This summer students from all over the southeast descended upon the campus at the Coastal Arts Center of Orange Beach to get the chance to be utterly creative. This year’s theme of “Let the Fun Begin” set the tone for what all hope to be an amazing season.
This year’s art projects ranged from 4-inch clay pieces to 10-foot photo ops. In The Hot Shop students worked with professional glass blowers, Kerry Parks, Dan Rush and Bill Bollinger to make hot sculpture stars and glass mosaics. Each student got to choose their own unique color combination and use instruments like torches, molten glass and steel pipes. Next door in The Clay Studio professional potter, Maya Blume-Cantrell taught the art of hand-building. Campers used clay to make a three-tiered bird feeder, narwhals and a jellyfish night light. In the Art Studio students had the chance to pour, splatter, brush and spray paint all in one other-worldly planet project.
Upcoming events at the Coastal Arts Center include a Teen Arts Workshop in July and Wonderful Wednesdays, fun art classes sprinkled throughout the summer that are geared toward artists aged 5-12 years old. Home School Art and After School Art registration will open on Aug. 9. Information on these and other events can be found at www.coastalartscenter.com.
