Ages 14 and up

Carnegie Museum of Art offers a variety of summer workshops and intensives for teens. Whether you are looking for a fun place to spend Thursday nights, or a class to improve your portfolio, we have a workshop to fit your schedule. Architecture courses are offered in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture.

You may register using the online links below or by using the printed form available on the Registration page.

Ceramics

June 17–21, June 24–28, AND/OR August 5–9
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
$275 ($255 Members) per week; fee includes materials
Choose one, two, or three weeks!
Meets at Carnegie Museum of Art

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. Take one, two, or three weeks of ceramics and learn different techniques each week! Sculptures will be fired and available for pick-up 3–4 weeks after workshop.
Click here to register online for June 17–21.
Click here to register online for June 24–28.
Click here to register online for August 5–9.

Sketchbook

July 8–12
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
$140 ($126 Members)
Meets at Carnegie Mellon University’s Margaret Morrison Hall

Learn to draw anything and everything. Work with a teaching artist 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 artist sketchbook with a variety of quick studies and more finished compositions while drawing landscapes, architecture, and portraits from observation. All materials including sketchbook provided.
Click here to register online.

Drawing the Human Figure

July 15–19
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
$140 ($126 Members)
Meets at Carnegie Mellon University’s Margaret Morrison Hall

Develop your eye and hand for drawing through sketching practice and refined studio compositions based on the human form, including a live model. Learn how to show accurate proportions of the human figure and to portray the illusion of 3-D forms, using a variety of media.
Click here to register online.

Painting

July 22–26 AND/OR July 29–August 2
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
$225 ($205 Members) per week
Choose one or both weeks!
Meets at Carnegie Mellon University’s Margaret Morrison Hall

Try painting for the first time, or take your current skills to the next stage, inspired by the work of the world’s greatest artists. Experience every aspect of the painting process, from developing an idea to experimenting with color mixing, composition, and paint application. Work at your own pace with expert guidance to create realistic or abstract work.
Click here to register online for July 22–26.
Click here to register online for July 29–August 2.

Architecture 101: Structures & Spaces for Play

July 22–August 2 (2 weeks)
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
$450 ($410 Members)
Meets at Carnegie Museum of Art

This two-week workshop introduces concepts and processes typical of a first-year college architecture program. Students will experience the iterative process of architectural design inspired by the museum’s collection and the exhibition of innovative, 20th-century playgrounds on view in the Heinz Architectural Center. Working individually and collaboratively, students will learn about design development, site, materials, and other issues with the goal of creating original designs for structures and spaces for creative play. Learn a variety of representation methods including drawing in plan and section, rendering, and model making. Some student projects will be on view at the museum during the 2013 Carnegie International!
Click here to register online.

Architecture Explorations at  CMU

We are proud to collaborate with CMU’s Architecture Exploration programs, providing youth with a foundation in architecture through creative expression and critical thinking.

Photo: Jillian M. Gallagher