Design Program
Design Program
The Design Program is for young people 12 - 15 years old who are interested in a more intensive program in one aspect of the arts. The Design Program concentrates on clothing and accessory design and construction. The Program is coordinated by design professional Cynthia Harvey. Read more about her and the Design staff below.
In this program, participants will:
* Learn the necessary skills related to clothing and accessory construction, including hand and machine sewing, the use of patterns, the properties and manipulation of fabric and other materials.
* Learn how to conceptualize and develop their design ideas.
* Learn to communicate their ideas both verbally and visually with an emphasis on illustration skills.
Unlike the regular CAI summer program, this is a 1/2 day program which will take place daily (M - F) from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. For those families that are interested in a full day program, their son or daughter can be enrolled in our Counselor-in-Training program for the morning hours for a modest additional fee.
Location: Valley Campus, 14702 Sylvan St., Van Nuys, CA 91411
Dates: Session I June 28 - July 23, 2010 (4 weeks) No Camp July 5
Session II July 26 - August 20, 2010 (4 weeks)
Tuition: $760 Session l
$800 Session ll
Additional CIT option - $160
Enrollment is limited! To register, either print the attached form and FAX or mail it to the Valley Campus office,at 818-780-5834 or go to the Register page and enroll directly online.
Design Program Enrollment Form
Cynthia Harvey – Design Program Coordinator
While most of us were merely playing with dolls, fashion designer and sewing instructor Cynthia Harvey was creating clothes for them out of scraps of fabric from her aunt’s sewing table. “At nine years old I literally and figuratively looked up to my aunt, a professional model who made most of her clothes. She encouraged me to use the scrapes of fabric to make my Barbie doll clothes and eventually my own clothes.”
What started as couture doll clothes turned into a whirlwind of a career, including an education from FIDM/The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, international travel to exotic locales like Dubai, Nigeria, Egypt, So. Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Europe and a celebrity client list that includes Janet Jackson, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez, and George Clooney, to name a few. Now, Cynthia advises students at the very place where she earned her own degree in Fashion Design. “I have come full-circle and have enjoyed teaching classes at FIDM,” she says.
Cynthia is also the founder and owner of The Sewing Studio in Old Town Pasadena where kids, teens and adults develop their creative abilities and technical skills in fashion sewing classes and featured workshops. She supervises a talented team of sewing instructors who teach beginner’s to sew as well as students at a higher skill level. Cynthia’s fashion sewing classes and workshops are truly dedicated to what she is most passionate about – the art of sewing. Read more about The Sewing Studio at http://www.4theloveofsewing.com.
As coordinator of the Design Program, Cynthia will be in charge of curriculum development and execution, teach a portion of the class sessions and supervise an exciting staff of additional professional design instructors who will bring a stimulating and diverse array of skills and experiences in the fashion and design field.