KU Summer Art Camp 2026
Drop Off & Pick Up Atrium Entrance New addition entrance facing the campus quad | What to Bring Clothes you can get dirty • Water bottle • Packed lunch & snacks • Sunscreen | Class Sizes Grades 1–9: Max 20 students Grades 7–12: Max 15 students 3 adult helpers per class |
Grades 1 & 2 · Room 206 Outer Space Adventures with Sharron Siddiqi Blast off into creativity! Explore galaxies, planets, rockets, and imaginative aliens while experimenting with painting, collage, and drawing. Learn about color, texture, and design while creating out-of-this-world masterpieces. Max 20 students
$250 | Grades 3 & 4 · Room 205 Travel Around the World! with Lindsay Ott Grab your creative passport! Create projects inspired by countries and cultures across the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia using paint, pastels, clay, and ink. Find your voice in our collective art world. Max 20 students
$250 |
Grades 5 & 6 · Room 203 Teeny Tiny Art! with Olivia Miller Big imagination meets small-scale creations! Dive into the world of miniatures — designing miniature sculptures, itty-bitty paintings, mini mixed-media scenes, and even teeny-tiny dioramas. Max 20 students
$250 | Grades 7, 8 & 9 · Room 201 ArtCycling! with Kerri Griffin Design, engineer, and construct your own assemblage sculptures using recycled materials and discarded objects — broken toys, plastic, cardboard, natural items like seed pods, or anything that can become Art! Max 15 students
$275 |
★ New Age Group Grades 10, 11 & 12 · Metals Studio Torch It. Forge It. Wear It! with Rhonda Tomel Dive into the world of metalsmithing and jewelry design! Learn how to use torches, saws, and hammers to cut, shape, texture, and assemble one-of-a-kind metalwork. Everyone leaves with bold, handcrafted wearables and the skills to keep creating. Beginners are welcome — no experience necessary! Max 15 students
$275 | |
Grades 1 & 2 · Room 206 The Great Art Experiment with Jesse Todero A hands-on art adventure filled with paint, clay, collage, printmaking, and more. Mix, layer, squish, and experiment to see what each material can do. It's all about trying new things, getting a little messy, and having a whole lot of fun! Max 20 students
$250 | Grades 3 & 4 · Room 205 Trust the Process with Sam Potylycki Putting "perfect" aside to focus on the fun of creating in the moment. Experiment with marbling with shaving cream, printing with found objects, and more. Build confidence to take creative risks and discover that the coolest art happens when you just let go! Max 20 students
$250 |
Grades 5 & 6 · Room 203 Mixed Media Madness with Annie Schnore Experiment with paint, collage, sculpture, and unexpected textures to create bold, one-of-a-kind artworks. A high-energy art adventure all about mixing, layering, and letting imagination run wild! Max 20 students
$250 | Grades 7, 8 & 9 · Ceramics Studio Eco-Craft Clay with Rhonda Tomel Using hand-building techniques with an eco-forward perspective to create useful and sculptural clay pieces inspired by the natural world. Construct functional vessels and decorative garden habitats for indoor and outdoor use. Max 15 students
$275 |
★ New Age Group Grades 10, 11 & 12 · Textile Studio ReWEAR: Art, Fashion & Upcycling Lab with Amanda Seanor Got a jean jacket or sweatshirt you've always wanted to decorate? Transform clothing into wearable art! Use fabric dyeing & painting, weaving, screen printing, beading, and more to turn garments into bold, personal designs. Rethink fashion through creativity and sustainability. Max 15 students
$275 | |
Grades 1 & 2 · Room 206 Fairy Tales and Fantasy with Sharron Siddiqi Step into a world of imagination! Design enchanted castles, magical creatures, and illustrations while exploring drawing, painting, and mixed media techniques. Build storytelling skills and bring your own fantasy worlds to life. Max 20 students
$250 | Grades 3 & 4 · Room 205 The Art of the Great Outdoors with Sophia Geddio An art studio inspired by the outside world! Explore KU's local gardens, incorporate found natural materials, and try printmaking, mosaics, cardboard construction, and self-portraits made with materials you gather from nature. Max 20 students
$250 |
Grades 5 & 6 · Printmaking / Animation Room Manga Character Design with Michael Staniz Get inspired by Manga style animation — draft, sketch, and finalize your own character designs. Learn the fundamentals of color theory, shape language, and iterative design. Draw by hand and use digital skills to bring your characters to life! Max 20 students
$250 | Grades 7, 8 & 9 · Rooms 203 & 201 Wearable Threads with Kathleen Walck Explore fiber arts from around the world — felting, stitching, dyeing, printing, and more. Learn how cultures across history have used fiber arts to adorn and celebrate the human form, and create your own wearable embellishments. Max 15 students
$275 |
★ New Age Group Grades 10, 11 & 12 · Ceramics Studio Throwing on the Potter's Wheel with Jeff Dietrich "Throwing" comes from an old English word for twisting or turning — not actually flinging clay! Learn and practice techniques for shaping clay on a spinning potter's wheel to create symmetrical vessels like bowls, mugs, and vases. Max 15 students
$275 | |
Refund Policy 30+ days before camp Full refund One week before camp 50% refund Less than one week / during camp No refund Removed for behavior / dislikes class No refund Illness / missed days No refund | Behavior Policy We work with expensive materials, specialized equipment, and sometimes dangerous tools. We have a zero tolerance policy on disruptive and destructive behavior. We will not tolerate: • Behavior that disrupts the classroom • Abuse of equipment or materials • Aggressive behavior toward others 📵 Phone-Free Classrooms — phones go in a basket and may only be checked at break times. If your child requires medication for behavior issues or you have concerns, please contact us before registration. |
Registration & Payments Camps & Conferences Department Honey Svoboda 📞 610-683-4834 svoboda@kutztown.edu | Art Content & Camper Concerns Art Department Karen Stanford 📞 484-646-5803 stanford@kutztown.edu |
