Abstract, Expressive

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A Day @ the Museum: Day Camps

Abstract, Expressive

At today’s camp we’ll be trying out a variety of mediums and projects geared towards the budding artists in our camps! We’ll play around with colour theory, paint some acrylic still life art pieces, do a mini ceramics style project with air-dry clay, and more.

Children will create their own artwork. Supervised outdoor time is also included, as well as time to explore our galleries and Remarkable Red Deer. Please provide your own lunch & snacks, and bring appropriate outdoor clothing.

*Important Note: MAG Day Camps are peanut/nut free. Please ensure the snacks & lunch provided for your child do not contain peanuts or nuts. Additionally, please pack lunches that do not require refrigeration or heating.

Camp Information Sheet (PDF)

Register: April Day Camp

Limited spaces available. Full payment in the program is due at the time of registration.

Hidden Treasures

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A Day @ the Museum: Day Camps

Hidden Treasures

What sorts of art can we make with unassuming objects and unexpected findings? Our camp this month will involve lots of fun projects that encourage out-of-the-box thinking about materials! Campers will get to create jewelry with found trinkets, create beautiful textured prints and find funky animals hidden in inkblots, among other fun, investigative projects!

Children will create their own artwork. Supervised outdoor time is also included, as well as time to explore our galleries and Remarkable Red Deer. Please provide your own lunch & snacks, and bring appropriate outdoor clothing.

*Important Note: MAG Day Camps are peanut/nut free. Please ensure the snacks & lunch provided for your child do not contain peanuts or nuts. Additionally, please pack lunches that do not require refrigeration or heating.

Camp Information Sheet (PDF)

Register: June Day Camp

Limited spaces available. Full payment in the program is due at the time of registration.

Mosaics and Memories

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A Day @ the Museum: Day Camps

Mosaics and Memories

Drawing from themes in the current exhibition, George Littlechild’s Here I Am, Can You See Me?, we will focus this month’s art projects on the importance of family and connections in our artwork. Visually, we will be creating composite collage portraits in Littlechild’s style, and exploring different methods of making mosaics with a range of materials.

Children will create their own artwork. Supervised outdoor time is also included, as well as time to explore our galleries and Remarkable Red Deer. Please provide your own lunch & snacks, and bring appropriate outdoor clothing.

*Important Note: MAG Day Camps are peanut/nut free. Please ensure the snacks & lunch provided for your child do not contain peanuts or nuts. Additionally, please pack lunches that do not require refrigeration or heating.

Camp Information Sheet (PDF)

Register: May Day Camp

Limited spaces available. Full payment in the program is due at the time of registration.

Abstract, Expressive

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A Day @ the Museum: Day Camps

Abstract, Expressive

The Red Deer Polytechnic Visual Art Year End Exhibition has made its’ annual return with the exhibit For the Sake of Argument! We’ll take a look at the wonderful, wide range of art pieces students have created, and try out a variety of mediums and projects geared towards the budding artists in our camps! We’ll play around with colour theory, paint some acrylic still life art pieces, do a mini ceramics style project with air-dry clay, and more.

Children will create their own artwork. Supervised outdoor time is also included, as well as time to explore our galleries and Remarkable Red Deer. Please provide your own lunch & snacks, and bring appropriate outdoor clothing.

*Important Note: MAG Day Camps are peanut/nut free. Please ensure the snacks & lunch provided for your child do not contain peanuts or nuts. Additionally, please pack lunches that do not require refrigeration or heating.

Camp Information Sheet (PDF)

Register: April Day Camp

Limited spaces available. Full payment in the program is due at the time of registration.

Crazy Shapes and a World of Colour

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A Day @ the Museum: Day Camps

Crazy Shapes and a World of Colour

We’re going to take it back to the basics of art for this camp, and get experimental and playful with shape and colour! Campers will get to create a funky abstract, multi-coloured sculptures, paint some funky pastel rainbow gradients, and explore more projects that examine the wide range of creations that can be made using these two art fundamentals.

Children will create their own artwork. Supervised outdoor time is also included, as well as time to explore our galleries and Remarkable Red Deer. Please provide your own lunch & snacks, and bring appropriate outdoor clothing.

*Important Note: MAG Day Camps are peanut/nut free. Please ensure the snacks & lunch provided for your child do not contain peanuts or nuts. Additionally, please pack lunches that do not require refrigeration or heating.

Camp Information Sheet (PDF)

Register: March Day Camp

Limited spaces available. Full payment in the program is due at the time of registration.

Night at the Museum: Valentine’s Day Camp

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A Night at the Museum

Valentine’s Day Camp

Looking to get some time together on Valentines Day? Drop your littles off with us for a fun night at the museum and go out for the evening! We’ll be playing games and watching short films in Remarkable Red Deer, munching on pizza, then doing an art project in our studio.

Register: A Night at the Museum

Limited spaces available. Full payment in the program is due at the time of registration.

Patchwork

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This camp is full!

A Day @ the Museum: Day Camps

Patchwork

This month we’ll be diving into the wild and wonderful world of textile art projects! Over the course of both days, campers will create a quilt-themed collage, stitch together their very own stuffed animals, create patchwork-style self-portraits, and more!

Children will create their own artwork. Supervised outdoor time is also included, as well as time to explore our galleries and Remarkable Red Deer. Please provide your own lunch & snacks, and bring appropriate outdoor clothing.

*Important Note: MAG Day Camps are peanut/nut free. Please ensure the snacks & lunch provided for your child do not contain peanuts or nuts. Additionally, please pack lunches that do not require refrigeration or heating.

Camp Information Sheet (PDF)

(FULL) February Day Camp

Limited spaces available. Full payment in the program is due at the time of registration.

Snowscapes

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A Day @ the Museum: Day Camps

Snowscapes

Join us for the first MAG day camp of 2024! To kick off this year of Day Camps, we’ll take a look at the current exhibit, Louie Palu’s Distant Early Warning. The artistic focus will be on portraiture and Inuit art. We’ll do some soap carving and try our hand at some snowy landscapes.

Children will create their own artwork. Supervised outdoor time is also included, as well as time to explore our galleries and Remarkable Red Deer. Please provide your own lunch & snacks, and bring appropriate outdoor clothing.

*Important Note: MAG Day Camps are peanut/nut free. Please ensure the snacks & lunch provided for your child do not contain peanuts or nuts. Additionally, please pack lunches that do not require refrigeration or heating.

Camp Information Sheet (PDF)

Register: January Day Camp

Limited spaces available. Full payment in the program is due at the time of registration.

Arctic Abstracts

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A Day @ the Museum: Day Camps

Arctic Abstracts

Look at our Inuit Cape Dorset collection of prints and explore printmaking. Study animals affected by climate change and create your own soft sculpture of a polar bear out of recycled materials and cotton balls.

Children will create their own artwork. Supervised outdoor time is also included, as well as time to explore our galleries and Remarkable Red Deer. Please provide your own lunch & snacks, and bring appropriate outdoor clothing.

*Important Note: MAG Day Camps are peanut/nut free. Please ensure the snacks & lunch provided for your child do not contain peanuts or nuts. Additionally, please pack lunches that do not require refrigeration or heating.

Camp Information Sheet (PDF)

Register: December Day Camp

Limited spaces available. Full payment in the program is due at the time of registration.

Free Form

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A Day @ the Museum: Day Camps

Free Form

In remembrance of wartime rationing, we will embrace recycled materials to create free from abstract sculptures. Create a watercolour painting in the style of Molly Lamb Bobak, a Canadian war time artist, as inspiration.

Children will create their own artwork. Supervised outdoor time is also included, as well as time to explore our galleries and Remarkable Red Deer. Please provide your own lunch & snacks, and bring appropriate outdoor clothing.

*Important Note: MAG Day Camps are peanut/nut free. Please ensure the snacks & lunch provided for your child do not contain peanuts or nuts. Additionally, please pack lunches that do not require refrigeration or heating.

Camp Information Sheet (PDF)

Register: November Day Camp

Limited spaces available. Full payment in the program is due at the time of registration.

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