Delve into the human figure through classic mediums like drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. Recreate the lines, forms, and gesture of the figure through drawing from live clothed models, discover the skeletal and muscular systems of the body through 3D clay modeling, and convey a specific mood or display the personality of your subject through portrait photography and expressive painting.
The last day to register for this camp is June 5, 2024.
Learn more about debug The Human Figure.
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 June 5, 2024.
Learn more about Eco Art.
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.
Delve into the human figure through classic mediums like drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. Recreate the lines, forms, and gesture of the figure through drawing from live clothed models, discover the skeletal and muscular systems of the body through 3D clay modeling, and convey a specific mood or display the personality of your subject through portrait photography and expressive painting.
The last day to register for this camp is June 5, 2024.
Learn more about The Human Figure.
Utilize one of our most essential natural resources for discovery and creation. Uncover the vibrant effects of liquid watercolor paints and explore the diversity of undersea creatures through scavenger hunts in the library, field trips to the Natural History Museum, and exploration of water-themed art in our galleries. Play with water in its various forms and use it to inspire, paint, transfer, and transform.
The last day to register for this camp is June 5, 2024.
Learn more about Water Play.
An artist’s job doesn’t end with the aesthetic of an object. When an artwork fills an entire space or is in a public place, an artist must ensure that the structure is engineered properly to be safe and viewable to its audiences. Create a conceptual artwork or an ideal environment for an existing artwork using drawings and 3D models. Tour surrounding neighborhoods to seek out artworks in public spaces and explore the museum’s galleries, inspired by Marie Watt’s installation in the Forum Gallery, for ideas on constructing sculptures, murals, or art installations. Complete your experience with a temporary installation at the Carnegie Museum of Art. This program will occasionally meet outside of Carnegie Museum of Art’s campus.
This is a full-day two week program that meets Monday through Friday and ends on June 28.
The last day to register for this camp is June 12, 2024.
Learn more about Installation and Public Art.
Explore visual arts, science, engineering, and simple machines for a true STEAM experience. Upcycle everyday items into spectacular inventions of your own through assemblage, painting, and sculpture. Work in teams on a Rube Goldberg machine to create complicated chain reactions and experiment with uncommon art-making materials to achieve unexpected results.
The last day to register for this camp is June 12, 2024.
Learn more about Inventions and Innovations.
Attend the most prestigious school for wizards in all of Pennsylvania! Transform yourself into a wand-wielding wizard and travel to a magical realm where dragons and other mythical creatures roam. Fly around the museum to discover mysterious figures, fellow magical beings, and archetypal bad guys. Conduct experiments to create colorful potions and conjure rhythmic spells and incantations. Complete your magical persona by constructing a powerful wand, sculpting a companion animal, and designing enchanting costumes.
The last day to register for this camp is June 12, 2024.
Learn more about Wizard School.
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.
Get on your feet and produce performative art with movement and wearable artwork. Learn movements from a variety of dance and meditation practices and create a beat using multiple percussion methods and instruments. Choreograph an original production to perform in the galleries and invite your family and friends to watch.
The last day to register for this camp is July 3, 2024.
Learn more about Art In Motion.
Get on your feet and produce performative art with movement and wearable artwork. Learn movements from a variety of dance and meditation practices and create a beat using multiple percussion methods and instruments. Choreograph an original production to perform in the galleries and invite your family and friends to watch.
The last day to register for this camp is July 3, 2024.
Learn more about Art In Motion.
Push, pull, squish, and play with clay into anything you can imagine—from a bowl you can use to sculpted figures of your pet or an imaginative creature of your own design. Become inspired by the organic forms of ceramic artist Beate Kuhn, mix mediums like found objects and plaster with multiple forms of clay, and construct figurative sculptures that stand, sit or dance suspended in motion. Kiln-fired projects will be fired and available for pick-up at the museum 3 to 4 weeks after camp.
The last day to register for this camp is July 3, 2024.
Learn more about Ceramics.
Explore the 3D form through diverse materials and processes in this two-week intensive program. Look to artist Beate Kuhn’s dynamic ceramic works and learn hand-building and wheel throwing before exploring additional materials like plaster, metals, and fibers to add to your sculptural portfolio. Brainstorm ideas, experiment with materials, and engineer your designs. Projects will be fired and available for pick-up at the museum 3 to 4 weeks after camp.
This is a full-day two week program that meets Monday through Friday and ends on July 26.
The last day to register for this camp is July 10, 2024.
Learn more about Ceramics and the 3D Form.
Invent your very own creature and bring it to life through comics, paintings, and wearable sculptures of monster proportions. Insert kaiju into unexpected places, construct mixed-up beasts, and become inspired by the creatures inhabiting the art galleries and lurking in Natural History’s dioramas and Hall of Dinosaurs.
The last day to register for this camp is July 10, 2024.
Learn more about Cryptids and Other Made-Up Things.
Let your creativity expand beyond the canvas as you and your classmates design a secret hideaway. Work as a team to combine elements such as architecture, painting, sculpture, sound, and light to create a unique experience for all that enter. Learn how contemporary artists conceptualize and construct artworks that take over entire rooms in the museum. Sneak into private spaces within our building and invent experiences inspired by the hidden and out-of-the-way artworks you find.
The last day to register for this camp is July 10, 2024.
Learn more about Forts and Secret Hideaways.
Give your fingers a workout by rolling coils, smooshing slabs, and constructing artworks using clay. Create dough cookies during imaginative play, push together smooth and fluffy cloud clay for a sensory experience, and create organic forms like sculptor Beate Kuhn using hand-building methods like coiling and pinch pots.
The last day to register for this camp is July 17, 2024.
Learn more about Build, Squish and Roll.
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 17, 2024.
Learn more about Eco Art.
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.
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 24, 2024.
Learn more about Art Olympics.