Ages 7 to 12
April 1 – 5

$250 - 9am to 4pm

Location: UCHM building, 150 State St., Louisville, KY 40206

Spring Break Art Camp - Shadow and Light, a camp for young artists who think flashlights and prisms are the best toys! We’ll be exploring ways to create art using shadow, light, color and space with all the usual and unique art mediums. We will delve into silhouette paper animation, photo grams, and art inspired by the upcoming solar eclipse.

“Learning never exhausts the mind.”  Leonardo da Vinci (artist and scientist)

Ages 7 to 12
July 8 - 12

$265 Regular Day, 9:30am - 4pm

Location: Waterfront Park Office David K Karem Building 129 River Rd., Louisville KY 40202 next to Joe’s Crab Shack (131 River Road)

Waterfront Park LVA Camp. Campers aged 7 to 12 can come experience an Art Camp surrounded by green space, fresh air, a splash park and of course more playgrounds, and more ART! LVA Artist Instructors will guide campers through Waterfront Park’s art, wildlife and history, while campers will create paintings, drawings, sculptures and more, inspired by their own observations and nature. A ride on the steamboat “Mary Miller” (who was the first female steamboat captain) is included in the camp, also a visit to Abraham Lincoln by Ed Hamilton and to the Flock of Finns by Marvin Finn, both local artists.

“Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero 

* Please note this camp is held at the Waterfront Park Office in the David K Karem Building 129 River Road, next to Joe’s Crab Shack (131 River Road). This camp does not offer extended hours. 

Ages 7 to 12
June 3-7

$245 Regular Day
$295 Extended Day 

Location: UCHM building, 150 State St., Louisville, KY 40206

Intro to Digital Photography. Get ready for summer fun while taking photos of people, places, and things, in this photography class for 7-12 year olds! Learn how to basics with your camera or a class camera, like filling the frame and finding the right light. Explore printing with the sun with the historical photo process of Cyanotypes. A USB flash drive is recommended to save student photos.

Ages 7 to 10
June 10 - 14

$245 Regular Day
$295 Extended Day 

Location: UCHM building, 150 State St., Louisville, KY 40206

Comic Book Art. (ages 7-10) Gives younger comic artists the basics of comic book structure, with the chance to create their own comics, their own characters and maybe some “merch” to go along with it. Campers will leave the class having developed original characters and their own universes and the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound, oh wait, wait, Superman already did that. But what can your comic artist do??? As always, “Excelsior!”

Ages 7 to 12
June 17 - 21 or July 8 - 12

$245 Regular Day
$295 Extended Day 

Location: UCHM building, 150 State St., Louisville, KY 40206

Painting Lab. Focus is on the young artists who need the time and space to experiment with the wonders of paint. Students will work with a variety of media including watercolor, acrylic paint, and even house paint! Students will also use a variety of surfaces including paper, wood and canvas. Simple compositions will lead to experimentation with various approaches to painting and students will have the chance to experiment with non-traditional techniques. What happens when salt comes into contact with watercolor? How can you use crayons and glue to create texture in an image? Your child will find the answers to these questions and more as people, places, and things will come to life with quality materials and a little imagination! This camp runs for 1 week, but is offered twice during the summer.

Ages 11 to 14
June 24- 28

$245 Regular Day
$295 Extended Day 

Location: UCHM building, 150 State St., Louisville, KY 40206

Stop Motion Camp. (ages 11 to 14) An imaginative course that will introduce students to the exciting world of stop motion animation through a collaborative adventure in storytelling. Students will begin by creating storyboards, and will then learn to build models and sets to realize their vision. The stop motion process incorporates drawing, writing, storyboard creation, character development, design, construction, performance, digital photography, sound manipulation, overlays and editing! The art room and computer lab are open for these camps. Each student will complete the camp with their own short film. Check out a video from camp here!

Ages 7 to 12
July 1 -3

$150 Regular Day
$180 Extended Day 

Location: UCHM building, 150 State St., Louisville, KY 40206

Cardboard Laboratory Mini Camp. An engineering and possibility camp! A cardboard box, some paints and markers, duct tape, glue, a super ball, a balloon and a needle. What to do with all this stuff? Campers will use simple machines, imagination and experimentation to create marble runs, fairy houses, masks and more. Just three days of this camp this year because of the July 4th holiday, so it will be filled with concentrated fun. Creativity abounds!

Ages 7 to 12
July 15-19

$245 Regular Day
$295 Extended Day 

Location: UCHM building, 150 State St., Louisville, KY 40206

Creature Feature. The class for children who like to experiment with multiple media, such as paint, plaster, gauze and air-drying clay! Students will incorporate both 2D and 3D techniques, utilizing a variety of provided materials along with found objects to create one-of-a-kind works of art. Students will draw, paint and sculpt to create a whimsical animal bust to hang on their wall! This camp also takes group walking tours to the nearby Clifton Gardens for inspiration to produce nature inspired works of art — a perfect fit for students wishing to learn new skills or those simply wanting to try new techniques.