It was a week of minstrels, dragons and magical happenings at the Lyceum as five young artists joined us for our Contemporary Fairy Tales Inspire Great Art summer camp. Using some truly beautiful contemporary fairy tales as their inspiration they made dragon collages on canvas, sculpey clay landscapes and painted fans.
We were impressed by the students‘ thoughtful responses to the stories told. One particularly memorable conversation found them discussing whether it would be better to face a demon or be condemned to death. Milo said, “There’s nothing worse than being dead.” Everyone else agreed.
We felt blessed this week with the freedom (and staff!) to be able to adapt our program to meet the needs of the students involved. This meant that there was extra time for Peppy to complete a very detailed work of art and revisit the much-loved story Dove Isabeau at Leo’s request.
Each day we also checked the Lyceum’s butterfly tent. As the week progressed we watched butterflies hatch from cocoons and spread their wings. On the last day, we set them free in the Lyceum’s garden – a magical ending to a magical week.