Kids Art Classes in Chicago, IL

This class is all about color, imagination and innovation. In the world, we live creativity is one of the most important skills. This experience is about the process and being creative in a group setting. We work with several Fine Art mediums and learn about the elements of art as well as the design principles. All that mixed with love and deep caring...

Beating Those Winter Blues Crafts Ages 5-11 + Adult Caregiver Bring some cheer to your cold, gray days by creating colorful and warm weather inspired crafts with Samira Taher Kolb of Let's Craft It! We'll make bright hot-air balloon sun-catchers, and colorful sea shell wind chimes. Spring is sure to hurry along with these vibrant crafts!  ...

Our youngest campers will have early exposure to artistic materials and youth craft projects to become familiar with the foundations of early childhood artmaking. We’ll create masks, and a watercolor planetary mobile. These projects will help build fine motor-skills while allowing space for material exploration and play.

Spring Break Camp: Create a Graphic Novel (Ages 9-13) Create your own short comic book. Learn some techniques professional cartoonists use to make the graphic novels you love to read. Explore character design, panel layout, and inking to bring your story to life!

Design, decorate, dye, take home (and eat!) your own unique Easter eggs. Snacks and story time included. Notes: Adult required for kids under 8. Kids 8 and up may be dropped off (preferably in groups of 2-4).

Our hero-inspired projects will build upon existing art making skills while working with a variety of artistic media, including painting, sculpture and assemblage. Create an illustrated origin story, a hero self-portrait, an action-packed comic, and a sculpture of an everyday hero. Experiment, discover, and create!

Learn hand-building techniques as you pinch, coil, and mold projects inspired by superheroes. Some ceramic projects include a secret lair, home planet, or trusty side-kick.  Ceramics projects will be ready for pick up approximately 2 weeks after camp. Caregivers will be contacted via email when projects are ready.

For kids who just love art! This is the camp you're looking for!  Kids learn best by doing. The Paintbrush Art Camp exposes kids to ARTists and their influential styles through hands-on ARTist-inspired art projects. We draw, we paint, we collage, we collaborate, and we have fun in this full art immersion experience. Note: Bring lunch and...

Experiment with a variety of film making strategies to bring your own stories to life! Learn about video production and post-production, camera operation, editing, directing, acting, and writing by working in a small group to create a short film. Use video cameras and edit your film in Adobe Premiere. No need to bring any supplies, but come prepared...

Explore the possibilities of working in clay using different hand-building techniques, such as pinch, slab and coil. Design a pinchpot for succulents, design and build a box that tells a story, or create some gifts for friends and family. . . the possibilities are endless once you learn the basics!  Ceramics projects will be ready for pick up...

Create works of art inspired by artists and art movements as we explore art throughout history. Get to know a different art movement and medium at the beginning of each day., followed by hands-on art making to utilize visual and tactile learning to build deeper understanding of art history and the artistic process. We will cover art from around 500...

Explore the tools of calligraphy with emphasis on the broad-nib dip pen in this interactive class. Learn how to render beautiful letterforms in the Foundational, Italic, and Uncial hands, for starters, and follow your curiosity and pleasure in experimenting with new materials and ideas. Instruction on slant, spacing, and the importance of negative...

Snorkel over to camp! Campers will focus on everything aquatic learning about marine animals and underwater plants. Projects will cover creating an underwater landscape painting (including your favorite mermaids or sea monsters), a turtle bowl, and other works starring your fish, otters, and other ocean friends.  Campers will create marine-inspired...

Coordinate your hand and eye while mastering still life, landscapes, and portraiture. First, we’ll develop or expand on fundamental drawing skills and techniques in charcoal, pencil, pen and ink, and pastel. Understand more about line, shapes, perspective, composition, shading, and light. Using acrylic paints, you will learn about color, perspective,...

Discover digital photography by taking photos during class and editing them using Adobe Photoshop. Explore composition, exposure, digital editing and inkjet printing to understand what photography is, and to develop your own individual style. By the end of the week you will have digital files and a select number of prints to share.  Required...