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

Camp Creativity

 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

Let’s Write Together

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

Mini -Camp Creativity AM

 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. 

Mini -Camp Creativity PM

 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

Pick Your Path

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

Writing Your Own Book Series

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