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Please note this is a two-week camp: June 22 – 26 and July 6 – 10, 2026 Young artists are expected to attend both weeks. 9am to 3pm Jesús Guizar will lead young artists in rising 6th through 12th-grades in exploring the endless possibilities of clay. They will learn handbuilding and surface decoration techniques toContinue Reading ...

Teaching artists Tyler Carlisle and Kristin Meriam will help young artists in Grades 2-5 discover artists of Alabama—past and present—while drawing, painting, sculpting, and dreaming up their own masterpieces. Tuition is offered on a sliding scale. Families may qualify for free or reduced rates thanks to the support of local foundations and individual contributors.

June 22 – 26, 2026 9 am to 3 pm Are you a serious high school art student who plans to major in art or design in college? Are you a younger student who would like to apply to an art-focused high school such as ASFA? If so, this intensive, one-week course will help youContinue Reading ...

July 6 – 10, 2026 9am to 3pm This camp, taught by John Klosterman, introduces rising 9th through 12th-grade students to the fundamentals of screen printing as a creative and expressive art form during a five-day screen printing intensive class. Klosterman is a Drawing, Foundations, and Printmaking instructor at the University of Alabama. He holdsContinue Reading ...

June 22 – 26, 2026 9am to 3pm Teaching artist Bethany Moody will introduce rising 6th through 12th-grade students to crochet as an artistic tool. Young artists will learn foundational techniques such as single crochet, shaping and color changing. With these skills and some creative problem-solving, artists will translate a color drawing into a yarn-basedContinue Reading ...