Find a Camp
Toronto School of Art offers several summer art camps for tweens and week-long art intensives for teens ages 14-17.
TSA's Youth Programs faculty are working artists who all have a long history of working with youth to draw out their imagination, help them hone their technical skills, and find their creative voice.
Register by June 3rd with promo code SUMMER40 for any of our Youth Programs that interest your child! Better yet, sign up with a friend and receive an additional $20 off!*
To register, click on any camp/course title below for the registration pages, or contact the TSA office: 416-504-7910 | [email protected] | 980 Dufferin Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto | www.tsa-art.com
*(For the friend discount, please contact the office to register. Friends do no need to sign up for the same course.)
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691 MIX IT UP: DRAWING, PAINTING and MIXED MEDIA (Ages 11–13)
This fun and challenging course for 11 to 13 year-olds offers young artists an exciting opportunity to develop and expand their drawing skills and to explore collage and mixed media processes. Each class will be structured with drawing fundamentals taught primarily in the morning sessions (quality of line, contour, gesture, basic shapes, tonal drawing, perspective), and then each afternoon, expand the drawing experience to include collage and mixed media. The classes will also investigate expressive and experimental mark making as well as drawing and collage from fantasy imagery. Students will work with a wide range of drawing materials (such as charcoal, oil pastels and conte); ink and paint media as well as intriguing found imagery and materials for collage. Throughout the week, we will investigate drawing, collage and mixed media through a wide range of subjects and themes such as favourite objects and the still life, flowers, foliage and natural specimens, the human figure, landscape and weird and wonderful imaginary worlds.
Date: July 4 – 8, 2016 | one-week art camp (25 hours)
Time: Monday to Friday, 9 am – 3 pm (including 1-hour lunch break)
Tuition: $320 | Materials fee: $50
729 YOUTH ART STUDIO (Ages 14–17)
This fun and exciting program allows students ages 14 -17 years old to explore their imagination and sample various techniques with a hands on approach in traditional and contemporary methods, ultimately find their own voice through the arts. Through (life) drawing, painting, sculpture/object making, collage, assemblage, mixed media, students learn technical skills, knowledge of contemporary visual arts and art history, and are encouraged to develop their own personal creative process. Field trips to museums and galleries as well as exhibition are also an integral part of the program.
Date: July 4 – 15, 2016 | two–week art camp (46 hours) *(Contact TSA office if only available for one week)
Time: Monday to Thursday, 10 am – 4 pm & Friday, 10 am – 1 pm (including 1-hour lunch break)
Tuition: $640 | Materials fee: $65
696 FUNDAMENTAL DRAWING FOR TEENS (Ages 14–17)
This course is intended for students who wish to put together a portfolio of their visual art work with the goal of gaining admission into a high school Visual Arts program or Post-Secondary Program in Animation, Graphic Design, Illustrations, Industrial Design, Fashion Design, Interior Design or other fine art programs offered across the country. This course focuses on both studio-based projects as well as practical content. Students will learn about building foundation skills in drawing, painting, sculpture with the combination of process and exploration. This course will include group critiques, lectures, discussions and special topics on portfolio development and content, as well as school research and placement. Students are encouraged to use open studio time to complete their projects.
Date: July 11 – 15, 2016 | one-week art camp (25 hours)
Time: Monday to Friday, 10 am – 5 pm (including 1-hour lunch break)
Tuition: $385 | Materials fee: $35
697 ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING and the BUILT ENVIRONMENT (Ages 14–17)
Explore the interesting world of architecture through drawing and city tours. This course introduces students to the basics of drawing architecture including technical drawing with an emphasis on perspective and spatial strategies. Through the discussion of contemporary and historical references, this course will provide students with an introduction to the design of buildings, spaces urban and natural environments. Basic drawing skills required.
Date: July 18–22, 2016 | one-week art camp (30 hours)
Time: Monday to Friday, 10 am – 5 pm (including 1-hour lunch break)
Tuition: $385 | Materials fee: $40
695 CHARACTER DESIGN in CLAY (Ages 14–17)
This week-long workshop introduces students to the creation of iconic characters and creatures from the film, animation, video game and comic book industries. Students will learn how to sculpt in oil based and polymer clay and build wire armatures to support the pose of their character. Topics such as proportion, structure, anatomy, surface detailing and design concepts will be covered. Students will be working from observations looking at various references material, as well from imagination. At the end of the workshop, students will have the option of adding colour to their work by experimenting with painting and patina finishes.
Date: July 18–22, 2016 | one-week art camp (30 hours)
Time: Monday to Friday, 10 am – 5 pm (including 1-hour lunch break)
Tuition: $385 | Materials fee: $75
694 SKETCH and SCULPT (Ages 11-13)
This course is designed for 11 to 13 year olds and will offer a variety of materials (wood, paper, wire, clay, etc.) to build, construct and sculpt 3-dimensional objects, sculptures and masks. The process of idea-finding as well as documenting the finished artwork will be done through sketching and drawing using various media (charcoal, ink, markers, etc.), including working in a sketchbook. Through demonstrations and examples the students will learn a variety of techniques as well as historic and contemporary contexts. Basic materials provided.
Date: July 25–29, 2016 | one-week art camp (25 hours)
Time: Monday to Friday, 9 am – 3 pm (including 1-hour lunch break)
Tuition: $320 | Materials fee: $35
693 LIFE DRAWING for TEENS (Ages 14–17)
This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of life drawing, including: proportion, composition, shape, gesture, line, and value. This course is designed to expose the student to several different methods and approaches to contemporary life drawing and its application. Using dry media (pencil, charcoal, conte, pastel etc.) the various topics will include: illustrative and animation type drawing, academic realist drawing, contemporary expressive drawing, abstraction and basic anatomy. These different methods of approach will be used as a platform for different skill building exercises in a fun and energetic environment, building toward several final drawings at the end of the week. This course is appropriate for all levels including introduction to intermediate. All models will be dressed in summer athletic wear or equivalent. Basic materials provided. Note: All models will be dressed in summer athletic wear or equivalent.
Date: July 25–29, 2016 | one-week art camp (30 hours)
Time: Monday to Friday, 10 am – 5 pm (including 1-hour lunch break)
Tuition: $385 | Materials & Model fee: $110
Mask making is traditionally bound to the materials available, from wood, sea shells, plants, stone, bone, hide, metal etc. In this urban masks making course students will use recycling materials which will be assembled, then plastered and finally painted and decorated. The students will learn to collect and edit materials as well as connecting them with wire, tape, hot glue and plaster. Painting and decorating the masks will be the final step. An introduction to the history of masks will be given at the beginning of the course.
Date: August 8–12, 2016 | one-week art camp (25 hours)
Time: Monday to Friday, 9 am – 3 pm (including 1-hour lunch break)
Tuition: $320 | Materials fee: $45
698 DRAWING for ANIMATION (Ages 14–17)
Discover the exciting world of animation. This course introduces students to basic animation principles as well as the process of creating effective animated characters and dynamic storyboards. Learn how to design and illustrate animated characters through a variety of stylistic drawing techniques using paper and pencil. Students will develop and refine their drawing skills and explore exercises covering concepts of gesture and expression, and character personality.
Date: August 8–12 | one-week art camp (30 hours)
Time: Monday to Friday, 10 am – 5 pm (including 1-hour lunch break)
Tuition: $385 | Materials fee: $40
