Tree Shade Summer Project
UPDATE: Tree Shade Summer Project 2011: Canvas and Plate Institute wrapped up on August 12, 2011.
Check out photos from our End-of-Camp Party here.
Check out our FIRST EVER Tree House Books Cookbook here:
We are grateful to the big family that made our summer magical!
Our Camp Director: Lauren Macaluso
Our Expert Chefs: Will Macaluso & Art Staddon
Our Tree Shade Root Sponsors: The Rosenlund Family Foundation, The Seybert Foundation, Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, The Junior League of Philadelphia
Our Program Partners: Howard Brosius & Chipping Hill Micro-Farms, Adam Hill at Marathon Garden, Andrea Swan and the Temple University Office of Community Relations, Fresh Grocer, Nutritional Development Services, Urban Blazers, Whole Foods, Mitch Wolfson, Ceramic and Glass Departments of the Tyler School of Art, Young Friends of Tree House Books- Professional Chapter, Tim Adams and Field House Bar & Restaurant
Our Tree Shade Seed Sponsors: Lauren & David Rosenberg, Hope Luken
Our Interns: Lili Dodderidge, Lily Glickstein, Ijshanya Williams, Stephanie Alleman
Our Counselors: Nina Rosenberg, Cory Popp, Christine Castro, Satia Koroma, Mira Kim, Celine Haber, Sharon Turner
Our Artist: Emily Culver, Bart Lyons, Timi Tanzania
Our Work Ready Staff: Brittany, Kiana, Darren, Sheron, Nona, and Rynesha
Special Thanks to Lili Dodderidge and Cory Popp for designing our cookbook!
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Tree Shade is a unique summer project designed for kids ages 7-16 that lasts six weeks, Tuesday through Thursday from 1pm to 3:30pm. Our Tree Shade Project begins on Tuesday, July 5th and will come to a close on Friday, August 12th with an End-of-Camp Party to celebrate the accomplishments of our campers!
Each year, Tree Shade campers and staff combine their efforts, skills, and talents to breathe life into a summer-long project. For our fourth camp anniversary, Summer 2011 campers will learn what it means to be an artist, a gardener, and a chef through our Canvas and Plate Institute. The project, will take the kids “Beyond Ordinary Art & Cooking” and help provide them with the necessary tools to become empowered self-nourishers. Through reading, writing, the arts, cooking with real chefs, and taking field trips to view public art pieces, everyone will work together with the shared goal of re-imagining the city. Campers will learn to communicate their ideas, cooperate as members of the community, and feel empowered as stewards of their environment.
Then, Tree Shade campers will work in partnership with Urban Blazers to explore natural landmarks in Philadelphia, the Village of Arts and Humanities through their Farm Share program, and Glenwood Green Acres. They’ll be guided to take their new experiences and the skills they’ve developed while transforming the green space in Tree House’s own backyard.
Campers will also learn from guest artists how to use food, natural dyes, sculpture, photography, and mosaics to create an art instillation at Tree House Books.
Price: $30 for 6-week program
Scholarships available!
“We play games and we read books in the tree house. Tree House is fun. The people that come to Tree House are nice. The people that work at Tree House are nice and polite, and they use their manners. People feel happy to be here and for everything.”
—Shahada, age 8
Registration forms can be found here and can be returned to Tree House Books, 1430 W. Susquehanna Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19121 or emailed to Lauren Macaluso at lauren@treehousebooks.org.
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