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Every summer and during some school break weeks, we run full-day hands-on art-making camps for youth ages 5–12 and half-day teen camps for youth ages 13–16. The goal of camp programs is to strengthen your child’s art education through exploration and structured hands-on projects that help build confidence in their own creativity. Camp programs are for all levels, introduce art techniques, and allow for exploring art-making and creative problem-solving.   

Camps are taught by the Creative Workshop’s team of teaching artists and teaching assistants who lead the camps in high-quality art projects, demonstrations, and gallery visits to see original works of art in MAG’s collection and exhibitions. 

• February Break Camp: Back to the Future (February 17-21) 
• April Break Camp: Composing Color (April 14-18) 
• Summer Camp Week 1: All the Colors of the Rainbow (July 7-11) 
• Summer Camp Week 2: Night & Day (July 14-18) 
• Summer Camp Week 3: Elemental (July 21-25) 
• Summer Camp Week 4: Myths, Fables & Stories (July 28-August 1) 
• Summer Camp Week 5: Critters & Creatures (August 4-8) 
• Summer Camp Week 6: Art City (August 11-15) 

Through hands-on artmaking, Minis will explore drawing, painting, and other mixed media based on the week’s theme. In addition to artmaking projects, campers will experience visits to the museum’s galleries & sculpture park, as well as games, songs, and scavenger hunts. Mini campers will have multiple breaks during the day to play with outdoor recreation time and indoor “cozy corner” play stations set-up for them to take regular breaks as needed. Our staff-to-camper ratio is intentionally low for this age group, which allows for lots of individual attention and care. 

Please note: Campers should already be attending Kindergarten or First Grade to participate in February and April break camps and be entering Kindergarten (with some full-day nursery or UPK experience) or have completed Kindergarten and be entering First Grade to participate in summer camps.

Juniors will explore drawing, painting, ceramics, and other mixed media based on the week’s theme through hands-on artmaking.

New for 2025: All Junior campers will experience a blend of Art Day Camp and Clay Camp programs—for an “Art & Clay” camp experience. Each Junior group will spend either the morning or afternoon exploring the fundamentals of ceramics, from slab to pinch and coil building, and then the other half of the day working on drawing, painting, or other artmaking projects.

In addition, campers will experience visits to the museum’s galleries & sculpture park, as well as games, songs, and scavenger hunts.  Junior campers will have multiple breaks during the day to play with outdoor recreation time and indoor “cozy corner” play stations set-up for them to take regular breaks as needed. Our staff-to-camper ratio is intentionally low for this age group, which allows for lots of individual attention and care.

Senior-age campers have the choice of enrolling in either our Art Day Camp or our Clay Camp.  

• Art Day campers will spend the full day exploring drawing, painting, and other mixed media (collage, printmaking, etc.) based on the week’s theme through hands-on projects using techniques introduced by our teaching artist instructors and high-quality materials! 
• Clay Campers will spend the full day exploring the fundamentals of ceramics from slab to pinch and coil building and have at least two experiences on the potter’s wheel. 

In addition, all campers will experience visits to the museum’s galleries & sculpture park, as well as games, songs, and scavenger hunts.  Senior campers will have multiple breaks during the day.

Teen campers can enroll in a variety of half-day programs offered throughout the camp season. Options include jewelry making, multimedia work, fiber arts programs, and portfolio-building sessions.