Thursday. No classes on Fridays. There is NO vaccination requirement for registration. Masks are optional. Additional required forms must be submitted. Please email peekskill@sunywcc.edu with any questions. Offering in-person and remote courses. Prior to registration, to ensure students have the proper equipment to handle applications used during the remote classes, email Myron.MockYen@sunywcc.edu REFUNDS All refund requests must be made in writing and can be emailed to peekskill@sunywcc.edu. For requests received at least two business days prior to the start of the class: 100% refund. There are no refunds after that time. All non-credit classes, including youth programs, will be charged a one-time non-refundable $5.00 registration fee per semester. Courses held on the Valhalla campus will have an additional Student Services Fee of $4.75.

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