Art Activities for Kids and Families in Traverse City

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Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

July 01, 2025

Grade Range

1st grade - 3rd grade

Craft unique, light-inspired artworks such as a paper lantern and mobile, using nature as a guide.

Instructor

Summer Art Camp (Grades 1-3): Wearable Art: Patterns, Statements, & Embellishments

Monday, July 07 - Friday, July 11

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Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

July 01, 2025

Grade Range

1st grade - 3rd grade

Create wearable works of art decorated with your own patterns, designs, and more.

Summer Art Camp (Grades 4-6): Japanese Art Inspirations: Nature and Light

Monday, July 07 - Friday, July 11

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Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm

July 01, 2025

Grade Range

4th grade - 6th grade

Craft unique, light-inspired artworks such as a paper lantern and mobile, using nature as a guide.

Instructor

Summer Art Camp (Grades 1-3): Frida Kahlo's Mexico

Monday, July 14 - Friday, July 18

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Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

July 08, 2025

Grade Range

1st grade - 3rd grade

Celebrate the vibrant world of Mexico through mixed media art, using Frida Kahlo as inspiration.

Instructor

Summer Art Camp (Grades 1-3): The Middle Ages: Knights, Princesses, Castles, and Wizards

Monday, July 14 - Friday, July 18

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Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

July 08, 2025

Grade Range

1st grade - 3rd grade

Enter a world of royalty, whimsy and enchantment in this imaginative mixed media class!

Summer Art Camp (Grades 4-6): Frida Kahlo's Mexico

Monday, July 14 - Friday, July 18

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Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm

July 08, 2025

Grade Range

4th grade - 6th grade

Celebrate the vibrant world of Mexico through mixed media art, using Frida Kahlo as inspiration.

Instructor

Summer Art Camp (Grades 4-6): The Middle Ages: Knights, Princesses, Castles, and Wizards

Monday, July 14 - Friday, July 18

Presented by

Time

Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm

July 08, 2025

Grade Range

4th grade - 6th grade

Enter a world of royalty, whimsy and enchantment in this imaginative mixed media class!

Instructor

Hal Papcun

Alyssa Brieanne Jordan

Summer Art Camp (Grades 1-3): Cosmic Creations: Outer Space and the Constellations

Monday, August 04 - Friday, August 08

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Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

July 28, 2025

Grade Range

1st grade - 3rd grade

Explore outer space in a mixed media space adventure combining art and astronomy!

Summer Art Camp (Grades 1-3): Da Vinci and Art Explorers of the Renaissance

Monday, August 04 - Friday, August 08

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Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

July 28, 2025

Grade Range

1st grade - 3rd grade

Journey back to a time of new inventions and exploration with star maps, "flying" mobiles, and more!

Instructor

Eleonora Hayes

Summer Art Camp (Grades 4-6): Cosmic Creations: Outer Space and the Constellations

Monday, August 04 - Friday, August 08

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Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm

July 28, 2025

Grade Range

4th grade - 6th grade

Explore outer space in a mixed media space adventure combining art and astronomy!

Summer Art Camp (Grades 1-3): Into the Wild: Prints Inspired by Nature

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 15

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Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

August 04, 2025

Grade Range

1st grade - 3rd grade

Prepare for a printmaking extravaganza - nature will be our inspiration!

Instructor

Summer Art Camp (Grades 3-5): The Infinite World of Eye-Popping Prints & Patterns

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 15

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Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

August 04, 2025

Grade Range

3rd grade - 5th grade

Discover limitless ideas using "gelli" plates to make amazing designs with colors that POP!

Instructor

Summer Art Camp (Grades 4-6): Into the Wild: Prints Inspired by Nature

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 15

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Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm

August 04, 2025

Grade Range

4th grade - 6th grade

Prepare for a printmaking extravaganza - nature will be our inspiration!

Instructor

Summer Art Camp (Grades 6-8): The Infinite World of Eye-Popping Printmaking

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 15

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Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm

August 04, 2025

Grade Range

6th grade - 8th grade

Explore traditional printmaking with monoprints, embossing, linocuts, & more!

Instructor

Hal Papcun