Summer Art Camp
Walker's Point Center for the Arts, 839 S 5th St, Milwaukee, WI 53204
About
Summer Art Camp includes activities such as painting, poetry and portraits, outdoor artmaking with movement and performance, and contemporary installation art. Participants also do hand-building, sculpting, and surface design with clay, then finish, glaze, and install ceramic work, and they work on installations and group projects. Additional activities include stop motion animation, soft sculpture using felt, fabric, and fiber, community-based artmaking, and designing an exhibition.
• Ages: 6–14 years old
• Schedule: Weekly 4-day sessions in summer, with most camp days running 1–5 pm
• Price: Family membership costs $75/yr.
All camps are designed for youth ages 6–14 years. Week Three is an off-site week at Lynden Sculpture Garden that blends outdoor artmaking with movement and performance and ends with a community performance on July 11. Weeks Four and Five include Ceramics I & II: From Form to Fire, with participation in Week 1 required for Week 2, and Week Five also includes an Installation Week for teens only. Week Six Stop Motion Animation is marked at capacity. The 14th Annual Youth Art Show: Stories in Shape & Space runs July 24–August 14, 2026, and is described as a living, evolving exhibition that grows each week throughout the summer, featuring new works in painting, poetry, dance, fabric, ceramics, stop-motion, soft sculpture, and community-driven neighborhood beautification projects.
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts is a nonprofit organization in support of visual and performing arts and youth arts education, and it provides free or affordable youth arts education programs. The center fosters creativity in children through innovative, hands-on education and encourages audience development and artistic talent with a diverse blend of programming, and its exhibitions feature both regional and national talent and encourage thoughtful social dialog and community engagement. It prioritizes Latinx, BIPOC and LGBTQ voices in its work. Walker’s Point Center for the Arts has been a creative home for youth, emerging artists, and community members of all ages for 38 years, was founded in 1987, and is described as one of Walker’s Point’s most enduring cultural anchors and one of Milwaukee’s oldest and most beloved community art spaces. It is described as a welcoming, inclusive gathering place for youth, artists and art lovers to be in community with one another, and it often shares its space or partners with other organizations and programs to promote collaboration and intercultural exchange. The Building Futures Campaign is a $200,000 capital initiative to secure the long-term stability of the facility and expand programs that meet the needs of Milwaukee’s creative youth, artists, and families.
Last updated July 28, 2026.
• Ages: 6–14 years old
• Schedule: Weekly 4-day sessions in summer, with most camp days running 1–5 pm
• Price: Family membership costs $75/yr.
All camps are designed for youth ages 6–14 years. Week Three is an off-site week at Lynden Sculpture Garden that blends outdoor artmaking with movement and performance and ends with a community performance on July 11. Weeks Four and Five include Ceramics I & II: From Form to Fire, with participation in Week 1 required for Week 2, and Week Five also includes an Installation Week for teens only. Week Six Stop Motion Animation is marked at capacity. The 14th Annual Youth Art Show: Stories in Shape & Space runs July 24–August 14, 2026, and is described as a living, evolving exhibition that grows each week throughout the summer, featuring new works in painting, poetry, dance, fabric, ceramics, stop-motion, soft sculpture, and community-driven neighborhood beautification projects.
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts is a nonprofit organization in support of visual and performing arts and youth arts education, and it provides free or affordable youth arts education programs. The center fosters creativity in children through innovative, hands-on education and encourages audience development and artistic talent with a diverse blend of programming, and its exhibitions feature both regional and national talent and encourage thoughtful social dialog and community engagement. It prioritizes Latinx, BIPOC and LGBTQ voices in its work. Walker’s Point Center for the Arts has been a creative home for youth, emerging artists, and community members of all ages for 38 years, was founded in 1987, and is described as one of Walker’s Point’s most enduring cultural anchors and one of Milwaukee’s oldest and most beloved community art spaces. It is described as a welcoming, inclusive gathering place for youth, artists and art lovers to be in community with one another, and it often shares its space or partners with other organizations and programs to promote collaboration and intercultural exchange. The Building Futures Campaign is a $200,000 capital initiative to secure the long-term stability of the facility and expand programs that meet the needs of Milwaukee’s creative youth, artists, and families.
Last updated July 28, 2026.
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