Join us for the 2023 Nerinx Hall Grade School Art Camp

Join us at the 2023 Souther Illinois University Summer Camps.

Join us at the 2023 Souther Illinois University Summer Camps.

Join us at the 2023 Souther Illinois University Summer Camps.

Calling all Balloonatics! Every day of this camp is an exciting balloon bash! Learn to create over 20 balloons animals, spin out with UFO balloons and make a balloon helicopter that really flies! Each day campers take home a different novelty balloon— racecar balloons, rocket balloons, and more! Camp concludes with the Balloonatics showing off their skills in a balloon twist jam for their families. Come join the fun in this unique, creative camp!

Poke a hole in your shirt, then instantly restore it! Vanish a card right out of someone’s hands! Divine which envelope holds the money! Abra-Kid-Abra’s brand new class will teach magic your child can perform in the cafeteria, at the dinner table, or when out with family or friends! Your child will be the life of the party! Goals are to develop presentation skills, build confidence, and have fun! A family show will be presented on the final day.

Make it a summer to never forget! Children will participate in a week's worth of fun where they will explore with mixed media (clay throwing, hand-building, ceramic glazing, and glass fusion) to create a fun and functional piece! Age limit: 6-13 years old

Make it a summer to never forget! Children will participate in a week's worth of fun where they will explore with mixed media (clay throwing, hand-building, ceramic glazing, and glass fusion) to create a fun and functional piece! Age limit: 6-13 years old

It’s art, it’s messy, it’s FUN! Make sure to send along the old clothes for this camp as we will be creating with paint, glue, and so much more. Take something home each day.

Come with us as we probe the world of manipulable art, character representation, and purposeful movement in this five day camp. Students will work to bring the worlds of design, engineering and storytelling together through various puppet-theater techniques, led by our puppet-crazed Artscope Teaching Artists. This camp highlights: Creative engineering, physical representation of emotional traits in shape and movement, group storytelling, empathetic understanding of internal worlds, character development, multimedia design, the history and relevance of storytelling, theater techniques, and so much more!

If you love creating and helping others, then this is the camp for you! Kindness and creativity go hand-in-hand in this unique and fun camp. We will use our imaginations to create art in different media to benefit those in the community. Creativity + Community = Art with Purpose!

Learn the basics of jewelry making as we string beads to make necklaces, bracelets, and more. We will use commercially available beads, as well as those which we will craft for ourselves using polymer clay, fabric, paper, and other materials. The possibilities are endless!

Travel the world through art! Embark on an around-the-world cultural adventure. Explore far-off places and learn about the people who live there, from the Americas to the Ivory Coast, from the cosmopolitan to the countryside. Experiment with Crayola® products while trying art techniques developed by local artists and artisans. Make a different masterpiece each day, including a dot art canvas, a mini Pakistani bus, a mud art painting on fabric, and an imperial Russian egg! Bring the unique creations home and build a globally-inspired art gallery

Discover how a few readily available objects can activate your child’s creative streak! We will step outdoors, look around, and find interesting things in our surroundings. We’ll use natural materials such as salt dough, paper mache, and food items to inspire our projects. Your child will be proud of their creations!

Grab your favorite kitten or puppy stuffie and bring it to summer camp! This camp explores animal care through modeling and imaginative play and making creations such as personal pet collars for our stuffies. It also explores service learning such as making dog/cat toys for a local animal rescue!