Carnegie Museum of Art presents 2008 Summer Art and Architecture Camps, Preschool, and high school programs with Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture

News Release

April 17, 2008

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania…Carnegie Museum of Art once again will hold a series of week-long summer art and architecture camps from June 16–August 15. These camps are designed for children ages 4–13. Each camp has an age-appropriate theme that involves kids in exploring the museum’s collections and exhibitions as inspiration for imaginative and fun-filled creative self-expression. Camps and workshops engage kids in a variety of media and art forms, ranging from drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture to building architectural models, creative writing, drama, and dance.

During the summer the museum also offers special gallery play dates for preschool-aged children and workshops for high school students.

Additionally, pre- and post-camp care is available for children ages 6 and up. Parents can arrange this care by the week when they register their child for camp. Pre-care is available 7:30–9:30 a.m. for $25/child/week; post-care is available from 3:00–6:00 p.m. for $50/child/week.

All camps are taught by professional artist educators with the necessary clearances to work with children. Interns and volunteers assisting the educators also have the appropriate clearances.

Child Magazine designated Carnegie Museum of Art one of the top five U.S. art museums for children recognizing the quality and creativity of the museum’s children’s camps and classes.

Participants can register by calling 412.622.3288 or by faxing or mailing the registration form available at www.cmoa.org.

Art and Architecture Camps
Monday through Friday, weeklong

Ages 4–5 (suitable for children comfortable in a classroom setting without a parent or guardian present):

Half-day sessions, 9:00–11:30 a.m.; $90 members/$100 nonmembers

Ages 6–7

Half-day sessions, 9:00–11:30 a.m. or 12:30–3:00 p.m., $90 members/$100 nonmembers
Create a full-day schedule by combining morning and afternoon sessions! 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., $180 members/$200 nonmembers

Ages 8–10 and Ages 11–13

Full-day sessions: 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., $180 members/$200 nonmembers

Click here for a full schedule of camp offerings.

Camp Descriptions

Ages 4–5

Around the World
Children will take a "grand tour" through the art of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas in the museum's collection and the Carnegie International exhibition, then make their own souvenirs, passports, and suitcases.

Art Caper
Campers will design detective gear, including spyglasses and museum maps, then go on a search for clues in the museum’s collection.

Art Cat's Puppet Show
Children will join Art Cat, the museum's furriendly mascot, for a "fantastic" puppet show! Then, they will create multi-media puppets of characters inspired by their imagination, favorite painting, or storybook.

Block Party
Children will team up with other campers to develop a kid-sized neighborhood with houses, shops, and even a playground, and then host a block party at the end of the week.

Finders Keepers
Campers will learn where artists find their inspiration, and then find their own to create one-of-a-kind works of art.

Go Wild: Art on Safari
Campers will take off on an art safari through the Museums of Art and Natural History, make binoculars and create safari sketchbooks to track wild animals in works of art and in museum displays.

Kid Stuff
After viewing art works where kids are the centerpiece, campers will create art about themselves, their friends and family, and their favorite things.

Make a Mess
Campers will have fun making art with all sorts of messy materials most kids don’t use at home. They’ll create with clay, construct collages, and play with paint and papier-mâché.

Once Upon a Time
Children will uncover clues that artists use to suggest what's going on in their artwork,, and then create their own characters, write a story, and illustrate it from beginning to end.

Ages 6–7

Art Caper
Campers will design detective gear, including spyglasses and museum maps, then go on a search for clues in the museum’s collection.

Art Cat's Puppet Show
Children will join Art Cat, the museum's furriendly mascot for a "fantastic" puppet show! Then, they will create multi-media puppets of characters inspired by their imagination, favorite painting, or storybook.

Art Olympics
Campers will test their endurance in this art pentathlon as they draw, paint, print, sculpt, and collage, team up in art relays, and make their own Art Olympics medals.

Bridge Builders
After examining bridges in artwork in the galleries, campers will experiment with their own designs to span open spaces, support heavy loads, and fit with the natural landscape.

Construction Junction
From stones to steel, campers will learn about the ordinary and extraordinary materials used in buildings today, as they sketch houses of brick and skyscrapers of glass, and build a miniature stone arch and a wooden truss.

Dance Your "Art" Out
Campers will have fun stepping, stomping, twirling, and jumping their way to a performance for family and friends on Friday. They’ll spend half the day with a dance teacher learning the moves, and the other half with an art teacher creating some awesome costumes and spectacular scenery to set the stage for their artful performance. (full-day)

House of Style
Kids will go on a design scavenger hunt searching the museum for houses that fascinate them in paintings, drawings, and architectural models, then create a house that reflects their personal style.

Imagination Installation
Artists sometimes create room-sized art that you can walk through. Campers will team up with classmates to make large-scale "imagination installations" that fill the studio.

Kid Stuff
After viewing works where kids are the centerpiece, children will create art about themselves, their friends and family, and their favorite things.

Move It!
Campers will explore moving art in a variety of media, then create two- and three-dimensional art that twists and turns, zigs and zags.

Once Upon a Time
Children will uncover clues that artists use to suggest what's going on in their artwork, and then create their own characters, write a story, and illustrate it from beginning to end.

Our Town
From Main Street to their street, campers will design and construct the kinds of buildings that every town needs and explore the things that make towns unique.

Time Travel.
Campers will design and build a time machine that takes them on a blast to the past or forward into the future, making sketches along the way to transform into paintings or sculpture when they return to the present.

Tree Huggers
Campers will tap into textures as they make prints from leaves, bark, acorns, and apples, paint with a branch instead of a brush, build a bird's nest, and team up to make a "tree house" hideout just for kids.
Ages 8–10

Acting Out Art
Campers will spend half the day with a drama teacher learning and practicing acting techniques and the other half with an art teacher designing scenery and creating costumes and props, all for a grand finale performance for family and friends at the end of the week.

Art Olympics
Campers will test their endurance in this art pentathlon as they draw, paint, print, sculpt, and collage, team up in art relays, and make their own Art Olympics medals.

City Slickers
Campers will set off on an all-day tour guided by staff from Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, Carnegie Mellon's School of Architecture, and the museum, then construct their own "corner of town" work in groups to develop site plans, lay out streets, and decide what kind of buildings and activities go together.

Dance Your "Art" Out
Campers will have fun stepping, stomping, twirling, and jumping their way to a performance for family and friends on Friday. They will spend half the day with a dance teacher learning the moves, and the other half with an art teacher creating some awesome costumes and spectacular scenery to set the stage for their artful performance.

Drawing and Painting My Masterpiece
Campers will experiment with different media, styles, and techniques through the week, then choose their favorites to make their own masterpiece with frame.

Dream House
Inspired by architectural drawings, models, and works of art in the galleries, campers will use scale and measurement to create floor plans, elevations, and sections, and build a model representing the house of their dreams.

Hidden Math
Children will learn that counting and adding are just a start to designing buildings and creating art. They will find patterns in the buildings and art, and then create their own.

Museum Makeover
After exploring the museum's art, galleries, and architecture, inside and out, campers will come up with changes to make the museum their own.

Skyscrapers
Campers will learn about the technology of skyscrapers and build a structure more than eight feet high! Then they will design a skyscraper and show what it looks like through drawings and floor plans.

Time Travel.
Campers will design and build a time machine that takes them on a blast to the past or forward into the future, and make sketches along the way to transform into paintings or sculpture when they return to the present.

What's New?
Campers will find out what's new in the art world, as they explore Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International exhibition, which will challenges their creativity and imagination to express themselves in new ways.
Ages 11–13

City Slickers
Campers will set off on an all-day tour guided by staff from Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, Carnegie Mellon's School of Architecture, and the museum, then construct their own "corner of town," work in groups to develop site plans, lay out streets, and decide what kind of buildings and activities go together.

Designed by Architects
Children will discover what makes a design stand the test of time, learn how form and function work together and then they will design objects and buildings that reflect their personal style and construct models of those designs.

Drawing and Painting My Masterpiece
Campers will experiment with different media, styles, and techniques through the week, then choose their favorites to make their own masterpiece with frame.

Dream House
Inspired by architectural drawings, models, and works of art in the galleries, campers will use scale and measurement to create floor plans, elevations, and sections, and build a model representing the house of their dreams.

Everyday Art & Architecture
Campers will explore how art can bring architecture to life through murals, sculptures, and multi-media spaces, and experience how art and architecture make a difference in everyday life!

Fabulous Fiber Art
Campers will explore some of the materials and techniques used in fiber art for functional and artistic purposes, then screen print, embellish, and paint on fabric (No machine sewing; all sewing will be done by hand.).

Go Figure
Campers will explore realistic, symbolic, and expressive sculptures of human figures, abstract forms, or fantastical creatures to broaden their view of the third dimension, and learn to translate ideas from sketches into three-dimensional forms—using clay, wire, plaster, or papier-mâché.

High School Workshops
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., lunch break on your own.
$180 members/$200 nonmembers (one week workshop)
$360 members/$400 nonmembers (2 week workshop)

High school workshops, offered in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon University, include architecture classes which are presented in the university’s School of Architecture. High school- aged students will meet at Carnegie Mellon University, Margaret Morrison Hall, except Architecture 101 and Architecture 102, which meet at Carnegie Museum of Art. Students and instructors spend several sessions per week in the museum galleries.

Workshop Descriptions

Developing Drawing
Through sketches, drawing exercises, and more finished studio compositions, students will learn to draw from a live model in the studio, artwork in the museum galleries and out of doors, and they will also investigate proportions of the human figure and the use of value to create the illusion of three-dimensional forms. (One-week workshop)

Architecture 101
Students will build their portfolio in this studio course that introduces college-level architectural concepts with a focus on design development, model-making, and aesthetics. (Two-week workshop, meets at Carnegie Museum of Art)

Art Now Carnegie International Exploration
Students will discover a range of art forms, from the traditional to the technological, used by contemporary artists in works on view in Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International, and delve more deeply into the creative process, as they experiment with materials and modes to explore their own life experiences and world view. (Two-week workshop)

Architecture 102
This course is similar to Architecture 101, but with new projects focusing more on design and critiques. While Architecture 101 is NOT a prerequisite, students registering for this course should have some knowledge of basic architectural drawing. (Two-week workshop, meets at Carnegie Museum of Art)

Portfolio Preparation
A professional artist educator will review and critique examples of students’ work and guide artistic development to deepen and broaden range and technique. Students will discover documentation and presentation methods to put work in the best light. (One-week workshop)

Gallery Play Dates for Preschoolers
Ages 3–4, each child with one adult caregiver
(Ideal for children not yet comfortable separating from a caregiver)
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Tuesdays (2 sessions each; consecutive Tuesdays, but no session July 1)

Let's Fly a Kite!
June 17 & 24
Participants will get swept away in the windy skies of landscape paintings and then use their imaginations to make a kite.

Museum Picnic
July 8 & 15
Participants will go on a museum picnic in the galleries.

Puppet Play
July 22 & 29
Children will participate in creative play with puppet pals that make paintings come to life.

Let's Go!
August 5 & 12
Participants will pack a bag and take a trip through art.
Carnegie Museum of Art

Founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1894, Carnegie Museum of Art, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, is nationally and internationally recognized for its distinguished collection of American and European works from the sixteenth century to the present. The Heinz Architectural Center, part of Carnegie Museum of Art, is dedicated to the collection, study, and exhibition of architectural drawings and models. For more information about Carnegie Museum of Art, call 412.622.3131 or visit our web site at www.cmoa.org.

Contact:
Tey Stiteler
Carnegie Museum of Art
412.688.8690
stitelert@carnegiemuseums.org

Leigh Kish
412.622.3316
kishl@carnegiemuseums.org