HOURS
Tuesday – Friday:  10am – 4pm
Saturday – Sunday: 12 – 4pm
Mondays & Holidays: Closed

A little girl in a pink shirt painting a colorful picture on a sheet of paper.

Summer Art Camp Grades 9-12

For students ENTERING GRADES 9-12 

JUNE 8-12                  

9 a.m.-noon ONLY                   Cinemaps: Establishing the Aesthetics of Imagined Worlds

Discover how concept artists design entire worlds for film, TV, and games—before a single character appears. Plans for these worlds are known as “cinemaps.” Explore environment design, architecture, and geography to create believable universes that feel cinematic and lived-in. Through cinemap designs learn how places shape stories and guide audiences through imagined spaces.

MORNING SESSION

 

JUNE 22-26     

9 a.m.-noon ONLY                   Drawing Behind the Seams: Costume Design + Fashion Illustration

Characters communicate who they are before they ever speak. Spend the week designing heroes, villains, and complex figures by exploring how costume, material, color, and culture convey things such as identity, status, and purpose. Emphasis will be placed on iteration and silhouette drawing, with the overarching topic of storytelling through clothing.

MORNING SESSION

 

JULY 6-10

9 a.m.-noon ONLY       A Cabinet of Creepy Curiosities

Dive into the strange, supernatural, and unknown! Design original creatures inspired by mythology, folklore, and science fiction, learning how anatomy, scale, environment, and behavior make monsters feel believable. From towering beasts to tiny, creepy crawlies, design creatures that will surely make people curious!

MORNING SESSION 

 

JULY 20-24

9 a.m.-noon ONLY                   One Sheet to Rule Them All: Making Iconic Poster Art

A single image can define an entire story. Learn how illustrators and designers create powerful movie and game posters that communicate genre, mood, and narrative at a glance. Through thumbnailing, composition studies, and final illustration, design original “one-sheet” posters that sell a story before the trailer ever plays.

MORNING SESSION