All Events

Monday June 15-19

Comics

Monday, June 15 – Friday June 19 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Summer Camp: Ages 7 – 9 Create a comic book story from start to finish. Draw characters and environments to tell a story with pictures using storyboards, play drawing games, and read great comic books!
Monday June 15-19

Sculptural Explorations

Monday, June 15 – Friday, June 19 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Summer Camp: Ages 10 – 12 Explore the ins and outs of 3D design and create sculptures with a range of materials. Campers get inspired in the Design by Time exhibition, seeing how artists use media in unusual ways, then make their own creative constructions.
Monday June 22-26

Fabulous Fibers

Monday, June 22 – Friday, June 26; 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Summer Camp: Ages 4 – 6 From block printing to weaving, dyeing, and more, campers explore the various ways to create art using textiles. Dress for a mess as we work with dyes!
Monday June 22-26

Painting

Monday, June 22 – Friday, June 26 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Summer Camp: Ages 10 – 12 This camp explores paints from tempera to watercolor and beyond. Campers learn about different styles of painting throughout the centuries and even paint on easels en plein air like modern-day Impressionists.
Monday June 22-26

Painting Fundamentals

June 22 – 26 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Teen Workshop: Ages 13 – 18 This camp explores paints from tempera to watercolor and beyond. Taking inspiration from the CMA collection, teens learn about different styles of painting throughout the centuries.
Monday June 22-26

Photography

June 22 – 26 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Teen Workshop: Ages 13 – 18 Teens learn to improve their photography skills no matter the kind of camera. Get to know all about composition in the Black Is Beautiful exhibition and by shooting your own images in and around the museum. Participants must provide their own camera.
Monday June 29-03

Project Funway

Monday, June 29 – Friday, July 3 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Summer Camp: Ages 7 – 9 From drafting to crafting, campers learn all about fashion design as they create and update their own wearable art inspired by work in the museum, including wearable fashions featured in the Black Is Beautiful and Design by Time exhibitions. The week culminates with a fashion show in the galleries.
Monday June 29-03

Reduce, Reuse, Remix

Summer Camp: Ages 4 – 6 Explore ways to create earth-friendly and unique works of art. Campers make a variety of environmentally conscious art using repurposed materials.
Monday June 29

10:00 am

Educator Workshop: The Artful Designer: Using Art Objects to Develop Design Thinking Skills

Monday, June 29 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

With design at its core, this workshop gives an overview of the South Carolina Design Thinking Standards and how art can be infused in cross-curricular design projects.
Monday June 29-03

Printmaking

Monday, June 29 – Friday, July 3 | 1;00 - 4:00 p.m.

Summer Camp: Ages 10 – 12 Experiment with block printing, linocuts, monotypes, and more to design and create pieces inspired by art in the museum. Campers take their work to the next level and experiment with new techniques to craft reproducible designs.
Tuesday June 30

10:00 am

Educator Workshop: The Artful Designer: Using Art Objects to Develop Design Thinking Skills

Tuesday, June 30 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

With design at its core, this workshop gives an overview of the South Carolina Design Thinking Standards and how art can be infused in cross-curricular design projects.
Saturday July 11

10:00 am

Explorations in Metalsmithing

Teen Workshop: Ages 13 – 18 Teens cut, saw, solder, and form sheet metal into fabulous creations as they learn the basics of metalsmithing. A must for anyone with an interest in jewelry making or sculpture.