In this hands-on, one-week summer course, students will dive into the exciting world of logo design, branding, and merchandise production. Participants will explore the fundamentals of creating impactful logos and brand identities, learning key design principles and creative strategies. Through engaging workshops, students will bring their designs to life using screen printing and other printmaking techniques, producing custom tote bags, shirts, greeting cards, and tags. By the end of the course, students will have developed a personal brand logo and a collection of unique, handcrafted merchandise to showcase their creativity and entrepreneurial spirit.

By the end of this course, students will have developed a strong foundation in visual communication and practical design skills that will make them stand out as candidates for school applications, internships, or creative jobs.

Design a logo -Learn about branding -Learn screenprinting -Learn stamp making -Print shirts, tote bags, and merchandise tags

• Logo Design Skills: Students will learn how to create a professional and visually impactful logo, gaining valuable experience in graphic design principles like balance, typography, and color theory. This skill is essential for anyone pursuing careers in marketing, design, or entrepreneurship.
• Branding Fundamentals: Students will understand the importance of branding in business, learning how to craft a cohesive brand identity that communicates a clear message. This knowledge will be valuable in both academic and professional settings, especially in fields like advertising, digital media, and business.
• Screenprinting Techniques: Hands-on experience with screen printing will give students the ability to transfer their designs onto physical products such as shirts and tote bags, a sought-after skill in the world of custom merchandise, fashion, and art production.
• Stamp Making & Printmaking: Students will explore the art of creating stamps and other printmaking methods to produce personalized merchandise tags and greeting cards. These techniques enhance creativity and attention to detail—qualities desirable in design and creative careers.

Combining design, technology and the ever-expanding media, our Digital Animation and Motion Graphic course gives students the opportunity to dive into the complex world behind multimedia productions. This class aims to provide students with the conceptual and practical tools for understanding and creating the diverse range of time-based media that have come to be known as motion graphics and digital animation. Throughout the course, students will create visual effects and animated graphics for television, film, web, and other types of multimedia productions using:

• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Premiere Pro

By the end of this course, the student will:

• Have an understanding of commercial motion graphics and animation production and film process
• Strengthen current industry technique including Adobe softwares
• Be able to create basic motion graphics and animations based on stories and infographics

• Participate in class discussions and critiques
• Apply techniques covered in class in the completion of technical exercises
• Develop and complete Assignments and final project
• Document creative planning, process, and completed work

In this course, students will gain an understanding of the “tricks of the trade,” storyboard development and character development. The class will also dig into contemporary topics such as collaborative storytelling and navigating multiple animation techniques within a single production. This will offer insight to the process used by professional studio animators.

The goal of this course is to empower students to make animations and then transfer that skill set to make their own animations own using limited materials and technology. Students learn how to make animations on their smart phones using different applications. This content can easily translate to portfolio materials for college applications. This is a great class for students who are curious about studying art, illustration or animation at the college level. No previous animation experience is required!

• Learn fundamentals of animation
• Learn storyboard and character development
• Experience "world building"
• Create material for college application portfolio
• Feel what it is like to take a college art class
• Develop the ability to create animations with limited materials and technology
• Leave with a framed piece of art work