About This Camp

Gaston School of the Arts offers a comprehensive 9-week summer art camp program (June 2 – August 1, 2025) featuring diverse artistic disciplines including visual arts, theater, and music. Campers can choose from specialized tracks such as pottery and clay work, mixed media sculpture, painting and drawing, landscape painting inspired by Bob Ross techniques, creative comic book creation, and animal drawing. The program provides flexible scheduling with both morning and afternoon sessions available

Key Highlights

  • 9 weeks of specialized art instruction across multiple disciplines
  • Flexible scheduling with morning and afternoon sessions
  • All materials included in tuition
  • Wide variety of artistic mediums from pottery to comics to painting
  • Experienced instructors in visual arts, theater, and music
  • Students create finished, take-home artwork

Special Features

  • All materials provided by school
  • Flexible morning and afternoon session options
  • Hands-on pottery wheel experience
  • Bob Ross landscape painting techniques
  • Comic book creation with professional techniques
  • 3D mixed-media sculpture using multiple materials
  • Realistic animal drawing instruction
  • Fired clay pieces (1-2 week turnaround)
  • Highly rated program (4.8/5 stars)
  • Nut-free lunch policy for safety

Activities

ArtPaintingDrawingWatercolorCanvas paintingLandscape PaintingCharcoal drawingGraphite pencil workChalk pastelColor mixingPaint handlingClay workPotteryPottery wheelPinch potsSlab buildingCoil buildingSculptingMixed MediaMixed-mediaComic book creationCreative ComicsCharacter designAnimal DrawingDramaTheater productionsImprovMonologueAuditioning workshopsMusic

Parent Considerations

  • Nut allergy policy – must bring nut-free packed lunch if child stays during lunch period
  • Artwork pickup deadline – all camp-created pieces must be collected before Fall Semester begins or will be recycled
  • No counselor ratio information provided – parents should inquire about staff-to-student ratios
  • Lunch must be packed by parents (no camp-provided meals)
  • Artwork storage and pickup logistics require parent coordination