Summer Arts Studio

What a fun group of campers. Thank you Session 1! We hope you enjoy the rest of your summer. If you are coming back to the studios again this summer, then we will see ya again real soon 🙌

NART’s victorious in Session 1!! 🏆
We finished up our projects, pick our pieces for the Art Show August 15, collected our star rewards, then headed outside for awards and group comp. NARTs won the sponge relay and the Graffiti Gremlins won the Fire Bucket relay!! Everybody got wet and anyone who didn’t got soaked in our epic balloon war. We had a blast with our session 1 campers. Also a huge thank you to our outstanding summer staff and to our amazing instructors Carrie, Dusty, Michael and Fernando.
Can’t wait for session 2 on Monday!!
SAS26 is rolling full steam ahead 🚂

Wow, what a busy day!!! High Fires learned how to use the potter wheel in Mr Michael’s class, a favorite part of our ceramics class. All our campers worked on finishing up thier projects in class while the events committee under the guidance of Mrs Amy prepared for our afternoon bonus event. We love a good themed event, thank of it as a training scenario for Van Gogh Gala’s. This sessions theme was the Industrial Steampunk Revolution. With a so many amazing costumes today it was hard for group leaders to choose a best dress. The group challenges today had victories by the High Fires in the hoop toss and the NARTS won the book balancing comp after a tie breaker.
One more day left in session 1 and we will finish up Friday with an epic balloon war.

Sun was shining today, creativity was flowing and Red River Bank’s Ice Creams Truck visited us 🤤
We got our pots glazed in Mr Michael’s ceramics class and ready to get thier glaze firing. We can’t wait to see how they look when they come out the kiln. Mrs Carrie had them working on stars and portraits and Mr Dusty’s class start adding paint to thier mix media instrument pieces.
In other news, the High Fires dominated the group comp and our last cheer comp. They are only 3 points behind the Gremlins who have 25points and the NART’s are still in the lead with 28. The last time the NART’s were summer champions was in 2023.
Can’t wait to see what everyone is wearing tomorrow for our first Themed Thursday of SAS26, The Industrial Steam Punk Revolution.

Tie-dye Tuedsay!!! Rainy days are perfect for creating in the studios of River Oaks. Campers worked on their patriotic portraits wit Mrs Carrie. Learned how to use a drill while working in Mr. Dusty’s class and added patterns to their names in Mr Michael’s class. The cooler weather from the rain is nice but playing it safe we had a very rambunctious beanbag studio group competition in our main gallery with the NARTs winning 🏆. There was a tie-breaker needed to decide second place with the Graffiti Gremlins coming out on top.

Week two started off full throttle! Powering through the rain outside we spent all day in the studios working g on our projects and had a very intense cup stacking competition! NART’s still hold the lead with the Gremlins gaining ground, now only down by three.
This week we welcome guest arts instructor, Dusty Reed AKA The Cajun Picasso, to SAS. He has an awesome project with found objects out campers will be working on in his class.

& THATS A WRAP!!! FIRST WEEK DONE!! The campers had a huge limbo competition today resulting in a three way tie between the gremlins highfires and narts!

Today we say goodbye to an awesome component of this week! Fernando Rivera has been sent by NOCCA to come teach acting classes to campers. New Orleans Center for Creative Arts is a public, pre-professional arts training center that offers students instruction in culinary arts, dance, media arts: filmmaking & audio production, music, theatre arts (drama, musical theatre, theatre design), visual arts, and creative writing, while demanding academic excellence. Huge thanks to them for sending us such an awesome instructor this week!

Until Monday, PEACE OUT!!😎✌️

HAPPY THROWBACK THURSDAY! today the campers did all sorts of activities such as stacking pizza boxes. Who knew eating pizza would be useful in a challenge?🤔guess that gives us an excuse to eat more!

they also made American flags to finish up their Statue of Liberty project. I think Lady Liberty would be extremely proud of some of these campers skills!

HIGHFIRES WON THE CHALLENGE TODAY!!! do you think they can rank up enough points to take the lead??? I’m personally rooting for them. See ya tomorrow for FRIDAY!😎

We still have plenty of roles available for "How to Train Your Dragon JR." Session 3b starts July 6th. This three week session is focused on the stage craft and performing arts.
To register:
https://www.hisawyer.com/river-oaks-square-arts-center/schedules?schedule_id=camps

Characters:
Lead Roles:
•Hiccup – Son of Viking chief Stoick, Hiccup wants to be a fierce Viking like his father, but he simply is not built that way. What he lacks in strength and fighting skills, he makes up for in intelligence, creativity, and problem-solving. He is sincere, thoughtful, and always wants to do the right thing, even when it is difficult. Vocal range: G3 to F5
•Astrid – Everything a Viking recruit should be: strong, fast, and tough. She idolizes Stoick and takes dragon training very seriously. Astrid is confident and charismatic without being arrogant. Vocal range: G #3 to D5
•Stoick – The Viking chief and main dragon slayer. Though he can seem harsh, he pushes Hiccup because he wants to keep him safe and protect the village. Vocal range: Ab3 to C5
•Gobber – The village blacksmith and trainer of the recruits. Goofy at times, but highly skilled with dragons and a strong mentor figure. Vocal range: Ab3 to Ab4
•Toothless – A Night Fury and one of the most mysterious dragon species. Though uncertain at first, Toothless becomes Hiccup’s closest ally and friend. Vocal range: G3 to C5
•The Red Death – The most powerful dragon, controlling the others and serving as the show’s main dragon threat. Vocal range: Ab3 to D5
Featured Viking Recruits:
•Ruffnut – Twin to Tuffnut. Tough-talking and eager to be a dragon slayer, though not quite as capable as Astrid.
•Tuffnut – Twin to Ruffnut. Competitive, loud, and always ready to argue with his sister.
•Snotlout – A loudmouth who wants to impress everyone. Competitive and overconfident, with plenty of comic personality.
•Fishlegs – Not the most naturally gifted Viking, but he truly tries and brings heart to the recruits.
•Other Recruits – Dane, Frostbite, Lumi, Brita, Sungrass, and Tig round out the recruit group and help create strong chorus and training scenes.