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Ever had an awesome idea for a story or a picture but didn't know how to make it happen? Come join fellow fans of comics and animated shows to take your drawing skills to the next level! This five-day camp offers a freeform project-based experience where students can create comics and illustrations of their favorite characters, both original or from...

Beginner Origami with the Origami Mami: This is an entry level class on learning how to make simple Origami models such as animals, plants, toys, geometric shapes, and basically anything you can imagine! We will put our models together in a sort of “scene” to really bring them to life! Ages 5+ welcome. Required Supplies Paper (can be traditional...

Monumental winter landscapes, energetic winter sports, traditional winter celebrations - this camp is all about winter!  Students will bring home several winter-related paintings and master oil/acrylic painting skills. Detailed Schedule: Day 1: 9am-12pm Winter landscapes: painting light and shadow on the snow, reflected colors of the sky....

Students will generate original characters and stories while freely using a multitude of artistic media to express their narrative. This course will encourage students to experiment with a variety of art mix media options, including drawing, collage, painting, and digital media. Students will emphasize the importance of one’s culture and surroundings...

Have fun with us in Print Shop! This two week workshop will focus on making cards, tote bags, and shirts as gifts! In the first class, we will focus on fast kid-friendly printmaking techniques like monoprints and collagraphs. In our second class, we will make screen prints and individual sun prints on fabric items. All levels welcome. Week One:...

Tap into your creativity in a camp filled with art & beading bliss! After an opening hour of yoga poses and friendship building games campers will jump into the artistic process and come away with a brand new collection of gorgeous art & jewelry pieces and the skills to make each one of them! We teach a wide array of art & jewelry techniques...

Virtual 2020 Summer Cartooning Themes Make A Splash - No swimsuit needed but young artists will ‘get their feet wet’ in this cartooning class. From favorite ocean creatures like dolphins to fantasy figures like mermaids, learn the different anatomy of fish and marine mammals and how to create cartoon versions of everything under the sea!​ ...

Through these series of workshops, youth are invited to explore and express their inner worlds, & hopefully finding healing in the process as they share & witness each other. We will engage with art making in a variety of ways including handmade collage, zine-making, self & body portraits, journaling, drawing, visual & verbal storytelling....

This class is an opportunity for students to explore sculptural practice. No experience necessary, open to all!

In this camp students will experiment with materials not normally used in an art class. Cooking oil, marbles, ice, and more!  Day 1:  Bubble Art Students will use food coloring and bubbles to create art. They will also fill their ice trays in preparation for the next class.  Day 2:  Ice Art Using food coloring and ice, students...

If you have been interested in designing and 3D printing your own creations, then take this class to learn the basics of Tinkercad and 3D printing.  You will learn the essentials of 3D printing, the different types of 3D printers, how to design creations suitable for 3D printing (using Tinkercad on Ipads that will be provided for in class use),...

AARGH! Come aboard and create projects that will help you explore the Seven Seas! We will be creating a ship that actually floats, a map that will be painted and drawn to show the location of buried treasure and as well as some small seafarers to take on your travels! X marks the spot! Let’s conquer the sea. Class includes 5 live 1 hour classes,...

To put it simply, this project rocks! In this class, students will learn how to create beautiful Mandala stones that appear incredibly intricate, but are achievable through the technique of dot painting. Believed to be a source of meditation and relaxation, artists will find their center as their own Mandala comes to life on this unique canvas. AGE...

Each class will begin with a demonstration of a new technique and/or expanding on a technique from a previous class. Students will explore techniques in drawing with pencils and charcoal, practicing contour lines, negative space, gradient value, line weight variation, crosshatching, one point perspective and portraits. Students will grow their observational...