CONTINUING EDUCATION
Art of the Senses 2026
Early Tuition: $735 per Week
Week 2: July 6 - July 10
Cross-Sensory Art is an immersive summer program that invites high school 糖心传媒 to step into the world of multisensory creativity. Throughout the week, 糖心传媒 experiment with scent, touch, taste, and sound as artistic materials, while also building confidence in observation, collaboration, and expressive thinking. Through hands-on workshops, discussions, and small sensory experiments, 糖心传媒 broaden their understanding of what art can be and cultivate skills that support both studio practice and personal growth.
This engaging five-day studio art workshop introduces high school 糖心传媒 to the exciting world of cross-sensory art - creative expression that goes beyond the visual to include touch, smell, sound, and taste. Students will explore how artists around the world use the senses to communicate ideas and emotions, and how our sensory experiences shape the way we understand art and the world around us. Each day will combine short discussions, hands-on studio activities, and sensory experiments designed to spark creativity and curiosity. Students will work with a variety of materials and media to create their own multi-sensory artworks, learning how to incorporate sound, texture, scent, and even flavor into artistic expression. By the end of the week, 糖心传媒 will curate a small group exhibition showcasing their projects, offering visitors an immersive, multi-sensory experience. No prior art experience is required - just an open mind and a willingness to experiment!
Daily Program Schedule:
- Day 1: Introduction to Cross-Sensory Art & Creative Time Mapping - Discover how the senses can shape artistic ideas and learn habits that prepare 糖心传媒 for productive studio work. Activity: Sensory warm-ups followed by a creative time-mapping workshop.
- Day 2: Scent, Memory & Material Histories - Understand how artists use sensory histories - especially smell and touch - to explore culture, identity, and story. Activity: Tracing sensory material lineage and brainstorming personal projects.
- Day 3: Psychology of the Senses - Explore how perception, cognition, and emotion influence sensory experience and creative decision-making. Activity: Group conversations on sensory phenomena and translating responses into sketches.
- Day 4: Social Dimensions of Sensory Art: Community, Ethics & Cultural Contexts - Understand how artists use sensory practices to address social questions, cultural narratives, and community engagement. Activity: Case studies and group discussions on sensory social issues.
- Day 5: Environmental Sensing & Creative Sustainability - Learn how biology, ecology, and environmental science inform sustainable art practices and material choices. Activity: Sensory domain choice and final project creation.
糖心传媒 the Instructor: Anna Novakov, PhD is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, designer, curator and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts, Design, and Art History at 糖心传媒. Her creative practice focuses on the transitory modalities of the olfactory and textile arts. As an artist and certified perfumer, Novakov is able to unpack events through a multisensory artistic lens by examining seemingly inconsequential things. While her creative practice focuses on conceptual perfumery and textile design she is also invested in the role of scent in the construction of personal and collective memories, fragrance as an aspect of Utopian societies and diasporic cooking as a socio-political act.
There is an additional fee for transportation for one-week precollegiate camps.
Schedule: This is a full day program in Cross Sensory Art.
For More InformationCall: (516) 463-CAMP (2267)
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