Art Scouts: Vociferous Carboniferous
Cost
$395*
Where
Maxon Mills
37 Furnace Bank Road
Wassaic, NY 12592
When
July 19–23, 2027
Monday–Thursday, 9:30 AM–3:30 PM
+ Friday 9:30 AM–4:30 PM
Who
Rising grades 1–4
Art Scouts camps are for our younger creative explorers. Scouts will embark on creative projects indoors and outdoors, inspired by the Vagabond Time Killers universe, our 2027 Summer Exhibition, and their own imaginations. Activities may include map making, paper marbling, kite crafting, clay sculpting, natural tie-dying, flower pressing, rock gathering, and much more! We’ll play games, explore the creek, see and make art, and have lots of fun!
Each session of Art Scouts will take on a different era and place visited by the Vagabond Time Killers, contributing to a group project as per the camp theme. Other sessions include Life on Mars (June 28–July 2), Ahoy! Pirates on the High Seas (July 5–9), Middle Ages Unicorn (July 12–16), and Earthworm City (July 26–30). Note that there may be repeat activities week-to-week, so keep that in mind when signing up for multiple sessions.
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* We have a no-questions-asked scholarship policy to ensure our education programming is accessible to everyone who wants to participate. If the cost of camp presents a significant financial barrier, please reach out to jill@wassaicproject.org for a partial or full scholarship. If you do so before December 18, we will send you a discount code before registration opens.
We will issue a refund minus 20% for cancellations received two weeks in advance of the camp start date. There will be no refunds of cancellation notices received within two weeks, as it is difficult for us to fill the spots on such close notice, and we operate within a narrow budget. We will waive this policy in the event of an emergency or hardship — please email jill@wassaicproject.org should you need to request this.
About the Instructor
Emi Grace Night is an artist and songwriter from the Ohio River Valley in southern Indiana. I grew up loping through the woods and creeks, and sneaking into the gardens of my neighbors to smell the flowers. I like to make food, travel, take walks through my neighborhood, tell stories, eat ice cream, make clothes, watch movies, and spend time with little plants and animals. These mundane yet intimate moments tend to drift through my creative consciousness and emerge in my paintings, drawings, designs, and songs consciously and unconsciously.
Vagabond Time Killers: The Origin Story
Welcome to the town of Whatthewhat, a magical place in a steep valley where fairies build villages in tree roots, apples ripen to the color of indigo, and when you dig a hole in the ground, you never know where it will come out. The moon is always visible in the sky and the water flows uphill (except on Mondays). To enter and leave, you must tell a joke to the bridge troll Inan Doubt, and everyone trades in the blue rocks called slag strewn through the riverbeds. Pantyhose the Billy Goat roams the hills and the horses three, Charlemagne, Antoinette, and Bob, graze happily on the grassy slopes of Rattlesnake Mountain. Here dwell the Vagabond Time Killers, a group of kids expert at killin’ time, the wizard Azorazad who guards the top-secret time machine, and the Unruly Band of Renegade Music Makers, who perform never-before-heard works of music on never-before-seen instruments.
Each year, the rattlesnakes on Rattlesnake Mountain threaten to overtake Whatthewhat and claim it as their own. They demand an offering from somewhere distant in time and space to keep the peace in Whatthewhat. In the year of 2027, the rattlesnakes have requested that the Vagabond Time Killers retrieve the spare power plug from the Intergalactic Space Station on which all humans live in the year 4027!
Join the Vagabond Time Killers in restoring balance to the town of Whatthewhat. With the help (or sometimes hindrance) of Azorazad the Wizard, Pantyhose the Billy Goat, the troll Inan Doubt, the inventor Eddie, the mad emu Mother, the Unruly Band of Renegade Music Makers, the Keeper of the Rattlesnakes, Old Gray Beard, and many more friends, the Vagabond Time Killers will travel into the beyond. Will they succeed in their mission of retrieving the spare power plug? Only time will tell.
We need YOU to join on this adventure!
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Art Scouts: Vociferous Carboniferous
Cost
$395*
Where
Maxon Mills
37 Furnace Bank Road
Wassaic, NY 12592
When
July 19–23, 2027
Monday–Thursday, 9:30 AM–3:30 PM
+ Friday 9:30 AM–4:30 PM
Who
Rising grades 1–4
Art Scouts camps are for our younger creative explorers. Scouts will embark on creative projects indoors and outdoors, inspired by the Vagabond Time Killers universe, our 2027 Summer Exhibition, and their own imaginations. Activities may include map making, paper marbling, kite crafting, clay sculpting, natural tie-dying, flower pressing, rock gathering, and much more! We’ll play games, explore the creek, see and make art, and have lots of fun!
Each session of Art Scouts will take on a different era and place visited by the Vagabond Time Killers, contributing to a group project as per the camp theme. Other sessions include Life on Mars (June 28–July 2), Ahoy! Pirates on the High Seas (July 5–9), Middle Ages Unicorn (July 12–16), and Earthworm City (July 26–30). Note that there may be repeat activities week-to-week, so keep that in mind when signing up for multiple sessions.
* We have a no-questions-asked scholarship policy to ensure our education programming is accessible to everyone who wants to participate. If the cost of camp presents a significant financial barrier, please reach out to jill@wassaicproject.org for a partial or full scholarship. If you do so before December 18, we will send you a discount code before registration opens.
We will issue a refund minus 20% for cancellations received two weeks in advance of the camp start date. There will be no refunds of cancellation notices received within two weeks, as it is difficult for us to fill the spots on such close notice, and we operate within a narrow budget. We will waive this policy in the event of an emergency or hardship — please email jill@wassaicproject.org should you need to request this.
About the Instructor
Emi Grace Night is an artist and songwriter from the Ohio River Valley in southern Indiana. I grew up loping through the woods and creeks, and sneaking into the gardens of my neighbors to smell the flowers. I like to make food, travel, take walks through my neighborhood, tell stories, eat ice cream, make clothes, watch movies, and spend time with little plants and animals. These mundane yet intimate moments tend to drift through my creative consciousness and emerge in my paintings, drawings, designs, and songs consciously and unconsciously.
Vagabond Time Killers: The Origin Story
Welcome to the town of Whatthewhat, a magical place in a steep valley where fairies build villages in tree roots, apples ripen to the color of indigo, and when you dig a hole in the ground, you never know where it will come out. The moon is always visible in the sky and the water flows uphill (except on Mondays). To enter and leave, you must tell a joke to the bridge troll Inan Doubt, and everyone trades in the blue rocks called slag strewn through the riverbeds. Pantyhose the Billy Goat roams the hills and the horses three, Charlemagne, Antoinette, and Bob, graze happily on the grassy slopes of Rattlesnake Mountain. Here dwell the Vagabond Time Killers, a group of kids expert at killin’ time, the wizard Azorazad who guards the top-secret time machine, and the Unruly Band of Renegade Music Makers, who perform never-before-heard works of music on never-before-seen instruments.
Each year, the rattlesnakes on Rattlesnake Mountain threaten to overtake Whatthewhat and claim it as their own. They demand an offering from somewhere distant in time and space to keep the peace in Whatthewhat. In the year of 2027, the rattlesnakes have requested that the Vagabond Time Killers retrieve the spare power plug from the Intergalactic Space Station on which all humans live in the year 4027!
Join the Vagabond Time Killers in restoring balance to the town of Whatthewhat. With the help (or sometimes hindrance) of Azorazad the Wizard, Pantyhose the Billy Goat, the troll Inan Doubt, the inventor Eddie, the mad emu Mother, the Unruly Band of Renegade Music Makers, the Keeper of the Rattlesnakes, Old Gray Beard, and many more friends, the Vagabond Time Killers will travel into the beyond. Will they succeed in their mission of retrieving the spare power plug? Only time will tell.
We need YOU to join on this adventure!
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