Summer Camp

Weekly Summer Camps - June 5 through July 28

A cool and creative way for your child to learn, Sarasota Art Museum camps are the best of summer. Your Young Artist will get a chance to look closely, experiment with new materials, and try new techniques with the Museum as their classroom!

Each week, your camper can explore new themes, activities, and projects inspired by Art and Artists on view at Sarasota Art Museum. Our Teaching Artists will work with your campers to install their own Art Show! Each session will have a new and exciting theme, so campers are encouraged to enroll in multiple sessions. Learn more about our schedule and weekly themes below!

Summer camps at Sarasota Art Museum are for rising Kindergarten through rising Sixth graders.

Camp Schedule

Monday–Friday: 9 am–4 pm
Morning drop-off: 8:30 am–9 am
Afternoon pickup: 3:30 pm–4 pm
Aftercare: 4 pm-6 pm

*Aftercare is available as an add-on for late pickups until 6 pm.
*If a parent is more than 15 minutes late for pick-up, Sarasota Art Museum reserves the right to charge the per-day Aftercare fee.
*Sarasota Art Museum reserves the right to cancel, change, or alter any program due to attendance

Pricing and Registration

Registration for 2023 SAM Summer Camp opens Feb. 1st.

Members: $350/week
Not-Yet-Members: $385/week

Camp Aftercare

Aftercare (4–6 p.m.): $50/week or $15/day
If Campers are enrolled in Aftercare, this extends their pick-up time until 6 pm, M-F of camp. In Aftercare, Campers will have supervised quiet free time creating small projects, and playing group and board games.

*Aftercare will be available for purchase when you register for camps. Registration for Aftercare before the first day of camp is available for $50/week, however, Aftercare is also available by the day after camp begins.

*If a parent is more than 15 minutes late for pick-up, Sarasota Art Museum reserves the right to charge the per-day Aftercare fee.

Lunch

Campers must bring their own bagged lunch each day. Please note this is a nut-free camp.

Cancellation Policy

14 days + before the first day of your camp: 100% refund
8–13 days before the first day of your camp: 50% refund
7 days or less: No refund

All refunds will be charged a $15 administrative fee per camp.

ART CAMP

JUNE

What is a Museum?

Monday – Friday
June 5th – 9th

Members: $350/week
Not-Yet-Members: $385/week

This week campers will explore Sarasota Art Museum while asking the question, “what is a museum?”. Together, campers will learn about how museums work, what happens behind the scenes, and what it takes to create and host their own Art Show! Campers will use a variety of 2D & 3D materials to create this week.

Art Throughout History

Monday – Friday
June 12th – 16th

Members: $350/week
Not-Yet-Members: $385/week

This week campers will go on a trip throughout Art History! Campers wil travel back in time to learn about Artists and what made them memorable by experimenting with different techniques and mediums. Campers will use a variety of 2D & 3D materials to create this week.

A Beautiful Mess

Monday – Friday
June 19th – 23rd

Members: $350/week
Not-Yet-Members: $385/week

Inspired by the exhibition, A Beautiful Mess: Weavers and Knotters of the Vanguard, campers this week will explore the galleries and dive deep into this exhibition by getting messy! Campers will try their hand at mixed media artworks including textiles and fibers! Campers will use a variety of 2D & 3D materials to create this week.

Collage-Camp!

Monday – Friday
June 26th – 30th

Members: $350/week
Not-Yet-Members: $385/week

Magazines, stickers, and scissors, oh my! Campers this week will use a variety of 2D & 3D materials to create mixed-media collages. Together, campers will learn about the history of collage, learn about repurposing materials, and create a collaborative collage!

JULY

July 3rd – 7th

NO CAMP THIS WEEK - 4th of July

Mural Madness

Monday – Friday
July 10th – 14th

Members: $350/week
Not-Yet-Members: $385/week

Have you ever wondered what goes into making a mural? Together, campers this week will learn all about Community Art and get to meet a local Mural Artist who will help walk them through creating their own classroom mural! After exploring all of the site-specific murals on the museum campus, campers will brainstorm, plan, design, and paint a mural collaboratively, while also getting to explore creating their own life-size paintings!

Clay-All-Day!

Monday – Friday
July 17th – 21st

Members: $350/week
Not-Yet-Members: $385/week

Time to get messy! Campers this week will get to spend time in our Ceramics Studios and work closely with our Ceramics Teaching Artist. Campers will learn about hand-building techniques, glazing, and the firing process and see live wheel-throwing demonstrations. Campers will use a variety of air-dry and kiln-fired clay to create this week. *All work created this week will be ready to pick up by the last day of Camp.

Unusual Materials!

Monday – Friday
July 24th – 28th

Members: $350/week
Not-Yet-Members: $385/week

To celebrate Carlos Bunga’s large-scale sculpture made of cardboard we’re grabbing all of the unusual materials we can find! Cardboard, fabric, cans, oh-my! We’ll finish the Summer with our final End-Of-Camp Art Show! Campers will use a variety of 2D & 3D materials to create this week.