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Museum Camp Is For The Young At Art

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 5, 2008

TAMPA - TAMPA - In just a week, the children in the Tampa Museum of Art's Summer Art Camp were introduced to paper sculpture, earth clay, plaster casting, paper mobiles and junk sculpture.

Despite their whirlwind of assignments, the children - ages 6 to 10 - remained energetic, curious, creative and smiling.

Hunter Loiselle was at a table perfecting his junk sculpture. He had made a car from a half-gallon milk carton with toilet paper rolls as wheels. He was going to cover the car with construction paper and debated whether to paint it.

Hunter, who will start fourth grade in August, was participating in his second Summer Art Camp but the first at Centro Espanol de West Tampa, 2306 N. Howard Ave.

The museum, which has been offering the art camp since 1979, moved to the city-owned historic building in March while its new building is under construction in a redesigned Curtis Hixon Park.

"It is a lot of fun," Hunter said. "You meet new friends. You learn a lot about art."

The camp offers six weeks of classes through Aug. 1. All are for children ages 6 to 10 except the final week, which is for those ages 10 to 14.
Jose Patino Girona

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