Visual Arts Summer Program for Grades 3-6

Why Take Visual Arts

Are you always drawing? Are your sidewalk chalk skills the talk of the neighborhood? Do you love colors? If so, this is the camp for you! Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, we'll help you hone your natural talents, discover new artistic media, and most importantly, create lots of art.

What You'll Learn

In this program, you'll learn how to take your artistic skills to the next level. You'll spend four hours per day doing what you love most: making art. Our instructors will teach you techniques to make your art even better and help you hone your creative vision in an encouraging, hands-on environment. Studio classes include:

Drawing and Painting
Explorations in Ceramics
Material Explorations

Your session will culminate in an exhibition of your work.

How to Apply

This program does not require a portfolio for admission. It enrolls on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to apply early.

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Program Snapshot

Program Length

2 weeks

Program Dates

SESSION 1: June 22, 2025 to July 5, 2025
SESSION 2: July 6, 2025 to July 19, 2025
SESSION 3: July 20, 2025 to August 2, 2025

Tuition

$4,865

Age Range

Junior (Grades 3-6)

Deadline

SESSION 1: Accepting applications
SESSION 2: Accepting applications
SESSION 3: Accepting applications

Tamara Kaplan

Instructor of Visual Arts

A.F. Oehmke

Instructor of Visual Arts

Program Highlights

Exhibition Opportunities

At the end of your session, you'll share your work in an exhibition—the perfect way to celebrate the end of a successful summer at Interlochen.

Dow Center for Visual Arts

Visual Arts students work and learn in the Dow Center for Visual Arts, a light-filled 36,000 square-foot facility. The complex features individual studios for drawing, painting, metals, ceramics, sculpture, photography, printmaking, digital arts, and fibers as well as a professional gallery space for student, faculty, and staff exhibitions. On either side of the main building is the Herlitz Visual Arts Studio and the Ceramic Annex, two buildings dedicated to our Junior classes. Take the 360-degree tour.

A camper’s perspective: Eloise, junior visual arts

For junior visual arts student Eloise, Interlochen Arts Camp is the perfect combination of learning and fun. Listen in as she shares what she loves most about Camp—from working with passionate and friendly instructors to swimming and getting ice cream with her fellow campers.

Watch Now

I love camp! My counselors are great and I've made lots of friends! My favorite class is ceramics. I love throwing on the wheel and I've made lots of cool creations. I also like my printmaking class: I'm making a print of an octopus!

Eve, Visual Arts

A taste of the arts in every direction

Listen in as junior students and Camp Life staff share what they love most about the junior experience at Interlochen Arts Camp—and what sets Interlochen apart from other summer programs.