Great end to a great week!!

A tremendous THANKS to Andras owner and creator of Caramella Catering in Kingston. http://www.caramellacaterin.com/

An excellent chef and equally good teacher. We learned about fresh ingredients as he took us on a personal tour of his garden. We discovered various fresh herbs such as Italian basil, flat leaf parsley, thyme, mint, lavender, rosemary, onions, chives, and lemon grass. He led the kids through a very thorough step by step process from start to finish as we made eggs, chicken, fresh salsa, quesadillas, followed by ice cream with fresh strawberries for dessert. His charismatic approach towards food, cooking, kitchen safety, and life was a truly engaging experience that we all enjoyed. He even taught the kids how to properly wash their hands and why it is so important. It was such a treat and everyone got to eat off of the wares they had made earlier in the week. Making your own food and eating using your very own hand made plate.....it doesn't get better than that!

Also Andras demonstrated to Conner that any true Chef is going to have to break a few eggs along the way.  See Conner's unique approach in the animated sequence below.

After our cooking lesson and eating lunch we all returned to complete some last minute touches on our art projects before hitting the pool. Everything came together very nicely as we ended the week with a reception for our art exhibit in our very own tie dyed shirts!

I have more photos from camp.....I will post a link on the blog to the full gallery soon!

Many thanks!!!!

Bryan

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Here are some highlights from this week! MORE TO COME.....

It has been my privilege to work with this group of young artists who are full of energy and unbridled creativity. We have had a full week of art, events, and activities. Below is a list of some of the things we’ve experienced this week. I’ve taken photos and videos along the way that highlight the week.

A sincere thank you for such a memorable week,
Bryan

I will be posting more as soon! 

And a big Thanks to Rick Ross who has been so helpful with this camp and super supportive from day 1.

We will be having another week of this camp in July so I hope to see you soon….if not have a great summer and tell a friend!

Some of the things we did during the past few days:

-Created functional ceramics with surface decoration and glazing
-Ceramic sculptures

-Storyboarding

-Photo portraits

-Drawing

-Learned about various elements of art including focusing on composition and color

-Created a collaborative painting

-Swim, swim, and swim some more

-Eaten LOTS of popsicles

-Played BUCKET with Rick Ross as well as other games (some we even made up ourselves)

-Sketch, plan, and brainstorm

-Paint both collaboratively and individually

-Made some really cool tie-dye shirts

-Paddle boarded at the park (I highly recommend this! It was my first time and I will be doing it again soon!) http://paddleboardknoxville.com/

-Took a trek to Fort Southwest Point and learned about it’s history as well as the history of early settlers and the Cherokee Indians

-And much much more….there is more camp left!