Kansas City has the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, the Crossroads District galleries, the Kansas City Art Institute and Hallmark. This city is full of artists – and so many of these artists are generous enough to share their talents with our children. Take a peek at the great Art Camps in Kansas City this summer!
Like I always say, get started by checking out your local parks and recreation catalog and then check these out!
(If you operate a Kansas City area day or overnight camp which is not listed here or in one of other other camp listings, please let us know! And if you’re interested in a Sponsored Listing, email us for information.)
Sponsored Listings:
Little Masters…big art Summer Camps! During 4-day camps students will be painting, cutting, forming, gluing, constructing, learning, tearing, creating, sculpting, laughing, drawing, designing, thinking and having LOTS of fun! Camps for ages 6+ as well as camps for 3-5 year olds. Check out the site for more info!
Regular Listings:
- ARTichokes (Leawood, KS) is a great locally-owned art gallery that hosts ARTmania camps in the summer for kids ages 5-12. As of March 5, 2010, the details of this summer’s program weren’t on the website – but check back.
- Artrageous Creative Studios (Prairie Village, KS) offers art camps for all ages. The theme changes each week – the kids will learn a little art history, explore other cultures through art and, of course, CREATE! Morning and afternoon classes. As of March 5, 2010– site hasn’t been updated.
- CartoonWorks (Kansas City, MO) offers one-week camps for ages 8 through High School from June 28- July 30. Ron Wheeler’s Cartoon Camp teaches the basics of cartooning, sculpting with clay and creating a comic strip. Audrey’s Art Camp includes working with clay, etching and crafting paper.
- Community School of the Arts (Kansas City, MO) has many dance and theater options for 5-15 year olds – but look closely and you’ll find a few very interesting visual arts offerings too! Classes are held at St. Teresa’s Academy between Brookside and the Plaza.
- Johnson County Park and Recreation District offers 30+ summer camp programs for ages 3-18. Included are camps themed around arts and crafts, history, pirates, art and music. Dates, locations and fees vary.
- Kansas City Art Institute (Kansas City, MO and Riverside, MO) has the MOST amazing offerings for kids ages 6-15! Painting, ceramics, drawing, computer design and more. I just wish I lived a bit closer to take advantage of these awesome programs!
- Mattie Rhodes Art Center (Kansas City, MO) has awesome art exploration classes and programs for your little ones, ages 5 to 12 this summer! Experience five different mediums – ceramics, textiles, cultural art, mixed media and painting/printmaking.
- The Culture House (Olathe, KS) has four “schools”: Theater, Dance, Music and Fine Art– each with summer camps!
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, MO) has a mix of hands-on and art appreciation classes for ages 3-18. These programs sell out FAST! (Not updated as of March 5, 2010.)
- Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (Overland Park, KS) These are technically classes, but they look fantastic! For children ages 5-11. See website for specifics.
- Paint Glaze and Fire (Overland Park, KS) does ceramics camps (Ceramics Cafe) in south Overland Park. Their website still shows last year’s camp info as of March 5, 2010.
- YMCA (20 locations in the metro) offers camps for 5-11 year olds and run June 1- August 7. Arts and Crafts-themed camp is available in addition to drama, sports and nature! Bonus: before and after-camp care is available, as is financial assistance.
- Young Champions Summer Art Camp (four different metro locations) – Get messy this summer and explore ART through sculpture with clay, painting on canvas and more! Choose between morning or afternoon. Every week will be a new theme. No duplicated projects. Attend camp all summer and you wont do the same project twice. Locations in Lee’s Summit, Lenexa, Northland and Independence. Check their website for details.
I’m sure that there are more art classes and camps to be offered this summer around town. If I find any interesting ones, I’ll let you know! In the meantime, take a look at the ones listed here, the ones offered by your parks and rec department and even the ones put on inside your favorite chain craft store (like Michael’s or JoAnn – they’ve always got a full calendar of classes). There are plenty of places to satisfy your child’s inner artist!
