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Back to our regularly scheduled programming this week, with a cool stage prop project underway, FTC Team Duct Tape students getting some 3D printer training with Mr. Clinton, a make-up class for an IPS student, and a packed Sewing Center for tonight's Sew Chill meetup!

Later this week, our Equity in Entrepreneurship Summer Session kicks off (you can still join in Friday's orientation by signing up at Equinent org) and robotics camp readiness continues. Check out our summer programs at the link in comments.

We wrapped up our University Area CDC Prodigy Cultural Arts Program Relief Printing summer camp week with a Gallery Showcase put together by our campers for friends and family. Everything looked amazing and guests got to learn about all the print techniques their children explored during the week, try their hand at linocut, and see the laser cutter in action. Congratulations to all these great young artists!

Check out this great look at our University Area CDC Prodigy Cultural Arts Program summer camp on tonight's FOX 13 News - Tampa Bay's What's Right With Tampa Bay segment! Thank you Farrell Communications, Inc, UACDC and Channel 13 for the opportunity to showcase this wonderfully effective collaboration.

Tampa STEAM summer camp helps kids blend engineering and art skills at University Mall AMRoC Fab Lab is a specialized summer program inside the University Mall is teaching local kids how to combine engineering skills with creative art design.

Today in our Relief Printing Summer Camp: Personal art palettes made, final linocuts completed, last of their 3D prints run, and the front classroom ready to be turned into an art gallery!

Tomorrow morning, our Prodigy Cultural Arts Program summer campers will put finishing touches on the pieces they want to show during their Showcase Gallery Exhibition in the afternoon. We can't wait to see the classroom transformed into an art gallery and showcase these great young artists' work!

Day 3 of our University Area CDC Prodigy Cultural Arts Program program took on the hardest thing yet - learning how to participate in constructive critiques! Learning how to give and get useful feedback though, is an incredibly valuable set of skills to learn.

Students also wrapped up 3D printed stamp designs - starting with a great tutorial on how 3D printing actually works - finalized their linocut art, and worked on their linocut image transfers, so they could start carving their designs.

Tomorrow, final relief print projects get carved, inked and rolled and the group readies for their Showcase Gallery Exhibit for friends and family on Friday!

Check out the comments for some resources from today's sessions.

Barry Wong of FOX 13 News - Tampa Bay joined us this morning, to cover our Prodigy Cultural Arts Program Relief Printing Summer Camp. Helping tell the story were Mr. Ron Bradford of the University Area CDC and Ms. Vicky Gonzalez, AMROC's Operations Director and lead camp instructor, along with a few of our campers.

The rest of the day was spent exploring art from reverse perspectives, with some "upside down drawing" exercises and using Tinkercad to design some 3D printed stamps. Campers also got some shop time cutting the wood bases for the small paint palettes each student is making.

Then we looked at a variety of famous lino and block print art, and they started planning their own lino pieces they'll be working on Wednesday.

Check out comments for a few resources from today's sessions to bring some fresh artistic perspectives into your life.

The first day of our Prodigy Cultural Arts Program Relief Printing camp was fun and colorful! Campers explored and made some anthotypes and linocut prints, and learned color theory basics.

Next up: learning to use some shop tools to make their own palettes, intro to 3D printing, and planning out their lino or block print projects. Check out the comments for some of the resources we used today.