PROPOSALS ARE OPEN FOR ILYOUTH2 SPRING BREAK CAMPS!

For our younger age (7-11) camp:

  • ONE-DAY CAMPS: Our age 7-11 Spring Break Camp will run on an à la carte structure—this means that days are entirely separate from one another (with different instructors and campers each day)!

  • THEME: OPEN! Days can be centered around a specific art medium (eg: paper mache) or genre (eg: surrealism) ; project-based (eg: making a stuffie) ; themed (eg: Pokémon) ; or whatever else you come up with!

For our older age (11-14) camp:

  • WEEKLONG CAMP: Our age 11-14 Spring Break Camp will be one, weeklong camp (with one instructor and the same set of kids all week).

  • THEME: OPEN! The week can be centered around a specific art medium (eg: paper mache) or genre (eg: surrealism) ; project-based (eg: making a stuffie) ; themed (eg: Pokémon) ; or whatever else you come up with! Days can be individually themed, or the week can be a singular theme.

For both Age Groups:

  • DATES: March 23, 24, 25, 26 & 27

  • TIME: Camp is 9am-3pm. Teaching artists must arrive by 9am (or as early as 8:30am), and have a 30min break during campers’ lunch. Teaching artists may leave between 3pm and 3:30pm, as long as the studio is cleaned up (we recommend building this into the camp day, with the campers).

  • ENROLLMENT: Our minimum enrollment to run camp is 7 campers, and our maximum is 16.

  • LOCATION: Camps are in our Lloyd Center studio! (The older group will be in a second ILY2 space in the mall).

  • PROPOSALS: You are welcome to submit multiple proposals, but please use separate forms, and please indicate whether you’re hoping to lead both, or if it’s an either/or situation.

  • PAY: Teaching artists are paid $300 for the day, or $350 if the camp is fully enrolled.

  • SUPPORT: You will have an ILYouth2 studio assistant. ILYouth2 director is always on site at the mall.

  • DEADLINE: January 31st, but proposals are rolling, so send your proposal asap!

  • You can see previous camps we’ve run in our archive.

  • If you have questions, feel free to connect with ILYouth2 director at daelyn@ily2online.com before submitting!

We know putting together a proposal is a lot of labor in of itself, so here are some things we look for:

  • Evidence that you know how you will fill a full day of programming (with backups because sometimes kids move through things quickly!)

  • Specificity! (ie: telling us what projects you’d like to do, what artists you’d like to show the campers, etc—rather than just using broad terms).

  • Experience teaching youth, or, a demonstrated understanding of what support you’d need!

  • Clear idea of materials needed and cost.

SAMPLE DAY

Aside from items with an * (which must remain in place, and are led by ILYouth2 staff) camp days do not need to follow this structure, it’s just one that we have found works, so we like to share it!

  • 8:30-9am : camper drop-off, instructor set-up*

  • 9-9:15am : rules / agreements / check-ins*

  • 9:15-9:45am : presentation (slide show, discussion, art share, etc)

  • 9:45-10:30am : art activity block

  • 10:30-11a : transition time & snack

  • 11-12:00p : art activity block

  • 12:00-12:30p : transition time & lunch*

  • 12:30-2:00p : art activity block

  • 2:00-2:30p : transition time & snack

  • 2:30-3p : clean up & collective art share

  • 3-3:30p: camper pick-up* (instructors welcome to leave if studio is cleaned up)