Summer vacation is right around the corner. If you’re looking for camps and activities to keep the kiddos entertained, look no further than the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, which offers seven weeks of Young Artists at Work Summer Camps for kids ages 5 to 12. Taught by visiting visual artists, each week’s workshops center around a different theme, giving kids the opportunity to make a range of art through different media, including collage, painting, sculpture, photography, fiber art, jewelry, and digital art and design. Check out what’s coming up this summer:
Morning workshops run 9am to noon and afternoon workshops run from 1-5pm. To register for any of the classes, go here.
June 6–10
Age Group: 5–8 yrs
Morning: On the Road
Be prepared to head on a road trip after this fun travel-themed workshop! Students will create papier-mâché vehicles, watercolor maps, travel journals, postcards, and a suitcase to hold all their loot.
Afternoon: Pocket Full of Stars
Get ready to stargaze! In this workshop, kids will paint mosaics and make other crafts related to the sun, moon, and stars.
June 20–24
Age Group: 9–12 yrs
Morning: Mixed-Media Materials Exploration
Using everyday materials found from home, students will work with collage to create endless works of unique art.
Afternoon: Dream Week
Who doesn’t love learning about the meaning behind their dreams? This workshop explores dreams through journals, storytelling, and illustration—and kids will love making their own dream catchers.
June 27–July 1
Age Group: 5–8 yrs
Morning: It’s About the Journey
It’s okay to get messy in this fun workshop, where kids will experiment with a variety of media and techniques to stretch their creativity.
Afternoon: Line up!
Kids will examine and discover the qualities and possibilities of lines, and how they can use lines in their art to create meaning, movement, and different moods.
July 11–15
Age Group: 9–12 yrs
Morning: Behind the Lens
For the budding photographer, these workshops turn the museum into a giant camera, where students learn about perspective and portraiture while creating cyanotypes and still life art.
Afternoon: Three in a Row
The afternoon workshops continue the photography theme and explore the creative possibilities of storytelling through photography using multi-paneled photos, installations, and zines.
July 18–22
5–8 yrs
Morning: Food Painting
Your kids will love this excuse to play with their food while making beautiful art. They will use different foods to explore painting and drawing with cuisine as the medium. Yum!
Afternoon: World of Texture
Perfect for young learners, these workshops begin with a texture scavenger hunt, followed by using rubbings, ink, and other objects to create prints that explore the world of texture.
July 25–29
9–12 yrs
Morning: Building Blocks of Art
Campers will build on their foundational understanding of art in these morning workshops, which explore the ways in which artists use different foundational art elements–like shape and color– as building blocks to create and interpret works of art.
Afternoon: Fiber Fun
Your kids may ask to borrow your sewing kit after they learn, practice, and play with fabric and yarn in these workshops, using a variety of techniques.
Art Stop
Catch up with the BMoCA every Saturday morning this summer.
When: Every Saturday at the Boulder County Farmers Market, 9am-noon
Where: The front porch of the museum (or inside the museum, in case of inclement weather)
During your Saturday morning trip to the Boulder County Farmers’ Market, stop by the BMoCA’s free Art Stop on the museum’s front porch, which provides hands-on, creative art projects for families. Each project is designed to complement exhibitions within the museum.
These camps fill up quickly, so sign up soon and let your kids’ imaginations run wild this summer. Which are you most interested in? Share with us in the comments below!