The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art will be offering two different weeks of Kids Summer Art Camp for the first time this year.

Molly Ring is the Kids Summer Art Camp Coordinator. Ring said this year’s theme is linked to an exhibition that will be at the museum

“It’s based on abstract art so our camp this year is called, ‘Awesomely Abstract,’” Ring said. “I like to, each day, link what we’re doing with a new technique and skill for the kids but also a little bit of art history, so we’ll be learning about some different abstract artists through history over the course of the week.”

Ring said the camp offers a way to keep kids active over the summer and each day will include a lot of new and different experiences for the campers.

“We’ll throw them into a whole bunch of new experiences, including collage, painting, different sculptural work. We’re going to do a project based on Alexander Calder, so we’ll be working with mobiles, which are sculptures that hang,” Ring said. “So I really try to give them experiences maybe that are messy or use materials that aren’t as readily available in the home so they’re really coming and experiencing something new in camp.”

There are two sessions offered this year. There will be a morning session for ages 5-7 that runs from 9 a.m. – noon and an afternoon session for ages 8-11 from 2-5 p.m.

The camp sessions are Tuesday through Friday, June 19 – 22 or Tuesday through Friday, June 26 – 29. The cost is $75 per student for AKMA Members and $90 for non-members.

For more information on the camp or to sign up, contact the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art at (816) 233- 7003 or click here.