Summer Arts Camp 2013

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ABOUT SUMMER ARTS CAMP
ABOUT RUMBLE ARTS CENTER + INSIGHT ARTS
SAC LEAD STAFF
“RUMBLERS”: PARTICIPANTS OF THE SAC 2013
WEEK 1: ALL ABOUT US
WEEK 2: GREEN ART
TRIP TO THE NORTH PARK VILLAGE NATURE CENTER
WEEK 3 + 4: ART AROUND THE WORLD
TRIP TO THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
TRIP TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART
TRIP TO THE INSTITUTE OF PUERTO RICAN ARTS + CULTURE
WEEK 5: ART IN ACTION
STORY THEATRE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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The summer arts camp provided a structured space for
children to develop their creativity, knowledge, and critical
thinking skills through the creation of visual and theatre arts.
The multi-arts based curriculum was rooted in a respect for
community, collaboration, and cooperation.
The 2013 camp was a successful collaboration between two
dynamic contemporary arts organizations. The educational
philosophies that guided the development of the curriculum
were informed by Insight Arts’ twenty-two year tradition of
offering summer multi-arts camps for children. Rumble Arts
Center provided space and ongoing administrative and program
support that enabled Insight Arts instructors to better serve
the needs of the participants and their families. Staff from both
organizations met weekly to discuss the development of the
curriculum and the administration of the program.
2 0 1 3 S U M M E R A R T S C A M P
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Since 2008 Rumble Arts Center, an all ages, multicultural, 501(c)
(3) community-based organization, has provided an accessible
cultural space that facilitates the empowerment and education
of individuals and communities. Year-round Rumble provides
for a variety of public programs in arts education, exhibitions,
and cultural events. By providing free to sliding-scale program
opportunities for all ages, Rumble cultivates an environment
where entire families can meet to learn, teach, and play under
the same roof.
R U M B L E A R T S C E N T E R
Insight Arts (IA) is a membership based contemporary arts
organization dedicated to increasing access to cultural work
that supports progressive social change founded in 1991 by
Chicago area youth ages 12 to 25. The young founders wished
to utilize the arts and humanities as vehicles for strengthening
progressive social movement building. IA currently organizes
our work into three major areas; the presentation, production,
and discussion of cultural work related to our core values;
the dissemination and critical discussion of progressive
research, analysis, and information; and free arts education
and humanities classes. We currently focus this work in four
Chicago neighborhoods (Rogers Park, Edgewater, Uptown,
Humboldt Park) and the city of Evanston.
I N S I G H T A R T S
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Patsy studied Graphic Design at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where her
love for printmaking and social justice based
art was born. She was able to contribute to
campus and community organizing presence
during her undergraduate years and is now
excited to begin the Art Education masters
program at the School of the Art Institute
this fall. Patsy is currently the designer for
Northwestern College and a teaching artist
for Insight Arts.
P A T S Y D I A Z
LEAD INSTRUCTOR, INSIGHT ARTS
Eve is an art teacher at Joshua Johnston Fine
Art and Design High School. She is a practicing
interdisciplinary artist (painting, photography,
installations, and performance) and runs a
small commercial photography business. Eve
has worked with youth in many different
kinds of art programs for over 11 years.
E V E S A N F O R D
LEAD INSTRUCTOR, INSIGHT ARTS
Marianna is a fourth year at New Hampshire
College, originally from the Bronx, NY. She has
done community based work with youth in MA
and NY. Marianna has a passion for theoretical
and creative writing and enjoys engaging
in work with queer youth of color. Funding
for Marianna’s internship was generously
provided by Hampshire College.
M A R I A N N A L U N A
INTERN, INSIGHT ARTS
Craig’s diverse performance work includes
innovative productions of classic theater,
original collaborative performances and solo
work. He was part of the core of activists,
artists, Rogers Park community residents
and youth that founded Insight Arts in 1991.
Craig has been consistently engaged with the
organization’s work for the last 22 years.
C R A I G H A R S H A W
PERFORMANCE INSTRUCTOR, INSIGHT ARTS
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S A C L e a d S t a f f
C O N T I U E D

Maritza is a bilingual (Tex-Mex, pocha) visual
arts and video artist, educator, published
author, independent curator, and cultural
worker. She received a MA in Art Education
from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
(2009) and a BA in Psychology with a minor
in Studio Art from Texas A&M International
University in Laredo, Texas (2001). Maritza has
been working in the arts non-profit sector
for over ten years now. She has collaborated
with youth in rural South Texas and Jornaleros
(day laborers) in Chicago to produce short,
video documentary projects exploring issues
unique to marginalized communities.
M A R I T Z A B A U T I S T A
PROGRAM DIRECTOR, RUMBLE ARTS CENTER
I N G L A N T I N A B A U T I S T A
VOLUNTEER, RUMBLE ARTS CENTER
J A N I A H
VOLUNTEER, RUMBLE ARTS CENTER
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CRISTIAN
DEJANAI
DIEGO
ELI
ISABEL
JUNIOR
KANYE
KARINA
KATHERINE
KWACY
LISSETTE
MARLEN
NAYELI
ROBERT
SAMY
TONY
ZYHIER
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I N L A K ’ E C H
YOU ARE MY OTHER ME
IF I DO HARM TO YOU
I DO HARM TO MYSELF
IF I LOVE AND RESPECT YOU
I LOVE AND RESPECT MYSELF

Art and Theater camp kicked off with a focus of “Who Am I”.
As we were planning to spend the next 5 weeks together we
looked at artists that dealt with identity. We created individual
and group works that defined who we are. Some of the things
we did and artists we looked at in week one: Kara Walker,
narrative silhoutte, Egyptian hieroglyhics, name pictograms,
watercolor self-portraits. Closing out the week we looked at
symbols that represented groups like banners and flags and
we created our own group banner, logo, name and slogan (see
book cover!).
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17kara walker inspired silhouettes

The second week of camp we focused on “Green Art”. Green
art is art made from natural and/or recycled materials. During
this week we took our first field trip to North Park Village
Nature Center. Students watched The Lorax movie, we made
sculptures from our recycled lunch boxes, learned about the
traditional Mexican art God’s Eye and made them from sticks
we found in Humboldt Park. We also looked at the work of
Cristophe Roberts and created temporary art from “beautiful
stuff” we found.
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49recycled material sculptures

61the “beautiful stuff” project

N o r t h P a r k
V i l l a g e
N a t u r e
C e n t e r
F I E L D T R I P

a r t a r o u n d t h e
w o r l d
W E E K 3 + 4

In weeks three and four we introduced art from a variety of
places around the world. We took field trips to the Art Institute,
National Museum of Mexican Art and the Institute of Puerto
Rican Arts and Culture. We created a paper collage inspired
by Molas from Panama, fabric painting inspired by traditional
batik patterns, Loteria inspired Huichol yarn paintings from
Mexico, dot paintings similar to Aboriginal from Australia and
Puerto Rican vejigante masks.
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a r t i n s t i t u t e
o f c h i c a g o
F I E L D T R I P

101australia: aborigional dot paintings

103Australia: aborigional dot paintings

N a t i o n a l
M u s e u m o f
M e x i c a n a r t
F I E L D T R I P

118 art around the world
EL PESCADO

119mexico: huichol paintings (loteria edition)
LA CORONA

LAS JARAS

LA BOTELLA

LA CORONA

LA ESTRELLA

EL ALACRAN

LA MANO

i n s t i t u t e o f
p u e r t o R i c a n
a r t s +
C u l t u r e
F I E L D T R I P

129puerto rico: vejigante masks

137wax/watercolor fabric paintings

A r t i n a c t i o n
W E E K 5

Our final week of camp was centered on art in action. Students
began to look at ways that artists contribute to society
outside of showing work in musuems and galleries. Students
learned about design for cars. We explored the BMW art cars
and how they are designed by artists. Students built their own
cars from recycled materials and designed them to reflect their
own ideas. Ending the week we looked at artists as activists
through the Undocubus migration/immigration issue in the
US. Students created butterfly wings to represent the natural
migration of people and animals.
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169undocubus movement: butterfly wings

S t o r y T h e a t r e
T H U R S D A Y S + F R I D A Y S

We worked two days each week on theatre and storytelling.
During our first week we focused on basic acting techniques
and ensemble building. During weeks two through five we
began to explore narrative and story theater. Participants
were encouraged to create their own short narratives that
could be acted out by the entire ensemble. Participants worked
towards the final goal of performing for parents and community
members at the end of the camp session.
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a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t s

Special thank you to the following: Maritza Bautista, (Interim
Executive Director of Rumble Arts Center) thank you for all the
countless hours of preparation you took part of to make this
camp a reality; Inglantina Bautista, for volunteering so much
of your time to the space; Anita Alcantara, for helping with
the camp’s fundraising, the DFSS Healthy Summer Nutrition
Lunch Program for providing the participants with free daily
breakfast and lunch meals; the many individuals that helped
financially sponsor this program; and last but not least, a huge
thank you from the bottom of our hearts to the families of
all the Rumblers, for choosing our camp and offering us the
opportunity of growth, sharing, and building with their young
ones.
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This program is partially supported by a grant
from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Book compilation and design by Patsy Diaz.

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