Youth Summer Camp

Gage South Lake Union, 2107 Westlake Ave, Seattle, WA 98121

mapGage South Lake Union, 2107 Westlake Ave, Seattle, WA 98121

About

Youth Summer Camp includes traditional painting and drawing, digital storytelling, character creation, comics, and surrealism. Participants work with watercolor, acrylic paint, oil painting, and clay, and older youth can focus on drawing, painting, and portfolio building. Kids camps include time in the art studio and a movement class, and all art supplies for both Kid and Teen camps are provided by Gage.

• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Full-day Kid and Teen camps run 9:30am–3:30pm, with nine 1-week Teen camps, three multi-week Teen Intensives, four 1-week online Teen camps, and a Friday Art Showcase at the end of each camp week
• Price: Creative Care: A full week of Creative Care costs $120 or $30 for a drop-in.

The program offers a Friday Art Showcase and performance for Kids on the last day of each camp week at 3:00pm and a Friday Art Showcase for Teens on the last day of each camp week at 3:15pm. Creative Care before and after care is available Monday–Friday from 8:00am–9:30am and Monday–Thursday from 3:30pm–5:00pm, with no after care on Fridays. Teen camps are taught by professional working artists, and all levels are welcome in Teen camps. Four 1-week online Teen camps focus on digital storytelling and character design.

Gage Academy of Art has 30+ years of service to the community and 35 years of art education excellence, and enrolls 3,000 students every year. Each year Gage enrolls more than 3,000 adults and youth in ateliers, classes, workshops, and youth programming, and welcomes another 8,000 community members for free lectures, free youth programs, community art programs, and family-friendly events. Gage offers art classes for all skill levels, from total beginners to advanced artists, as well as both in-person and online art classes, weekend art workshops, and one-day intensives throughout the year. Gage has seven internationally recognized ateliers and is described as unapologetically independent and committed to excellence in painting, drawing, and sculpting. The mission of Gage is to educate, enrich, and transform the community through the visual arts.

The leadership team includes Gary Faigin, Co-founder and Artistic Director Emeritus of Gage Academy of Art. One testimonial states, “Atelier style + level of classical art instruction - I love this place. It's old school, no more like olde school.” Another testimonial notes, “I took three watercolor classes at Gage (with Linda James, Stephen Reddy, and Tom Hoffmann) and all have been fantastic.”

Last updated January 7, 2026.

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