Wearable Art Camp for Ages 10-17
JULY 27-31
Regular price $410.00DATE: MONDAY, JULY 27 – FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2026
TIME: 10:00AM – 3:00PM PDT
LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced
AGE GROUP: Youth (ages 10-17)
LOCATION: Building 324, Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA.
DESCRIPTION
Wearable Art is beyond fashion — it is sculpture on the body. This camp encourages creativity and imagination. First a drawing, and then using the wide variety of materials and techniques to make it a reality! Expert teaching artists Margie and Michele will cover vision, design and construction and performance.
Wearable art campers also learn skills that consider movement and safety. Using a sewing awl on cardboard, hot glue, staplers and duct tape, we will make a sturdy construction that students can use again and again. We will talk about presentation, movement, and how to incorporate surprise elements. A variety of materials like paper, fabric, wire, streamers, foil, plastic, vinyl, sticks, string, ribbons, foam, vegetable net bags, plastic odds and ends, paper mache and more will be available in the classroom, while students are welcome to bring additional materials.
Campers can use the sewing machine if they’re interested, and they will have a chance to finish their pieces using acrylic paint techniques and other enhancements. These five days are an adventure of imagination and construction — no previous art experience necessary.
The week will finish up with a wearable art show.
SUPPLY INFORMATION
All required art supplies are provided.
COURSE DETAILS
After registration, course details are available via the Northwind Art School learning portal, including all forms and documents outlining our youth program policies. Learn more
ABOUT MARGIE
Fiber artist Margie McDonald is a founder of Port Townsend Wearable Art Show and has shown her work at WOW New Zealand, the biggest wearable show in the world. Margie is a sculptor and wearable art artist and teacher, she is a costume and set designer at Key City Public Theater. Port Townsend, New Zealand and Hollywood have seen Margie's wearable art creations on the runway. She has taught wearable art construction from her native Newfoundland to most teaching venues in Port Townsend.
Artist website: Margie McDonald, @margiem_art
ABOUT MICHELE
The horse pasture was Michele Soderstrom's grand studio as a child. Self taught, for hours she sat sketching her horse as it grazed. Michele has a BA in Visual Arts Teaching, minor in Studio Art, through Central Washington University, and is an award-winning artist with her equine art. She has taught creativity through art since 2008. Today she paints and sells work professionally. Michele enjoys watching the process of her high school students as they gain art-making skills and find their place within personal creativity.
Artist website: Michele Soderstrom, @horsepainter9
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DISCOUNTS
This course is eligible for a 10% member discount at the Supporter level and beyond. Get a membership today!
Don's Pharmacy and Art Toolkit in Port Townsend offer a 10% discount for Northwind Art School students.
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CANCELLATION POLICY
If Northwind Art has to cancel a course for any reason, all enrolled students will be notified and receive a 100% refund of the course enrollment fee.
Students withdrawing from a course at least seven days prior to the first day of class will receive a 90% refund of the course enrollment fee.
Students withdrawing fewer than seven days from the first day of class are not eligible for a refund—except for illness or injury, in which case students are eligible to receive a 40% refund of the course enrollment fee.
Please note that 10% of every course’s registration fee is considered a non-refundable deposit to cover administrative overhead. Any donation given at the time of checkout is also non-refundable. All refunds will be applied to the same credit card that was used for enrollment. No credits or transfers will be granted.
Please email admin@northwindart.org if you wish to withdraw or for more information.