Monday - Friday

June 18 - August 31, 2018

9 AM - 5 PM

$750

per week

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Spend the summer with Children’s Museum of the Arts on Governors Island! CMA’s week-long summer camps run from June through September out of its Governors Island-based studio in one of the historic homes on the island. Your child can capture the magnificence of the island with photography, explore the arts of ancient times, learn how to animate their own film, illustrate their own story, and so much more!

These technique-based classes are led by CMA’s team of Teaching Artists who design each camp’s curriculum off their own artistic practices. Campers have the unique opportunity to learn comic book design from illustrators, animation from filmmakers, screen printing from textile artists, and more. Sign up your young creator for as many weeks as you wish. Classes are from 10 AM-4 PM, with supervised play from 9-10 AM and 4-5 PM included. There is convenient camper drop-off and pick-up from the Governors Island Ferry Building in Battery Park, Manhattan.

CMA offers a limited number of scholarships for Summer Art Colony. Learn more here. Deadline to apply is by end of day Friday, May 11, 2018.

Interested in dropping off before 9 AM or picking up after 5 PM? CMA offers Early Drop Off/Late Pick Up options for an additional fee. Please email Christina at cfusco@cmany.org for more information.

Check out this video & see the highlights of Summer Art Colony Camp at CMA & on Governors Island first hand!

Daily Schedule

8:45 AM
DROP OFF:
All campers must be dropped off at the Governors Island Ferry loading dock at the Battery Maritime Building (10 South St.) and signed over to CMA staff for the 9 AM ferry.
9 AM - 9:10 AM
FERRY RIDE:
Campers and CMA staff take the ferry to Governors Island.
9:10 AM - 10 AM
SUPERVISED PLAY:
Campers will have one hour of supervised play in Nolan Park before class begins.
10 AM - 4 PM
CLASS:
Art class runs from 10 AM - 4 PM. Classes take an hour lunch break at 12 PM, with supervised outdoor play on the Island. Campers must bring lunch, snacks, a water bottle and sunscreen.
4-5 PM
SUPERVISED PLAY:
Campers will have one hour of supervised play in Nolan Park before returning on the ferry.
5-5:10 PM
PICK UP:
Campers and CMA staff take the ferry back to the Battery Maritime Building to meet parents for pick up. Parents pick up/sign out campers at the loading dock upon the ferry's arrival.

Parents picking up campers after 5:10 pm will be subject to a $25 late pickup fee.