2023 SUMMER CAMPS

For kids ages 6-8 and 9-12

Register

July 4 - August 25

6-8 yrs. old and 9-12 yrs. old

9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Members, remember to log in to receive your discount!

WEEK 7: August 14 - 18 (5 days)

AROUND THE WORLD - $290 / members $246.50

9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

6 - 8 yrs. old

AROUND THE WORLD - $290 / members $246.50

9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

9 - 12 yrs. old

WEEK 8: August 21 - 25 (5 days)

ENCHANTED FOREST - $290 / members $246.50

9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

6 - 8 yrs. old

ENCHANTED FOREST - $290 / members $246.50

9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

9 - 12 yrs. old

The arts is a right regardless of financial means. Learn more.

Creative Summer Camps at artsPlace

Sign up for multiple weeks this summer at artsPlace and PLAY ALL DAY!

Taught by professional artists and skilled educators, these camps are creative enrichment for your child that develop:

  • Cognitive Flexibility 
  • Emotional Wellness 
  • Creative Resilience 
  • Collaboration Skills

All camps include:

  • Pottery
  • Painting
  • Drawing
  • Theatre Games
  • Storytelling
  • Outdoor Playtime

Every week will be a new adventure with new themes, stories, and visual arts techniques. Most importantly though, these camps are pure FUN! Campers can enjoy the themes of the week but are also welcome to work on their own art projects.

Explore different weeks!

WEEK 1: July 4 – 7

MAGICAL CREATURES

Use different types of paint to create a mosaic mural together inspired by a magical creature! Learn how to make origami dragons & dragon eyes. Practise writing your own fairy tale and make it come to life with clay.

WEEK 2: July 10 - 14

SPY CAMP

Get creative with different drawing techniques to draw a secret code, then try creating a disguise out of felt! Use pyrography to burn a labyrinth design into wood and practise different hand building techniques in the clay studio to build spy gadgets!

WEEK 3: July 17 - 21

ANIMAL PLANET

Choose your favourite animals and create a silhouette painting and an amazing tile mosaic. Build habitats out of clay and use storytelling techniques to make them come to life!

WEEK 4: July 24 - 28

MONSTERS, MASKS & VILLAINS

Collaborate together on imaginative drawings and use plaster to create and paint a mini monster! Delight in the art of mask making and build a village of villains in the clay studio.

WEEK 5: July 31 - August 4

90’S WEEK

Repurpose old CD’s intowoven works of art, practise graffiti lettering techniques, and learn some iconic dance moves! This week we will explore some analog photography with a polaroid camera and make some Y2K inspired clay creations.

WEEK 6: August 8 - 11

CREEPY CRAWLIES

Create ooey-gooey slime and experiment with different techniques in clay to sculpt your own crawling creature. We’ll make a stop motion animation video about a bug and use mixed media techniques to explore texture and mark making.

WEEK 7: August 14 - 18

AROUND THE WORLD

Join us on an adventure through jungles and deserts, from mountain tops to the bottom of the sea! Create props, costumes and collaborate on a set design. Choose an ecosystem to explore with clay and sculpt your travelling character.

WEEK 8: August 21 - 25

ENCHANTED FOREST

Invite your imagination along this week as we learn about printmaking and cyanotyping with different objects found in nature. Take a nature walk to look for hidden magic and try stamping impressions into clay.

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