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Summer Art Camp

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Explore the elements – earth, air, water and transformation (fire) – through the lens of the Canadian landscape. Make amazing and innovative art projects in your choice of programs, taught by our team of artist-educators in one- and two-week camps, inspired by the AGO special exhibitions and Collections.

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PLEASE NOTE: Most camps for ages 5 – 7 are now sold out.

We are managing wait-lists for sold out camps. Please contact the AGO Contact Centre at 416-979-6608 (M-F 9am-5pm) to add your child to a waiting list.

There are still spots remaining in the following camps:

2 week camps for ages 6-7
Panorama Session 4 (Aug 13 – 24)

1 week camps for ages 8-10
Panorama Session 1A (July 3-6) & Session 3A (July 30- Aug 3)
Sound & Motion Session 2B (July 23-27)

2 week camps for ages 8-10
Aviators Session 1 (July 3 – 13) & Session 3 (July 30 – Aug 10)
Transformers Session 2 (July 16 – 27) & Session 4 (Aug 13 – 24)
H20 Session 2 (July 16 – 27) & Session 4 (Aug 13 – 24)

2018 CAMPS

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H2O

Ages 6–7 and 8–10

Water – it’s the stuff of life! Explore the shape, colour and sound of water while experimenting with watercolour paints and pastels, creating an under-the-sea shadow theatre and one-of-a-kind deep-sea creature printmaking. In our two-week camp, make a 3D whale sculpture using recycled materials and create your own paintings with ice!

H2O one- and two-week camps include painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and more…

Sessions:
Age 6-7 — 1 Week Sessions: 5 (Aug 27-31), 2 Week Sessions: 1 (July 3-13), 3 (July 30-Aug 10)
Age 8-10 — 2 Week Sessions:  2 (July 16-27), 4 (Aug 13-24)

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Transformers

Ages 6-7 and 8-10

Art transformation is magic – it happens right before your eyes! Experiment with materials and techniques that transform – printmaking cool patterns and creating wild watercolours is just the start. In our two-week camp, you’ll also build your own drawing machines and create costumes!

Transformers one- and two-week camps include painting, drawing, printmaking, and more…

Sessions: 
Age 6-7 —1 Week Sessions: 5 (Aug 27-31), 2 Week Sessions: 1 (July 3-13), 3 (July 30-Aug 10)
Age 8-10 — 2 Week Sessions:  2 (July 16-27), 4 (Aug 13-24)

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Panorama

Ages 6–7 , 8–10, and 11-13

How far and wide can you see? Scan the landscape of the North and expand your creative horizons and perspective with “sculptures” you can stand inside, shadow box Arctic landscapes, and topographic models of the edges of the world – where shorelines meet the ocean and mountains touch the sky. In our two-week camp, you’ll also create your own imaginary city!

Panorama one- and two-week camps include painting, drawing, sculpture and more…

Sessions: 
Age 6-7 — 2 Week Sessions:  2 (July 16-27), 4 (Aug 13-24)
Age 8-10 — 1 Week Sessions: 1A (July 3-6), 3A (July 30-Aug 3)
Age 11-13 — 1 Week Sessions: 1B (July 9-13)

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Aviators

Ages 8–10

In this camp, you’re the pilot while you make paper airplanes galore, explore Da Vinci’s amazing flying machines and create blueprints for your own flying inventions. In our two-week camps, you’ll also explore the beauty of birds – from sketching their swooping and swirling flight paths to watercolour painting the patterns in their feathers.

Aviators one- and two-week camps include painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and more…

Sessions:

Age 8-10 — 1 Week Sessions: 5 (Aug 27-31), 2 Week Sessions: 1 (July 3-13), 3 (July 30-Aug 10)

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Sound And Motion

Ages 8–10 and 11–13

Venture into the exciting world of sound and motion. In this camp, you’ll explore listening and looking in the Gallery to create digital and analogue sound-based projects, including collaborative soundscapes and large-scale drawings inspired by movement and music.

Sound and Motion one-week camp includes drawing, painting, sound art, video art and more…

Sessions:
Age 8-10 — 1 Week Sessions: 2B (July 23-27), 4B (Aug 20-24)
Age 11-13 — 1 Week Sessions: 3A (July 30-Aug 3)

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Cartoonists: The Elements

Ages 8–10 and 11–13

SOLD OUT

With a focus on the elements – earth, air, water and fire/transformation – explore traditional ways of cartooning using pencil, pen, ink and paint. Tap into your inner storyteller to create cartoon worlds, developing your own characters, imagery and narratives along the way.

Cartoonists: The Elements one- and two-week camps include drawing, painting and more…

Sessions:
Age 8-10 — 1 Week Sessions: 5 (Aug 27-31), 2 Week Sessions: 2 (July 16-27), 4 (Aug 13-24)
Age 11-13 — 2 Week Sessions: 1 (July 3-13), 3 (July 30-Aug 10)

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Blue Planet

Ages 8–10 and 11–13

SOLD OUT

Explore the depths and mysteries of the ocean, and the effects of climate change on our fragile, beautiful ecosystems. Create intricate, detailed sea creature drawings, monochromatic cool blue paintings and make drypoint prints that explore life above and below the water. Our two-week camps will also experiment with photography in beautiful Grange Park and make recycled plastic sculptures.

Blue Planet one- and two-week camps include painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and more…

Sessions: 
Age 8-10 — 1 Week Sessions: 3B (Aug 7-10), 2 Week Sessions: 1 (July 3-13),
Age 11-13  — 1 Week Sessions: 2A (July 16-20), 4B (Aug 20-24)

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Flying Creatures

Ages 6–7 and 8–10

SOLD OUT

Let your imagination soar while being inspired by real and fantastical things that fly. Build your own kite, create a hanging mobile with wild flying creatures, and bird-proof one of our Gallery windows with one-of-a-kind bird silhouette decals.

Flying Creatures one-week camp includes painting, drawing, sculpture, kitemaking, public art and more…

Sessions:
Age 6-7 — 1 Week Sessions: 1A (July 3-6), 3A (July 30-Aug 3)
Age 8-10 — 1 Week Sessions: 2A (July 16-20), 4A (Aug 13-17), 5 (Aug 27-31)

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Night & Day

Ages 6–7 and 8–10

SOLD OUT

Explore the mysterious worlds of day and night, from bright sunny skies to dark starry nights. Make a diorama that glows in black-light, explore printmaking in black and white, and create magical 2-sided flip drawings. It’s all about change and looking - what’s so very different at night than in the bright light of day. In our two-week camp, you’ll also sculpt an artic landscape and experiment with scratch art.

Night & Day one- and two-week camps include painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and more…

Sessions: 
Age 6-7 —1 Week Sessions: 3B (Aug 7-10), 2 Week Sessions: 2 (July 16-27), 4 (Aug 13-24)
Age 8-10 —1 Week Sessions: 1B (July 9-13), 5 (Aug 27-31)

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Waterworlds

Ages 5 and 6–7

SOLD OUT

Explore all things under the sea in this camp where we create an underwater shadow puppet theatre, and have fun printmaking our own deep-sea creatures. Dive below the water’s surface with us and experiment with different materials to draw, paint and sketch water in all its amazing forms.

Waterworlds one-week camp includes painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, puppet making and more…

Sessions:
Age 5 — 1 Week Sessions: 2A (July 16-20), 3B (Aug 7-10), 5 (Aug 27-31)
Age 6-7 — 1 Week Sessions: 1B (July 9-13), 3A (July 30-Aug 3), 4B (Aug 20-24)

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Blue Sky

Ages 5 and 6–7

SOLD OUT

Look up, look way up! The sky’s the limit. Imagine creating shiny star-filled constellation boxes, and marbled sky paper books. Put on your magic blue-sky thinking cap and explore Grange Park using your handmade binoculars, identifying birds and clouds that lead to all sorts of artistic sky creations.

Blue Sky one-week camp Includes painting, drawing, sculpture, paper marbling, bookmaking and more…

Sessions:
Age 5  — 1 Week Sessions:  1B (July 9-13), 3A (July 30-Aug 3), 4B (Aug 20-24)
Age 6-7 — 1 Week Sessions: 1A (July 3-6), 2B (July 23-27), 4A (Aug 13-17)

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Seedlings

Ages 5 and 6–7

SOLD OUT

Explore the magic of nature and growth in this imaginative camp where we create wild nature books that scroll, hanging paper gardens, botanical paintings and drawing and more… Join us while we explore a seed’s journey from the forest floor to the sky.

Seedlings one-week camp includes painting, drawing, sculpture, bookmaking and more…

Sessions:
Age 5 — 1 Week Sessions:  1A (July 3-6), 2B (July 23-27), 4A (Aug 13-17)
Age 6-7 — 1 Week Sessions:  2A (July 16-20), 3B (Aug 7-10), 5 (Aug 27-31)

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kids in front of a paper city model

Nature Designers

Ages 8–10 and 11–13

SOLD OUT

In this design-based camp, you’ll be inspired by nature’s clever and efficient structures to design furniture inspired by flowers, buildings inspired by leaves, and you’ll even create your own botanical wallpaper patterns. Join the many architects and designers that have long been inspired by nature and all its wonders.

Nature Designers one-week camp includes painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and more…

Sessions: 
Age 8-10 — 1 Week Sessions: 3B (Aug 7-10)
Age 11-13 — 1 Week Sessions: 2B (July 23-27), 4A (Aug 13-17), 5 (Aug 27-31)

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CAMP FEES

Members Enjoy Early Registration and Discounts for Summer Camp! Not a Member? Join Today!

4 days — Session 1A (July 3-6), Session 3B  (Aug 7-10), Session 3B  (Aug 7-10)

Members $290
Public $340

5 days — Session 1B  (July 9-13), Session 2A  (July 16-20), Session 2B  (July 23-27), Session 3A  (July 30-Aug 3), Session 4A (Aug 13-17), Session 4A (Aug 13-17), Session 4A (Aug 13-17), Session 4B (Aug 20-24), Session 5 (Aug 27-31)

Members $315
Public $380

9 days — Session 1 (July 3-13), Session 3 (July 30-Aug 10)   

Members $545
Public $655

10 days — Session 2 (July 16-27), Session 4 (Aug 13-24)

Members $605
Public $730

 

 

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