Art-tastic Camps

Imagine, create and engage! Creative camps inspire the artist in every child who attends our Art-tastic Camps at the Chatham Cultural Centre. Allow your kids to join the fun and express their creativity. Our camps provide a safe space and loads of art-making activities to explore with new friends. The fun is endless and your child is sure to get a little messy!

Summer Art Camp Registration Now Open!

  • Age 6-12 years

  • Location: Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre

  • Time: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

  • Cost $160 per week

  • Bring lunch and snacks

  • Gallery tours and art demonstrations

  • Daily trips to Tecumseh Park and swimming at Chatham Orville Wright Pool

  • Bring sunscreen, swimsuit and towel

  • Movie at the Chatham Capitol Theatre on Thursdays

  • Dress for mess

How to Register for Creative Camps:

  1. Online Arts + Culture Program Registration

  2. Call 519-360-1998

  3. In-person at Chatham Cultural Centre or your local Municipal Centre

Creativity Inc. Art Camp

July 4 – July 7

9:00 am - 4:30 pm | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre

Age 6-12 | Cost $128  

Yo! Young designers! From logos, posters, patches, tote bags, mugs and more in this camp - your designs lead the way! Tell your story using art making methods like printmaking, drawing, mixed media, painting and more!

Ahoy! Artist Adventurers Camp

July 17 – July 21

9:00 am - 4:30 pm | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre

Age 6-12 | Cost $160 

Get on board! Mission Explore! Colour, shape, pattern, textures and materials – look at a bunch of cool artists and how they make their art! From painting and drawing to sculpture and printmaking, we're going to explore it all and have so much fun encountering new things!

Moovin' and Goovin' to the Art Beat Camp

July 31 – August 4

9:00 am - 4:30 pm | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre

Age 6-12 | Cost $160

Flip it up, spin it around, move that dot, take a line for a walk, repeat! Put art in motion this week! Make a drawing machine, a motion painting with a pendulum, lay low and move like a giant spirograph, spin a little yarn, with yarn circles and catch the wind with clay mobiles.

Nature + Art Encounter Camp

August 14 – August 18 

9:00 am - 4:30 pm | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre 

Age 6-12 | Cost $160

Let nature lead! Art that inspires natural curiosity – clay hand-building, coil pots, wax resist watercolours, hanging mobiles, paper marbling, plant dying, shadow drawing and more. Taking inspiration from nature this week to create awesome art experiments together.