Is your young creative ready to be an artist-in-training? Art provokes thought, encourages expression, and brings people together. Camp Art Academy provides the skills your child needs to be the best artist, thinker, collaborator, and storyteller they can be. Come imagine and build with us this summer as we study and practice the elements of artmaking and storytelling!
Thank you for your interest in Camp Art Academy. Registration for 2026 programming opens on December 16th. In the meantime, you can read about Camp Art Academy 2026 below!
Camp Art Academy at the AAC is an esteemed six-week, summertime educational experience for rising first through sixth graders. Each week has a unique theme and students can attend one week, all six, or any number in between. At the end of each week, students celebrate their artwork with a gallery opening for friends and family!
Camp will encourage your child’s self-discovery, teamwork, and expression through an award-winning arts education. We believe in the power of hands-on, studio-based & social-emotional learning, which students will practice while being guided by instructors and collaborating with fellow artists. While your young artist is in training, they will learn both classical and experimental techniques across many disciplines including drawing, painting, textile, sculpture, printmaking, illustration, and creative writing. Not only will students have fun applying imagination and creativity each day, but they will also employ skills in science, technology, engineering, art, and math to craft their projects. Students will learn about and take inspiration from artists across the world in addition to notable AAC alumni as they create individual and collaborative art projects.
By the end of Camp Art Academy, young artists will have helped build a creative community, practiced many new techniques and methods with their instructors, learned invaluable life skills, and shared their sense of self and imagination through storytelling.
2026 Dates
WEEK 1 | Characters: Drawing from Life and Imagination…….June 1-5
WEEK 2 | Atmosphere: Space, Mood, and Environment………..June 8-12
WEEK 3 | Image: Text, Textile, and Photography…………………..June 15-18 (Off on Juneteenth)
2-WEEK BREAK
WEEK 4 | Style: Expression and Identity………………………………July 6-10
WEEK 5 | Representation: Image and Form…………………………July 13-17
WEEK 6 | Story: Print and Narrative Arts……………………………..July 21-25
Weekly Tuition & Fees
Tuition……………………………..$295
*Optional* Before Care……..$50
*Optional* After Care………..$50
Week 3 is $236 due to the week being shortened by a day in observation of Juneteenth.
Camp Art Academy is held Monday-Friday, 9 AM-3 PM. On Fridays, the exhibition is 3-3:30 PM.
Before Care is available starting at 8 AM and After Care is available until 4 PM.
Schedule
8-9 AM……………………………..Before Care *Optional*
8:45-9:10 AM…………………….Student Drop-Off
9-9:15 AM…………………………Morning Welcome
9:15 AM-12 PM……………….Morning Class
10:30-10:45 AM…………………Morning Snack Break
12-12:30 PM……………………..Lunch
12:30-1 PM……………………….Social-Emotional Learning Activity/ Break
1-2:45 PM………………………Afternoon Class
2:45-3 PM…………………………Classroom Reset + Display Projects
3-3:25 PM………………………Student Pick-Up
3-4 PM………………………………After Care *Optional*
Classroom Details
Classroom 5-8 (Students going into 1st – 3rd grade in Fall 2025)
Classroom 9-12 (Students going into 4th – 6th grade in Fall 2025)
Students who are going into first through sixth grade are welcome to attend. Students must have completed kindergarten or another school-based and full-day program such as Young Fives in order to enroll in Camp Art Academy.
Sometimes exceptions are made for students who are on the cusp of turning 9. For example, a younger nine-year-old may feel more comfortable in the younger classroom and an older eight-year-old may feel more comfortable in the older classroom. Registrations outside of the age limits can be discussed by emailing engagement@artacademy.edu or by calling 513-562-8762.
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Students will sit at work tables with peers close in age and work on art projects with individual attention from their instructors and teaching assistants. Students must be able to use the restroom independently. Anyone requesting an accommodation should email engagement@artacademy.edu.
Students must bring a lunch, water bottle, and snacks with them each day. Please do not pack items containing nuts.
Every Friday, we hold a gallery opening for students and their families. The students’ artwork from that week will be on display. Before leaving, students will collect their work and take it home with them.
Friday Exhibitions 3-3:30 PM
After Care will still be available on Fridays until 4 PM for guardians who cannot make it to the exhibition.
Read our protocols here: Welcome Packet. By signing up for our programs, you and your minor student(s) are agreeing to abide by the rules and policies in the handbook.
Please note that if you are late picking up your student, you will be charged $10 for every 15 minutes you are late.
Questions? Contact the Office of Engagement at engagement@artacademy.edu.
