Classes | Cancellation and Refund Policy
Here at the MAC, we are thrilled to offer summer camps for youth of various age groups and with a wide range of artistic interests. These camps are a great opportunity for young people to explore the arts, learn creative skills, and participate in exciting hands-on activities.
MAC Summer Camps
Advanced Storytelling with Comics- Teen Summer Intensive
Ages 13 to 18
Instructor: Jerzy Drozd
Monday – Thursday, June 12 – June 15
9:00am – 12:00pm
Learn the storytelling techniques that will take your comics to a new level! In this week-long workshop series, cartoonist Jerzy Drozd (Science Comics: Rockets, Baron von Bear and the Case of the Two-Faced Statue) will help you design unique worlds, refine your OCs, and find the storytelling moments your readers will never forget. Brace yourself for an intense and joyful journey where you’ll learn what comics can do better than any other media.
FEE: $155
Building Confidence through Style- Teen Summer Intensive
Ages 12 to 17
Courtney Smith
Monday – Friday, August 7 – August 11
4:30pm – 6:30pm
Certified Personal Stylist, Courtney Smith realizes how social media messes with people’s confidence and wants to teach people how to use style to overcome those moments. Courtney will guide students through identifying their style goals and how they want to show up in life through clothing. Style is much more than clothing, it’s a way to stand out when you don’t know how to use your voice, or a way to tell a story about who you are in the world when you don’t have the words. Whether music, art, people, or books inspire you, there’s a way to harness that inspiration and turn it into how you want to dress and have fun with it. You’ll learn different strategies when it comes to putting outfits together through textures and color. You’ll be provided with tools to help guide you through the exciting world of fashion such as color wheels, fabrics, and more. Upon completion of this workshop you’ll have a clearer picture of what your style is, develop a higher level of confidence and have fun in your closet!
FEE: $180
Enrile Classroom, Lower Level
Ages 7 to 12
MAC Instructors and CATCO Instructor
Monday – Friday, June 5 – June 9
9:00am – 4:00pm
Explore the visual, ceramic, performing, and literary arts! In this one-week camp, your young creative will get the chance to stretch their artistic muscles and try a variety of styles of art. Students will work with professional artists and art educators for a week full of exploratory activities in the arts. Each day will include art classes and recreational pool time at Worthington Pools.
FEE: $375
This camp is currently full. Please email your name, your camper’s name and age, and a contact phone number to Education Coordinator Lindsay Lisanti (llisanti@mcconnellarts.org) to be added to the waitlist.
Camp Creativity: More to Explore
Ages 10 to 14
MAC Instructors and CATCO Instructor
Monday – Friday, July 10 – July 14
9:00am – 5:00pm
In this full day camp, your child will explore the visual, performing, and literary arts! In this one-week camp, your creative-minded kid will get the chance to stretch their artistic muscles and try a variety of styles of art. Students will work with professional artists and art educators for a week full of exploratory activities in the arts. Each day will include art classes and an extended recreational pool time at Worthington Pools.
FEE: $400
Foundations of Drawing- Teen Summer Intensive
Ages 14 to 18
Angela Gage
Monday – Thursday, June 12 – June 15
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Whether you’re just starting out drawing or working up to your first college studio course, this camp is an excellent way for teens to focus in on the foundational building blocks of drawing. Students will focus on the basics of drawing, building technical skills, and learning how to see yourself as an artist. Students will gain confidence working with various tools including pencil, charcoal, and ink. You will learn how to draw from still life, photographs, and nature/buildings en plein air! All supplies are provided for this weeklong intensive camp.
FEE: $155
Learn Basic Machine Sewing/ Make Your Own Pajamas- Teen Summer Intensive
Ages 13 to 18
Leigh Foust
Wednesday – Friday, July 5 – July 7
1:00pm – 4:00pm
In this intensive, you will learn students will learn the basics in machine sewing, basic body measurements and working with pattern pieces. Students will then will create an original set of pajamas. By the end of the week students will have made their very own comfy PJ’s!
FEE: $140
Ages 8 to 10
Instructor: Kristin Kummer
Monday – Friday, July 24 – July 28
9:00am – 12:00pm
In this week-long camp, we will explore fiction, poetry, and playwriting. Each camper will work on generating ideas that they are interested in and care about. They will learn about the grammar and formatting that goes into each type of writing. And they will do all of this while having fun with group storytelling and games, writing prompts, journaling, reading, and sharing our stories with each other. Throughout the week, they will build relationships with their peers through creating and sharing together. By the end of the week, each camper will go home with a journal full of ideas and stories, poems, and scripts that they have begun and some that they have finished.
This camp is currently full. Please email your name, your camper’s name and age, and a contact phone number to Education Coordinator Lindsay Lisanti (llisanti@mcconnellarts.org) to be added to the waitlist.
FEE: $195
Ages 6 to 9
Various MAC Instructors and CATCO Instructor
Monday – Friday, July 17 – July 21
9:00am – 12:00pm
Explore the visual, performing, and literary arts in this half-day camp! Your young creative will get the chance to stretch their artistic muscles and try a variety of styles of art. This is a very exploratory camp where campers are encouraged to think and make creatively! There is no childcare offered between camp sessions.
FEE: $195
This camp is currently full. Please email your name, your camper’s name and age, and a contact phone number to Education Coordinator Lindsay Lisanti (llisanti@mcconnellarts.org) to be added to the waitlist.
Ages 6 to 9
Various MAC Instructors and CATCO Instructor
Monday – Friday, July 17 – July 21
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Explore the visual, performing, and literary arts in this half-day camp! Your young creative will get the chance to stretch their artistic muscles and try a variety of styles of art. This is a very exploratory camp where campers are encouraged to think and make creatively! There is no childcare offered between camp sessions.
FEE: $195
Ages 11 to 14
Instructor: Kristin Kummer
Wednesday – Friday, July 5 – July 7
9:00am – 12:00pm
In this 3-day intensive camp, we will focus on creating characters, world building, and story ideas to write your own Choose Your Own Adventure book. We will start organizing our ideas, mapping storylines, and talking about how to organize the book. The 3 days will include games and group activities to stretch our creative muscles. By the end of camp, we will have started writing the story.
This camp is currently full. Please email your name, your camper’s name and age, and a contact phone number to Education Coordinator Lindsay Lisanti (llisanti@mcconnellarts.org) to be added to the waitlist.
FEE: $115
Portrait and Figure Drawing- Teen Summer Intensive
Ages 14 to 18
Angela Gage
Monday – Friday, July 24 – July 28
1:00pm – 4:00pm
In this weeklong intensive, students will explore all aspects of portraiture and figure drawing. Learn proportions of the face and how to capture a likeness both when drawing from a photograph and when drawing from a live model. Students explore portraiture through the mediums of colored pencil, charcoal, and pen and ink. Supplies are provided for this camp, and a live model will be present for two class sessions.
FEE: $225 * Fee includes supplies and cost of figure model*
Textile Block Printing and Tote Bag Construction- Teen Summer Intensive
Ages 13 to 18
Leigh Foust
Monday – Thursday, June 12 – June 15
9:00am – 12:00pm
In this intensive, you will learn how to design and carve your own custom fabric yardage using block printing and continuous repeated patterning. Students will then learn basic machine sewing techniques and will create an original tote bag using their own one of a kind cotton yardage.
FEE: $180
Ages 11 to 14
Instructor: Kristin Kummer
Monday – Wednesday, June 12 – June 14
9:00am – 12:00pm
Whether you already have an idea or need ideas, in this 3-day intensive camp we will create interesting characters, fantastical worlds, and intricate stories worthy of multiple books. Be prepared to stretch your creative muscles as we play group games and activities and brainstorm, map, and write your own unique book series.
FEE: $115
BalletMet Summer Camps
American Girlfriend (BalletMet)
Ages 6 to 8
BalletMet
Monday – Friday, June 26th – June 30th
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Celebrate all you can be as you and your doll dance the week away! Learn dances inspired by your doll’s character and time period. Express your individuality by creating a dance of your own. We will share our dances on the final day of the camp.
FEE: $225
Carnival of Animals (BalletMet)
Ages 4 to 6
BalletMet
Monday – Friday, June 26th – June 30th
9:00am – 12:00pm
Enter the wonderful world of Carnival of the Animals with music and movement transforming us into animals of the land, sea and air. Share Time with families on the final day of the camp is sure to be a ROAR!
FEE: $225
Ages 4 to 6
BalletMet
Monday – Friday, June 19th – June 23rd
9:00am – 12:00pm
Our time together will be filled with dancing, make believe and arts and crafts as we expore an assortment of books that inspire movement. Combining costumes, props and a little imagination, we will bring will bring our stories to life for Share Day on the last day.
FEE: $225
Once Upon a Sugar Plum (BalletMet)
Ages 5 to 7
BalletMet
Monday – Friday, June 19th – June 23rd
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Join the Sugar Plum Fairy and all her princess friends as they travel through magical lands! Watch as your own fairytale story unfolds on this creative and imaginative adventure. We will have a Share Day on the final day of this camp.
FEE: $225
McConnell Arts Center will be hosting a series of STEAM summer camps from Classroom Antics. There are camps in video game design, LEGO robotics, and programming. These camps are great summer learning experiences for kids 6-14.