Art Summer Camps 2025
Hilary Cannon Anderson is an Indiana licensed art teacher with 16 years experience teaching art (Monroe County Community School Corporation, Ivy Arts for Kids, Outschool, and private lessons) and 12 years experience teaching science (summer camp and after-school for WonderLab Museum of Science, Health, and Technology).
Allen Zielinski is an Indiana, licensed art teacher who has been teaching art for over 5 years. He’s led Ivy Arts camps and currently teaches elementary art in MCCSC schools.
Hilary and Allen began working together in schools and have collaborated on projects ever since. As we teach art, we include sciences, contemporary arts, and exploring diverse cultures through art making.
Week-long camps with be held in Ms Hilary’s Teaching Studio in Bloomington, Indiana, which spills onto the driveway in good weather.
Maximum enrollment is 12.
Week-long Camps
Fiber Arts Fun
for Campers entering 1st-7th grade
$170 per camper (includes T-shirt, pillow, and other supplies)
Do you want to design your own clothes or accessories? Our popular Fiber Arts Camp is back with new projects as well as some familiar favorites:
Tie-dye shirts
Create felt identity sashes
Sew a Pillow
Learn embellishments techniques such as embroidery, making pom-poms, and sewing on buttons
Monday - Friday June 16-20, 10am-noon
Exhibit for Family and Friends, Friday, June 20, 12:00pm)
Wings, Stings, and Nature Things
for Campers entering 1st-7th grade
$160 per camper (included birdhouse or feeder and other supplies)
Using plants, sticks, stones, bugs, and birds as materials or inspiration we will:
Make art with plants, sticks and stones
Explore paper making
Build a birdhouse or feeder
Create 3D bird art
Design insect mandalas and cartoons
Monday - Friday June 23-27, 10am-noon
Exhibit for Family and Friends, Friday, June 27, 12:00pm
Pop and Op Art
for Campers entering 1st-7th grade
$150 per camper
Explore the bright colors, bold images, and big personalities of Pop and Op Art as we create eye-popping artwork.
Design your own fun product label
Make Warhol-inspired prints
Build food sculptures
Design illusions and op art
Create Lichtenstein-inspired comics
Monday - Friday July 21-25, 10am-noon
Exhibit for Family and Friends, Friday, July 25, 12:00pm
Fun and Games with Art
for Campers entering 1st-7th grade
$150 per camper
Who says art has to be serious? We will have fun playing with and creating art as we:
Explore several art games including Ouisi, Hues and Cues, art bingo, and art matching games
Design and create your own artistic board game
Create your own silly versions of famous artworks
Plan and create a mini-museum with mini art
Monday - Friday July 28-August 1, 10am-noon
Exhibit for Family and Friends, Friday, August 1, 12:00pm
Drop-in Camps
Tie-Dye Drop-in Camp
9-10:30 OR 10:30-Noon Thursday July 17, 2023
For Everyone: Kids age 6 and older, Adults, Parent/Grandparent with child age 4 and older
For campers age 6 and older (including adults) $25 per camper, $35 for Parent and child team
Bring a shirt, pillow case, bandana, small towel, cotton socks, or other cotton item to tie-dye! Dye only sticks to cotton, so when dyeing cotton-poly blend items, the dye only sticks to the cotton fibers giving the item a lighter, heathery look. Click to learn more about preparing your item for dyeing.
I will demonstrate several techniques for participants to select from.
Depending on the number of participants, each person may be able to dye two items.
I will provide the dyes and some gloves.
You bring the item to dye and gloves to protect your hands from the metals in the dyes. Wear old clothes!
Click here for important information about preparing for Tie-Dyeing and Rinsing and Washing Tie-Dye.
Drop-in Camp
9:30-Noon, Monday August 4, 2024
For campers entering 1st-7th grade, $35 per camper
Theme to be determined
Mythical Creatures Drop-in Camp
9:30-Noon, Tuesday August 5, 2022
For campers entering 1st-7th grade, $35 per camper
Learn about, play games about, and create your own Mythical Creature
Tuesday Afternoon Pre-K Summer Art Class
Stories and the Art They Inspire
For 4- and 5-year-olds who will enter Kindergarten in 2025 and 2026
Tuesdays 2:30-3:30pm
Dates:
May 20
May 27
June 3
June 10
June 17
June 24
July 15
July 22
July 29
$72 to attend any four classes
$108 to attend any six classes
$18 for each additional class
Each week we read a short book, then create an artwork inspired by the theme or illustrations. Stories and projects include a range of themes such as seasons, animals, holidays, family, community, vehicles, colors, shapes, numbers, letters, etc.
We explore a range of 2D and 3D art media including drawing, painting, collage, printing, building, and clay. We work on some projects over several weeks. Sometimes we focus on creative exploration without creating a final project to take home. We also look at and learn to talk about artwork. And we play games.
We also learn to collaborate, to share materials and ideas, to care for our art materials, and to care for our studio space.
Minimum class size of 3, Maximum class size of 8
What Families are Saying about 2021 Summer Camps:
“My kids were extremely entertained and inspired by Mrs. Anderson’s camps. They looked forward to every day of camp!”
“My kids had a "blast" at the Fabulous Flying Machines week-long camp! They enjoyed the great mix of science and art, with fun and engaging activities that go way beyond art. Hilary did an amazing job of encouraging each camper and supporting their strengths. The kids were excited and proud to show off what they did at the end of the week!”
“The tie-dye drop-in was something that my children, ages 7 and 10, were looking forward to doing the whole summer. Since we missed the first class that Hilary offered, she graciously organized a second class for my family, three of my kids' friends and one parent. This was a great and affordable opportunity to do something messy with expert guidance that we'd been eager to do for years. We also loved the opportunity to participate in something as a family and with friends. We've received many compliments on our tie-dyed shirts! I'm hoping to arrange something like this again, perhaps to celebrate a future birthday!”