IMPRESSIONISM, CUBISM, POP-ART, AND MORE! A YOUNG ARTIST TIME-TRAVELLING ADVENTURE Using artwork within the Des Moines Art Center museum’s exhibitions as close-up examples, campers will learn about art movements through time. Campers will work on...
Read MoreIMPRESSIONISM, CUBISM, POP-ART, AND MORE! A YOUNG ARTIST TIME-TRAVELLING ADVENTURE Using artwork within the Des Moines Art Center museum’s exhibitions as close-up examples, campers will learn about art movements through time. Campers will work on...
Read MoreIMPRESSIONISM, CUBISM, POP-ART, AND MORE! A YOUNG ARTIST TIME-TRAVELLING ADVENTURE Using artwork within the Des Moines Art Center museum’s exhibitions as close-up examples, campers will learn about art movements through time. Campers will work on...
Read MoreIMPRESSIONISM, CUBISM, POP-ART, AND MORE! A YOUNG ARTIST TIME-TRAVELLING ADVENTURE Using artwork within the Des Moines Art Center museum’s exhibitions as close-up examples, campers will learn about art movements through time. Campers will work on...
Read MoreIMPRESSIONISM, CUBISM, POP-ART, AND MORE! A YOUNG ARTIST TIME-TRAVELLING ADVENTURE Using artwork within the Des Moines Art Center museum’s exhibitions as close-up examples, campers will learn about art movements through time. Campers will work on...
Read MoreFANTASY ART AND ILLUSTRATION(12-14) Enter the enchanting world of toadstools, fairies, dragons, and elves. Learn methods to create facial features and body proportions, and incorporate textures like scales and skin to give your character fantastical...
Read MoreMOVIE MAKING CAMP: STOP-MOTION ANIMATION AND LIVE-ACTION CINEMATOGRAPHY! (7-8) Bring your stories to life and see your work on the big screen! Learn the art of stop-motion animation filmmaking and create live-action movies from short...
Read MoreCLAY CREATIONS (7-8) and (9-11) Experience clay hands-on! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques to build sculptures, vessels, and tiles. Add finishing touches by carving and glazing your work. Caregivers will receive an email that...
Read MoreWEEK-LONG CLAY WORKSHOP: HAND-BUILDING AND WHEEL TECHNIQUES (12-14) Work with your hands to create three-dimensional work in clay. Learn sculptural hand-building techniques and how to make vessels on the potter’s wheel. Finish your work with...
Read MoreIMPRESSIONISM, CUBISM, POP-ART, AND MORE! A YOUNG ARTIST TIME-TRAVELLING ADVENTURE Using artwork within the Des Moines Art Center museum’s exhibitions as close-up examples, campers will learn about art movements through time. Campers will work on...
Read MoreART AROUND THE WORLD: EXPLORING THE ART OF MANY CULTURES Pack your bags for a trip around the world! Learn about the artists, cultures, and crafts from a new destination each class. Explore drawing, painting,...
Read MoreART AROUND THE WORLD: EXPLORING THE ART OF MANY CULTURES Pack your bags for a trip around the world! Learn about the artists, cultures, and crafts from a new destination each class. Explore drawing, painting,...
Read MoreART AROUND THE WORLD: EXPLORING THE ART OF MANY CULTURES Pack your bags for a trip around the world! Learn about the artists, cultures, and crafts from a new destination each class. Explore drawing, painting,...
Read MoreART AROUND THE WORLD: EXPLORING THE ART OF MANY CULTURES Pack your bags for a trip around the world! Learn about the artists, cultures, and crafts from a new destination each class. Explore drawing, painting,...
Read MoreART AROUND THE WORLD: EXPLORING THE ART OF MANY CULTURES Pack your bags for a trip around the world! Learn about the artists, cultures, and crafts from a new destination each class. Explore drawing, painting,...
Read MoreART AROUND THE WORLD: EXPLORING THE ART OF MANY CULTURES Pack your bags for a trip around the world! Learn about the artists, cultures, and crafts from a new destination each class. Explore drawing, painting,...
Read MoreTHE WORLD OF COMIC BOOKS (12-14) Take a course in the wide world of comics. Learn the fundamental illustration techniques including line, shading, proportion, and gesture, to create expressive drawings while learning about different comic...
Read MoreDIGITAL PAINTING AND DRAWING (9-11) Transform your two-dimensional painting and drawing projects into gorgeous digital artwork! Visit the Des Moines Art Center museum and Greenwood park to sketch and get inspiration. Learn ways to make...
Read MoreCLAY CREATIONS (7-8) and (9-11) Experience clay hands-on! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques to build sculptures, vessels, and tiles. Add finishing touches by carving and glazing your work. Caregivers will receive an email that...
Read MoreWEEK-LONG CLAY WORKSHOP: HAND-BUILDING AND WHEEL TECHNIQUES (12-14) Work with your hands to create three-dimensional work in clay. Learn sculptural hand-building techniques and how to make vessels on the potter’s wheel. Finish your work with...
Read MoreCHARACTER CREATIONS Dream big and turn your character ideas into larger-than-life creations. Campers will try a variety of artistic techniques to depict their characters and create dynamic backgrounds and environments. Learn how draw figures in...
Read MoreCHARACTER CREATIONS Dream big and turn your character ideas into larger-than-life creations. Campers will try a variety of artistic techniques to depict their characters and create dynamic backgrounds and environments. Learn how draw figures in...
Read MoreCHARACTER CREATIONS Dream big and turn your character ideas into larger-than-life creations. Campers will try a variety of artistic techniques to depict their characters and create dynamic backgrounds and environments. Learn how draw figures in...
Read MoreCHARACTER CREATIONS Dream big and turn your character ideas into larger-than-life creations. Campers will try a variety of artistic techniques to depict their characters and create dynamic backgrounds and environments. Learn how draw figures in...
Read MoreCHARACTER CREATIONS Dream big and turn your character ideas into larger-than-life creations. Campers will try a variety of artistic techniques to depict their characters and create dynamic backgrounds and environments. Learn how draw figures in...
Read MoreCHARACTER CREATIONS Dream big and turn your character ideas into larger-than-life creations. Campers will try a variety of artistic techniques to depict their characters and create dynamic backgrounds and environments. Learn how draw figures in...
Read MoreFIGURE DRAWING AND PAINTING (12 -14) Learn how to draw portraits and capture the manner and likeness of a person using a variety of drawing and painting media. Practice capturing shape and form, study proportion,...
Read MoreDIGITAL CHARACTER CREATION (12-14) Bring your wildest character ideas to life in the digital world. Sketch characters -human, animal, extraterrestrial, or otherwise- and learn how to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator! Use the computer as...
Read MoreCLAY CREATIONS (7-8) and (9-11) Experience clay hands-on! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques to build sculptures, vessels, and tiles. Add finishing touches by carving and glazing your work. Caregivers will receive an email that...
Read MoreCLAY CREATIONS (9-11) Experience clay hands-on! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques to build sculptures, vessels, and tiles. Add finishing touches by carving and glazing your work. Caregivers will receive an email that the campers’...
Read MoreART AND THE OUTDOORS Let’s enjoy the summer weather by creating art outdoors. Campers will learn how to paint in plein air, create temporary outdoor murals, and explore interesting techniques such as sun printing. Students...
Read MoreART AND THE OUTDOORS Let’s enjoy the summer weather by creating art outdoors. Campers will learn how to paint in plein air, create temporary outdoor murals, and explore interesting techniques such as sun printing. Students...
Read MoreART AND THE OUTDOORS Let’s enjoy the summer weather by creating art outdoors. Campers will learn how to paint in plein air, create temporary outdoor murals, and explore interesting techniques such as sun printing. Students...
Read MoreART AND THE OUTDOORS Let’s enjoy the summer weather by creating art outdoors. Campers will learn how to paint in plein air, create temporary outdoor murals, and explore interesting techniques such as sun printing. Students...
Read MoreART AND THE OUTDOORS Let’s enjoy the summer weather by creating art outdoors. Campers will learn how to paint in plein air, create temporary outdoor murals, and explore interesting techniques such as sun printing. Students...
Read MoreART AND THE OUTDOORS Let’s enjoy the summer weather by creating art outdoors. Campers will learn how to paint in plein air, create temporary outdoor murals, and explore interesting techniques such as sun printing. Students...
Read MoreMOVIE MAKING CAMP: STOP-MOTION ANIMATION AND LIVE-ACTION CINEMATOGRAPHY! (7-8) Bring your stories to life and see your work on the big screen! Learn the art of stop-motion animation filmmaking and create live-action movies from short...
Read MoreCLAY CREATIONS (7-8) and (9-11) Experience clay hands-on! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques to build sculptures, vessels, and tiles. Add finishing touches by carving and glazing your work. Caregivers will receive an email that...
Read MoreWEEK-LONG CLAY WORKSHOP: HAND-BUILDING AND WHEEL TECHNIQUES (12-14) Work with your hands to create three-dimensional work in clay. Learn sculptural hand-building techniques and how to make vessels on the potter’s wheel. Finish your work with...
Read MoreBIG AND LITTLE: PLAYING WITH SCALE IN ART Artists love to play with the scale of objects in their work! Join us for a week of making artistic miniatures, large-scale paintings, and sculptures. By looking...
Read MoreBIG AND LITTLE: PLAYING WITH SCALE IN ART Artists love to play with the scale of objects in their work! Join us for a week of making artistic miniatures, large-scale paintings, and sculptures. By looking...
Read MoreBIG AND LITTLE: PLAYING WITH SCALE IN ART Artists love to play with the scale of objects in their work! Join us for a week of making artistic miniatures, large-scale paintings, and sculptures. By looking...
Read MoreBIG AND LITTLE: PLAYING WITH SCALE IN ART Artists love to play with the scale of objects in their work! Join us for a week of making artistic miniatures, large-scale paintings, and sculptures. By looking...
Read MoreBIG AND LITTLE: PLAYING WITH SCALE IN ART Artists love to play with the scale of objects in their work! Join us for a week of making artistic miniatures, large-scale paintings, and sculptures. By looking...
Read MoreBIG AND LITTLE: PLAYING WITH SCALE IN ART Artists love to play with the scale of objects in their work! Join us for a week of making artistic miniatures, large-scale paintings, and sculptures. By looking...
Read MoreMOVIE MAKING CAMP: STOP-MOTION ANIMATION AND LIVE-ACTION CINEMATOGRAPHY! (9-11) Bring your stories to life and see your work on the big screen! Learn the art of stop-motion animation filmmaking and create live-action movies from short...
Read MoreCLAY CREATIONS(9-11) Experience clay hands-on! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques to build sculptures, vessels, and tiles. Add finishing touches by carving and glazing your work. Caregivers will receive an email that the campers’ work...
Read MoreWEEK-LONG CLAY WORKSHOP: HAND-BUILDING AND WHEEL TECHNIQUES (12-14) Work with your hands to create three-dimensional work in clay. Learn sculptural hand-building techniques and how to make vessels on the potter’s wheel. Finish your work with...
Read MoreWILD AND WACKY ART EXPERIMENTS This is the perfect camp for kids who like to throw spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. Guided by experimental art strategies and artists like John Cage and...
Read MoreWILD AND WACKY ART EXPERIMENTS This is the perfect camp for kids who like to throw spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. Guided by experimental art strategies and artists like John Cage and...
Read MoreWILD AND WACKY ART EXPERIMENTS This is the perfect camp for kids who like to throw spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. Guided by experimental art strategies and artists like John Cage and...
Read MoreWILD AND WACKY ART EXPERIMENTS This is the perfect camp for kids who like to throw spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. Guided by experimental art strategies and artists like John Cage and...
Read MoreWILD AND WACKY ART EXPERIMENTS This is the perfect camp for kids who like to throw spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. Guided by experimental art strategies and artists like John Cage and...
Read MoreWILD AND WACKY ART EXPERIMENTS This is the perfect camp for kids who like to throw spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. Guided by experimental art strategies and artists like John Cage and...
Read MoreSCULPTURAL FORMS (12-14) Explore the world in three dimensions using additive and subtractive sculpture techniques! Use fabric, wire, foam, found objects, and more to build colorful characters and pieces worthy of display. Campers now receive...
Read MoreDIGITAL POSTER DESIGN (12-14) Create posters that can inform, advertise, uplift, or entertain! In this class, students will learn elements of graphic design and digital software to create attention-grabbing posters. Campers will gain inspiration from...
Read MoreCREATE WITH CLAY AND MORE! (AGES 5-6) This camp is for youngsters who love to make things with their hands! During the week, campers work with a variety of art materials while learning how to...
Read MoreCLAY CREATIONS (7-8) Experience clay hands-on! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques to build sculptures, vessels, and tiles. Add finishing touches by carving and glazing your work. Caregivers will receive an email that the campers’...
Read MoreECO ART: USING NATURAL AND UPCYCLED MATERIALS IN ART (PAPER MAKING, JUNK SCULPTURES) The world is full of art waiting to be made! This camp is for kids who love seeing the creative potential in...
Read MoreECO ART: USING NATURAL AND UPCYCLED MATERIALS IN ART (PAPER MAKING, JUNK SCULPTURES) The world is full of art waiting to be made! This camp is for kids who love seeing the creative potential in...
Read MoreECO ART: USING NATURAL AND UPCYCLED MATERIALS IN ART (PAPER MAKING, JUNK SCULPTURES) The world is full of art waiting to be made! This camp is for kids who love seeing the creative potential in...
Read MoreECO ART: USING NATURAL AND UPCYCLED MATERIALS IN ART (PAPER MAKING, JUNK SCULPTURES) The world is full of art waiting to be made! This camp is for kids who love seeing the creative potential in...
Read MoreECO ART: USING NATURAL AND UPCYCLED MATERIALS IN ART (PAPER MAKING, JUNK SCULPTURES) The world is full of art waiting to be made! This camp is for kids who love seeing the creative potential in...
Read MoreECO ART: USING NATURAL AND UPCYCLED MATERIALS IN ART (PAPER MAKING, JUNK SCULPTURES) The world is full of art waiting to be made! This camp is for kids who love seeing the creative potential in...
Read MoreFASHION ILLUSTRATION (12-14) Design your new wardrobe! Gain an understanding of the fundamentals of fashion illustration and the drawing techniques needed to create your own designs. Learn how to render fabric textures, patterns, and materials...
Read MoreDIGITAL ART STUDIO (9-11) Explore the many aspects of digital art, including photography, editing, illustration, graphic design, and painting! Learn how to use tools like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Students will work both independently and...
Read MoreCLAY CREATIONS (7-8) Experience clay hands-on! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques to build sculptures, vessels, and tiles. Add finishing touches by carving and glazing your work. Caregivers will receive an email that the campers’...
Read MoreWEEK-LONG CLAY WORKSHOP: HAND-BUILDING AND WHEEL TECHNIQUES (12-14) Work with your hands to create three-dimensional work in clay. Learn sculptural hand-building techniques and how to make vessels on the potter’s wheel. Finish your work with...
Read MoreSTORYTELLING THROUGH ART Through their images, artists have the capacity to tell fairytales about enchanting mermaids and epic quests on horseback. These images can tell a story so vivid that you can imagine you’re living...
Read MoreSTORYTELLING THROUGH ART Through their images, artists have the capacity to tell fairytales about enchanting mermaids and epic quests on horseback. These images can tell a story so vivid that you can imagine you’re living...
Read MoreSTORYTELLING THROUGH ART Through their images, artists have the capacity to tell fairytales about enchanting mermaids and epic quests on horseback. These images can tell a story so vivid that you can imagine you’re living...
Read MoreSTORYTELLING THROUGH ART Through their images, artists have the capacity to tell fairytales about enchanting mermaids and epic quests on horseback. These images can tell a story so vivid that you can imagine you’re living...
Read MoreSTORYTELLING THROUGH ART Through their images, artists have the capacity to tell fairytales about enchanting mermaids and epic quests on horseback. These images can tell a story so vivid that you can imagine you’re living...
Read MoreSTORYTELLING THROUGH ART Through their images, artists have the capacity to tell fairytales about enchanting mermaids and epic quests on horseback. These images can tell a story so vivid that you can imagine you’re living...
Read MoreILLUSTRATION SKETCHBOOK Personal sketchbooks can serve many purposes- they can act as a document of your daily inspirations, or as a place to work out your ideas. Campers will learn a variety of strategies for...
Read MoreDIGITAL CHARACTER CREATION (12-14) Bring your wildest character ideas to life in the digital world. Sketch characters -human, animal, extraterrestrial, or otherwise- and learn how to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator! Use the computer as...
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