Creativity starts young at EUI!

The summer camp organized by the Faculty of Digital Arts and Design opened its doors to children and teens aged 6 to 18 to take part in a range of artistic activities, including drawing, clay sculpting, coloring, and digital design.

Prof. Ahmed Hamad, Acting President of the university said the initiative reflected the university's sense of community responsibility and its commitment to helping families discover their children's artistic talents. Participants were grouped by age, artistic talent, and prior experience to ensure the content suited each age group and skill level, with the activities supervised by faculty members from the university's Faculty of Digital Arts and Design.

He added that alongside the main activities, participants were able to try out games designed by students in the Faculty's game development program—games the university planned to promote in the coming period—as well as educational electronic games created by second- and third-year students. These games transformed primary and preparatory school curricula, particularly history and science, into engaging games aimed at simplifying the material and making it easier to understand.

For his part, Prof. Ashraf Zaki, Dean of the Faculty of Digital Arts and Design, said the camp ran every Monday and Wednesday, starting on Monday, July 20, with 83 participants from different age groups, and concluded on Wednesday, July 29. Sessions ran daily from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The camp included a track for children aged 6 to 10, where they learned pencil drawing techniques and clay modeling—covering how to draw facial features (eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, ears), as well as men's, women's, and cartoon character faces, along with flat and three-dimensional geometric shapes such as chairs and other everyday objects children encountered in their surroundings. This track also included free-form clay art training for shaping characters and objects.

For older participants aged 11 to 18, two specialized digital drawing workshops were offered: one focused on acrylic-style digital coloring techniques for cartoon characters and portraits, and the other on stop-motion animation.

Dr. Ihab Kashkousha, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Digital Arts and Design, served as the camp's general supervisor, with animation expert Mokhtar Talaat and teaching assistants Ammar Sanad, Ahmed Abu El-Leil, Farah Ayman, Fatma El-Zahraa Kassem, Yasmin Gehad, Omnia Naguib, Habiba El-Samahy, Omnia El-Refaay, Fatma El-Mahrath, and Farida Mostafa Kamal also taking part in the activities.