Historic Columbus Foundation, Inc.
Box City Summer Art Camp
The Box City curriculum was developed in 1969 by Ginny Graves, a Kansas City art educator, and her husband, architect Dean Graves. Both are heavily involved in preservation as well. The programs are continually evaluated, revised and refined through cooperation and assistance of educators, architects, planners, preservationists, historians, and other community leaders. Box City provides a hands-on experimental approach to community planning and design principles; it instills understanding of the development of communities and their present problems and successes. The curriculum allows students to make their own buildings (from cardboard boxes) and then to create their own communities by placing the boxes on a base plan, at the same time learning how geography, economics, ecology, history, and cultures have affected the development of the community.
The camp will be held in the Wynnton Arts Academy Gym. The campers will arrive by 9am, where the children will start creating their city block. Camp councilors will be on hand to explain city planning concepts and help with the understanding of neighborhoods and citizenship roles. There will be speakers and lessons that teach children planning, zoning, and design. An assortment of materials ranging from card board boxes for buildings to tin foil for shiny roof tops will be available. We will have construction paper, markers, crayons, paints, and many other art supplies to decorate the facades. At 11:30 we will break for lunch which will be provided by Historic Columbus Foundation. After lunch we will resume our projects until it is time to go home at 3pm. By the end of the week the campers will have created their own city block and have a new appreciation for their community. The week will end with a program, prepared for parents, board members, and staff, to present their “Box City” to our guests. Awards and T-shirts will be given out followed by lunch.
The camp will be held in the Wynnton Arts Academy Gym. The campers will arrive by 9am, where the children will start creating their city block. Camp councilors will be on hand to explain city planning concepts and help with the understanding of neighborhoods and citizenship roles. There will be speakers and lessons that teach children planning, zoning, and design. An assortment of materials ranging from card board boxes for buildings to tin foil for shiny roof tops will be available. We will have construction paper, markers, crayons, paints, and many other art supplies to decorate the facades. At 11:30 we will break for lunch which will be provided by Historic Columbus Foundation. After lunch we will resume our projects until it is time to go home at 3pm. By the end of the week the campers will have created their own city block and have a new appreciation for their community. The week will end with a program, prepared for parents, board members, and staff, to present their “Box City” to our guests. Awards and T-shirts will be given out followed by lunch.