In English and French
Ages 6 to 12
9 am–4 pm

Make Gairloch Gardens your child's canvas for creativity! The perfect way for kids with active imaginations to spend their summer vacation, Oakville Galleries' day camps run all summer long at our lakeside studios in Gairloch Gardens. Camp programs offer one-of-a-kind art-making experiences, interactive tours of the Galleries' art exhibitions and outdoor recreational activities. Small classes taught by qualified instructors ensure that each child gets plenty of one-on-one attention, and program activities are easily adapted to each participant's age and ability level. Register online now! 

English Camps

Oakville Galleries day camps offer hands-on instruction in essential art-making techniques, such as drawing, painting and photography, then expand on these fundamentals with fun-filled projects such as animations, outdoor artworks, videomaking, and large-scale installations. At the end of each week, campers celebrate their creations with an exhibition for their family and friends. Oakville Galleries' day camps are a great way to maximize your kids' creativity—while guaranteeing plenty of excitement!

Snail Trails
Can you imagine the places you'd go if you could carry your house on your back? Let's follow a snail's trail and see what we find! For budding naturalists with an urge for exploration, this camp will take participants on a discovery journey of local wildlife and the homes they make in Gairloch Gardens. Using drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and stop-motion animation, campers will make portable artworks that provide them with everything they need to document and interact with the wild and wonderful world that surrounds us.

2 July–5 July*
22 July–26 July
12 August–16 August

Thrills on Wheels
This week we're going for a joy ride! Inspired by artworks made in cars—on view in our summer exhibition, Auto-Motive—campers will create projects that offer exciting ways to travel using traditional and contemporary art materials such as painting and video. Participants will start the week by making maps, travel costumes, and miniature vehicles, then build roadways, ramps and race courses for their tricked-out moveable sculptures that will transport them to fun!

8 July–12 July
29 July–2 August
19 August–23 August

Rumpus Room
It's party time! Campers will rock out in our studio and transform it into an exciting play space by making games, animated cartoons, murals and posters, musical instruments, and all the fixings to keep friends entertained! Neon paint, computer animation programs, funky textiles, soft sculpture, and video projections are a few of the fun things campers will experiment with to create a super cool hang out room. 

15 July–19 July
6 August–9 August*
26 August–30 August

Cost: $208 ($245 for non-members)
        *$167 ($198 for non-members)

Camps en français

Pour francophones, deux programmes d'une semaine offerts exclusivement en français! Les camps de jour des Oakville Galleries offrent une formation pratique sur des techniques artistiques élémentaires, comme le dessin, la peinture et la photographie, pour ensuite approfondir ces connaissances avec des projets amusants comme des animations, des œuvres extérieures, de la vidéo et des installations à grande échelle. À la fin de chaque semaine, les participants présentent leurs créations lors d'une exposition destinée à leur famille et à leurs amis. Les camps de jour des Oakville Galleries sont un excellent moyen d'optimiser la créativité de vos enfants tout en garantissant beaucoup de plaisir!  

Salle de jeu
C'est le temps de faire la fête! Les participants s'éclateront dans notre studio qu'ils transformeront en aire de jeux en créant des jeux, des films d'animation, des murales et des affiches, des instruments de musique et tout ce qu'il faut pour divertir les amis! Les participants pourront expérimenter avec de la peinture fluorescente, des programmes d'animation informatique, des textiles truculents, des sculptures molles et des projections vidéo pour créer un endroit super décontracté où flâner.

Du 22 juillet au 26 juillet

Sensations fortes sur roues
Cette semaine, nous faisons une promenade amusante! S'inspirant d'œuvres réalisées dans des voitures—qu'ils verront dans notre exposition estivale Auto-Motive—les participants créeront des projets qui proposent des moyens palpitants de voyager à partir de techniques artistiques traditionnelles et contemporaines, comme la peinture et la vidéo. Ils participants amorceront la semaine en confectionnant des cartes, des costumes de voyage et des véhicules miniatures, puis construiront des chaussées, des bretelles d'accès et des pistes de course qui permettront à leurs sculptures mobiles bricolées de les transporter vers un monde de plaisirs!

Du 29 juillet au 2 août

Coût : 208 $ (245 $ pour les non-membres)

Camps for French Learners
In partnership with the Alliance Française

Designed for children with basic to intermediate understanding of French, Camps for French Learners are a great way to refresh your child's French speaking skills before returning to school in September. Taught in French by an artist from Oakville Galleries and a French teacher from the Alliance Française, our program combines art activities and language lessons for a dynamic hands-on learning experience. All participants must take a brief online language test to assess their French so lessons can be adapted to each participant's proficiency level.

Rumpus Room
This week-long program—a modified version of our Rumpus Room camp in English (see description above)—will see participants improve their French vocabulary and language skills while exploring painting, sculpture and video to create a super cool hang out room.

12 August–16 August
26 August–30 August

Snail Trails
Adapted from our Snail Trails camp in English (see description above), this week will merge art projects with language lessons, as participants explore drawing, painting, sculpture, and more to document and interact with the wild and wonderful world that surrounds us.

19 August–23 August

Cost: $268 ($315 for non-members)





Registration

Enrich your child's art education! Register for one of our 5-day camps and your family is eligible to claim the Children's Art Tax Credit.

For detailed program information and to register, call 905.844.4402 or email us at education@oakvillegalleries.com.

Download our 2013 Summer Camp program brochure.

Register now through our secure online form!

Camp times

Camp begins each day at 9:00 am and ends at 4:00 pm. Before-care and after-care is available every day from 8:00 am–9:00 am ($5/day per child) and 4:00 pm–5:30 pm ($7/day per child). Parents must register for extended care at least 2 business days in advance.

Location

All camps are held in the Education Centre at Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore Road East, located 2 km east of downtown Oakville.

Become a member and save!

For $50, take out a family membership and all children in your household will save 15% on art classes and camps at Oakville Galleries for one year. This membership also entitles the whole family to free admission at over seventy of Ontario's finest art galleries.

Explore the additional benefits of becoming a member.

Art Classes and Camps are generously sponsored in-kind by:

DeSerres
2501 Hyde Park Gate
Oakville, Ontario
L6H 6G6


All dates, times and program descriptions are subject to change.