Grab your passport! Voyage to cities and country sides across the globe in search of great art. Be inspired by Vincent Van Gogh when you paint portraits and beautiful landscapes. Learn to draw and paint from observation, then experiment with more abstract ideas. Investigate a variety of art materials, techniques, and skills that famous artists use to guide you on your trip around the world.
Art Adventures (Ages 6-8)
Upcycled Adventures (Ages 6-8)
Join us for Upcycled Adventures, a four-week creative journey where we turn everyday recyclables into fantastic works of art! Through 3D building we will explore their imaginations focusing on play through materials, building everything from whimsical fairy wings to towering rockets. We’ll use cardboard, bottles, paper mache, glue, paint, and more to bring our ideas to life.
The Art of Miniatures (Ages 6-8)
Create a miniature world within a box, also called a diorama, in this mixed-media class that combines painting, assemblage, and collage. Build a tiny world of your very own and bring it to life as a setting for a play, film, or story. Create characters to inhabit your world and help run it.
Fairy Tales and Fables (Ages 6-8)
Create your own “Once upon a time…” in this 4-week class. If you’ve ever wondered how to turn your own imaginary tales into real-life books, then grab your pencils and paintbrushes and come learn how to tell your own stories. We’ll explore treaured fairy tales and add our own spin, complete with illustrations. We’ll even make our own books! Join us and bring magical worlds to life!
Journey to Mars
Explore the surface of Mars, so similar to earth, yet unknown to man! Create a creature that crawls across the land, imagine a terrain, and experience an extraterrestrial adventure like you’ve never seen before! Learn how to portray the characteristics of life in space through drawing, painting, paper mache, and more.
Monsters, Wizards, and Magical Things (6-8)
Travel to a magical realm where dragons and wizards roam. Transform a mythical creature in your mind into reality through 2-D sketches and 3-D maquettes. Expand your wizard horizons as you conduct experiments to create colorful potions and conjure up rhythmic spells. Complete your magical experience by constructing a magical wand, sculpting a companion animal, and designing enchanting costumes.
Fairy Tales and Fables
Create your own “Once upon a time…” in this fantastical camp! If you’ve ever wondered how to turn your own imaginary tales into real-life books, then grab your pencils and paintbrushes and come learn how to tell your own stories. We’ll explore treaured fairy tales and add our own spin, complete with illustrations. We’ll even make our own books! Join us and bring magical worlds to life!
Art Adventures
Grab your passport! Voyage to cities and country sides across the globe in search of great art. Be inspired by Vincent Van Gogh when you paint portraits and beautiful landscapes. Learn to draw and paint from observation, then experiment with more abstract ideas. Investigate a variety of art materials, techniques, and skills that famous artists use to guide you on your trip around the world.
Monet Masterpieces
Get inspired by Claude Monet in this painting camp focused on the impressionist movement! Create paintings inspired by Monet’s masterpieces using expressionist techniques. We’ll also explore the gardens of Mellon Park, taking inspiration from the various flora like Monet in the gardens in Giverny.
Animated Creations
Create a world of your own that’s filled with zany characters, sets, props, and original stories. In this camp, we will learn the basics of stop-motion animation, creating stories through sculpture, drawing, painting, and collage. After crafting the pieces needed to bring our stories to life, we will use iPads and apps to animate our props and characters, leaving with short videos to share with family and friends at the end of the week!