Members receive 15% off all classes and workshops.
All in-person students and campers must wear masks and follow AVA’s Visitor Guidelines
In-person and Online Camps: April 12-16; additional Online Camps: April 19-23
Summer Camps: June 28-August 20
In-person Spring and Summer Camp Schedule:
- Morning in-person camp drop-off begins at 8:45 am; pick-up is by 12:15 pm
- Afternoon in-person camp drop-off begins at 1:45 pm; pick-up is by 5:15 pm (12:45 pm drop-off and 4:15 pm pick-up for afternoon August Plein Air camps at the Montshire Museum)
- Campers who register for morning and afternoon in-person camps will be included in 12-2 pm lunch and art activity time (there is no additional cost if they are registered for both morning and afternoon camps).
- Campers must bring their own snacks, lunch (if attending all day), and water bottle to camp.
- All in-person summer camps are limited to 8 students (5 for pottery camps).
- August In-person Plein Air camps happening at the Montshire Museum in Norwich, VT, will run contingent on the State of Vermont’s Reopening Guidelines.
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| Camp/Class Name | Format | Level | Instructor | Description | Dates | Times | Family Member Price (15% Off) | Non-Member Price | Materials | Registration |
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Click on the "+" next to class or camp name for more info. | APRIL VACATION CAMPS | |||||||||
| Animals: Local and Exotic for ages 6-9 | In-person April Camp | ages 6-9 | Allison Zito | With a creative eye, campers will learn about the wild life of New Hampshire and Vermont. They will compare our local Fauna with that of distant lands, and will then create drawings, paintings, and sculptures of the animals they choose to portray. This camp meets in-person and is limited to 6 students. | Mon-Fri, April 12-16 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | IN SESSION | |
| Mr. K’s Crazy Comics for ages 10-13 | Hybrid (In-person & Online) April Camp | ages 10-13 | Karl Neubauer | Campers will develop characters and learn techniques for redrawing them in different poses to visually complete a thought or story. They will learn the art of the first and second draft to create storyboards and well designed, finished comics. This camp is Hybrid; limited to 6 in-person and 6 online campers. Currently only remote spots are available. | Mon-Fri, April 12-16 | 9 am-12 pm | $170/$127.50 (in-person spots are sold-out) | $200/$150 remote only (in-person spots are sold-out) | IN SESSION | |
| Throwing Clay for ages 10-13 | In-person April Camp | ages 10-13 | Tyler Morrison | We’re not just throwing clay around the room! This is an introduction to using the potter’s wheel. Campers will develop the skills of centering, throwing, and shaping clay. This is a great opportunity for young artists to incorporate this traditional tool into their work. This camp meets in-person and is limited to 5 campers. | Mon-Fri, April 12-16 | 9 am-12 pm | $204 | $240 | Clay Materials Fee is included in tuition. | IN SESSION |
| Create to the Beat for ages 6-9 | In-person April Camp | ages 6-9 | Margaret Dwyer | Campers will translate music into visual images by creating drawings and paintings based on a variety of music. They will also deconstruct the music into individual sounds, giving a “face" to the different melodies they hear. | Mon-Fri, April 12-16 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | IN SESSION | |
Click on the "+" next to class or camp name for more info. | SPRING CLASSES | |||||||||
| Digital Animation Online for ages 8-13 | Online Spring Class | ages 8-13 | Paula Allen/Pollyzoom | Learn new skills and get more information on how to make your animations really zing with creativity. Artist / Instructor Paula Allen will give daily instruction and kids will have time to follow along or more advanced students can use skills they have to go to the next levels in this fun animation camp. You will learn basic animation, digital drawing, shading for animation, character design, background design and so much more. If you love to draw let's make those drawings move! This camp meets online via Zoom. | Mon, April 19-May 31 | 3:30-4:30 pm | $102 | $120 | Tech Requirements: Smartphone or tablet for animating and another device for watching the class on Zoom. + Flipaclip App. | Register Now |
| 3D Design and Build for ages 6-9 | In-person Spring Class | ages 6-9 | Karl Neubauer | This is an exploration of engineering in art. Through the processes of planning, building, and testing, students will have fun create working vehicles, scaled architectural models, and kinetic sculptures. This class will meet in-person and be limited to 6 students. | Tues, April 20-June 1 | 3:30-5 pm | $136 | $160 | Register Now | |
| Pottery for ages 10-13 | In-person Spring Class | ages 10-13 | Tyler Morrison | An introduction to the potter's wheel, developing the fundamental skills of centering, throwing, and shaping clay. An opportunity for artists of all types to understand and incorporate this traditional and powerful tool into their work. This class will meet in-person in AVA's Clay Studio, and will be limited to 5 students. | Tues, April 20-May 25 | 3:30-5:30 pm | $187 | $220 | $40 Materials Fee Applied at Check-out | FULL; please email nick@avagallery.org to be placed on a wait list. |
| Pottery for ages 10-13 | In-person Spring Class | ages 10-13 | Tyler Morrison | An introduction to the potter's wheel, developing the fundamental skills of centering, throwing, and shaping clay. An opportunity for artists of all types to understand and incorporate this traditional and powerful tool into their work. This class will meet in-person in AVA's Clay Studio, and will be limited to 5 students. | Wed, April 21-May 26 | 3:30-5:30 pm | $187 | $220 | $40 Materials Fee Applied at Check-out | FULL; please email nick@avagallery.org to be placed on a wait list. |
| Art Adventures for ages 6-9 | In-person Spring Class | ages 6-9 | Allison Zito | Art Adventures is an opportunity for elementary school artists to discover great works of art, observe nature, and refine their skills while exploring new and familiar art materials, methods and techniques. Students will observe, explore, investigate, make connections and create their own masterpieces inspired by great works of art and the natural world. We will draw, paint, create sculptures, print, make toys, and much more. Lessons will include cultural storytelling, games, history, and lots of fun. This class will meet in-person and be limited to 6 students. | Thurs, April 22-June 3 | 3:30-5 pm | $136 | $160 | FULL; please email nick@avagallery.org to be placed on a wait list | |
Click on the "+" next to class or camp name for more info. | SUMMER CAMPS | |||||||||
| Week One June 28-July 2 | ||||||||||
| Colors of the World for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Emily Battles | Campers will focus on painting and creating with color, while being inspired by artists of color. They'll have the opportunity to explore art from all walks of life, as well as learning about the artists behind the art. | Mon-Fri, June 28-July 2 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | FULL; Please email nick@avagallery.org to be placed on a wait list. | |
| Asian Art for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Allison Zito | Campers will create Japanese Sumi-e ink paintings, paint scrolls, and much more. | Mon-Fri, June 28-July 2 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Throwing Clay for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Tyler Morrison | We’re not just throwing clay around the room! This is an introduction to using the potter’s wheel. Campers will develop the skills of centering, throwing, and shaping clay. | Mon-Fri, June 28-July 2 | 9 am-12 pm | $204 | $240 | $40 Clay materials fee included in camp tuition | FULL; Please email nick@avagallery.org to be placed on a wait list. |
| Science and Art: Secrets of the Green World for ages 10-13 | Online Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Paula Allen / Pollyzoom | Offered in Partnership with the Dartmouth College Department of Biological Sciences. Join us to explore the inner and outer workings of plants. Participants will take a virtual field trip to the Dartmouth Greenhouse to see tropical, sub-tropical, desert, and aquatic plants, including the Brout Orchid Collection. Participants will also explore how plant hormones regulate growth and development of roots and shoots. Inspired by these visual and conceptual prompts, campers will interpret and express their experiences through traditional art media as well as through digital drawings and animation. While the camp is designed for older kids, mature 9 year-olds are also welcome to attend. Secrets of the Green World is funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. This camp meets online via Zoom. | Mon-Fri, June 28-July 2 | 10-11:30 am | $68 | $80 | Students will need the following: sketch book, markers, colored pencils, and a digital device that can download apps. | Register Now |
| Surrealist Dreams for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Allison Zito | Using the irony and symbolism of surrealist artists like Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte as inspiration, campers will look to their own thoughts and dreams and create avant-garde dreamscapes, paintings, and sculptures. | Mon-Fri, June 28-July 2 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Colors of the World for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Emily Battles | This camp will focus on painting and creating with color, while being inspired by artists of color. Campers will have the opportunity to explore art from all walks of life, as well as learning about the artists behind the art. | Mon-Fri, June 28-July 2 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Week Two July 5-9 | ||||||||||
| Take me to Your Leader for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Olivia Genereaux | Campers will incorporate make-believe role playing with sculpture and drawing. They'll explore new worlds and problem solve, to create artwork that is out of this world. | Mon-Fri, July 5-9 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Mixed Media Blitz for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Beth McGee | Campers will learn about composition through collage and low relief sculpture using a variety of 2D and 3D media, found objects, and lots of imagination. | Mon-Fri, July 5-9 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Painting with Pastels for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Beth McGee | Campers will have fun experimenting with different kinds of pastels and paints. They will try new ways of using color through a combination of pastels and a variety of tools. | Mon-Fri, July 5-9 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Cars, Planes, and Boats for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Karl Neubauer | Campers will learn to build vehicles and sculptures out of repurposed recyclables. They'll design, build, and have fun testing them. | Mon-Fri, July 5-9 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Week Three July 12-16 | ||||||||||
| Bees, Butterflies, and other Tiny Creatures for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Allison Zito | Campers will draw, paint, and sculpt a variety of birds and other winged creatures. They'll also brainstorm ways to keep them safe in our world. | Mon-Fri, July 12-16 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Landscapes Cityscapes for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Karl Neubauer | Campers will find their way into the landscape using the tricks of perspective to create the illusion of space on the flat surface of drawings and paintings. Draw a pond in a glen and dive right in! | Mon-Fri, July 12-16 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Digital Animation for ages 8-13 | Online Summer Camp | ages 8-13 | Paula Allen/Pollyzoom | Learn new skills and get more information on how to make your animations really zing with creativity. Artist / Instructor Paula Allen will give daily instruction and kids will have time to follow along or more advanced students can use skills they have to go to the next levels in this fun animation camp. You will learn basic animation, digital drawing, shading for animation, character design, background design and so much more. If you love to draw let's make those drawings move! This camp meets online via Zoom. | Mon-Fri, July 12-16 | 10 am-11 am | $63.75 | $75 | Tech Requirements: Smartphone or tablet for animating and another device for watching the class on Zoom. + Flipaclip App for iOS or Android. | Register Now |
| Green Art for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Emily Battles | Campers will spend the day outside collecting natural materials to create sculptures and mixed media paintings under AVA’s outdoor studio tent. | Mon-Fri, July 12-16 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Painting Fun for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Tanya Libby | Campers will explore a multitude of paint media. They'll be encouraged to approach painting in new and sometimes unusual ways, as well as using familiar and unlikely tools to produce their art work. | Mon-Fri, July 12-16 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Take Me to Your Leader for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Olivia Genereaux | Campers will incorporate make-believe role playing with sculpture and drawing. They'll explore new worlds and problem solve, to create artwork that is out of this world. | Mon-Fri, July 12-16 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Week Four July 19-23 | ||||||||||
| Impressionist Painting for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Allison Zito | Campers will create their own masterpieces with an Impressionist’s eye. They'll be inspired by works by Monet, Manet, and more, observing the way the Impressionists play with color, light, and time in their art. | Mon-Fri, July 19-23 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Painting to the Music for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | AVA/UVMC Instructor | This camp is a collaborative effort by two Lebanon cultural institutions. Each day, campers will be introduced to a different instrument and musical recording by a UVMC teacher via Zoom. the campers will then transpose what they hear into visual imagery using a variety of drawing and painting media. Thank you to the kind and creative musicians at the Upper Valley Music Center. | Mon-Fri, July 19-23 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Painting to the Music for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | AVA/UVMC Instructor | This camp is a collaborative effort by two Lebanon cultural institutions. Each day, campers will be introduced to a different instrument and musical recording by a UVMC teacher via Zoom. the campers will then transpose what they hear into visual imagery using a variety of drawing and painting media. Thank you to the kind and creative musicians at the Upper Valley Music Center. | Mon-Fri, July 19-23 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Surrealist Dreams for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Allison Zito | Using the irony and symbolism of surrealist artists like Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte as inspiration, campers will look to their own thoughts and dreams and create avant-garde dreamscapes, paintings, and sculptures. | Mon-Fri, July 19-23 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Week Five July 26-30 | ||||||||||
| Printmaking Party for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Janet Cathey | This camp's focus will be on process, art making, play, and experimentation. Campers will explore how printmaking is similar to and different from painting and drawing. They'll print with all kinds of objects, from fingers to toys to recycled items to objects from nature. They'll make collaborative art and art from our own imaginations, use rollers to make rainbow prints, and learn about collagraphs and trace monotypes. Finally, they'll each build up our their collections of prints and cut up some of our prints to make mixed media art. | Mon-Fri, July 26-30 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Crazy Comix for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Karl Neubauer | Campers will develop characters and create their own visual story. They will learn techniques for re-drawing their characters in different poses to create storyboards to help plan their comic strips, editorial cartoons, and maybe even a stop action video. | Mon-Fri, July 26-30 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Stuffy Time for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Emily Battles | Campers will create stuffed animals or dolls sewn from colorful fabrics. Adding buttons and bobs campers will bring their creations to life. The week will end with a fun and festive tea party. | Mon-Fri, July 26-30 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Printmaking Party for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Janet Cathey | Do you know how to make a rainbow print? Do want to learn how to use carving tools to make art? Do you like to experiment? Do you like precision or do you like being spontaneous? You'll find it all with printmaking! Campers will explore making relief prints, monoprints, and collagraph prints, with and without a tabletop printing press. There will be time during the last few days of class to dive deeper into the techniques they enjoy most. | Mon-Fri, July 26-30 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Week Six August 2-6 | ||||||||||
| Draw What You See for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Karl Neubauer | Campers will learn the tricks that artists use to draw, paint, or sculpt what they see. Still lifes, trees, cars, houses; they will use their powers of observation to create works of art from things right in front of them. | Mon-Fri, Aug 2-6 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Art-ester Orchestra for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Alicia Dale | Music and art educators from the Upper Valley Music Center and AVA take campers on a quest to discover the ways in which music and art can work together. Students will explore a variety of visual art materials as they create their own instruments and learn to play them. With your fellow campers you'll explore your musical and artistic creativity by making music on your original instruments. | Mon-Fri, Aug 2-6 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Pottery for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Tyler Morrison | Campers will learn or continue progressing the skills necessary to work on the potter’s wheel. They will develop the fundamentals of centering, throwing, and shaping clay. | Mon-Fri, Aug 2-6 | 9 am-12 pm | $204 | $240 | $40 Clay materials fee included in camp tuition | FULL, please email nick@avagallery.org to be placed on a wait list |
| Clayworks for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Allison Zito | Hand building, pinch pots, sculptures: campers will use ceramic and airdry clays to create their wonderful 3D artwork. They'll also learn techniques for joining, sculpting, and carving clay. | Mon-Fri, Aug 2-6 | 2-5 pm | $204 | $240 | $40 Clay materials fee included in camp tuition | Register Now |
| Experiments in Painting for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Tanya Libby | Campers will explore a multitude of paint media. They'll be encouraged to approach painting in new and sometimes unusual ways, as well as using familiar and unlikely tools to produce their art work. | Mon-Fri, Aug 2-6 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Week Seven August 9-13 | ||||||||||
| Gardens, Sunflowers and Stories for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Allison Zito | Campers will look at Van Gogh's Sunflowers and paint their own versions on canvas board. They'll also be inspired by the Greek myth of Apollo and sunflowers and will plant, collage, draw, paint, print, and more. | Mon-Fri, Aug 9-13 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Plein Air Painting for ages 6-9 (at Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, VT) | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Emily Battles | Campers will engage in observational drawing and painting in the open air, learning how to use color and perspective to create an expressive image of what they see. This camp takes place on the beautiful grounds of the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont. | Mon-Fri, Aug 9-13 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Imagination Stations for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Tanya Libby | Campers will circulate between different art making stations with a variety of materials and media. It's up to the campers to find out what to make! An instructor will be there to help. | Mon-Fri, Aug 9-13 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Imagination Stations for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Tanya Libby | Campers will circulate between different art making stations with a variety of materials and media. It's up to the campers to find out what to make! An instructor will be there to help. | Mon-Fri, Aug 9-13 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Art with Energy! for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Allison Zito | Campers will create paintings, mobiles, stabiles, toys and more, while being inspired by the works of Alexander Calder and Piet Mondrian. | Mon-Fri, Aug 9-13 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Plein Air Painting for ages 10-13 (at Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, VT) | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Emily Battles | Campers will engage in observational drawing and painting in the open air, learning how to use color and perspective to create an expressive image of what they see. This camp takes place on the beautiful grounds of the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont. | Mon-Fri, Aug 9-13 | 1-4 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Week Eight August 16-20 | ||||||||||
| From Stick to Figure to Cartoon for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Karl Neubauer | This is a lively and physically active camp that teaches young artists elemental figure drawing skills such as gesture and contour drawing. Campers will put their figures into colorful back- grounds and make them move with stop action video tools. | Mon-Fri, Aug 16-20 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | FULL; Please email nick@avagallery.org to be placed on a wait list. | |
| Plein Air Painting for ages 6-9 (at Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, VT) | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Tanya Libby | Campers will engage in observational drawing and painting in the open air, learning how to use color and perspective to create an expressive image of what they see. This camp takes place on the beautiful grounds of the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont. | Mon-Fri, Aug 16-20 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| King Minos of Ancient Greece for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Allison Zito | Campers will draw, paint, sculpt, and much more as we uncover the secrets of the past. Whatever happened to the Lost City of Atlantis? We will investigate this and other mysteries of the cultures found on the mainland and islands of the Aegean Sea. | Mon-Fri, Aug 16-20 | 9 am-12 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Art and Myth for ages 6-9 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 6-9 | Allison Zito | Campers will learn about myths, folklore, and legends that inspired great art. They will create their own myths and artwork with drawings, paintings, sculpture, prints and more. | Mon-Fri, Aug 16-20 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| From Stick to Figure to Cartoons for ages 10-13 | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Karl Neubauer | This is a lively and physically active camp that teaches young artists elemental figure drawing skills such as gesture and contour drawing. Campers will put their figures into colorful back- grounds and make them move with stop action video tools. | Mon-Fri, Aug 16-20 | 2-5 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now | |
| Plein Air Painting for ages 10-13 (at Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, VT) | In-person Summer Camp | ages 10-13 | Tanya Libby | Campers will engage in observational drawing and painting in the open air, learning how to use color and perspective to create an expressive image of what they see. This camp takes place on the beautiful grounds of the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont. | Mon-Fri, Aug 16-20 | 1-4 pm | $170 | $200 | Register Now |