Kids Art Camps Chicago

If art is your child's favorite subject in school, then art camp is a great opportunity to let your budding Picasso hone their skills while school is out. Find a great Chicago area art camp from our list below. Camps include traditional art as well as photography camp, pottery camp, sewing camp, ceramics camp, painting camp, printmaking, crafting and more.

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Easel Art Studio Summer Camp

Two Locations, Chicago,
Easel Art Studio Camps in Bucktown and Ravenswood offer an ARTastic experience! Join us for painting, drawing, sculpting, and building. Explore diverse art themes daily, fostering your child's fine art skills while having fun.

Kids Clay Room - a pottery studio for children

2646 N. Halsted St., Chicago,
Come explore the wonderful medium of Clay! Children will work with wet clay, clay tools and glazes to make unique and fun ceramic pieces from start to finish.

Brains & Motion Education

Multiple locations, Chicago,
Ignite your child's curiosity this summer with Brains & Motion Education Summer Camps in Chicago! Our diverse range of programs caters to grades K-8 offering an enriching and immersive STEM, Arts & Sports camps. SAVE $50 with code CHIKIDS

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Summer Camps

36 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago,
Kids discover, explore, and imagine with a variety of art materials and methods that encourage creative thinking and problem solving, alongside daily visits to the Art Institute of Chicago museum.

Lillstreet Art Center

4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago,
Children and teens ages 3–16 can learn pottery, movie making, photography, fashion design, jewelry, comics, painting and more at Lillstreet Art Center. New camps are offered weekly all summer long!

The Paintbrush...a hands-on ART studio for kids

2446 N. Clark, Chicago,
ART Immersion Camp for your ARTsy kids! Hands-on ART lessons through a variety of approaches, including ARTist-inspired projects and more!

Artist Playhouse Camp from Music House

Two Locations, West Rogers Park and Humboldt Park,
At Young Artist Playhouse Camp, we put FUN first. Everyday campers will learn and explore music, art, dance, AND theater. Every Friday there is a performance for parents!

The Art Center Highland Park
1957 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park
TAC 2024 Summer Camps will run from June 10 through August 16, offering both 1-week and 2-week camps. Camps are offered in the......more

Bunny Ears Art House
4541 N Lincoln Ave., Chicago
Play with us this summer! At our play-based studio in Lincoln Square, we focus on the journey of art-making and celebrate the......more

Francis O'Neill Irish Arts Week Kids Day Camp
4626 N Knox Ave., Chicago
Kids ages 4-11 can have a blast learning all about Irish cultural traditions at our famous kids day camp! This amazing week......more

Galileo Innovation Camps
Multiple Locations, Chicago and Suburbs
At Galileo, we mix day camp fun with hands-on projects in fields from science and engineering to the visual and culinary arts......more

Hyde Park Art Center Creativity Camps
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago
Awaken your imagination all summer long with unique camps in visual and performing arts. Led by professional artists in our......more

KidzToPros Summer Camps
Multiple Locations, City of Chicago, Cook County West and Cook County North
Join KidzToPros STEM, Arts & Sports Summer Camps for ages 4-12. Campers will have fun as they keep their hands and minds busy......more

Magical Minds Summer Art Camp
110 Madison Street, Oak Park
Summer Art Camp is designed for students 3 to 11 years; children will be grouped according to age. Keep the creativity and......more

North Shore Art League Summer Art Camp
620 Lincoln Avenue , Winnetka
At the North Shore Art League, we believe that art is about more than just technical skill - it's about self-expression......more

One River School of Art+Design
1033 Davis Street, Evanston
One River School has transformed the summer camp experience by developing the most fun and compelling creative camps in......more

Poetry Summer Camps
61 W. Superior Street, Chicago
The Poetry Foundation Library presents free poetry summer camps for children in grades six to eight and nine to twelve. ...more

Sister Arts Studio
721 W. Wrightwood, Chicago
Sister-Arts Studio invites your child to join us for creative Fiber-Art Camps during the summer! Each camp focuses on a......more

Summer at ChiArts
2714 West Augusta Boulevard, Chicago
ChiArts is a pre-professional public arts high school located in the Humboldt Park area. Our middle school camp experiences......more

Unicoi Art Studio Summer Camp
2059 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago
Our camps are full of fun, friends and most importantly creativity. It's all about the art! We offer camp in the summer......more










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