Leone XIII Summer Camp: Creating with Body and Colours
Art workshops at the Leone XIII Primary School summer camp in Milan. I offer children of school age painting, sculpting and hands-on activities, nurturing creativity while strengthening attention and social skills. A thematically varied programme that weaves together music, colour and movement.
A Creative Summer
The Leone XIII Primary School summer camp is a special opportunity: outside the regular school calendar, children are more relaxed, more at ease and more open to experimentation. It is the ideal setting for art activities that engage the body, the senses and the imagination.
The Activities
The programme I offer at the summer camp weaves together different expressive languages:
- Painting: free and guided techniques using tempera, watercolours and recycled materials
- Sculpture and hands-on work: all kinds of recycled materials take shape, giving life to one-of-a-kind creations
- Movement and music: activities that connect the painting gesture to rhythm, breath and the body in space
Each week has a different theme — travel, the natural elements, dreams, fantastical animals — which serves as a thread linking the activities and sparking the children’s imagination.
A Programme of Varied Themes
Unlike school-year workshops, which follow a long and continuous path, the summer camp allows us to explore ever-new themes. This variety is a real strength: the children never get bored, and every day brings a different discovery.
The themes are chosen to:
- Stimulate curiosity and divergent thinking
- Encourage collaboration through collective artworks
- Strengthen attention skills within a playful context
- Foster emotional expression in a natural, pressure-free way
Creating with Body and Colours
The title of the project captures the essence of the experience: it is not just about sitting at a table and painting. The children move, explore, and use their whole body as an expressive instrument. Colour becomes an extension of gesture — and gesture becomes dance, play, storytelling.
In summer, children have the time to be bored, and from boredom springs the most authentic creativity. My role is to welcome that moment and turn it into an experience.