Art Camps in New York City

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2021 Summer Camps For Teens & Kids at NYFA

ACT Summer Camp

ACT Campers spend their days on the glorious 11-acre campus of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Days include time for outdoor adventures, creative performances, games, challenges, and more. Programs are offered over school breaks and summer, too.

Advantage Day Camps

Kids ages 4 to 14 swim, play tennis, and participate in gym and field sports. Advantage also offers arts and crafts, nature exploration, and enrichment classes in everything from fencing to chess, plus a rock climbing wall at the Manhattan Plaza location. Transportation is available.

Aerial Arts NYC

BOLD Arts

BOLD Arts offers virtual and in-person high-energy dance programs. Kids in grades 1-5 can explore thought-provoking themes through dance, learn music, and create art. Outdoor mini dance camps are also available for small groups.

Brooklyn Arts Exchange

Center for Architecture Vacation and Summer Programs

Center for Architecture’s vacation and summer programs give young people entering grades 3-12 a chance to develop their own architectural designs and models. Each week focuses on a different topic and combines hands-on art and building projects with one-of-a-kind trips to notable buildings, parks, and architectural sites. Activities include drawing, 3-D model making, interior design, city planning, computer graphics, engineering, "green" design projects, and an intensive, two-week Architectural Design Studio for high school students.

Challenge Camp

Challenge Camp offers summer enrichment for children ages 4-15. Parents and campers customize a program by choosing from over 100 STEM and arts electives, as well as active options, like Ninja Warrior, Pickleball, Soccer, and more. Transportation and early drop-off/extended day options are available at Hartsdale location.

Child's Play NY

China Institute

CinemaKidz

Kids ages 5-15 learn the fundamentals of storytelling, cinematography, editing, and other media arts in a hands-on creative environment. Choose from three camp locations with safety protocols in place, including one outdoor-only option in Prospect Park.

Claire's Creative Adventures

Cocoon

Collina Italiana - Camps

Collina Italiana (CI) offers Italian language and culture programs both on- and off-site. Lovers of Italian language and culture soon discover that CI classes offer a unique opportunity for a comprehensive learning experience without leaving the city.

Creative Arts & Athletics Camp

Creative Arts & Athletics' major subject areas at CAA are Visual Arts (drawing, painting, design, sewing, crafts, and more), Performing Arts (theatre, dance, instrumental music, singing, and more), Athletics (swimming, soccer, basketball, track, fitness, indoor tennis, and more), and Technology (computers, film, journalism, photography, creative writing, and more). A Festival is held on the last day of camp with live performances, videos, and visual art installations as well as sports demonstrations.

Deer Mountain Day Camp

At Deer Mountain Day Camp, campers ages 3 to 15 have a blast as they enjoy expert-taught activities including swimming (instructional and recreational), sports, fine and performing arts, outdoor adventure, nature, STEM, lake, and special events.

Hidden Valley Camp

Kids at Art Camps

Summer Workshop Program offers popular half-day workshops focusing on the basics of art and also more involved projects, including mask-making, puppet-making, plaster, and papier mache. Full day options are available as well.

Lavner Camps NYC

Lavner Camps offer kids ages 6 to 14 more than 40 award-winning summer enrichment camps in tech and the creative arts. Camps include Minecraft, Alexa skills, 3D printing, game design, Roblox, AI, spy tech, engineering, digital music, and even custom Converse/Vans sneakers.

Oasis Day Camps

Oasis offers a traditional day camp for grades K-6, a field trip-focused program for ages 12-14, and a transitional camp for preschoolers. Activities revolve around the arts, outdoor education, sports, team-building, and instructional and recreational swimming. Locations in NYC, Wetchester and Long Island.

Park Slope Day Camp

Park Slope Day Camp provides kids entering pre-K to 8th grade with a wide variety of activities, including traditional day camp, circus camp, travel camp, and sports academies. Plenty of time is spent outdoors in local parks.

Ross School

STEAM Camp at the Cathedral School

Steve & Kate's Camp in NYC

The Ballet Club - Summer Mini-Camp Program

The Ballet Club offers creative mini-camp programs throughout the summer for children ages 3 to 6 years. Activities include ballet, drama, yoga, music, air-dry clay projects, 3-D painting, "costume shop" crafts, puppetry, mask-making, story time, and outdoor activities.

The Craft Salon

The Studio School

Camp Remember

343 Labs Music School and Camps

Action Arts Summer Camp

Alamander Camp

Each session of Alamander Camp begins with a springboard topic. Younger campers draw inspiration from a material, like cloth, wood, or clay. Older campers explore themes including comic books, tiny worlds, and flea market. Every week includes daily park trips and lots of time for free play.

ARAS Pioneer Teens Art Program

Art House Astoria

Art of Intuitive Photography - Camps, Workshops, and Lessons

Award-winning NYC fine art photographer Mindy Veissid teaches one-day workshops, photo camps, and private lessons to children and teens. Workshops teach the children how to photograph in manual mode, and they practice capturing images.

Art Studio NY - Camps

Art Studio NY offers nurturing, engaging, and fun kids’ art classes and summer art camps that will allow your child's creativity to soar. Geared towards kids, toddlers, and teens, Art Studio NY provides customized, one-on-one instruction by professional NYC artists.

ArtLab

At ArtLab, kids ages 6 months to 4 years and their grown ups work together to create masterpieces inspired by the world around them. Young artists develop observation and fine motor skills, grown-ups get tips for experiencing art with their kids, and everyone shares their creations at the end of class.

Arts Camp at the West Side YMCA

Arts in Action Visual Art Program

Automatic Studios

Automatic Studios is a technical moviemaking program that gives kids the opportunity to be part of a creative team and experience working on a real movie set. In the unique movie arts program, students learn the art of movie making through hands-on experience.

Aventuras del Verano: Children's Spanish Summer Arts Camp

Ballet Academy East - Camps

Ballet Academy East’s Summerdance is a summer program for girls ages 3 to 8. Designed to foster imagination and inspire a love of the arts, the curriculum includes dance, art, drama, cooking, swimming, and more. Each session culminates with a special in-studio performance.

Barking Cat Studio Arts & Crafts for Everyone!

BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange - Camps

BAX's Summer Arts Program draws from its year-round education programs to provide young artists with opportunities to explore different forms of art and performance each week (including visual art, circus, dance, theater, tumbling, media, and music). Kids can even learn how to produce podcasts.

Beam Camp

Bleu Blanc Rouge NY

Brazil Ahead Language

At Brazil Ahead Language Camp, kids will be busy working on projects, learning about Brazilian culture and geography, and participating in group activities and games. Children will learn Portuguese through a series of activities such as storytelling, music, movies, and Brazilian childhood games.

BRIC | Mark Morris Dance Group | Irondale

Calling all creative minds! Announcing a new summer camp for rising middle school students—ages 10 to 13—to join three Brooklyn arts institutions: BRIC, Mark Morris Dance Center and Irondale Ensemble Project. Debuting in summer 2014, Brooklyn Creative Arts Lab is an all-new, extraordinary multidisciplinary arts experience designed by three premier cultural organizations especially for 6th, 7th and 8th graders who are interested in exploring the techniques and aesthetics of visual art, media, theater, and dance. Participants will be guided by professional teaching artists while working in three state-of-the-art facilities located in Fort Greene in the heart of Brooklyn's Downtown Cultural District. Throughout the three-week session, July 7 - 25, teaching artists will introduce participants to the fundamentals of each different art form and examples of artistic expression. Participants select two disciplines to focus on, ultimately collaborating to create, rehearse and present an original, integrated stage spectacle in the Ballroom at BRIC House. Tuition is $1,500. Space is limited. Scholarships will be available to applicants who demonstrate need. More info online at www.BrooklynCreativeArtsLab.org.

Brooklyn Creative Arts Lab

Brooklyn Friends Summer Camp

Brooklyn Friends Summer Camp offers three sessions of engaging theme-based activities led by teaching artists. In addition to theme-based specialized activities, all campers participate in core summer camp elements each session, including swimming, cooking, sports, yoga, and more. An arts-based camp is available for children in grades 3-7.

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