Summer Art Camp 2023
Registration is now open for the Pearl's Summer 2023 Art Camps! These week-long camps invite young artists to engage their imagination as they explore different mediums and techniques. Sessions are offered for ages 5-8 and 9-12, and provide fun art enrichment experiences for kids in a small group environment. Summer Art Camp is a great way for kids to make art while making new friends!
Each week students will discover new principles of art while working with new mediums. The themes change weekly. Families can choose anywhere from one week to eight weeks. Drop-off each day will be in the museum Cobb Gallery. Campers will then head to their classrooms with their instructors to work on unique art projects inspired by the exhibition or the weekly theme – including painting, drawing, collage, and other mixed media. Guest teaching artists will visit campers each week to teach special skills and projects! |
Camp Ages
Camps are offered for two different age groups:
Camps are offered for two different age groups:
- Ages 5-8 (M-F, 9:00am-12:00pm half-day, 1:00pm-4:00 pm half-day, or all day 9:00 am until 4:00 pm)
- Ages 9-12 (M-F, 9:00am-12:00pm half-day, 1:00pm-4:00 pm half-day, or all day 9:00 am until 4:00 pm)
Camp Location
Art camps will be held in a classroom either at the museum or at the George Bush Community Center, located right next to the museum. However, campers will be dropped off at and picked up from the museum front lobby each day.
Camp Supplies & Snacks
All camp art supplies will be provided for campers.
In the middle of each session, campers will have a brief snack break. Campers are asked to bring their own snacks and/or drinks (in closed containers) to enjoy. All day campers must bring their own lunch.
Art camps will be held in a classroom either at the museum or at the George Bush Community Center, located right next to the museum. However, campers will be dropped off at and picked up from the museum front lobby each day.
Camp Supplies & Snacks
All camp art supplies will be provided for campers.
In the middle of each session, campers will have a brief snack break. Campers are asked to bring their own snacks and/or drinks (in closed containers) to enjoy. All day campers must bring their own lunch.
Tuition
The cost of each 1-week camp is $165 for members half day or $180 non-member or camp all day for $235 for museum members and $250 for non-members*. We have early drop off starting 1 hour prior to camp starting for $25/wk. Additionally, we offer late pickup for 1 hour after the end time for $25/wk. You may arrange for either option while registering.
Tuition includes 5 days of instruction and the supplies for all projects. Summer camp follows the School of Art cancellation policies.
Tuition Discounts
• $10 Discount for Multiple Registrations
This applies when registering 2 campers for a camp, or 1 camper for two sessions. The discount is applied to both camp tuitions.
*Not a member? Join today!
Save big by becoming a member! Family memberships to the museum are available for $60. Benefits include summer camp tuition discounts of $15/week. Memberships are effective for 1 year beginning from the date of enrollment, and also include discounts at the museum store and to Adult Art Workshops and lectures. To purchase a Family Membership online, click here. Memberships can also be purchased at the museum front desk.
The cost of each 1-week camp is $165 for members half day or $180 non-member or camp all day for $235 for museum members and $250 for non-members*. We have early drop off starting 1 hour prior to camp starting for $25/wk. Additionally, we offer late pickup for 1 hour after the end time for $25/wk. You may arrange for either option while registering.
Tuition includes 5 days of instruction and the supplies for all projects. Summer camp follows the School of Art cancellation policies.
Tuition Discounts
• $10 Discount for Multiple Registrations
This applies when registering 2 campers for a camp, or 1 camper for two sessions. The discount is applied to both camp tuitions.
*Not a member? Join today!
Save big by becoming a member! Family memberships to the museum are available for $60. Benefits include summer camp tuition discounts of $15/week. Memberships are effective for 1 year beginning from the date of enrollment, and also include discounts at the museum store and to Adult Art Workshops and lectures. To purchase a Family Membership online, click here. Memberships can also be purchased at the museum front desk.
Visual & Theater Arts Camp, NEW!
2 Week All Day Camp: 05/30-06/09 Weekdays only, 9:00am to 4:00pm
Description: For the first time, the Pearl will kick off its Summer Art Camps with a special two-week, all-day camp that combines visual and theater arts. This camp partners with Troupe d’Jour to explore visual storytelling, performance art and theatrical skills. At the end of their camp, students will perform a theater production for friends and family incorporating their new skills and the visual art they created.
Summer Art Camp, Moving Madness (5-8 yr olds Full)
Week 1: 06/12-06/16
Description: This summer camp week will incorporate movement into art making. We will be learning how artists capture movement, create moving sculptures, experiment with drip-painting and students will be active while creating! We will learn about the kinetic art movement, create mobiles, moving flip-books and more! Students will make use of the summer exhibit We Are Art! and the digital illustration programs to create their own moving images.
Summer Art Camp, Colorworld (5-8 yr olds Full)
Week 2: 06/19-06/23
Description: Join us for an exploration of color. Monday through Wednesday we will make art inspired by one primary color. We will learn the emotive qualities of colors, how they are used in art history and how color conveys meaning. We will do a series of projects on that color and also create a character associated with each color. On Thursday and Friday- our primaries will begin to mix and create even more color opportunities! Students will get inspired by the summer exhibition of illustrator Beth Brubaker’s exhibit Keittoodles, in the museum Cole gallery.
Summer Art Camp, Creatures (5-8 year olds Full, 9-12 Full)
Week 3: 06/26-06/30
Description: This week will be drawing focused using pencil, charcoal, pastels, ink and prismacolor pencils. We will create water creatures (inspired by sea life), land creatures (inspired by insects) and Sky creatures (inspired by birds). Each creature project introduces a new drawing technique- line, value, patterns, shading, proportion etc. Once our creatures are designed we will begin to make them come to life with modeling clay!
Summer Art Camp, Landscape Adventure (5-8 yr olds Full)
Week 4: 07/10-07/14
Description: Each day we adventure into a different natural landscape- Jungles, Rainforests, Deserts, and Mountains. As we learn about elements of these natural landscapes we also learn how artists capture their characteristics! We will experiment with print-making, animal portraits and fun 3D landscapes!
Summer Art Camp, Crazy Comics and Manga (9-12 year olds Full)
Week 5: 07/17-07/21
Description: Students will focus on storyboarding, designing our own superheroes and learning about comic inspired artists like Roy Lichtenstein and the Pop-Art movement. Students will also complete projects inspired by Eastern illustration from famous works like Hokusai’s Great Wave to contemporary manga style drawing, learning from different styles of Japanese illustration. Students will get illustration inspiration from our Summer exhibits by working in the museum galleries.
Summer Art Camp, Out of This World (5-8 yr olds Full)
Week 6: 07/24-07/28
Description: Take a trip out of this world while creating 3D art inspired by space and futurism. Students will learn design principles in order to effectively design their own futuristic inventions and robots. Students will learn to apply value, color, and patterns to creatively enhance their designs into works of art. We will also look at the futurism movement in art history.
Summer Art Camp, Smart Art (5-8 yr olds All day and Morning Full)
Week 7: 07/31-08/04
Description: This week is all about eco-friendly art! Students will create art out of unexpected materials, use found objects to make sketchbooks, build their own printmaking screens and make their own paper! We will take a look at how environmental artists are working in ways to encourage awareness and turn something discarded into a work of art.
2 Week All Day Camp: 05/30-06/09 Weekdays only, 9:00am to 4:00pm
Description: For the first time, the Pearl will kick off its Summer Art Camps with a special two-week, all-day camp that combines visual and theater arts. This camp partners with Troupe d’Jour to explore visual storytelling, performance art and theatrical skills. At the end of their camp, students will perform a theater production for friends and family incorporating their new skills and the visual art they created.
Summer Art Camp, Moving Madness (5-8 yr olds Full)
Week 1: 06/12-06/16
Description: This summer camp week will incorporate movement into art making. We will be learning how artists capture movement, create moving sculptures, experiment with drip-painting and students will be active while creating! We will learn about the kinetic art movement, create mobiles, moving flip-books and more! Students will make use of the summer exhibit We Are Art! and the digital illustration programs to create their own moving images.
Summer Art Camp, Colorworld (5-8 yr olds Full)
Week 2: 06/19-06/23
Description: Join us for an exploration of color. Monday through Wednesday we will make art inspired by one primary color. We will learn the emotive qualities of colors, how they are used in art history and how color conveys meaning. We will do a series of projects on that color and also create a character associated with each color. On Thursday and Friday- our primaries will begin to mix and create even more color opportunities! Students will get inspired by the summer exhibition of illustrator Beth Brubaker’s exhibit Keittoodles, in the museum Cole gallery.
Summer Art Camp, Creatures (5-8 year olds Full, 9-12 Full)
Week 3: 06/26-06/30
Description: This week will be drawing focused using pencil, charcoal, pastels, ink and prismacolor pencils. We will create water creatures (inspired by sea life), land creatures (inspired by insects) and Sky creatures (inspired by birds). Each creature project introduces a new drawing technique- line, value, patterns, shading, proportion etc. Once our creatures are designed we will begin to make them come to life with modeling clay!
Summer Art Camp, Landscape Adventure (5-8 yr olds Full)
Week 4: 07/10-07/14
Description: Each day we adventure into a different natural landscape- Jungles, Rainforests, Deserts, and Mountains. As we learn about elements of these natural landscapes we also learn how artists capture their characteristics! We will experiment with print-making, animal portraits and fun 3D landscapes!
Summer Art Camp, Crazy Comics and Manga (9-12 year olds Full)
Week 5: 07/17-07/21
Description: Students will focus on storyboarding, designing our own superheroes and learning about comic inspired artists like Roy Lichtenstein and the Pop-Art movement. Students will also complete projects inspired by Eastern illustration from famous works like Hokusai’s Great Wave to contemporary manga style drawing, learning from different styles of Japanese illustration. Students will get illustration inspiration from our Summer exhibits by working in the museum galleries.
Summer Art Camp, Out of This World (5-8 yr olds Full)
Week 6: 07/24-07/28
Description: Take a trip out of this world while creating 3D art inspired by space and futurism. Students will learn design principles in order to effectively design their own futuristic inventions and robots. Students will learn to apply value, color, and patterns to creatively enhance their designs into works of art. We will also look at the futurism movement in art history.
Summer Art Camp, Smart Art (5-8 yr olds All day and Morning Full)
Week 7: 07/31-08/04
Description: This week is all about eco-friendly art! Students will create art out of unexpected materials, use found objects to make sketchbooks, build their own printmaking screens and make their own paper! We will take a look at how environmental artists are working in ways to encourage awareness and turn something discarded into a work of art.
Registration:
- To register a camper, click below.