Urban Mamas

Set on the beautiful campus of Oregon College of Art and Craft, Art Adventures Summer Day Camp offers children ages 6-18 the opportunity to explore a variety of art media, make new friends and have fun!

Each week, Art Adventures builds a community led by our talented artists/instructors and counselors. Campers play games, make friends, and participate in art workshops designed to strengthen their creative abilities while developing their social, communication and intellectual skills. 

Week-long day camp sessions offer morning and afternoon workshops in a variety of art forms and mediums. Throughout the day, games, activities and other camp adventures are combined to produce a well-rounded camp experience. 

For more information see our website.

New Day School Portland's Neo-Humanist preschool, childcare center and kindergarten is offering summer care for 

1st and 2nd graders

Full day programs with part week options from June 15th through August 26th, Sliding scale tuition, Huge outdoor space, vegan hot lunch and morning and afternoon snacks

Convenient extended hours for working parents -7:30-5:30 included in flat rate monthly tuition

Contact Heidi 503-231-7425 for enrollment

Art In Motion Studio in Southeast Portland offers wondrous and whimsical mixed media art classes for children and adults. Artist and educator Elizabeth Craig nurtures and inspires the artist within, offering students opportunities for playful and reflective encounters with new materials and ideas. Students enjoy exploration with clay, wire, paint, fiber and mixed media in classes that range from sculpture, book arts, and wire figures, to personal shrines and assemblages. Elizabeth invites each student to see their own unlimited possibilities, so the result of each student’s work is always rich and uniquely their own. My children have grown up taking Elizabeth's classes in her magical studio in SE Portland. Her approach to creating art with the kids is to facilitate the children to tell their own stories with their art. My children have come home with tree forts for elves, habitats, dragons and now most recently- dolls. My daughter, who is now 14, is still going.

July 5-August 12, 2010, for children entering kindergarten through grade 6. Hours are 8:30 am-3 pm. Each week of camp will have a theme with activities inspired by the summer season and will include plenty of time outdoors.  The children will be able to experience a relaxed pace during our summer camps, work on crafts projects, and play alongside children of different ages. for questions, contact the camp director at 503-654-2200 x460.

• July 5-8, Building wooden boats to float in the creek
• July 12-15, Handwork (indoor and outdoor projects)
• July 19-22, Making movable picture books
• July 26-29, Making wool butterflies and other little creatures
• August 2-5, Working with clay, making dairy-free coconut agave ice cream
• August 9-12, Making medicinal salve

Camps run from August 10-14 or August 17-21, from 9:30am to 3:30pm.  Exhibitions will take place each Friday at Noon.  Cost is $125 per week. Register Now: 503-788-3935  Questions?

Contact Camp Coordinator Jack Mesplay at jackmesplay@gmail.com

I wanted to let you know about 4 sessions of Design Camp I am holding at my studio this summer. I have been saying that I am going to do this for several years now, and I finally am. I am super excited and am hoping there is a place to talk about it at Urban Mamas. I have a digital version of the registration form I can send you.

A little bit about me: I am a designer+crafter+author+mama living and doing in Portland. My studio is in NW Portland. I have a degree in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design (ala Project Runway...) and have worked for Ralph Lauren, Nike, Columbia Sportwear, Lucy, and Fred Meyer (sorry about dropping the names, but its the truth) I have two books published, one on fashion (How the West Was Worn) and the other is a kids book (The Ravioli Kid), and another in the works: Craft Fiction: DIY projects based on classic children's literature. I teach classes at the 100th Monkey Studio pretty regularly and spend the rest of the time as a freelance designer and mama to my 9 year old daughter.

Here is the skinny:
Design Camp 08!
Summer Design Camps for kids age 8-12