All Events

Monday July 13-17

Project Funway

Monday, July 13 – Friday, July 17 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Summer Camp: Ages 10 – 12 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 July 13-17

Storybook Smashup

Monday, July 13 – Friday, July 17 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Summer Camp: Ages 4 – 6 How do our favorite characters go from sketchbook to storybook? In a smashup of art and literature, campers explore character design techniques that bring favorite stories to life and create a storybook of their own.
Monday July 20-24

Feel the Beat

Monday, July 20 – Friday, July 24 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Summer Camp: Ages 4 – 6 In this weeklong jam session, campers groove in the galleries and explore the things music and visual art have in common. This camp covers composition, rhythm, tone, and more!
Monday July 20-24

Sustainable Fashion Design

July 20 – 24 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Teen Workshop: Ages 13 – 18 Explore sustainable fashion using both traditional and contemporary methods. Projects include bags, altered clothes, patches, and upcycled fiber pieces incorporating weaving and embroidery. Teens explore personal identity and style along with themes of sustainability and how to make a statement by upcycling and repurposing.
Monday July 27-31

Creative Storytelling through Collage

Monday, July 27 – Friday, July 31 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Summer Camp: Ages 10 – 12 Campers explore collage art and other 2D materials and craft stories while binding their own books.
Monday July 27-31

Designing Devices & Imagining Contraptions

Monday, July 27 – Friday, July 31 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Summer Camp: Ages 7 – 9 Challenging their imaginations during a week of invention and kinetic artmaking, campers learn how to create new work using recycled materials with inspiration from the Design by Time exhibition and ideas from artists who use media in unusual ways.
Monday July 27-31

Artful Naturalists

Monday, July 27 – Friday, July 31 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Summer Camp: Ages 4 – 6 Artists and scientists are both trying to learn about the world using their senses. In this camp, explore topics like weather, habitats, and ecosystems, experiment using natural resources, learn more about the plants and animals that populate the world, hear from a local park ranger about how to make the most out of green spaces, and much more
Monday July 27-31

Painting Fundamentals

July 27 – 31 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Teen Workshop: Ages 13 – 18 Teens learn to work with various paint mediums including watercolor, acrylic, and oil to improve their painting technique.
Saturday August 01

10:00 am

Portfolio Intensive

Teen Workshop: Ages 13 – 18 In this one-day workshop, learn how to compile, organize, and prepare a portfolio for arts and college admissions. Perfect for any teen prepping for college or art school applications.
Monday August 03-07

Drawing

Monday, August 3 – Friday, August 7 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Summer Camp: Ages 7 – 9 Campers explore new drawing media and strategies, improve their drawing abilities, and increase confidence when creating art. Get inspired sketching inside and outside the museum and learn time-tested techniques to make drawings come to life.
Monday August 03-07

Artful Essentials

Monday, August 3 – Friday, August 7 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Summer Camp: Ages 4 – 6 Focus on the building blocks of art — color, line, and shape. Each day campers explore a new element of art with gallery visits, stories, and artistic creations of all kinds. A perfect refresher before school starts.
Monday August 03-07

Painting

Monday, August 3 – Friday, August 7 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Summer Camp: Ages 7 – 9 This camp explores paints from tempera to watercolor and beyond. Taking inspiration from the CMA collection, campers learn about different styles of painting throughout the centuries.