Explore a wide range of tools to make marks, smudges, and textures that can become expressive works of art. Conduct art experiments to leave room for unexpected results and discover how nontraditional materials and processes can fuel your creative imagination. Layer mediums and processes like collage, photography, and printmaking to add interest and depth to your artwork. Use our galleries as a source of inspiration as you look for artists who think beyond realism and traditional techniques to create art in innovative ways.
The last day to register for this camp is June 5, 2024.
Learn more about Mixing Mediums.
Gather weekly to learn artistic skills and develop your personal art practice and portfolio while learning about continued education and professions in the creative field. Professional artists, educators, and other experts will lead you in studio explorations and discussions at the museum and other offsite spaces like neighboring universities and galleries. Enroll in additional programs throughout the season to enhance the learning taking place in class. This program will occasionally meet outside of Carnegie Museum of Art’s campus.
The last day to register for this camp is June 5, 2024.
Learn more about Weekly Art Studio.
Explore the exhibition Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape to find examples of photographs, installations, and collage that will inspire works of your own. Look to photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris’s body of work to help compose portraits of your classmates and head outdoors to take images of the natural world using a variety of methods including pinhole photography. Experiment with camera-less methods like cyanotype and reconfigure images from magazines, old photographs, and reproductions of works in our collection to create something new.
The last day to register for this camp is June 12, 2024.
Learn more about Digital and Altered Image.
Explore the exhibition Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape to find examples of photographs, installations, and collages that inspire sensory play and creation. Head outdoors to take pictures of the natural world and reconfigure images from magazines, old photographs, and reproductions of works in our collection to create something new.
The last day to register for this camp is June 12, 2024.
Learn more about Photo Play.
Bring your binoculars on a journey into the museum’s galleries to uncover artworks that excite and inspire wonder. Look carefully at the objects and scenes surrounding you and make new discoveries through close observation and art investigation. Explore diverse art materials and processes through experimentation and play and map what you discover throughout your journey.
The last day to register for this camp is June 19, 2024.
Learn more about Art Explorer.
Develop your own modular worlds inspired by popular toys and games like Legos and Minecraft. Bring digital creations to life by constructing pixelated structures in three dimensions. Explore plastics as a material in construction and sculpture in the exhibition Everlasting Plastics and learn to build by stacking diverse materials like artist Marie Watt. Use Lego figures to explore stop-motion animation and pull distinctive prints from the bubbled surface of each brick. Explore spaces around Oakland and work with your team to recreate their materials and silhouettes in Minecraft.
The last day to register for this camp is June 19, 2024.
Learn more about Building with Blocks.
Explore the exhibition Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape to find examples of photographs, installations, and collages that inspire sensory play and creation. Head outdoors to take pictures of the natural world and reconfigure images from magazines, old photographs, and reproductions of works in our collection to create something new.
The last day to register for this camp is June 19, 2024.
Learn more about Photo Play.
Bring your binoculars on a journey into the museum’s galleries to uncover artworks that excite and inspire wonder. Look carefully at the objects and scenes surrounding you and make new discoveries through close observation and art investigation. Explore diverse art materials and processes through experimentation and play and map what you discover throughout your journey.
The last day to register for this camp is July 3, 2024.
Learn more about Art Explorer.
Utilize multiple forms of photography to capture the subjects that interest you the most. Learn how to compose a shot that tells a story and use lighting and editing to express a specific mood or personality. Explore the photographic works in the exhibition Widening the Lens, the Charles “Teenie” Harris archive, and other works in our galleries for inspiration. Expand beyond the traditional and experiment with phone and camera-less methods or alter existing images with collage, printmaking, and writing. This program will occasionally meet outside of Carnegie Museum of Art’s campus.
The last day to register for this camp is July 3, 2024.
Learn more about Photography.
Swoop through the galleries to find portraits of powerful figures in photography, sculpture, and painting. What do their expressions, posture, and environments tell us about their superpowers? Use your paintbrush, pencil, and scissors to construct superheroes and villains of your own.
The last day to register for this camp is July 10, 2024.
Learn more about Art Superheroes.
Construct unique artworks by combining varied materials and art processes. Mix colors and apply paint using unusual tools and techniques, create interesting textures by layering and combining materials, and experiment with stamps and transfers using different forms of printmaking. Explore the galleries to discover examples of the processes other artists have used worldwide and throughout history.
The last day to register for this camp is July 10, 2024.
Learn more about Paint, Print and Paste.
Apply left-brained thinking to a right-brained activity for unexpected results. Observe works of art in the galleries for ideas, hypothesize some “what-ifs,” then head to the lab for experimentation. Ink, graphite, rubber bands, straws, paint brushes, paper, wood, plastic—let materials take you on a scientifically fun drawing journey. Record your process and results in your sketchbook and make a series of pieces based on your findings.
The last day to register for this camp is July 17, 2024.
Learn more about Drawing Lab.
Explore the exhibition Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape to find examples of photographs, installations, and collage that will inspire works of your own. Look to photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris’s body of work to help compose portraits of your classmates and head outdoors to take images of the natural world using a variety of methods including pinhole photography. Experiment with camera-less methods like cyanotype and reconfigure images from magazines, old photographs, and reproductions of works in our collection to create something new.
The last day to register for this camp is July 17, 2024.
Learn more about Experimental Photography.
Find inspiration in your own image and learn the basics of reconstructing the human face and figure. Move beyond the human form and exemplify the characteristics of animals or other subjects and find way to showcase their personality through color, texture, and style. Browse examples of portraiture in our galleries and use painting, sculpture, and photography to capture a subject’s likeness and explore abstract ways to create a portrait.
The last day to register for this camp is July 17, 2024.
Learn more about Portraits.
Create interesting artworks using reclaimed and salvaged materials like the artists exhibited in Everlasting Plastics. Dream up architecture, weave with plastic bags, and assemble cardboard to construct artful objects that lessen the impact on our environment. Travel to nearby Phipps Conservatory to explore the splendor of their natural exhibitions and translate what you see into paintings and drawings.
The last day to register for this camp is July 24, 2024.
Learn more about Eco Art.
Stretch those art muscles with games and challenges worthy of the Olympics. Challenge yourself with timed drawings and work in teams to design and execute artwork with your peers. We will create sports-themed artwork, move our bodies with gestures inspired by gymnastics and soccer, and transport ourselves to Paris, the location of the 2024 Summer Games.
The last day to register for this camp is July 31, 2024.
Learn more about Art Olympics.
Stamp art passports with stops that will take you all over the world and through time without ever leaving the museum! Pore over a collaborative coral reef, discover the geographic origins of a sphynx, or rest for a while in a cool spot on a hot day in France. Create sculptures, paintings, and drawings based on what you find in each new location.
The last day to register for this camp is July 31, 2024.
Learn more about Art Passport.
Use natural and humanmade fibers like yarn, fabric, and grasses to create unique artworks. Work in teams to construct a collaborative sculpture inspired by the exhibition Pittsburgh Satellite Reef Project. Weave with papers, learn how to tie-dye and hand-sew, and create 3D artworks and soft sculptures with pulp, plastics, and cloth. Learn how to tie-dye, hand sew, and invent your own fabrics with stamped patterns or other unique embellishments using diverse materials.
The last day to register for this camp is July 31, 2024.
Learn more about Fiber Arts and Fashion.
Develop your own modular worlds inspired by popular toys and games like Legos and Minecraft. Bring digital creations to life by constructing pixelated structures in three dimensions. Explore plastics as a material in construction and sculpture in the exhibition Everlasting Plastics and learn to build by stacking diverse materials like artist Marie Watt. Use Lego figures to explore stop-motion animation and pull distinctive prints from the bubbled surface of each brick. Explore spaces around Oakland and work with your team to recreate their materials and silhouettes in Minecraft.
The last day to register for this camp is August 7, 2024.
Installation view of Joel Shapiro, Untitled, 1985–1986, Carnegie Museum of Art, Gift of Milton and Sheila Fine, © Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Learn more about Building with Blocks.
Concoct bubbling potions, transform household materials, and invent your own creature using art! Discover mythical beings in our Hall of Architecture and magical installations that use light and form to create wonder and awe. Work with your classmates to construct whimsical displays and play with paint, clay, and other tools.
The last day to register for this camp is August 7, 2024.
Learn more about Magic and Monsters.