Northville Art House
Summer Art Camps for Youth, Teens & Adults
Summer Art Camps offer youth and adults creative opportunities to try a new medium, develop as artist, and expand their art portfolio. Led by Art House instructors, the camps typically start the third week in June and run in morning and afternoon sessions. Camps limited to 8 students for indoor sessions. Masks will be worn by students and instructor. Desks will be set up 6 feet apart.
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Youth Summer Camps (Ages 5-16)
Summer Camp: Prehistoric Worlds for Grades K-3rd
June 21 – 25
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
5 days (M) $180; (NM) $200 (This price includes all material)
In-person at the Art House / Max of 8 students – Masks are required
Tyrannosaurus Rex, Pterodactyls, Saber-toothed tigers, cavemen and more! We are going to explore prehistoric animals, plants and humans in a fun and interactive way using models and pictures to guide us. Learn the basics of Shape Form drawing technique while we learn about the fascinating creatures and people that walked the Earth long before us!
Summer Camp: Heroes, Villains and Monsters for Grades 4th-11th
June 21 – 25
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 1:00 – 3:30 pm
5 days (M) $180; (NM) $200 (This price includes all material)
In-person at the Art House / Max of 8 students – Masks are required
Join us and learn to draw your favorite characters from the Marvel and DC universes – Captain America, Batman, Loki, and more. We might even take a shot at Godzilla and King Kong! Students will learn the basics of Shape Form drawing and foreshortening to create fun and realistic projects.
Summer Camp: Landscape Weaving for Grades 5th-10th
June 28 – July 2
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
5 days (M) $180; (NM) $200 (This price includes all material)
In-person at the Art House / Max of 8 students – Masks are required
Create a colorful and fun weaving inspired by your own watercolor painting! Students will learn basic watercolor techniques to create a variety of landscapes, and create a weaving based off of their favorite. Students will take home their finished weaving and an art booklet of their paintings and paper art.
Summer Camp: Island Adventures Draw – Paint – 3D Art for Grades 1st-5th
June 28 – July 2
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 1:00 – 3:30 pm
5 days (M) $180; (NM) $200 (This price includes all material)
In-person at the Art House / Max of 8 students – Masks are required
Get ready to travel to the most beautiful islands this summer! Make sure to pack your art passport before we start our journey! We’ll visit tropical destinations & Mediterranean islands, we’ll meet new cultures, and we will draw, paint and create unique 3D projects. Get ready for a fun and artsy summer!
Summer Camp: Urban Sketching for Grades 7th-12th
Instructor: Sandra Nursilo
July 6-9
Days: Tuesday – Friday
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
4 days (M) $150; (NM) $165 (This price includes all material)
Outdoor Camp / Max of 10 students – Masks are required
Location: Downtown Northville
Meeting Point: Northville Art House Parking Lot
Urban sketching is a drawing while on location in areas that you live in or traveling to. Learn to sketch of surroundings, groups of building, stores, temples, concerts, parks -you can sketch it! It’s a great informal way to document the world you live in. We will acquire the skills of reading proportion, scaling, vanishing point.
Artists will bring their own lawn chair.
Summer Camp: Architecture Rendering for Grades 4th-11th
Instructor: Sandra Nursilo
July 12-15
Days: Monday – Thursday
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
4 days (M) $150; (NM) $165 (This price includes all material)
Outdoor Camp / Max of 10 students – Masks are required
Location: Mill Race
Meeting Point: Cady Inn Building at Mill Race
Architectural Rendering teaches everything you need to know about rendering photorealistic interior architectural scenes. The class taps into different components that add a sense of depth and realism to professional designs, including materials, and exterior elements like trees, grass, and people.
Nuts About Science STEAM Camp / July 12-15
Summer Camp: Art Among the Stars for Grades K-3rd
July 12 – 16
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 1:00 – 3:30 pm
5 days (M) $180; (NM) $200 (This price includes all material)
In-person at the Art House / Max of 8 students – Masks are required
Join us for a unique trip among the stars! We will travel through the centuries and learn how to create beautiful skies and stars by using different mediums – acrylics, collage, clay, glow in the dark materials. We will experiment with different styles from impressionism & abstract art to today’s cultural trends, like Star Wars!
Summer Camp: Baby Zoo Animals Draw – Paint – 3D Art for Grades K-3rd
July 19 – 23
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
5 days (M) $180; (NM) $200 (This price includes all material)
In-person at the Art House / Max of 8 students – Masks are required
Wear your comfy clothes and get ready for an artsy zoo experience! During this week, we will create the cutest zoo baby animals by using different mediums! We will draw, paint and sculpt!
Summer Camp: Beach Party for Grades 4th-7th
Instructor: Maria Latour
July 19-23
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 1:00 – 3:30 pm
5 days (M) $180; (NM) $200 (This price includes all material)
In-person at the Art House / Max of 8 students – Masks are required
Join the fun as we imagine a beach adventure…design your own surfboard, create a clay-sand sculpture, paint an ocean landscape and learn how to draw ocean creatures like fish, an octopus and seahorses.
Summer Camp: 3D African Art for Grades 4th-10th
July 26 – 30
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
5 days (M) $180; (NM) $200 (This price includes all material)
In-person at the Art House / Max of 8 students – Masks are required
Africa has a great history of arts and culture! Travel with us to this beautiful continent, where we’ll create jewelry, colorful masks, unique drums and much more! This is a mixed media camp and we’ll make sure to stop for a safari experience!
Summer Camp: Camping Adventures for Grades 1st-3rd
Instructor: Maria Latour
July 26-30
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 1:00 – 3:30 pm
5 days (M) $180; (NM) $200 (This price includes all material)
In-person at the Art House / Max of 8 students – Masks are required
Create art inspired by outdoor camping adventures like paint a campfire landscape, draw animals found in the forest, sculpt friendly frogs, snails and smores with clay and paint on a real tree slice.
Summer Camp: Broadway Bound for Grades 2nd-5th
Instructor: Maria Latour
August 2-6
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 1:00 – 3:30 pm
5 days (M) $180; (NM) $200 (This price includes all material)
In-person at the Art House / Max of 8 students – Masks are required
From Beauty and the Beast to Lion King…get inspired by the characters and music from Broadway musicals! We will create 2D and 3D art from 4 different Broadway shows using watercolor, pen and ink, pastels, paint and clay. On the last day create the idea for your own musical and make the poster to advertise your creation.
Possible fieldtrip to the Marquis Theater, Downtown Northville.
Summer Camp: Space is the Place for Grades 1st-3rd
Instructor: Maria Latour
August 9-13
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
5 days (M) $180; (NM) $200 (This price includes all material)
In-person at the Art House / Max of 8 students – Masks are required
Create images of space using pastels and water color, construct a 3D rocket, imagine the surface of a distant planet and draw it with colored pencils, along with other projects that are out of this world!
Summer Camp: 3D Illusions for Grades 4th-7th
Instructor: Maria Latour
August 16-20
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
5 days (M) $180; (NM) $200 (This price includes all material)
In-person at the Art House / Max of 8 students – Masks are required
Join us this summer and learn techniques and tricks for creating depth on a 2-Dimensional surface using pencil, charcoal, pastels, watercolor and acrylic paint.
Summer Camp: Color Explosion for Grades 1st-3rd
Instructor: Maria Latour
August 16-20
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 1:00 – 3:30 pm
5 days (M) $180; (NM) $200 (This price includes all material)
In-person at the Art House / Max of 8 students – Masks are required
Join us for a colorful fun camp! We will create art using vibrant colors in pastels, acrylic paint, markers and clay! Get ready for an unforgettable color explosion!
TEEN & ADULT SUMMER WORKSHOPS (13+)
Adult Summer Workshop: The World of Close-Up Photography Walk for Ages 16+
Instructor: Sylvia Ford
June 9
Day: Wednesday
Time: 5:30 – 8:00 pm
One-Day Workshop (M) $40; (NM) $45
Outdoor Workshop / Max of 15 students – Masks are required
Location: Mill Race
Meeting Point: Northville Art House Gallery
“It’s not what you see but how you see it”. Join us for an outdoor photography walk at Mill Race and learn how to see details in the world around us. During this relaxing photography workshop, we’ll discover details in things often overlooked; we’ll explore nature and non-nature abstracts, we’ll find abstracts, textures and more.
All camera types SLR, DSLR, Full Framed or iPhone
Stock or your favorite lens
Fully charged battery
Media card
Small light weight flashlight
Travel light no extra equipment required
Comfortable clothing and shoes
To learn more about the artist, Sylvia Ford, please visit her website: Sylviafordphotography.com
Adult Summer Workshop: Plein Air Drawing Day for Ages 16+
Instructor: Stacy Pearson
July 13
Day: Tuesday
Time: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
One-Day Workshop (M) $40; (NM) $44 (with materials – students can keep the materials)
(M) $30; (NM) $34 (no materials – artists will bring their own supplies)
Outdoor Workshop / Max of 10 students – Masks are required
Location: Mill Race
Meeting Location: New School Church at Mill Race
Come join us for a beautiful morning of drawing en plein air at Mill Race Historical Village in downtown Northville. All abilities and level of drawing experience welcome as we settle in outdoors to draw from nature, architecture, and more. If the weather does not cooperate, we will move into the Mill Race chapel if needed. Table easels, tables, and supplies provided. You are welcome to bring your own if you wish.
Adult Summer Workshop: Plein Air Watercolor Day for Ages 16+
Instructor: Katherine Reaume
July 20
Day: Tuesday
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
One-Day Workshop (M) $34; (NM) $38 (with materials – students can keep the materials)
(M) $30; (NM) $34 (no materials – artists will bring their own supplies)
Outdoor Workshop / Max of 10 students – Masks are required
Location: Mill Race
Meeting Location: New School Church at Mill Race
Come outside and explore watercolor and the joy of plein air painting! Learn some tricks and tips using watercolor and planning your painting inspired from life. With a great location at Mill Race Village, become inspired by classical architecture and nature. If the weather does not cooperate, we will move into the Mill Race chapel if needed. Table easels, tables, and supplies provided. You are welcome to bring your own if you wish.
Adult Summer Workshop: Plein Air Watercolor Day for Ages 16+
Instructor: Katherine Reaume
July 27
Day: Tuesday
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
One-Day Workshop (M) $34; (NM) $38 (with materials)
(M) $30; (NM) $34 (no materials – artists will bring their own supplies)
Outdoor Workshop / Max of 10 students – Masks are required
Location: Mill Race
Meeting Location: New School Church at Mill Race
Come outside and explore watercolor and the joy of plein air painting! Learn some tricks and tips using watercolor and planning your painting inspired from life. With a great location at Mill Race Village, become inspired by classical architecture and nature. If the weather does not cooperate, we will move into the Mill Race chapel if needed. Table easels, tables, and supplies provided. You are welcome to bring your own if you wish.
Adult Summer Workshop: Macro & Closeup Photography with Sylvia Ford for Ages 16+
Instructor: Sylvia Ford
August 21
Day: Saturday
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
One-Day Workshop (M) $45; (NM) $50
In-person at the Art House / Max of 6 students – Masks are required
Location: The Northville Art House
During this workshop, we’ll learn how to see details in flowers, critters, leaves and non nature. We’ll talk about depth of field, bokeh, focus stacking and more. Camera all types are welcomed. Tripod is required.
This is “A bugs view” classroom/outdoors setting workshop.
All camera types SLR, DSLR, Full Framed or iPhone
Stock or your favorite lens
Fully charged battery
Media card
Small light weight flashlight
Travel light no extra equipment required
To learn more about the artist, Sylvia Ford, please visit her website: Sylviafordphotography.com
Questions? Contact Elli Fassois, Education Director, education@northvillearthouse.org
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