Summer Camp

AGH SUMMER CAMP 2020 IS CANCELLED

As an institution dedicated to the well-being of our community, our top priority is the health and safety of our campers, employees, and volunteers. To keep everyone protected, we have made the difficult decision to cancel AGH Summer Camps for 2020.

AGH CAMP-IN-A-BOX

Since we can’t be together for AGH Summer Camp at the Gallery this year, we are bringing the Gallery to you.  AGH Camp-in-a-Box is like a bi-weekly subscription to creativity and fun through specialized kits that are chock full of art supplies, activities and demos, creative prompts and links to related online programming.  Plus, each kit contains an exclusive link to a live demonstration by one of our expert artist-educators.  Buy one or join us for all four!  

Each Kit Contains:  

• Supplies related to each week’s theme and activities  

• Five creative activities with full instructions and images to support your progress  
• A collection of art-games and creative prompts to help you continue your exploration  
• An exclusive link to an online, live workshop with one of our artist educators  
• A set of five art cards with works from the AGH collection and interpretive materials   
• An exclusive link to a short virtual tour of a related AGH artwork  

• Additional links to related AGH online content (Storytime, workshops, school tours, Picnic!)  
• An AGH Family pass to welcome you back to the Gallery when we reopen  

Here’s how it works:   

• You register (and pay) online for your selected kits.  While a family with more than one child may share kits, we include materials in sufficient quantities for one person to complete all of the activities.  We recommend buying a kit for each child.    
• You can register for all four kits at once and qualify for the discount or pick and choose as you go.  Each kit has a register-by date to allow us time to pack everything in your kit.    
• Each kit has a pick-up date where you come to the AGH to collect your kit(s), and starting the following Monday, you begin a guided creative journey with the materials and activities inside.  
• Your kit includes a Special Links card which will have an exclusive link for a live online program with information about the time and date, as well as other related links for you to explore.  
• You cannot get kits earlier than our pick-up date scheduled for each kit, but you can purchase additional kits later. (For instance, on pick-up date #3, you could get kits #1, #2 and #3.)  

• If you are purchasing kits past the registration date, you will miss our live activities but will have access to all other features. 

***For the safety of you, your family, AGH staff, and the community at large we are observing the Workplace Safety & Prevention Services Guidance on Health and Safety for Curbside Pickup and Delivery Services during COVID-19 

Pre-registration is required, via our online registration form. 
Registration deadlines and pick-up dates listed individually for each kit.  

Per kit: AGH Members $45 / General $55 
Set of Four: AGH Members $150 / General $190 
Subsidies available upon qualifying request.  

AGH CAMP-IN-A-BOX DESCRIPTIONS: 

Drawing (Week of July 13 to 17)
Registration deadline: Friday, July 3
Pick-Up date: Thursday, July 9 (10AM-2PM, or 7-9PM) 

Camp-in-a-Box: Drawing includes fun activities and games to sharpen your drawing skills, learn techniques, and broaden your creative thinking! Some examples of projects include character drawing and making your own comic book, still life, perspective, and landscape drawing – (take it outside!), drawing people and portraits, and much more!  Kit also includes creative prompts and drawing games that you can play with your friends to inspire new ideas. Suitable for kids 6-12.  All supplies, materials, and instructions are included.  

Mixed Media (Week of July 27 to 31)
Registration deadline: Friday, July 17
Pick-Up date: Thursday, July 23 (10AM-2PM, or 7-9PM) 

Camp-in-a-Box: Mixed Media includes loads of craft and mixed media materials to have fun with! This kit was designed with a little bit of everything in mind including drawing, painting, collaging, and sculpture. Follow the instructions to create some amazing artworks but be sure to add your own flare! Some examples of activities include:  design your own robot collage, Keith Haring inspired sculpture, blob monster painting and much more!  Kit also includes creative prompts and art games that you can play with your friends to inspire new ideas. Suitable for kids 6-12.  All supplies, materials, and instructions are included.  

Sculpture (Week of August 10 to 14)
Registration deadline: Friday, July 31
Pick-Up date: Thursday, August 6 (10AM-2PM, or 7-9PM) 

Camp-in-a-Box: Sculpture is all about making our artwork three dimensional! This kit includes lots of moldable, malleable, flexible, and buildable materials to create exciting sculptural forms of all shapes and sizes. Some examples include building abstract sculpture, paper sculpture, plaster cast, wire frame all using a large variety of materials! Kit also includes creative prompts and art games that you can play with your friends to inspire new ideas. Suitable for kids 6-12 All supplies, materials, and instructions are included.  

Collage (Week of August 24-28)
Registration deadline: Friday, August 14
Pick-Up date: Thursday, August 20 (10AM-2PM, or 7-9PM) 

Camp-in-a-Box: Collage explores the exciting potential that lies in the world of cutting and pasting. Open this kit to find it full of papers, supplies, and materials to inspire amazing collages! Find all sorts of patterns, textures, colours, and images to cut apart and re-assemble into brand new original artworks. Some examples of projects in this kit include:  mini magazine making, abstract collage, landscape, and paper mosaic! Kit also includes creative prompts and art games that you can play with your friends to inspire new ideas. Suitable for kids 6-12.  All supplies, materials, and instructions are included.