Castles, Princesses, and Dragons
June 15-19, 2020
5-12 y.o.
Enter the magic world of princesses, knights, and magical creatures! At this camp kids will build a castle, make a crown for a queen, learn how to draw a dragon, and save the princess from the dragon!
Please, bring your own lunch and snacks.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $275 per week
9 am - 5 pm - $375 per week
Fashion Designs
June 15 - 19, 2020
8+ y.o.
If you were always dreaming to take part in the fashion show – this camp is for you! Design your own collection and show it to your parents! Kids will learn how to sew, how to use the sewing machine, use some fabric-painting techniques to decorate clothes, and create their own accessories. Please, bring your own lunch and snacks.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $350 per week
Extended Care 1pm - 5 pm - $100 per week
3-D Computer Animation | Animation
June 15-19, 2020
10-16 y.o.
Have you always wanted to try making 3-D computer animation? This camp is for you. Kids will learn through a series of animation exercises as well as build their own characters and prepare them for animation. You can bring your own laptops. Technical specifications for hardware will be sent prior to the camp.
Photo source: movie Contigo, author Marcella, one of the instructors for this camp. Instructors: Ellie, Marcella.
Please, bring your own lunch and snacks.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $350 per week
Extended Care 1pm - 5 pm - $100 per week
Summer at Hogwarts
June 22-26
5 - 12 y.o.
It’s summer break, but the magic school is still open and full of secrets. Students will have their classes according to the Hogwarts schedule: wand making, charms, potions, and Quidditch practice. Be ready for magical adventures!
Please, bring your own lunch and snacks.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $275 per week
9 am - 5 pm - $375 per week
Fairies and Pirates
June 29 - July 3
5-12 y.o.
Garden Fairies, Water Fairies, Animal Fairies, how many types of fairies do you know? In this camp, kids will build Fairy houses, and make as many fairies (or gnomes) as they want to populate Fairy Village. Brave pirates will sail the ship across Dangerous Sea looking for the hidden treasures.
This is a great adventure for kids 5-12 y.o. Please, bring your own lunch and snack.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $275 per week
9 am - 5 pm - $375 per week
Felting for kids/teens
June 29 - July 3
8-18 y.o.
Making animals from wool is a fun and very rewarding experience. Learn how to work with wool and silk, make your own jewelry, flowers, and animals using wet and dry felting techniques. No previous experience is necessary. Please, bring your own lunch and snacks.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $350 per week
Extended Care 1pm - 5 pm - $100 per week
Time Travel | Art History Camp
July 6-10, 2020
5-12 y.o.
During this week of summer camps, we will travel through time and space. Students will have a breakfast in a Cave of Altamira, learn about Ancient Egypt, Renaissance inventions, and Modern Art. We will do a lot of hands-on projects to make Art History interesting for kids.
Please, bring your own lunch and snack.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $275 per week
9 am - 5 pm - $375 per week
Cartooning | Animation Camp
July 6-10, 2020
10 - 16 y.o.
This class will help kids learn the principles of digital drawing and designing cartoon characters. Mastering such tools as iPads and Procreate as well as storytelling basics will give the kids a chance to create stories with their own characters in comics or animation mediums.
Please, bring your own lunch and snack.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $350 per week
Extended Care 1 pm - 5 pm - $100 per week
Photo Lab | Photography Camp
July 13-17, 2020
10 - 14 y.o.
Explore the World of Photography with a professional photographer. With a bit of history, theory and a lot of practice! Learn how to take great outdoor/indoor pictures, learn about professional equipment, and portrait photography. In the end of the week, kids will have their own best images printed. Bring your own camera (any phone with the camera will work) and be Instagram ready. Please, bring your own lunch and snacks.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $350 per week
Extended Care 1pm - 5 pm - $100 per week
Spies and Detectives
July 13-17, 2020
5-12 y.o.
The detective agency is looking for interns! Detectives will solve some tricky problems, find clues and suspects, and practice to disguise. (You can bring your own mustaches). Please, bring your own lunch and snacks.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $275 per week
9 am - 5 pm - $375 per week
Paper Wonders
July 20-24, 2020
5-12 y.o.
Kids will learn how to transform paper into toys and artwork, create marble runs, a group roller coaster, an individual mechanical toy, masks, a shadow theater, and more. Everything will be created by students with minimum adult help, using paper and cardboard. Please, bring your own lunch and snacks.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $275 per week
9 am - 5 pm - $375 per week
Art Around the World
July 27-31, 2020
5-12 y.o.
Let's travel around the world together and learn about each country through its art. We will discover some unique countries and regions and complete several original art projects for each region. Please, bring your own lunch and snacks.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $275 per week
9 am - 5 pm - $375 per week
Living in the City
August 3-7, 2020
5-12 y.o.
This camp is highly focused on solving engineering problems. Kids will build their own mini-city with all the infrastructure in it. We will also make Police Stations, Candy Shop, roads, bridges, and more. Please, bring your own lunch and snacks.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $275 per week
9 am - 5 pm - $375 per week
Digital Animation| Animation Camp
August 10-14, 2020
10-16 y.o.
This is a camp for those dreaming of making their own animations digitally on iPads. We’ll try different styles and applications, work with music and sound, touch on storytelling principles and character design, all to unleash kids' creativity.
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $350 per week
Extended Care 1 pm - 5 pm - $100 per week
ANIMATION SUMMER CAMPS
Animation
Instructor - Ellie (Elena) Kiseleva
General Rules for all Camps:
WE FOLLOW ALL GUIDELINES TO ENSURE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS.
General Rules for Camps:
Art Camps are messy fun, put on clothes you don't mind to be soiled.
Bring your own snacks and lunch (if the student is staying for 9 am - 5 pm Camp).
A water bottle, snacks are essential for all camps.
Students can bring a book to read and any personal care products (face covering, hand sanitizer, etc).
You will need to fill out the required paperwork online before the first day of camp, so plan accordingly (check your email for more info 1 day before camp).
All materials are provided unless specified.
Example of everyday Camp schedule.
Contact us if you have any questions.
We are following all county, CDC guidelines, and requirements concerning the spread of COVID-19.
At this time, Health Officer Order with updated Shelter-in-Place guidelines for Alameda County is published and we have to make some changes to our camps according to it.
To comply with the order we are required to maintain Childcare or Youth Extracurricular Activity Units (CYE Activity Unit) for a minimum of 3 weeks.
So we are going to combine our one-week camps into 3-week units and ask everyone to register for three weeks in a row.
Some camps have 1 and 2-week units. You cannot register to the other camps within the 3-week window period at this time.
Once new guidelines to the Camp and Child Care operations will be issued we might be able to accommodate more students. Send us an email if you have any questions.
All camps have a limit of 6-10 students.
No Extended Care, no 1-day camps are available at this time.
The health of our students and staff is our highest priority.
Camp Frequently Questions and Answers are here.
Animation Camps Additional Regulations:
Between 3-6 students for in-studio camps.
List of materials:
Please, bring your own IPad with a stylus if possible (this way you can continue working on the project after camp), install apps: Procreate and Animation Desk. Procreate supports the following iPad models: 12.9-inch iPad Pro (1st, 2nd and 3rd generation) 11-inch iPad Pro. 10.5-inch iPad Pro. 9.7-inch iPad Pro. iPad (5th, 6th and 7th generation) iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 3. iPad mini 4 / iPad mini 5.
The full list of Summer Camps is here.
Video is courtesy of Imaginook
Online Digital Animation Intensive
June 22-26, 2020
10 - 16 y.o.
Learn how to animate using your own IPad. We will explore the possibilities of Procreate and Animation Desk, learn how to create your own unique characters, apply Disney animation principles in your work.
List of materials:
You need to have your own iPad with a stylus iPad, install apps: Procreate and Animation Desk. Procreate supports the following iPad models: 12.9-inch iPad Pro (1st, 2nd and 3rd generation) 11-inch iPad Pro. 10.5-inch iPad Pro. 9.7-inch iPad Pro. iPad (5th, 6th and 7th generation) iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 3. iPad mini 4 / iPad mini 5.
Max 6 students per course.
Camp fee:
$200, M-F, 3 - 5 pm, online live class
Online Cartooning
June 29 - July 3, 2020
10 - 16 y.o.
This class will help kids learn the principles of digital drawing and designing cartoon characters. Mastering such tools as iPads and Procreate as well as storytelling basics will give the kids a chance to create stories with their own characters in comics or animation mediums.
List of materials:
You need to have your own iPad with a stylus iPad, install apps: Procreate and Animation Desk. Procreate supports the following iPad models: 12.9-inch iPad Pro (1st, 2nd and 3rd generation) 11-inch iPad Pro. 10.5-inch iPad Pro. 9.7-inch iPad Pro. iPad (5th, 6th and 7th generation) iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 3. iPad mini 4 / iPad mini 5.
Max 6 students per course.
Camp fee:
$200, M-F, 3 - 5 pm, online live class
Check out our other Summer Camps for children we run in the studio during summer break.
In-studio Animation Camps
Unit 5
Animation Unit
July 6 - 17, 2020
Age 10-16 y.o.
Max 6 students per camp
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $650
This is a 2-week in-studio camp -July 6 - 17, 2020
Week 1. July 6-10, 2020. Cartooning.
This class will help kids learn the principles of digital drawing and designing cartoon characters. Mastering such tools as iPads and Procreate as well as storytelling basics will give the kids a chance to create stories with their own characters in comics or animation mediums.
Week 2. July 13-17, 2020. Digital Animation.
This is a camp for those dreaming of making their own animations digitally on iPads. We’ll try different styles and applications, work with music and sound, touch on storytelling principles and character design, all to unleash kids' creativity.
Materials for this camp: iPad with a stylus, install apps: Procreate and Animation Desk. Procreate supports the following iPad models: 12.9-inch iPad Pro (1st, 2nd and 3rd generation) 11-inch iPad Pro. 10.5-inch iPad Pro. 9.7-inch iPad Pro. iPad (5th, 6th and 7th generation) iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 3. iPad mini 4 / iPad mini 5.
IPads can be provided to the students to use during the camp. If you need one, please, send us an email.
Unit 8
Animation Camp
August 3-14, 2020
Age 10+ y.o.
Max 6 students per camp
Camp fee:
9 am - 1 pm - $650
This is a 2-week in-studio camp, August 3- 14, 2020.
Week 1. August 3-7, 2020. Animation Experiments.
Kids will have a chance to try different animation techniques through a series of fun engaging projects including hand-drawn animation on paper and iPad, stop-motion using sand, clay, and LEGO. We’ll also learn how to edit their animation clips together with sound and music.
Week 2. August 10-14, 2020. 3-D Animation.
Have you always wanted to try making 3-D computer animation? This camp is for you. Kids will learn through a series of animation exercises as well as build their own characters and prepare them for animation. You can bring your own laptops. Technical specifications for hardware will be sent prior to the camp.
Photo source: movie Contigo, author Marcella.