CalColor Summer Camp
Cupertino Art School, 10626 South De Anza Boulevard, Cupertino, CA 10626
About
CalColor Summer Camp focuses on art learning through activities such as clay making, craft making, culture exploring, and history exploring. Each camp runs with different themes in the morning and afternoon each week, except for Teen Camp. The camp is part of CalColor Academy, a fine art school for youth that combines imaginative thinking and professional techniques through systematic and innovative curriculum design and dedicated teaching.
• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: One-week camps (Monday–Friday), 9 am–4 pm; sessions offered June 8–12, June 15–19, June 22–26, July 6–10, July 13–17, July 20–24, and July 27–31
• Price: Cupertino/Mountain View: 1st week $649 (early bird $624), additional weeks $625 (early bird $600); San Jose/Belmont: 1st week $599 (early bird $574), additional weeks $575 (early bird $550); Fremont/Newark: 1st week $549 (early bird $524), additional weeks $525 (early bird $500); extended care $60–$80 per week depending on site; 3% surcharge on all card payments, no surcharge for bank account (E-Check) payments
Each camp day runs from 9 am to 4 pm, with drop-off from 8:45–9:00 am and pick-up from 4:00–4:15 pm. The daily schedule includes morning and afternoon camp curriculum blocks, with snack and outdoor activity breaks and a lunch break from 12:00–1:00 pm. Extended care is available from 4 pm to 6 pm Monday through Friday at an additional weekly cost.
CalColor Academy’s mission is to inspire youth to cultivate an individual artistic voice and enrich the community through visual arts education, exhibitions, and lecture series. The mission statement also notes that its professional team is dedicated to providing a safe, fun, and inclusive learning environment for students. CalColor Academy offers fine art classes for kids ages 4–12, fine art classes for teens ages 11–18, and digital art classes for ages 7–18, and provides one free trial class to all new students.
Lan Liu is CalColor’s Principal and founded the original home studio between 2009 and 2013. The program’s history includes the launch of the Fremont studio and CalColor Academy brand in 2014, becoming the largest art school in the East Bay in 2016, and opening campuses in Mountain View (2017), Cupertino (2018), San Jose (2019), Newark (2019), and Belmont (2023). CalColor online school was established in 2020, and in 2023 CalColor celebrated its 10-year anniversary.
CalColor Summer Camp is described as award-winning, with award-winning camps and recognition as the largest professional art school in the San Francisco Bay Area. Reported credentials include 100% of students receiving a score of 4 or 5 on AP Art, a 90% top art college acceptance rate, an average scholarship amount of $100,000, more than 150 yearly Scholastic Art award winners, and being noted as Bay Area’s Parents’ #1 Choice. The teacher-student ratio is listed as 1:10, with teen and digital camps up to 1:15 at some sites.
Lunch is not provided by default at CalColor Summer Camp. Families can order lunch separately from WeBox, a third-party vendor, with ordering and delivery information shared before camp starts, or they can pack their child’s lunch instead.
Parent reviews mention that the school encourages each child to be creative with in-class participation and homework, and that teachers are described as supportive, patient, and caring. Testimonials note small class sizes, personalized instruction, a mix of different art areas such as oil painting, watercolor, clay, and drawing, and weekly projects that are described as fun and well designed. Several parents report that their children enjoy the classes, like the teachers, and have attended for multiple years across different CalColor sites.
Last updated March 19, 2026.
• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: One-week camps (Monday–Friday), 9 am–4 pm; sessions offered June 8–12, June 15–19, June 22–26, July 6–10, July 13–17, July 20–24, and July 27–31
• Price: Cupertino/Mountain View: 1st week $649 (early bird $624), additional weeks $625 (early bird $600); San Jose/Belmont: 1st week $599 (early bird $574), additional weeks $575 (early bird $550); Fremont/Newark: 1st week $549 (early bird $524), additional weeks $525 (early bird $500); extended care $60–$80 per week depending on site; 3% surcharge on all card payments, no surcharge for bank account (E-Check) payments
Each camp day runs from 9 am to 4 pm, with drop-off from 8:45–9:00 am and pick-up from 4:00–4:15 pm. The daily schedule includes morning and afternoon camp curriculum blocks, with snack and outdoor activity breaks and a lunch break from 12:00–1:00 pm. Extended care is available from 4 pm to 6 pm Monday through Friday at an additional weekly cost.
CalColor Academy’s mission is to inspire youth to cultivate an individual artistic voice and enrich the community through visual arts education, exhibitions, and lecture series. The mission statement also notes that its professional team is dedicated to providing a safe, fun, and inclusive learning environment for students. CalColor Academy offers fine art classes for kids ages 4–12, fine art classes for teens ages 11–18, and digital art classes for ages 7–18, and provides one free trial class to all new students.
Lan Liu is CalColor’s Principal and founded the original home studio between 2009 and 2013. The program’s history includes the launch of the Fremont studio and CalColor Academy brand in 2014, becoming the largest art school in the East Bay in 2016, and opening campuses in Mountain View (2017), Cupertino (2018), San Jose (2019), Newark (2019), and Belmont (2023). CalColor online school was established in 2020, and in 2023 CalColor celebrated its 10-year anniversary.
CalColor Summer Camp is described as award-winning, with award-winning camps and recognition as the largest professional art school in the San Francisco Bay Area. Reported credentials include 100% of students receiving a score of 4 or 5 on AP Art, a 90% top art college acceptance rate, an average scholarship amount of $100,000, more than 150 yearly Scholastic Art award winners, and being noted as Bay Area’s Parents’ #1 Choice. The teacher-student ratio is listed as 1:10, with teen and digital camps up to 1:15 at some sites.
Lunch is not provided by default at CalColor Summer Camp. Families can order lunch separately from WeBox, a third-party vendor, with ordering and delivery information shared before camp starts, or they can pack their child’s lunch instead.
Parent reviews mention that the school encourages each child to be creative with in-class participation and homework, and that teachers are described as supportive, patient, and caring. Testimonials note small class sizes, personalized instruction, a mix of different art areas such as oil painting, watercolor, clay, and drawing, and weekly projects that are described as fun and well designed. Several parents report that their children enjoy the classes, like the teachers, and have attended for multiple years across different CalColor sites.
Last updated March 19, 2026.
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