Register Online for the
4-H Expressive Arts and Technology Camp!
Come learn from the experts. Pick your main track but experience fun-shops and activities in other areas as well. Enjoy free time on computers and game challenges with many new friends. We have Wii, Guitar Hero, and more so get ready for some serious fun.
The following tracks are available for the camp. When you register, you will choose your three favorite tracks to participate in. Click on the tracks below for more information. Please note that junior camp attendees only have the Robotics track available to them.
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Calling all cartoonists, animators, filmmakers, graphic storytellers, screenwriters and writers…
Roland Mann has a BS in Creative Writing from USM and a MA in English from the University of North Alabama. Immediately upon graduating from USM, he began selling stories to comic books. He spent 12 years as a comic book writer and editor, some of that time for Marvel Comics. He has classroom and business experience, and has served as head mentor for the Hemingway Writer's Retreat.
Graphic storytelling involves the visual aspect of storytelling and includes cartoonists, animators, filmmakers, graphic storytellers, screenwriters and writers. This workshop introduces the basics of visual storytelling including the concepts of story flow, point of view, camera angles, risings and falling action, directional flow and other visual storytelling concepts.
Participants do NOT have to be artists to participate in this workshop.
Do you want to be an author? Do you want to create your own hero or villain? This is the workshop for you. The focus is on fantasy but all writers will benefit.
Bryan Davis is the author of the best-selling Dragons in Our Midst and Oracles of Fire series, contemporary/fantasy blends for young people. His book, Eye of the Oracle, hit number one on the January 2007, Young Adult CBA best-seller list.
His new trilogy from Zondervan, Echoes from the Edge, debuted in May of 2008 with Beyond the Reflection’s Edge, and the series completed with Nightmare’s Edge in May of 2009. Visit his website at http://www.dragonsinourmidst.com/. Although he is now a full time writer, Bryan was a computer professional for over 20 years.
The youth of today are among the most imaginative people in history. Our goal is to harness that explosive creative energy and channel it into written forms that will blow people away. Uh … not literally, we hope. We will work on everything from nuts-and-bolts crafting to heavy-duty writing theory to hands-on critiquing of conferees’ works in progress. Be ready to learn. Be ready to write.
Bryan will do writing critiques for those who have a story idea or work in progress. Please bring several pages of your work in Microsoft Word format.
Participants will work with Refuge Rangers to build robots that can explore and protect animals and habitats that exist at the refuge. This fun filled track will include robot builds, recycled computer crafts, and "explosive" experiments. Come prepared to get dirty as we work together to save the refuge.
Click here for the senior track flyer.
Click here for the junior track flyer. Please note that the junior camp is for the Robotics track only.
Do you love drawing and design? This is where you’ll want to be.
Master the elements of art and design. Create your very own logo. Something you can use on websites, face book or anywhere else you want to make a statement.
Adam Breeden has a BSA in Graphic Design. He is the lead graphic artist for an international company in Indiana.
Learn the same things you see on Dancing with the Stars. Steve makes it easy to learn the Tango, Salsa, Swing, Rumba, or Waltz.
Steve Conaway is a three time national champion who has been dancing professionally for 12 years.
Capture your life today for tomorrow. Learn how to take breathtaking photos and make YouTube-worthy movies.
Improve your theatrical skills and become someone else for an hour or a day while doing do. Make-up, costume, props, set, sound, lights; camera; action! It’s all here.