Art Camps for Children and Teens are
a great way to spend a week this summer!
Weekly camps are held mornings or afternoons: June 28 to August 13.
Download the PDF for a Registration Form.
Send a complete registration form for each student enrolling along with payment for tuition. This must be received before the first class.
3-day Mini Camps for ages 4 to 5
10 am - 12 pm, Tuesday to Thursday
These 3-day Mini Art Camps offer themes that younger artists will enjoy. Children learn the ‘ABCs’ of drawing and painting and develop fine motor skills through beginning drawing and painting. Each day includes stories, music and a nutritious snack.
June 29 - July 2: Jungle Boogie
July 6 - 8: A Big Backyard
July 13 - 15: Farmyard Animals
July 27 - 29: Trip to the Beach
Camps for ages 5 1/2 to 8
9 am - 12 pm or 1 - 4 pm, Monday to Friday
Young artists will earn the basics of drawing and painting, work on art and craft projects, and enjoy daily stories and music. Each camp emphasizes fun, creating quality art and craftwork, and building art skills that make this an experience to remember.
June 28 - July 2: Cartoon Crazy
We’ll be drawing, painting, creating with clay and making our own cartoon cells. Many of our cartoon pals; Mickey and Minnie, Garfield, Wallace and Gromit will pose for us as we have a week of fun with classic cartoon characters.
July 5 - 9: Up a Tropical Tree
Children will spend a week looking at one of the world’s busiest places, the tropical rainforest canopy. It’s the home of everything from Toucans to Howling Monkeys, Red-Eyed Tree Frogs, and giant butterflies of every color you can imagine.
July 12 - 16: Land of Enchantment
Come with us on a whimsical journey to the magic land of the little people, where gnomes and faeries, castles and unicorns are all part of our week of drawing, painting and craft projects.
July 19 - 23: Bow Wow, Meow Meow
If your child is wild about dogs and cats then this camp is for them. You’ll learn new ideas for drawing, decorating and painting them. They’ll be looking at wild, pet, fancy, funny and silly dogs and cats.
July 26 - 30: Under the Sea
If you like adventure and aren’t afraid to get your feet wet don’t miss this camp. We will travel from the frozen arctic to the South Seas, looking for Dolphins, tropical fish, sea turtles, tall ships, pirates and mermaids to draw and paint along the way.
August 2 - 6: A Mexican Fiesta
Join us for a fun week in sunny Mexico, the home of some of the biggest pyramids in the world. We’ll draw and paint using all the vibrant colors found in Mexico while learning about its people, animals and treasures.
August 9 - 13: Animal Planet
If you love to draw animals join us as we travel the globe drawing our favorite 4-legged friends. From fierce and ferocious to cute and cuddly, from the jungle to our back yard, we’ll be drawing some of the most amazing animals on the planet.
Camps for ages 8 and up
9 am - 12 pm or 1 - 4 pm, Monday to Friday
Each camp creates an interesting folk art or craft project using silk painting, block printing, polymer clay figures or ceramic painting. Young artists will expand their creativity using art materials such as graphite, pastel, collage, watercolor, colored pencil, charcoal, and acrylic.
June 28 - July 2: Cartooning & Animation
Sign up early to learn about cartooning and animation. Create your own ‘flipbook’, a painted cartoon cell, and learn basic drawing techniques for expressions, movement and backgrounds to bring characters to life.
July 5 - 9: Tropical Rainforest Art
Join in a world of crazy designs, wild color and texture from the rich wildlife habitats in Africa, Peru, Venezuela and Borneo. We’ll be looking for ideas inspired by the Brazilian Rainbow Boa, exotic birds like the Scarlet Macaw, the legendary Jaguar and plants of the rainforest.
July 12 - 16: Middle Ages Adventures
Learn about the Middle Ages through drawing and painting. This historic period will capture the young artists imagination. Knights, fair ladies, kings and castles. peasants and wizards.
July 19 - 23: Wild Cat Art
In this ‘Year of the Tiger’ learn to capture the power and splendor of lions, tigers, jaguars and panthers in their natural habitat. You’ll learn tricks for creating realistic looking cats using basic drawing, painting and sculpting.
July 26 - 30: Beneath the Salish Sea
Join us on a drawing and painting expedition into the inland waterways of Washington and British Columbia. We’ll take a close look at the Orca killer whale, the giant octopus, sea lions, and the people who first lived around the Salish Sea.
August 2 - 6: Land of the Sun and Moon
Explore Mexican folk art, the mysterious Aztec legends, and Mexico’s culture in this popular camp. We’ll learn about its history, beliefs and daily life while creating colorful drawing, paintings, and folk art projects.
August 9 - 13: Lands of Myths and Legends
A camp that’s not for the ‘faint of heart’. Chinese dragons, Greek gods, the Raven of the Northwest, draw inspiration from their stories and how to draw them. Join us for a week of art and learn about the myths and legends of many lands.
Workshops for Teens
1 - 4 pm, Monday to Friday
Beginning and advanced teen artists will work to create art with confidence and expertise. Each workshop emphasize the value of the process to teach and broaden their view of themselves as an artist and provides a meaningful experience to learn art skills, foster personal growth and unleash creativity.
July 12 - July 16: Drawing People
You’ll learn to draw focusing on the figure using live models, photographs, drawings of old masters and contemporary figurative artists. Learn gesture, blocking in, the effect of light on form, volume and line, modeling with light, anatomy, and composition.
July 26 - 30: Portrait Drawing and Painting
A foundation in the basics for beginners and experienced artists. Work from master artists and models while learning to draw portraits. Learn about proportion, structure, features of the face, and to visualize the head from every angle.
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