Mon-Fri, April 14-18 (5 sessions) | 1:30-4:30 pm

Instructor: Allison Zito

From a tiny helicopter seed, the Maple Tree grows tall. Its sap flows sweet. It is home to many and its importance is immense. In this camp, campers start with their own seeds of expression. Building on those ideas and images, they will create Master Works from their unique perspective using a variety of media. Campers are welcome to bring their own ideas to camp; they don't have to be about trees! Or they can be inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s Almond Blossoms or Gustave Klimt’s Tree of Life, with many eyes peering out from it. Whichever way they go, campers will have fun developing their ideas and turning them into well conceived finished works of art.

Allison Zito received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of the Arts. Her artwork has been exhibited in numerous museums including The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, The Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield MA, The Delaware Art Museum, The Pennsylvania State Museum in Harrisburg, and The Philadelphia Museum of Art. Allison has decades of teaching experience, having taught a variety of classes at The Philadelphia Museum of Art, at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, PA, and at the University of Pennsylvania Morris Arboretum. She has been teaching Studio Art in the Upper Valley at AVA Gallery and Art Center, Hanover League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, ArtisTree, and Claremont Maker Space. Allison Zito was awarded The Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 for her work as an artist and art educator. In 2019 Allison was awarded an Artist in Residency at The Claremont Maker Space. There she created an art installation addressing the issue of Global Warming and she organized a symposium on site, to inspire positive action within the community. Making a statement and expressing herself through art is the cornerstone of Allison’s career as an artist and art educator.