Summer Art Camp Grades 6-8

9 a.m.-noon Passion for Paint

Dive into the world of painting by learning how best to work with watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media! Be inspired by the artwork in the galleries to create realistic still-life paintings, as well as expressive abstract designs. Learn how to mix color, add texture, and show form to create unique works of art to take home.

1-4 p.m. Drawing 101

Learn the fundamental language of art―drawing! Develop your skills while learning to add pizzazz to your drawings using value, perspective, texture and color! Work in graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, ink, and marker. Create dynamic works of art, such as a self-portrait and a still-life, to take home and display!

JUNE 16-20

9 a.m.-4 p.m. ONLY Funky Heads!

Materials fee: $15

Create a funky bust that is a sculpted or cast representation of a figure! Students will have the option to sculpt their self-portrait, a person/cartoon from popular culture, or one of their own character creations. Learn sculpting techniques from casting, carving, modeling, and assembling.

JUNE 23-27

9 a.m.-noon Steampunk!

Materials fee: $10

Using a variety of found objects and materials, design layered works and three-dimensional pieces in the style of industrial steam-powered machinery that inspired steampunk. Create a steampunk clock, goggles, and collage using nuts, bolts, and assorted gadgets and gizmos!

1-4 p.m. An Artist A Day

Learn new techniques as you create in the style of a different famous artist each day! Explore printmaking à la Andy Warhol, paper cutouts in the style of Henri Matisse, landscape painting inspired by Vincent van Gogh, and more.

JUNE 30-JULY 3* (no class JULY)

9 a.m.-noon POP Art!

POP out of your shell and create paintings, prints, collage, and more! Be inspired by famous pop art, such as Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s soup prints and Roy Lichtenstein’s humorous comic book styled paintings. Create artwork using methods that exemplify the excitement of the 1960s pop art movement, but that reflect today’s popular culture, color, and style.

1-4 p.m. Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle

From everyday materials such as yarn and bottle caps to watercolor and acrylic paint, art can be created in so many ways. Explore art around us as we reuse, repurpose, and recycle ordinary things into extraordinary works of art!

JULY 7-11

9 a.m.-noon Natural Connections

Explore how art connects to the natural world! Discover the wonders of our planet and how materials from nature can be used to create art. Be inspired by patterns in nature and learn how other cultures use materials from the earth to make artwork and everyday objects.

1-4 p.m. Museum Mania

Materials fee: $10

Become an expert on all things OMA! Explore the museum’s ancient artifacts, historic paintings, contemporary sculptures, and more. Embellish your own mini mannequin with fabric, sequins, and paint, transforming it into a colorful figure inspired by the museum’s Nick Cave Soundsuit sculpture. Learn about museum curation while designing a three-dimensional gallery with mini works of art to be placed inside!

JULY 14-18

FULL DAY – SOLD OUT-

MORNING SESSION – SOLD OUT-

9 a.m.-noon Street Art!

Materials fee: $15

Explore the visual style and history of street art and street artists while learning techniques such as stenciling, taping, mural painting, graffiti lettering, and creating an artist tag! Receive your own skate deck to design on, for either display or use (wheels and “trucks” not included).

1-4 p.m. Art Through the Decades

Travel through time and discover different movements of art that span the last 200 years! From Impressionism to Expressionism, focus on a different time period each day and create two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art that reflect the decade and genre.

JULY 21-25

9 a.m.-noon Fiber Arts

Experiment with thread, fabric, fiberfill, and other materials to learn sewing, weaving, and three-dimensional textile construction. Design and create a variety of creatures, weavings, and soft sculptural forms.

1-4 p.m. Playing with Pattern

Discover how patterns are used in everyday life. Create with a variety of materials, colored pencils, oil pastels, paint, fabric, and more. Explore the delightful results of repetitive design and learn what happens when a shape or pattern is repeated on paper.

JULY 28-AUGUST 1

FULL DAY

9 a.m.-noon What’s My Story?

Explore a variety of art forms and mediums as you create art that tells the story of YOU! Celebrate your interests, your favorite things, your family and more, in two-dimensional and three-dimensional masterpieces that are as unique as you are.

1-4 p.m. Linoleum Block Printing & Scratchboard

Explore the possibilities of basic linoleum block printing as you carve and print to create images in a variety of ways, as well as learn the basics of scratchboard.

AUGUST 4-8

FULL DAY

9 a.m.-noon Collage Craze

Experiment with a variety of flat materials, both traditional and unexpected, as you learn the basics of an art form that blossomed with the Cubists and continues to be a powerful form of expression today. Be inspired by artists such as Romare Bearden who created images with cut paper and other unexpected materials.