This camp is not for the light-hearted! In it you will be required to bring a work of art that you have created and are willing to rework if the need arises. The first day will be spent critiquing yours and your fellow students' works of art with the remaining four days devoted to reworking your art and creating a new piece of work that displays quality draftsmanship, composition, originality and understanding of color and story telling. Throughout the course of the week you will also learn about portfolio presentation.

Program Fee: $605/ Optional Lodging Fee: $540
Camp meets Monday – Friday: July 6-10, 2009
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These week-long intensive workshops allow high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to experience art and design classes on a professional level at a private art and design college. Through a full schedule of classes, students will expand their knowledge of materials and techniques. Classes include: painting, 2-D design, 3-D design, graphic design, nature drawing, traditional animation and life drawing. When classes are not in session, students can enjoy organized cultural activities in the city of Denver and surrounding area.

Registration CE23, Fee $605/ Optional Lodging Fee: $540
Workshops meet Monday – Friday: July 6-10, 2009
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Designed to teach inspiring artists the processes and disciplines of art and design, students will take a series of day long workshops that focus on observational drawing, life drawing, two and three dimensional design, and color theory. Taught by professional artists and designers, students will learn; techniques to help them draw what they see, proportions of the human figure; the principles and elements of art and design; and the harmonies of color. Each workshop is designed to help students explore the basic theories and practices needed to build a strong foundation for the study of art and design.

Registration CE110, Fee $605/ Optional Lodging Fee $540
Class meets Monday – Friday: July 13-17, 2009
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Interior Design is more than just choosing and arranging colors, materials and furniture. Interior design enhances the quality of life and shapes the human experience. Do you want to make a difference in people’s lives? If so, our New Interior Design camp will give you an overview of this complex and rewarding profession. Students will learn to identify design problems and develop strategies to create innovative, healthy, sustainable, and functional spaces. Experience the design process for yourself and see if this is the creative career you’re looking for!

Registration CE194, Fee $605/ Optional Lodging Fee $540
Class meets Monday – Friday: July 13-17, 2009
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This intensive, hands-on camp will cover many aspects of 3-D modeling and animation used in films, TV, video and computer games. Ever wonder how they did it? Using AutoDesk’s May software and state-of-the-art equipment, find out how to do it yourself in this concentrated exploration of 3-D modeling camp!

Registration # CE195, Fee $605/ Optional Lodging Fee: $540
Class meet Monday – Friday: July 13 -17, 2009
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In this camp, students will learn the processes involved in creating, designing, illustrating, animating and sculpting two and three-dimensional characters. Participants will start with a word list describing characteristics such as age, sex, personality, wealth, race, disabilities, etc. With this list, they will create pencil sketches of their characters. From these sketches, students will create an illustrated book, a traditional animation and a sculpted version of their character. Students will also learn how these skills can be applied to different fields of study, including illustration, animation and sculpture.

Registration # 109, Fee $605/ Optional Lodging Fee $540
Class meets Monday – Friday: July 13-17, 2009
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In this art camp, students will learn from professionals in the business the key elements of illustrating comic books. Students will learn the fundamentals of sequential illustration including storytelling through expressive figure drawing, anatomy, proportion and character design. Following a script, students will compose preliminary pencil layouts and actual size finished penciled pages. Through experimentation with different materials such as brushes, technical and crowquill pens, the student will practice basic inking techniques and learn how to hand color comics for the printing process.

Registration 86, Fee $605/ Optional Lodging Fee $540
Class meets Monday – Friday: July 20-24, 2009
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Interested in studying game art in college? Learn the professional techniques used by game art animators to bring 3-D modeling into interactive environments in this exciting new camp! Explore the techniques used by game studios such as Sony, Microsoft, Value and Id and take home your very own game world creation.

Registration CE196 Fee $605/ Optional Lodging Fee: $540
Class meets Monday – Friday: July 20-24, 2009
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Discover, Prototype, Design, Analyze and Apply are five key components in how a graphic designer works to solve creative problems. In this engaging and interactive design camp, students will explore and put into practice this process of Graphic Design. Students will first learn to understand what the design problem is and then they will identify the audience for their design solution, next students will create rough sketches of their ideas and have the audience interact with them, and from there they create their final design solutions -seeing and applying them to real life situations and finally apply their solutions to a system of brochures, websites, identities and posters.

Registration 126, Fee $605/ Optional Lodging Fee $540
Class meets Monday – Friday: July 20-24, 2009
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