Summer Camps
Warm summer sun inspiring young campers at the Tyler Park Center for the Arts’ newly renovated, fully air-conditioned historic barn space will filter in through picture windows, welcoming the natural world into the campers’ creations. Activities incorporating art history and personal expression will delight imaginative campers.
2026 Camp Dates
Monday – Friday (9:30am to 3:00pm)* | Multi-media Mornings/Pottery Afternoons
$425/week (materials fee included) | 10% off with TPCA family membership
Ages 8-16
Individual art-intensive weeks for aspiring young artists. Morning activities will vary, with a different focus each day. Afternoons will be spent playing with clay at Earth Center Pottery, where campers can explore wheel throwing, hand-building, and glazing in our pottery studio. Sessions are divided into two groups of 10 campers. A 30-minute lunch break will be provided—bring a bagged lunch with a drink.
*Please note that there are no early drop-offs.
WEEK 1: July 27-31, 2026
Experimental Art Lab Week
Get ready to play, explore, splash, and invent! This week is all about trying unexpected materials, discovering wild textures, and making art that breaks all the rules. Kids experiment like real artists—messy, curious, and full of surprises.
Morning Studio Projects
- Bubble paint prints with layered colors
- Ink-blown trees + marker details
- Experimental textured abstracts (salt, sponges, plastic wrap)
- And many more!
Ceramic Project
- Monster or creature sculpture – wild textures, splatter color, carved details, imaginative shapes
- Plus 3-5 pottery wheel projects this week
WEEK 2: August 3-7, 2026
Drawing & Sculpture Skills Week
This week builds real art skills—but in a relaxed, confidence-boosting way. Campers learn how to draw what they see and sculpt what they imagine, with tons of creative freedom. By Friday, everyone has drawings and sculptures that look incredible and unique.
Morning Studio Projects
- Contour line animal drawing
- Value & shading still life
- Experimental flower acrylic still life
- And many more!
Ceramic Project
- Ceramic house lantern (cut-out windows, textures, candle insert)
WEEK 3: August 10-14, 2026
Nature Makers Week
We bring the outside inside-leaves, flowers, feathers, textures, and natural colors. Kids make art inspired by forests, oceans, rivers, and animals, exploring how nature creates patterns everywhere. This is a calming, beautiful week full of earthy color and texture.
Morning Studio Projects
- Leaf print watercolors
- Nature collage boards
- Watercolor birds or butterflies
- And many more!
Ceramic Project
- Ceramic vase (pressed leaves optional, texture tools, coil or slab-built)
- Plus 3-5 pottery wheel projects this week
WEEK 4: August 17-21, 2026
Eco Art & Upcycling Week
Trash becomes treasure in this creative, eco-friendly week! Kids learn how to turn everyday materials—cardboard, paper, bottles, fabric, and scraps into awesome new artworks. It’s imaginative, resourceful, and all about seeing the world in a new way.
Morning Studio Projects
- Macramé + mixed media wall hanging on found branches
- Magazine + painted paper portrait collage
- ReVase paper bottle covers
- And many more!
Ceramic Project
- Upcycled texture clay bowl (pressing found objects for patterns)
- Plus 3-5 pottery wheel projects this week