(Ages 6-8) Color In Nature: Tropical plants, insects, birds and fish are often wildly colored. Today we will explore colors and make bright paintings and collages inspired by what grows, crawls, and makes our world more vibrant.

(Ages 9-13) What's On Your Palette? How do artists plan what colors to mix, shade, tint and use? We will explore different palettes and make original and inspired painted sketches.

(Ages 7-9) Learn the fundamentals of handbuilding techniques including slab, pinching and coil building to sculpt and bring curious clay critters to life! Transform pinch pots into cute, and functional, creature themed pieces. Clay Camps are by the WEEK.

(Ages 10-15) Earth, Water, Air & Fire! Ceramics uses all of the four elements--and our works of art this week will be inspired by the natural world! Learn the basic skills to center clay and throw on the wheel while building confidence!

(Ages 6-8) Fresh Air & Create in 3D: In the gardens and around the museum we’ll have fun with drawing and watercolor exercises. We’ll draw what we see and paint what we imagine.

(Ages 9-13) Forms & Sculptures: We’ll build sculptures and forms using recycled and natural materials in this very fun one day lesson. Inspiration comes from the buildings and sculptures around and inside the museum.

(Ages 6-8) Cartoons & Comics: All of the best of animation, graphic novels, and cartoon characters will inspire our own original characters. We’ll enjoy giving these characters adventures and stories as we learn how comic books work.

(Ages 9-13) Collages & Prints: Collage is the art of mixing and matching found images to create a unique mixed media artwork. Half the day we’ll collage and then we’ll print. Printmaking is an artistic way to make multiples of your original work!

(Ages 6-8) Colorful Imaginations: From our craziest ideas to fantastically colored dreams, these lessons explore how color can help us make meaningful magical mini masterpieces.

(Ages 9-13) Drawing What We See: We teach the core skills of observational sketching and careful contour. Using these techniques and others we will focus on making artwork of animals and people.