Greenacres Foundation is a dynamic place and there is always something going on in every area. This is what is happening now in all our departments:

Arts Center: The Arts Center has added some additional Summer Camps for 2008! Below is a list of the new camps available. If you are interested in one of the camps, please complete the Summer Camps 2008 Registration and Greenacres Arts Center Parental forms below. For more information, contact the Arts Center at (513) 509-0079.

Classical Guitar for Beginners:
Have you been thinking about how much fun it would be playing the guitar? Guitar camp for 8-11 year olds will focus on the basic playing skills. You will learn to read and play music based on the notes from the first four strings, including strumming. Simple melodies will be used for the note reading, using quarter, half and whole note time values. Simple strumming patterns will be learned for the chord accompaniments, using the same quarter, half and whole note time values. Students should bring their own acoustic guitar. These 2 hour classes run from 9:30 -11:30 am Monday - Friday July 14-18, 2008 and are suited for for ages 8 - 11. The instructor is David Taulbee. The class costs $85 plus an additional $15 for a guitar method book.

Classical Guitar for Cool Kids:
Do you bomb out at Guitar Hero? Wouldn’t you rather be able to rock out on your own? Guitar Camp II will immerse you with intermediate playing skills for the guitar. You will learn to read and play music on all six strings and to strum chords on four, five and six strings. Melodies will be used for the note reading using quarter, half and whole note time values. Also, eighth notes and dotted - quarter notes will be learned. Basic strumming patterns as well as advanced strumming will be learned for the chord accompaniments, using all of the rhythmic time values learned for the note reading. Students should bring their own acoustic guitar. These 2 hour classes run from 12:30 -2:30 m Monday - Friday July 14-18, 2008 and are suitable for ages 12 - 15. The instructor is David Taulbee. The class costs $85 plus an additional $15 for a guitar method book.

Batik-
Mud on material? Tree leaves as stencils? Tea bags as fabric dye? The art of batik is the application of wax and dye to create beautiful designs on fabric. Learn the batik process, its history and its current use. But mostly, create your own batik pieces using the ancient process. You will be surprised how detailed your patterns can be using natural substances. These 2 hour classes run from 12:30 -2:30 pm Monday - Friday July 14-18, 2008 are suitable for ages 12 - 15. The instructor is Leslie Daly. The class costs $85 and includes materials.

See Summer Camps 2008 and Registration and Greenacres Arts Center Parental Consent and Release

Greenacres Arts Center wants your input on Arts Center Programming. Please complete the Community Survey below and send it to Jackie Quay, Greenacres Art Center Director at jquay@green-acres.org or mail the Survey to Greenacres Foundation, 8255 Spooky Hollow Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242.
Community Survey for Greenacres Arts Center

The Arts Center is also offering a “New Artistic Venue for Children” for youth groups of 10 or more children ages 8 and up.  Please contact Leslie Daly at (513) 374 2388 or ldaly@green-acres.org to select a date and time for your program.  All programs will be held at the Greenacres Arts Center.  The cost per child ranges from $15 to $20 depending on program.  The following is a list of program options:

Ceramics & Clay - Are you interested in a new approach to creative expression?  Then do we have programs for you!  Clay collected from right out your back door?  You bet!  Kids will get their hands dirty by collecting small samples of area clay and will learn how it is broken and soaked, forced through screening and poured into slip pancakes. Kids will learn the proper storage techniques, what a slip is and how it is used.  A handout with examples of modern ceramics will be handed out.  Each child will coil their own pot from the clay collected.

Sounds of Music - Children will make Chilean Rain Sticks from recycled materials.  We will discuss the origin of rain sticks and the movement of sound.  A handout on the history of Chilean Rain Sticks will be given as children begin to assemble their own. Through the use of paper tubes, toothpicks, rice, beans and paint, kids will make a one of a kind musical instrument capable of inducing rain (or so it is believed)! 

Sculpture - Children will watch a short presentation on sculpture.  Afterward, we will review and discuss tools, equipment and materials related to this art field.  With wire, kids will turn to their partner and using the wire as a line, they will sculpt their partners face. 
We will walk around the Arts Center and discuss different types of art, career opportunities and how visual arts strengthens social tolerance, stimulates cultural, intellectual and personal development.

Environment and Agriculture Education: NEW SUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITY!!!
If you are entering the 5th, 6th or 7th grade this fall and are looking for a fantastic art camp to help pass the time this summer, Greenacres' new "Natural Art Adventure" is definitely for you. Natural Art Adventure camp will be help from August 4th thru 8th at 2:30 - 5:00 P.M.. Text your friend and sign up for some summer fun! Note: This camp was added after we published our Summer Opportunities brochure. To register, Call 891-4227 ext. 234.

Greenacres is still accepting Summer Camp Registrations. Call 891-4227 ext. 234 for availability. See the Summer Camps 2008 Brochure (2,100 kb size pdf file) for more information.

Greenacres is looking for Volunteer Naturalists to assist the staff with school programs. Each year Greenacres conducts onsite programs for over 6,000 students from Kindergarten through ninth grade. Volunteers Naturalists help make these programs a success. Volunteer naturalists are trained by Greenacres staff to conduct pre-planned educational activities and hikes with the students. Programs generally run form 1-4 hours on Tuesday-Friday throughout the school year from August to June. Topics range from natural history to environmental issues. For more information contact: the Director of Environment and Agriculture Education at (513) 891-4227 or DirEnvAgEd@green-acres.org.

Water Quality Project: The Water Quality Project is always looking for volunteers to assist with the Saturday Stream Snapshot Citizen Monitoring Program. For more information see the Water Quality Project section of this website.

Garden Education: Looking for an interesting garden-related program for your garden club or organization? Contact us for more information on program topics including Herbs, Kitchen Gardens, Hypertufa trough building, etc. We'll give you a "taste" for gardening! Contact the Greenacres Garden Manager at GardMgr@green-acres.org.

Equine Education: Greenacres Equine Summer Camp Registrations being accepted now. Call (513) 623-9164 to check availability or if you have questions. See the Summer Camps 2008 Brochure (2,100 kb size pdf file) for more information.

The Equine Education Program offers many unmounted classes. Many of these classes are open to students not currently taking lessons at Greenacres Equine Center. For more information, see the Events Calendar or download the 2008 Unmounted Class schedule (48kb size pdf file).

L&L Nippert Charitable Foundation: The Deadline for Grant Applications September 15, 2008. see L&L Nippert Charitable Foundation Section of this website for grant guidelines.

Greenacres Foundation Newsletter & Publications: We publish a newsletter 2 times a year. Dowlnoadable copies are available below or through our email list. Printed copies are available via postal mail. We also publish camp brochures and other flyers.

Current Issue:
Greenacres Newsletter --Winter-Spring 2008 (pdf file, size 2,700 kb)

Past Issues:
Greenacres Newsletter --Summer Fall_2006 (pdf file, size 2,000 kb)

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