Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History

June 17–28 Registration for these camp dates has closed.

July 1–3
Note: No camps held on July 4-5; fee prorated 40% to $135 ($123 Members).
	Animated Sculptures A shorter 3-day camp with a discounted rate! Discover kinetic art inside and outside of the museum and learn ways that artists use the laws of physics to create sculptures that move. Invent your own sculptures that move on their own. Try out stop-motion animation to bring movement to stationary structures and screen your video on the last day of camp for your family and friends. Some projects might be shown in our student gallery during the 2013 Carnegie International!

July 8–12

	Sketchbook This camp is full. Please click here to submit a waitlist request and we will contact you if space becomes available. Learn to draw anything and everything. Work with teaching artists and architects to develop your observational drawing skills and learn to use a variety of drawing tools. Spend a week drawing on location in the museum’s galleries and exhibitions and outdoors in Oakland. Build up your sketchbook with a variety of quick studies and more finished compositions while drawing landscapes, architecture, and portraits from observation. All materials including sketchbook provided.

	Dream House This camp is full. Please click here to submit a waitlist request and we will contact you if space becomes available. Design a house limited only by your imagination! Get inspired by architectural drawings, models, and artworks in the galleries that represent houses from around the world and throughout history. Create floor plans, elevations, sections, and a model of the house of your dreams.

	Youth Museum Institute: Pollution Solutions Help save the planet and protect our local ecosystem! Experience ecological monitoring first-hand by setting up pitfall traps and other ingenious devices for capturing insects and reptiles. Journey to Frick Park to explore a wetland restoration project and investigate remnants of Pittsburgh’s industrial history. Analyze the physics and chemistry of oil spills and other forms of water pollution. Experiment with green solutions that use natural approaches to solving environmental problems.

July 15–19

	Sculpting with Clay Get your hands into some wet clay and learn to create 3-D objects through hand building and wheel construction. Ceramic works in the museum’s collection, from the ancient world to today, provide endless inspiration for your imaginative and technical experiments with clay and glazes. Sculptures will be fired and available for pick-up 3–4 weeks after camp. Materials fee: $50.

	Youth Museum Institute: Bugstravaganza This camp is full. Please click here to submit a waitlist request and we will contact you if space becomes available. Get the inside scoop on building live insect exhibits as you go behind the scenes of BugWorks—the museum’s brand new living exhibit. Museum entomologists (bug scientists) show you their crazy contraptions for capturing insects—then you can build a bug-catching device to start your own collection. Use carpentry tools to build creative insect homes. Dissect flowers and fruits to investigate how plant structures relate to bizarre insect anatomy. On an extended day trip to Powdermill Nature Reserve, the museum’s environmental research center, check out the amazing biodiversity of insects in water and on land in the Laurel Highlands. Late-afternoon snack at Powdermill is provided. Late pick up at 6:30 p.m. on field trip day. Field trip fee: $35.

July 22–26

	Drawing People This camp is full. Please click here to submit a waitlist request and we will contact you if space becomes available. Develop your eye and hand for drawing portraits and the human figure as you experiment with pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, and more. Learn proportions of the human form as you draw sculptures in the collection and from a live model.

	Youth Museum Institute: Green Machine With field trip to Powdermill Nature Reserve What will the technology of the future look like? It’s up to you to decide as you investigate green innovations and apply them to your own creative projects. Visit green roofs at Carnegie Mellon University and test their energy efficiency. On a field trip to Powdermill Nature Reserve, the museum’s environmental research center, visit the Marsh Machine—a living ecosystem that recycles waste water and improves the environment. Take energy efficiency to the next level by building a solar oven for our pizza bake-off challenge. Nature, engineering, and your creativity collide in this unique camp! Late-afternoon snack at Powdermill is provided. Late pick-up at 6:30 p.m. on field trip day. Field trip fee: $35.

July 29–August 2

	Art from the Future "Travel” to the future and make art and architecture inspired by an imagined future world. Think creatively about the world you know to create landscapes, architecture, clothing, and games that children of the future might inhabit, wear, and play with. Be inspired by secret letters from children of the future and by artwork in the galleries that gives you a glimpse of what’s to come. Video clips of your creative ideas will be shown at the museum during the 2013 Carnegie International!

	Youth Museum Institute: Basic Biotechnology This camp is full. Please click here to submit a waitlist request and we will contact you if space becomes available. Take your understanding of DNA to the next level, exploring natural history through the lens of microbiology and genetics. Conduct a basic genetic engineering experiment to transform ordinary bacteria into green fluorescent beings. Look at evolution from a micro-perspective—undertake an authentic scientific inquiry of genetic diversity and cell structure among bacteria, fungi, plant, and animal kingdoms. Marvel at the similarities and differences that connect life on this planet using microscopes, gel electrophoresis, and other scientific tools.

August 5–9

	Fiber Art Fabric and fiber become your media for functional and artistic purposes. Enhance the line, color, texture, and pattern of fabric as you screen print, embellish, and paint. Get inspired by fashions and fabrics from other times and places.

	Youth Museum Institute: Vet Camp This camp is full. Please click here to submit a waitlist request and we will contact you if space becomes available. Aspiring veterinarians—this Youth Museum Institute is for you! Investigate healthy habitats and animal care for diverse species including bugs, lizards, and mammals. Learn about animal nutrition in the wild and perform experiments to uncover the ingredients in dog food. Analyze the behavior of animals large and small on a day trip to Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium. Compare similarities in animal anatomy by examining skeletons from museum specimens and through real and digital dissections of insects, fish, and chickens. Regular museum pick-up at 3 p.m. Field trip fee: $35.

August 12–16

	Sculpting with Clay Get your hands into some wet clay and learn to create 3-D objects through hand building and wheel construction. Ceramic works in the museum’s collection, from the ancient world to today, provide endless inspiration for your imaginative and technical experiments with clay and glazes. Sculptures will be fired and available for pick-up 3–4 weeks after camp. Materials fee: $50.

	Youth Museum Institute: Survivor Adventure This camp is full. Please click here to submit a waitlist request and we will contact you if space becomes available. From basic biology to high-tech sportswear, investigate how animals and people adapt to extreme environments. Test how well natural and engineered materials support physical endurance. Find out how your own sensory systems and reflexes measure up to animal survival instincts. Improve your outdoor adventuring skills by learning about basic first aid, nutrition, and hydration needs for camping and hiking. Produce a water purification system and concoct the perfect trail mix for a day hike. Learn about traditional fishing and hunting techniques across cultures, then bait your hook on a fishing trip with experienced guides from Venture Outdoors. Regular museum pick-up at 3 p.m. Field trip fee: $25.

August 19–23

	Youth Museum Institute: Paleontology: Field to Lab Piece together a prehistoric mystery as you explore the process of paleontology. Your journey begins when you map and excavate a mock dig site, wrap your finds in plaster jackets, and transport them to the laboratory classroom. There, you can work as our preparators do, reconstructing your discoveries and analyzing bones. Stack up your finds against the specimens in Dinosaurs in Their Time and employ comparative anatomy to discover what bone you’ve found, which dinosaur it came from, and how that part of the skeleton functioned.

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