Summer Art Camps for Kids
Ages 8-12
The BEST Art Camps in the Greater Austin Area!
Extended Care Available 7:30am – 6:00pm. Pre-registration required.
- When you arrive at art camp, sign in at the front desk to find out your teacher’s name and studio classroom.
- At the end of camp each day, parents will go to the studio classroom to sign out their artists.
- If your artist is enrolled in Extended Care they will wait in the lobby where they can draw, socialize, and hang out with other artists.
- Books, phones, electronic devices, and other personal items may be used before and after camp, but should be put away once camp begins. Cordovan is not responsible for any lost or damaged personal items, so bring at your own risk.
- If enrolled in a full day of camp be sure to send your artist with lunch, water bottle, and two snacks! Lunch takes places 12:00-1:00pm and snack break is taken during the middle of each 3 hour camp block.
- Morning Camps are 9:00am to 12:00pm. Afternoon Camps are 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Be sure to drop your artist off and pick them up on time! Before and after extended care is available.
- Thumbnail artwork shown next to each camp description below is a representation of the theme of the camp, but not necessarily a project that will be created during camp.
- Artists will be equally divided between the studio classrooms according to their age. This allows our students to get the best individual care from our teachers.
- Please let us know if siblings of different age groups want to attend camp together. They will be placed in the studio classroom of the youngest sibling.
May 31-June 3
Full Day Camp (May 31-June 3)
May 31-June 3 9:00am-4:00pm
Choose this option if you wish to register for Full Day Art Camp. This option includes morning and afternoon week-long sessions.
Please send campers with lunch and 2 snacks.
Extended Care (May 31-June 3)
May 31-June 3 7:30am - 6:00pm
Drop off as early as 7:30am. Pick up before 6:00pm. Please send campers with lunch and snacks.
Must purchase an Art Camp to add extended care.
Pottery & Painting Party
May 31-June 3 9:00am-12:00pm
Fire up the kiln and dive into one of our most popular camps! It's a very "hands on" experience designing, sculpting, and glazing your very own ceramic creations. You'll do more than just paint pottery; you will create a variety of masterpieces from start to finish. Creativity is encouraged as you add your personal flare to the class projects. The artistic process will come alive as you make you own personalized art pieces that will last a lifetime! This is a very popluar camp so sign up early. (Allow 2 weeks for firing your clay pieces at the end of camp before pickup).
If a Wizard had 3 Wishes
May 31-June 3 1:00pm-4:00pm
If a Wizard came accross a Genie in a lamp what would he ask for? Since wizards have their own secret magical powers do they even need a Genie's help. Or, what if the Genie and the Wizard combined their magic together into 3 super-wishes? Come to this fantasy art camp full of wizards, trolls, fairies, and forest animals to find out.
June 6-10
Full Day Camp (June 6-10)
June 6-10 9:00am-4:00pm
Choose this option if you wish to register for Full Day Art Camp. This option includes morning and afternoon week-long sessions.
Please send campers with lunch and 2 snacks.
Extended Care (June 6-10)
June 6-10 7:30am-6:00pm
Drop off as early as 7:30am. Pick up before 6:00pm. Please send campers with lunch and snacks.
Must purchase an Art Camp to add extended care.
Pikachu & Friends
June 6-10 9:00am-12:00pm
You don't have to travel across the land to find the best Pokemon art camp around. Campers will paint and draw Pikachu and friends as they evolve their skills to become a Pokemon Art Master. Register early this one will sell out fast.
Anime & Manga
June 6-10 9:00am-12:00pm
Do you dream of someday becoming a professional manga artist or anime director? Have you ever thought about creating the next Naruto, Full Metal Alchemist or My Hero Academia? Cordovan Arts is here to help you bring that dream to life! This camp is designed for artists of all abilities who want to learn the fundamentals of drawing Anime and other Asian-influenced art styles. No prior drawing skill is required — we'll teach you what you need to know right from the beginning. This camp has sold out 5 years running.
Clay Creations
June 6-10 1:00pm-4:00pm
Join us for a "hands on" experience where you will design, sculpt, and glaze your very own ceramic creations. You'll do more than just paint the pottery--you'll create a variety of hand-build masterpieces from start to finish. Creativity is encouraged as you add your own personal flare to the class projects. You'll want to sign up early for this camp, as it will sell out!
June 13-17
Full Day Camp (June 13-17)
June 13-17 9:00am-4:00pm
Choose this option if you wish to register for Full Day Art Camp. This option includes morning and afternoon week-long sessions.
Please send campers with lunch and 2 snacks.
Extended Care (June 13-17)
June 13-17 7:30am-6:00pm
Drop off as early as 7:30am. Pick up before 6:00pm. Please send campers with lunch and snacks.
Must purchase an Art Camp to add extended care.
Heroes & Villains
June 13-17 9:00am - 12:00pm
It’s not summer camp--it’s SUPER camp! So grab your cape and shield and get ready to investigate what it takes to live in the world of SUPER heroes with Captain America, Wonder Woman, Black Widow or Spiderman! You’ll discover what it means to have responsibility; you’ll find your alter ego; you’ll conceive your trusty sidekick; and you will invent your arch enemy villain. You’ll experience just about every medium including pencils, markers, colored pencils, watercolor, acrylic, and more. And you’ll get to dress you as your Super-Alter Ego in our own version of Comic-Con.
Talk With The Animals
June 13-17 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Our #1 camp is back by popular demand! This camp has sold out (every session) for over 10 years running, so sign up early. Do you love animals? Then, have we got the camp for you! You and your friends will have a blast getting to see real animals, from the exotic to the friendly critters. You’ll get to paint, sketch, and learn as you engage in all sorts of activities that will teach you about our furry, fuzzy and scaly friends. (Live Animals will attend camp on select days)
June 20-24
Full Day Camp (June 20-24)
June 20-24 9:00am-4:00pm
Choose this option if you wish to register for Full Day Art Camp. This option includes morning and afternoon week-long sessions.
Please send campers with lunch and 2 snacks.
Extended Care (June 20-24)
June 20-24 7:30am-6:00pm
Drop off as early as 7:30am. Pick up before 6:00pm. Please send campers with lunch and snacks.
Must purchase an Art Camp to add extended care.
I love art camp!
June 20-24 9:00am-12:00pm
If you wake up in the morning with a paintbrush in your hand, a sketchbook under your pillow, and an eraser between your toes, then you just might be an artist! Bring your big smile and your enthusiasm for art with you to camp, where you will paint and draw really cool art with other happy artists! Our professional teachers will show you a few new styles you might have never tried before.
Intergalactic Space Art
June 20-24 9:00am-12:00pm
Beam me up Scotty – to a camp that is truly out of this world! You’ll explore the solar system “to infinity and beyond” in just 5 days. Get started on space ship design, listen to alien music, and create a colony perfect for vacationing on Jupiter. Oh, and one more thing...watch out for the monsters, aliens, and robots that might be lurking. You've been forewarned!
Cats & Dogs Takeover!
June 20-24 1:00pm-4:00pm
It’s all about our furrrever furry friends. We will be using different mediums throughout the week as we draw and paint a variety of cats and dogs-- from realistic pet portraits to cartoon Fido's and Felines. We will learn the secret art of pets.
June 27-July 1
Full Day Camp (June 27-July 1)
June 27-July 1 9:00am-4:00pm
Choose this option if you wish to register for Full Day Art Camp. This option includes morning and afternoon week-long sessions.
Please send campers with lunch and 2 snacks.
Extended Care (June 27-July 1)
June 27-July 1 7:30am-6:00pm
Drop off as early as 7:30am. Pick up before 6:00pm. Please send campers with lunch and snacks.
Must purchase an Art Camp to add extended care.
Dinosaurs, Dragons & Unicorns
June 27-July 1 9:00am-12:00pm
If our other animal camps are too tame for you, then it’s time to let your imagination run wild in a world of wild beasts, magnificent unicorns, sea creatures, mermaids, and other animals of Jurassic Park proportions! Get ready for a magical time at this camp! Bring your artistic license, your imagination, and warm up your drawing (and paintbrush) hand.
Yay Clay!
June 27-July 1 1:00pm-4:00pm
Clay, Creativity, and Cleverness come together in this 3-D camp. You’ll turn mud into masterpieces, learning a variety of hand-building methods while working with different types of clay. You’ll finish it off by painting and glazing your new pieces with lots of colors and designs. You'll want to sign up for this camp early, as it will sell out! What treasures will you create?
July 5-8
Full Day Camp (July 5-July 8)
July 5-8 9:00am-4:00pm
Choose this option if you wish to register for Full Day Art Camp. This option includes morning and afternoon week-long sessions.
Please send campers with lunch and 2 snacks.
Extended Care (July 5 July 8)
July 5-8 7:30am-6:00pm
Drop off as early as 7:30am. Pick up before 6:00pm. Please send campers with lunch and snacks.
Must purchase an Art Camp to add extended care.
Monster Madness
July 5-8 9:00am-12:00pm
Not all monsters are scary. Whether you monsters are big and fluffy or short and slimy, you will learn to create whatever you can dream up. Join us while you paint and draw monster from some of your favorite movies.
Art of the Jedi
July 5-8 1:00pm-4:00pm
Awaken the FORCE within you! Come spend a week resisting the dark side by making projects such as light sabers, space ships, androids, masks, fantasy backgrounds and more. Your Jedi Art Agility Training will kick in the minute you pick up your paintbrush. C3PO could not handle all this excitement, don’t let him short circuit! Sign up today and may the ARTS be with you….always.
July 11-15
Full Day Camp (July 11-15)
July 11-15 9:00am-4:00pm
Choose this option if you wish to register for Full Day Art Camp. This option includes morning and afternoon week-long sessions.
Please send campers with lunch and 2 snacks.
Extended Care (July 11-15)
July 11-15 7:30am-6:00pm
Drop off as early as 7:30am. Pick up before 6:00pm. Please send campers with lunch and snacks.
Must purchase an Art Camp to add extended care.
Talk With The Animals
July 11-15 9:00am - 12:00pm
Our #1 camp is back by popular demand! This camp has sold out (every session) for over 10 years running, so sign up early. Do you love animals? Then, have we got the camp for you! You and your friends will have a blast getting to see real animals, from the exotic to the friendly critters. You’ll get to paint, sketch, and learn as you engage in all sorts of activities that will teach you about our furry, fuzzy and scaly friends. (Live Animals will attend camp on select days)
Sea Life & Sandcastles
July 11-15 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Stick your toes in the sand and jump into an ocean full of underwater fun. Art projects will include sandy beaches, colorful fish, beautiful seashells, surfboard design and more. Everything will have a twist of summer.
July 18-22
Full Day Camp (July 18-22)
July 18-22 9:00am-4:00pm
Choose this option if you wish to register for Full Day Art Camp. This option includes morning and afternoon week-long sessions.
Please send campers with lunch and 2 snacks.
Extended Care (July 18-22)
July 18-22 7:30am-6:00pm
Drop off as early as 7:30am. Pick up before 6:00pm. Please send campers with lunch and snacks.
Must purchase an Art Camp to add extended care.
Sculpture , Clay & Paper Mache
July 18-22 9:00am-12:00pm
Unleash your inner artist in this build-from-scratch art camp. You’ll work with a variety of 3-D materials like clay, wire, plaster, papers, and found objects as you transform your ideas into beautiful works of art. Come ready to get a “hands on” experience as you sculpt, build, glaze, and fire your pieces to perfection!
Game on! Video Game Art
July 18-22 1:00pm-4:00pm
Take your favorite video game characters and adventures for the console to the canvas. This camp will have you unplugged as you create works of art inspired by Mario, Sonic, Minecraft, Fortnite and more.
July 25-29
Full Day Camp (July 25-29)
July 25-29 9:00am-4:00pm
Choose this option if you wish to register for Full Day Art Camp. This option includes morning and afternoon week-long sessions.
Please send campers with lunch and 2 snacks.
Extended Care (July 25-29)
July 25-29 7:30am-6:00pm
Drop off as early as 7:30am. Pick up before 6:00pm. Please send campers with lunch and snacks.
Must purchase an Art Camp to add extended care.
Fabulous Fantasy Art
July 25-29 9:00am-12:00pm
In this fantasy art camp, you'll join mystical creatures from far away lands as they make their journey through swamps, mountains & forests. Hold your brushes tight as the heroes find out what excitement waits for them. You’ll need to sign up for this camp to see what villains try to stop them on their epic quest.
Hawaiian Luau
July 25-29 1:00pm-4:00pm
Aloha, Mahalo, Small Kine, and “Howzit” from Hawaii. Dress to impress in your favorite beachwear while attending this summer ART camp. Come ready to create beach art, including surfboard/ skateboard logos, design and print your own beach T-shirts, beautiful Hawaiian Leis, Mermaid Art, make your own Maui magical fishhook, paint colorful Tropical fish and more.
August 1-5
Full Day Camp (Aug 1-5)
August 1-5 9:00am-4:00pm
Choose this option if you wish to register for Full Day Art Camp. This option includes morning and afternoon week-long sessions.
Please send campers with lunch and 2 snacks.
Extended Care (Aug 1-5)
August 1-5 7:30am-6:00pm
Drop off as early as 7:30am. Pick up before 6:00pm. Please send campers with lunch and snacks.
Must purchase an Art Camp to add extended care.
Art is a Piece of Cake
August 1-5 9:00am - 12:00pm
If you have a sweet tooth, we have the perfect camp for you! Come join us as we immortalize our favorite desserts on colorful canvas paintings. For inspiration we will paint delicious treats from life such as giant cupcakes, ice cream sundaes, snow cones and all the other sugary concoctions you can dream of. We will paint in different styles like “pop art”, impressionism, photo-realism, cubism, etc. You'll walk out of camp with an assortment of delightfully delicious paintings.
Talk With The Animals
August 1-5 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Our #1 camp is back by popular demand! This camp has sold out (every session) for over 10 years running, so sign up early. Do you love animals? Then, have we got the camp for you! You and your friends will have a blast getting to see real animals, from the exotic to the friendly critters. You’ll get to paint, sketch, and learn as you engage in all sorts of activities that will teach you about our furry, fuzzy and scaly friends. (Live Animals will attend camp on select days)
August 8-12
Full Day Camp (Aug 8-12)
August 8-12 9:00am-4:00pm
Choose this option if you wish to register for Full Day Art Camp. This option includes morning and afternoon week-long sessions.
Please send campers with lunch and 2 snacks.
Extended Care (Aug 8-12)
August 8-12 7:30am-6:00pm
Drop off as early as 7:30am. Pick up before 6:00pm. Please send campers with lunch and snacks.
Must purchase an Art Camp to add extended care.
Mad Scientist with a Paint Brush
August 8-12 9:00am-12:00pm
Have you ever created really cool art using things like shaving cream, tin foil, bubble wrap, salt, baking soda, graphite paper, duct tape, paper mache, and food coloring? This is a camp where art and science merge using techniques that the pro artists use, but you just never knew.
Pokemon Power
August 8-12 1:00pm-4:00pm
Are you crazy for Pokémon art? In this camp, you will put your skills to work as you create Pokémon inspired art. You'll learn step-by-step how to draw some of your favorite characters like Pikachu, Bulbasaur, and Vulpix! You will work with a variety of different art materials and make your own trading cards, and even invent a new Pokémon-inspired creature. Come join us in this imaginative adventure.
Anime Invasion
August 8-12 1:00pm-4:00pm
Do you love ANIME? This camp is designed for artists of all abilities who want to learn the fundamentals of drawing manga and other Asian-influenced art styles. No prior drawing skill is required — You’ll learn the fundamentals of anime drawing, line-work, proportions, character design, and more.
August 15-19
Full Day Camp (Aug 15-19)
August 15-19 9:00am-4:00pm
Choose this option if you wish to register for Full Day Art Camp. This option includes morning and afternoon week-long sessions.
Please send campers with lunch and 2 snacks.
Extended Care (Aug 15-19)
August 15-19 7:30am-6:00pm
Drop off as early as 7:30am. Pick up before 6:00pm. Please send campers with lunch and snacks.
Must purchase an Art Camp to add extended care.
Color Me Crazy
August 15-19 9:00am-12:00pm
Bold colors. Bright hues. All the colors of the rainbow packed into 1 week! If you love vivid colors, bold colors, monochromatic colors, mixing colors, choosing colors, and if you aren't completely colorblind, then this is the right camp for you! We'll use lots of different mediums like watercolors, acrylics, tempra, watercolor pencils, markers, mixed media and more as we create beautiful artwork.
Marvelous Comics
August 15-19 1:00pm-4:00pm
Whose side are you on? Are you fighting for the hero or the villian? Use your imagination and inspiration from your favorite Marvel characters like Spiderman, Captain Marvel, Ironman, the Avengers and more . Perfect for the imaginative artist who love comics and good stories.
Multiple discounts may not be used together. Only one discount will be applied to each registration.