Camps for Kids

This year, the Creative Workshop will be celebrating the 25th year of offering camps for kids! During some school break weeks and every summer, the Creative Workshop offers camps for kids. These immersive all-day art camps welcome campers ages 6 to 15. Offering both Art Day Camps and Clay Camps, these programs have fun themes that introduce art techniques, creative problem-solving and are a fantastic way to strengthen your child’s art education and confidence in their own creativity. Depending on the theme of the camp week, campers explore drawing, painting, mixed media, working with clay, and more, to have the chance to make artworks they didn’t know they could!

Campers enjoy high quality (and very fun) art projects, visits to the museum to see original works of art, lunch breaks and daily recreation breaks. Two age groupings—Juniors and Seniors—allow kids to learn about art techniques, strategies, and materials as they make art, they can be proud of.

Registration for summer camps opens on February 22!

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An abstract painting, one half yellow and pink and orange, and the other half blues and greens. The dividing line between the halves is curvy, like a yin-yang sign. There are puzzle pieces glued to both halves, painted over.

All Things Animals

Sold Out | June 26-30, 2023 (Summer Break)

Art Camp | Age Range: 6-8 | Cost: $315

From pet portraits to designing and drawing imaginary zoos, we’ll explore and create all things animals all week.

A sculpture made from colored paper towel tubes.

Mythical Creatures in 2D & 3D

Sold Out | June 26-30, 2023 (Summer Break)

Art Camp | Age Range: 9-13 | Cost: $315

Drawing inspiration from Greek & Roman myths, we’ll make paintings, imaginary paper-mâché creatures and draw and sculpt our powerful characters.

Three ceramic skulls, painted different colors and with flowers attached to their foreheads, hung against a white wall.

Are You Digging My Earth?

Sold Out | July 10-14, 2023 (Summer Break)

Clay Camp | Age Range: 10-15 | Cost: $330

Learn traditional techniques of working in clay from throwing on the wheel to hand building, we’ll experience it all!

A sculpture made from colored paper towel tubes.

Cartoons, Comics & Characters…Oh My! (July)

Sold Out | July 10-14, 2023 (Summer Break)

Art Camp | Age Range: 9-13 | Cost: $315

Using tricks from cartoons and comics from past and present, we will create our own original character this week and multi panel and mini comics.

An abstract painting, one half yellow and pink and orange, and the other half blues and greens. The dividing line between the halves is curvy, like a yin-yang sign. There are puzzle pieces glued to both halves, painted over.

MAG Explorers: Inside Out

Sold Out | July 10-14, 2023 (Summer Break)

Art Camp | Age Range: 6-8 | Cost: $315

Campers will explore the MAG, inside & out, and create their own drawings and paintings based on what they see.

A cylindrical ceramic owl with large yellow eyes, painted purple and red.

Ready, Set, CLAY!

Sold Out | July 10-14, 2023 (Summer Break)

Clay Camp | Age Range: 7-9 | Cost: $330

Using artists’ clay we’ll create hand-built projects ranging from useful to sculptural. Inspiration comes from textures in nature and clay from around the world.

Three ceramic skulls, painted different colors and with flowers attached to their foreheads, hung against a white wall.

Clay & More: Rivers as Inspiration

Sold Out | July 17-21, 2023 (Summer Break)

Clay Camp | Age Range: 10-15 | Cost: $330

From riverbeds to rocks, ripples, fish and more, rivers will be our guide (and inspiration) during this fun week of clay camp.

A cylindrical ceramic owl with large yellow eyes, painted purple and red.

Creepy, Crawly Clay Critters

Sold Out | July 17-21, 2023 (Summer Break)

Clay Camp | Age Range: 7-9 | Cost: $330

We’ll have fun making clay versions of all sorts of bugs, butterflies, worms and wiggly creatures out of clay.

A sculpture made from colored paper towel tubes.

Painting Large & Little

Sold Out | July 17-21, 2023 (Summer Break)

Art Camp | Age Range: 9-13 | Cost: $315

From designing majestic collaborative murals to painting miniatures, proportion is everything!

An abstract painting, one half yellow and pink and orange, and the other half blues and greens. The dividing line between the halves is curvy, like a yin-yang sign. There are puzzle pieces glued to both halves, painted over.

Puppets, Prints & Pastels

Sold Out | July 17-21, 2023 (Summer Break)

Art Camp | Age Range: 6-8 | Cost: $315

This fun theme combines puppets, prints and pastels for a week of endless fun!

A sculpture made from colored paper towel tubes.

Writers & Illustrators

Sold Out | July 17-21, 2023 (Summer Break)

Writing Camp | Age Range: 10-13 | Cost: $321

In collaboration with the experts at Writers & Books, create your own fantastically illustrated and imaginatively written story.

A sculpture made from colored paper towel tubes.

Art & Humor

Sold Out | July 24-28, 2023 (Summer Break)

Art Camp | Age Range: 9-13 | Cost: $315

Create amusing paintings, hilarious cartoons, and frightfully funny posters and original memes and learn from the funniest artworks in the Museum.

Three ceramic skulls, painted different colors and with flowers attached to their foreheads, hung against a white wall.

Ceramic Studio

Sold Out | July 24-28, 2023 (Summer Break)

Clay Camp | Age Range: 10-15 | Cost: $330

How does a lump of clay become a bowl? How do artists create ceramic sculptures? This week is a exploration of all things clay.

An abstract painting, one half yellow and pink and orange, and the other half blues and greens. The dividing line between the halves is curvy, like a yin-yang sign. There are puzzle pieces glued to both halves, painted over.

Characters & Comics

Sold Out | July 24-28, 2023 (Summer Break)

Art Camp | Age Range: 6-8 | Cost: $315

This week we’ll learn the basics of cartoon drawing and make original characters, multi-panel comics, and even posters.

A cylindrical ceramic owl with large yellow eyes, painted purple and red.

Make It Mystical & Magical

Sold Out | July 24-28, 2023 (Summer Break)

Clay Camp | Age Range: 7-9 | Cost: $330

We’ll have fun making clay versions of all sorts of bugs, butterflies, worms and wiggly creatures out of clay.