TWIN CITIES 2021 SUMMER ART CAMPS
Kids can get creative all summer long with camps that specialize in arts, crafts, printmaking, pottery, textile arts and more. Please check out our Featured Listings – they make our 2021 Twin Cities Summer Camp Guide possible!
Franconia Sculpture Park Youth Installation Summer Camps
July 12-16, 12pm-4pm: Youth Aged 8-13
July 19-23, 12pm-4pm: Youth Aged 8-13
July 26-30, 12pm-4pm: Teen Intensive (Grades 9-12)
Franconia Sculpture Park is now hosting three weeks of summer camps for kids! We offer a safe, fun, and inspiring space for youth to create, engage, and explore. All camps are focused on sculpture and installation art, culminating in the creation of a largescale, multi-media sculpture for Franconia. Students will develop critical thinking skills while exploring new materials. All camps will adhere to strict COVID-19 procedures regarding masks and social distancing.
Snacks and art materials provided. | $225/week (scholarships are available for families that demonstrate financial need; please contact Franconia staff at info@franconia.org if you would like to apply for a scholarship).
Kids Creative Studio
307 Village Parkway
Circle Pines, MN 55014
The Kids Creative School (formerly the Kids Cooking School) has expanded to include a summer art program where students create memories that last a lifetime. 2021 Themes include 2021 Themes: Sparkling Glass Art, Fluid Arts, Hogwarts Paper Models, Craft My Crazy Ideas & 3D Printing.
Camps run Monday-Thursday, 9 am-4 pm. Ages 4th grade and up. Cost: $369/wk. For more details visit www.
This will be our ninth year of exciting summer craft camps at Heartfelt.
Each camp has a theme. Children from those entering Kindergarten through 6th Grade may attend any of our camps.
Last summer, our camps were virtual due to virus concerns. Families picked up packages of supplies, and our instruction and circle times were via Zoom. We are again planning virtual content for our camps. If the Covid situation is greatly improved and it is deemed safe to gather in person, we will.
The craft camps at Heartfelt are fun and varied! Our camp themes this summer will be:
June 2021
Crafts from the Past
Fairy Crafts
Woodland Crafts
July 2021
Woodland Crafts
Favorite Crafts 1
Dog Lovers’ Crafts
August 2021
Fairy Crafts
Favorite Crafts 2
Sea Creature Crafts
Last summer, our camps were virtual due to virus concerns. Families picked up packages of supplies and our instruction and circle times were via Zoom. We are again planning virtual content for our camps. If the Covid situation is greatly improved and it is deemed safe to gather in person, we will. Learn More Here.
5 Centers Virtual Camp | Minneapolis
Textile Center, Filmnorth, Minnesota Center for Books Arts, Highpoint Center for Printmaking and Northern Clay Center | Ages 9+ | Register through Northern Clay | $175
Adventures in Cardboard | 10 metro parks
Articulture | Minneapolis
Full & half-day options plus extended care. Sessions run early June – late August | PreK-Grade 2; Grades 3-6 and teen | $128-$330.
ArtStart | St. Paul
2021 Passport to Japan Through the Arts. One-week camps June 28-August 6th. $200-$395.
ARTrageous Adventures | Minneapolis
School age programs in June & August, 2021 | Grades K-5 | $350 (June has sold out)
Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts | Fridley
Kids Art Camp offers week long sessions, June-August 2021 | Ages 8-14 | $165 .
Bruentrup Heritage Farm | Maplewood
Farm-to-Table Day Camp | grades 1-6 | Grades 1-3: August 2-5, 2021; Grades 4-6: August 9-12, 2021 | $160.
Camp Discovery | New Horizons Academy, Twin Cities, St. Cloud, Rochester
Day camps offered in a variety of subjects. Prices vary by location and program | ages 5-10 | June through August 2021
FOCI Center for Glass Arts | Minneapolis
Kids Glass Camp sessions run June to August | ages 9-13 | $350
Great River Summer Camp | St. Paul
Summer camps offered as weekly sessions, Mon-Thurs, run June 21, 2021 to August 5, 2021 | ages 4-16 | $175-$350
Kidcreate Studio | Eden Prairie & Woodbury
Full, half-day or one-day mini-camp options and extended lunch hour sessions run late May to late August | $155
kiddywampus | Hopkins & Chanhassen
Full of creating and playing | 2021 Camp Info TBA
Leonardo’s Basement Summer Workshops | Minneapolis
Full and half-day workshops meet for 5 days (M-F). Weekly from June 14, 2021 to August 3, 2021 | ages 6-17 | $220/week+. Income-based scholarships available.
Loft Literary Center / Minnesota Center for Book Arts – Virtual Combo Camp | Minneapolis
Combines bookmaking with the storytelling. Materials supplied! | June 24-July 22, 2021; 9am-12pm: Write Like an Animal; July 19-23, 2021; 1pm-4pm Fairy Tales, Myth, Magic & Bookmaking | $277.50
Northern Clay Center | Minneapolis
Half-day or full-day summer camps exploring clay through wheel-throwing or sculpture building | June 14 – August 20, 2021 | ages 6+ | $185/half-day; $335/full-day (Limited scholarships available).
The Phipps Summer Art Camp | Hudson, WI
Partial-day and full-day classes offered weekly in drawing, painting, sculpture, pottery, art & nature, and more, as well as theater productions and dance | 2021 schedule and details TBA soon.
Potekglass Studio | Minneapolis
Kids Glass & Art Summer Camp sessions | 2021 schedule and details TBA soon
Rumriver Art Center | Anoka
Morning, afternoon and all day one-week art camps throughout the summer. Sessions run June 14 to late August 30, 2021, with limited spaces | ages 5-17 | $115-$225/session.
Studio Seven Art Camp | Minneapolis
Full-day painting and drawing classes | Drawing: August 2nd – 6th; Painting: June 21st – 25th or July 19th – 23rd | $595
Virtual Fiber Art Kit Camp | Textile Center
Week 1: Discover, Week 2: Explore, Week 3: Create. Each week is offered in July and August | Ages 7-16 | July & August | $144-#185
Cancelled for 2021:
Simply Jane | Minneapolis
Full and half-day summer art camp options with after care available. 2021 dates TBA | ages 5+ | $150-$300/session plus supply fee, discount before Apr 1 and for members. Simply Jane has not yet found new studio space and will be concentrating on future classes this summer.
Perpich Summer Arts Camp | Golden Valley
Week long camps explore animation, photography, drawing, fiber art, papermaking, music, theater, improv, and more | The school has made the decision to not offer classes in 2021, but hope that things will be back to normal in 2022.
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