Tours Lectures Internships Programs Develop your child's creativity in a fun and stimulating environment at a week-long, Museum Art School Summer Camp. Choose from one of the many art making themes based on the Museum's collections and exhibitions that have been designed to teach children how to express themselves creatively and with confidence. This class begins with the basics of color mixing and concludes with a student created plein air masterpiece of Balboa Park. In Animalventures, explore, paint, draw, and carve the world of animals seen in the Museum's galleries, in Balboa Park, and at the San Diego Zoo.
Artworks often tell great stories.
Campers will explore these stories in the Museum's galleries and create visual stories with a wide variety of art materials and techniques. Deb Vest Write your own stories, design and create sets, and work on lighting effects and sound recording while creating an animated video with fellow campers. Using a variety of art and video materials, campers will experience the magic of producing their own film. Students will explore basic printmaking techniques to design psychedelic posters, groovy prints, and CD covers as advertisements for the hottest trends in music, movies, and books. Sign up to be an apprentice for a week in this Renaissance studio and learn how to paint a real panel just like the masters.