July 8-11; 9-11:30 am

Young artists will learn to mix colors and lay down brushstrokes like the best of them! Subjects and styles seen in paintings in the galleries will guide them to create landscapes, portraits, and still lifes.

Instructor: CaSandra Johnson

July 22-26; 9-11:30 am

Edgar Degas’ dancers and Raúl Colón’s baseball players will be our guides as we create artworks with action. Campers will create paintings with movement and build sculptures of figures frozen in space.

Instructor: Julie Ryan

August 5-8; 9-11:30 am

Campers will explore the galleries to see how artists use color to create moods, patterns, and symbols. In the studio, we’ll create our own artworks that are all about color!

Instructor: Therese Straseski

Snacks provided. Campers attending a full-day camp, or pairing morning and afternoon camps in the same week, should bring a lunch and drink and join the supervised Lunch Bunch, from noon-1 pm.

Ages 6-8: June 3-7; 9 am-noon (pair with Stylin’ to make a full day)

Great art is made from a few basic elements and principles; once these are understood, you’re on your way to making masterpieces! Learn tricks artists use to make their art awesome, while creating paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures of your own.

Instructor: Julie Ryan

Ages 6-8: June 3-7; 1-4 pm (pair with Art Made Easy to make a full day)

Visit the galleries to learn about art movements – their historical styles and all-star artists - then get stylin’ to create your own realistic, cubistic, impressionistic, minimalistic and expressionistic artworks in the studio.

Instructor: Julie Ryan

Artists have been making artworks about animals ever since we lived in caves. Explore the galleries for animals in art, then learn a variety of methods to paint, print, collage, and sculpt your own artsy animals.

Instructor: Ariel Shearer

(A) Ages 6-8: June 17-21; 9 am-noon


(B) Ages 9-12: June 17-21; 1-4 pm


(C) Ages 6-8: August 5-9; 9 am-noon


(D) Ages 9-12: August 5-9; 1-4 pm

Campers will examine paintings in the galleries and strengthen their own painting skills while creating artworks using watercolor, tempera, and acrylic.

Instructor A&B: Stephanie Carlson-Pruch

Instructor C&D: Carey Hernandez

Kids will roam the galleries and gardens to see how sculptors use different kinds of materials and techniques and to get ideas before they build, carve, mold, and model their own three-dimensional works of art.

Instructor: Therese Straseski

We’ll imagine we’re hanging out in 19^th-century Parisian cafés and parks by spending time in the special exhibition Renoir to Chagall. In the studio, we will create artworks in the style of Gauguin, Degas, Cezanne, and many others, while we learn about life as an artist during that exciting time.

Instructor: Stephanie Carlson-Pruch

(A) Ages 6-8: July 8-12; 9 1-4 pm (pair with Drawing (C) to make a full day)


(B) Ages 9-12: July 22-26; 1-4 pm (pair with Drawing (D) to make a full day)

Printmaking is a hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves kind of art-making that allows you to replicate artistic images again and again. We will learn to make prints using a variety of techniques and create posters, greeting cards, book bags, and more.

Instructor: Therese Straseski

(A) Ages 6-8: July 15-19; 9 am-noon (pair with Fine Lines (B) to make a full day)


(B) Ages 9-12: July 29-August 2; 9 am-noon (pair with Art with Action(B) to make a full day)

This camp is for those with an eye for fashion. Inspired by art in the galleries, we will use tie-dye, batik, stencils, and printmaking techniques to create t-shirts with our own designs. For some projects, students will be encouraged to bring old shirts from home to be altered.

Instructor: Carey Hernandez

(A) Ages 9-12: July 15-19; 9 am-noon (pair with Abstract Art (A) to make a full day)


(B) Ages 6-8: July 15-19; 1-4 pm (pair with T-Shirt Design (A) to make a full day)

Line is an important element of art that shows up all over the Museum in lots of different ways. We will move through the galleries to see how artists use lines in their artworks, then create line sculptures, drawings, prints, and paintings in the studio.

Instructor: CaSandra Johnson

(A) Ages 6-8: July 29-August 2; 9 am-noon (pair with Abstract Art (B) to make a full day)


(B) Ages 9-12: July 29-August 2; 1-4 pm (pair with T-Shirt Design (B) to make a full day)

Artists like Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec were interested in capturing the movement of dancers and performers. We will learn to create artworks that freeze time by experimenting with photography and learning to create quick sketches of subjects while they move. 

Instructor: Courtney Mimick

A Ages 9-12: July 15-19; 1-4 pm (pair with Fine Lines (A) to make a full day)


B Ages 6-8: July 29-August 2; 1-4 pm (pair with Art with Action (A) to make a full day)

Abstract art sometimes makes you say “that’s not art” or “I could do that.” We’ll put that to the test as we learn to abstract objects and ideas, experiment with nontraditional painting techniques, create found object sculptures, and more.

Instructor: Gabrielle Gaines-Liwaru

Wednesday, July 3; 9 am-4 pm

Kids will make print after print when they create art trading cards, make a book to collect them in, and learn other simple printmaking methods to use at home.

Instructor: Therese Straseski

Friday, July 5; 9 am-4 pm

Explore sculpture in Joslyn’s gardens and galleries before putting your hands to work to build 3-D art from found and reclaimed objects.

Instructor: Ariel Schearer

June 3-7 & 10-14; 9 am-noon
Joslyn Members: $200; General Public: $230

Learn to manipulate clay on the potter’s wheel and create functional wares. This two-week camp will allow you to take your time as you learn each step of making a pot with guidance and encouragement from your instructors. Camp meets at Creighton University’s ceramics studio.

Instructor: Andy Smith & Bonnie Ahrens