Summer Kids Art Camps @ CTAC - Traverse City

Fall registration will open ~ August 2025.

Summer Art Camp (Grades 3-5): Fashion Design

Wednesday, June 25 - Friday, June 27

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Wednesday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Register by
June 18, 2025
Grade Range
3rd grade - 5th grade
Learn how to think like a fashion designer! Bring your styles to life on a mini dress form.
Instructor
Kristy Kurjan

Summer Art Camp (Grades 1-3): All About You: Amazing Stories

Wednesday, June 25 - Friday, June 27

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Wednesday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Register by
June 18, 2025
Grade Range
1st grade - 3rd grade
Explore your own amazing stories and unique identity in this class full of self-expression.
Instructor
Amber Coulter

Summer Art Camp (Grades 4-6): All About You: Amazing Stories

Wednesday, June 25 - Friday, June 27

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Wednesday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Register by
June 18, 2025
Grade Range
4th grade - 6th grade
Explore your own amazing stories and unique identity in this class full of self-expression.
Instructor
Amber Coulter

Summer Art Camp (Grades 3-5): Fiber Art Exploration

Wednesday, June 25 - Friday, June 27

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Wednesday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Register by
June 18, 2025
Grade Range
3rd grade - 5th grade
Explore a variety of fiber-based media such as fabric, felt, and yarn to make fiber masterpieces.
Instructor
Alyssa Brieanne Jordan

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

Monday, July 07 - Friday, July 11

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Register by
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 1-3): Japanese Art Inspirations: Nature and Light

Monday, July 07 - Friday, July 11

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Register by
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
Ivy Ratliff

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

Monday, July 07 - Friday, July 11

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Register by
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
Ivy Ratliff

Summer Art Camp (Grades 4-6): Wearable Art: Patterns, Statements, & Embellishments

Monday, July 07 - Friday, July 11

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Register by
July 01, 2025
Grade Range
4th grade - 6th grade
Create wearable works of art decorated with your own patterns, designs, and more.
Instructor
Amber Coulter

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

Monday, July 14 - Friday, July 18

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Register by
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
Amber Coulter

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

Monday, July 14 - Friday, July 18

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Register by
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

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Register by
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
Amber Coulter

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

Monday, July 14 - Friday, July 18

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Register by
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

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Register by
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

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Register by
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): Da Vinci and Art Explorers of the Renaissance

Monday, August 04 - Friday, August 08

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Register by
July 28, 2025
Grade Range
4th grade - 6th 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

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Register by
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 3-5): The Infinite World of Eye-Popping Prints & Patterns

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 15

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Register by
August 04, 2025
Grade Range
3rd grade - 5th grade
Discover limitless ideas using "gelli" plates to make amazing designs with colors that POP!
Instructor
Amber Coulter

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

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 15

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Register by
August 04, 2025
Grade Range
1st grade - 3rd grade
Prepare for a printmaking extravaganza - nature will be our inspiration!
Instructor
Ivy Ratliff

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

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 15

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Register by
August 04, 2025
Grade Range
6th grade - 8th grade
Explore traditional printmaking with monoprints, embossing, linocuts, & more!
Instructor
Hal Papcun
Amber Coulter

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

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 15

Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Time
Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Register by
August 04, 2025
Grade Range
4th grade - 6th grade
Prepare for a printmaking extravaganza - nature will be our inspiration!
Instructor
Ivy Ratliff