2026 Summer Art Camp
Our 9-week art camp for ages 7–13 runs daily from 9:00am to 4:00pm, offering a fun, hands-on creative experience in a supportive environment. Each week, campers complete three kiln-fired clay projects while exploring a wide range of other mediums like painting, textiles, beading, and more. With plenty of outdoor time in our community garden and nearby park, the program balances creativity with fresh air and play. Every Friday, families are invited to a lively pop-up exhibition to celebrate the week’s artwork—a highlight that campers look forward to. Participants also receive a sketchbook to spark ideas throughout the week and a personalized tote bag to take home at the end.
Schedule
Drop Off: 8:30am-9:00am
Art Camp!: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Pick up: 4:00pm – 4:15pm
After Care
Available from 4:15 pm – 5:00 pm: $50/week ($40 for 4-day weeks) or $15/day
Clay Artwork Pick Up
Kiln Fired clay artwork will be available for pick up 3 weeks after the last day of your Art Camp. You will receive an email when items are ready for pick up.
What To Bring
– Nut free lunch, snacks, and water bottle
– Weather appropriate clothing for outdoor breaks
– Dress for mess!
Friday Art Show
3:30pm on Fridays. Each week-long Art Camp ends with a Pop-up Art Show in the main gallery space. Friends and Family welcome.
Scholarships
A limited number of scholarships are available to low income families generouslly supported by The Waterloo Region Record – Lyle S. Hallman Foundation Kids to Camp Fund held at Waterloo Region Community Foundation.
Details and application here.
Questions?
Please email our Camp & Studio Programs Manager, Isabella at isabella@theclayandglass.ca or call at 519-746-1882 x233
Get inspired by ceramic and glass sculptures in our current exhibitions & learn how to create your own 3D forms out of clay.
Main mediums & activities: Air-dry clay, plasticine, ceramics, wood, metal. Terracotta warrior to the cube! We will work with perspective and creating things in the round in any style.
Explore the natural medium of clay, learn about local habitats & wildlife, and use things found in nature to create unique works of art
Main mediums & activities: Clay, community garden-related programming, using plants are texture & inspiration, painting pots & planting seeds, making garden stones.
Learn about form, function, and surface decoration in the Gallery & create your own functional dishware.
Main mediums & activities: Things that we can use, mugs parents can keep forever! Hand building focused will learn pinch pot, slab building, and coiling in the classroom. Glass jar decorating, beading, making accessories, etc.
Calling all innovators! Explore the world of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics at the Gallery .
Main mediums & activities: Increase use of ipads, with a possible 3D printer demo, use of beaver bots and cardboard construction kits, exploring structures and architecture, creating clay and maybe we can do a colour-glaze chemistry lesson for one of the projects.
Experiment with stop motion animation, make kiln-fired clay characters, and storytelling.
Main mediums & activities: Communication through clay/art, telling stories, creating narratives. Will explore the work of Canadian author Barbara Reid, we’ll play screenings of classic Claymation films and campers will make their own of each in addition to the creation of ceramic characters, etc fir their kiln-fired projects.
Explore the natural medium of clay, learn about local habitats & wildlife, and use things found in nature to create unique works of art. Each week includes 3 kiln-fired artworks and a Friday Art Show.
Calling all innovators! Explore the world of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics at the Gallery.
Learn about form, function, and surface decoration in the Gallery & create your own functional dishware.
Experiment with stop motion animation, make kiln-fired clay characters, and more! Each week includes 3 kiln-fired artworks and a Friday Art Show.
