PROGRAMS

For Kids

Littles Summer Art Camps

June 12-16, July 10-14, July 17-21 | 9 am-noon

Littles Camp is designed for your youngest camper (ages 2-4 years) to make new friends, play and learn in the AMAzing Space children’s gallery, and explore the world of art through activities such as color mixing, collaging, and more. There are three Littles Camps scheduled this summer at the AMA.

Please note that early drop-off and late pick-up are not available for Littles Camps.

Cost: $80 for AMA members or $90 for future members.

FOR K-12

After School Art Clubs

Middle & High School Students:

Monday | Aug 28 | 4-6 PM

Elementary School Students:

Tuesday | Aug 29 | 3:30-5 PM

Students can improve their art skills in various media at the two monthly art clubs that meet after school at the AMA. With Mondays for middle and high school students and Tuesdays for elementary school students, participants learn the basics and advance to using new materials and techniques as the series continues through the school year.

The classes usually take place on the last Monday and Tuesday of each month of the school year (August through May, except no class will be conducted in December). Dates may be rescheduled to an earlier Monday or Tuesday in a month when they conflict with another event or a holiday.

Online links to register for AMA programs may be found at www.albanymuseum.com and on the AMA Facebook page.

Cost: $12 per session for AMA members or $15 per session for future members. Families with more than one student in the same class receive a 10% discount.

Summer Art Camps

KINDERGARTEN-5TH GRADE

All K-5th grade camps are 9 am-4 pm, with free early drop-off at 8 am and late pick-up at 5 pm.

Cost: Full-day camps for K-5 are $180 for AMA members or $200 for future members. Half-day options (9 am-noon or 1-4 pm) are $110 for AMA members or $120 for future members.

Lunch: Everyone enjoys free pizza on Friday. Campers may bring their lunches or the AMA will provide lunch MondayThursday for an additional $40 fee.

Art Out Of This World

June 5-9 | 9 am-4 pm

Strap in! This camp will start off your camper’s summer vacation with a trip around the world and beyond. We will embark on a new adventure each day to explore our galaxy. We will use science, art, and a whole lot of imagination as we travel through time and space to make amazing new discoveries!

Young Artrepreneurs

June 19-23 | 9 am-4 pm

This camp is for the business-minded kid who loves art. Students will devise and execute their art-related business over the week. Activities will include creating a personal business card and logo. Students will sell their art/product from 3:30-5 pm on Friday, June 23.

Artful Camping

June 26-30 | 9 am-4 pm

Artful Camping will be a fun week full of traditional summer camp-inspired artwork and fun. Campers will get outside to create works of art with non-traditional materials, go on nature “hikes,” tell stories, make s’mores, and be inspired by the beauty of our earth to create sustainable works of art with a traditional summer camp flair.

Storytelling With Art & Theater

July 24-28 | 9 am-4 pm

Storytelling with Art & Theater will be a mix of building art skills through visual work and theater. Students will spend each day exploring storytelling through different media. They will develop skills in drawing, painting, printmaking, and more each morning, and acting skills with fun theater games each afternoon.

On Saturday, July 29, campers will return one last time to perform a short skit at the AMA Storytellers Family Day.

Note: If you choose a half-day option, your camper will only have the art portion (morning hours) or the theater portion (afternoon hours). Feel free to give us a call at 229.439.8400 with any questions.

2ND-7TH GRADE

The 2nd-7th grade camp is 9 am-4 pm, with free early drop-off at 8 am and late pick-up at 5 pm.

Cost: Full-day camps for 2nd-7th grade are $180 for AMA members or $200 for future members. Half-day options (9 am-noon or 1-4 pm) are $110 for AMA members or $120 for future members.

Lunch: Everyone enjoys free pizza on Friday. Campers may bring their lunches or the AMA will provide lunch MondayThursday for an additional $40 fee.

Culinary arts

July 31-Aug 4 | 9 am-4 pm

Chef Todd White will lead your adventurous eater or chef-intraining in the world of art, science, and food. From learning about different cuisines to making simple recipes, and trying new things, students will find out how exciting food can be.

MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL

Early drop-off is not available for middle and high school camps, but late pick-up at 5 pm is available.

Cost: Full-day camps for middle and high school students are $210 for AMA members or $230 for future members.

Lunch: Everyone enjoys free pizza on Friday. Campers may bring their lunches or the AMA will provide lunch MondayThursday for an additional $40 fee.

Fashion Forward

June 12-16 | 9 am-4 pm

Taught by Heather Ashberry of Beatrice Wormwood Ink, this hands-on class allows students to get a fashion design crash course. In Tim Gunn’s words, learn how to “make it work” in the unconventional fashion design class. Through fun and challenging projects, students will become familiar with a variety of skills. They will explore pattern, form, and function through a series of projects, including fabric painting, weaving, dyeing, and block printing. The class will culminate in displaying each student’s piece from 3-5 pm on Friday, June 16.

Note: Students will be required to provide some supplies for this camp.

Interior Design

July 10-14 | 9 am-4 pm

This camp is for the student who loves to design unique roomscapes, create DIY pieces, and let their personality shine through their inspo boards. Join friends to develop ideas, create room floor plans, build a color scheme, build room mock-ups, and create pieces that will fit perfectly in your space.

Artrepreneurs

July 17-21 | 9 am-4 pm

This camp is for business-minded middle and high schoolers who love art. Students will devise and execute their art-related business over the week. Activities will include creating a personal business card and logo. Students will sell their art/ product from 3:30-5 pm on Friday, July 21.

Adults

Ama Art Lovers Book Club

Tuesday | July 18 | 6 PM

The Art Lovers Book Club members meet every other month in the AMA’s Willson Auditorium to share a glass of wine and opinions about art and art-inspired books. There is no formal membership required, so you can join in as many or as few meetings as you want. There also is no cost, but we ask that you register online so that we can have adequate seating and refreshments for everyone. All meetings start at 6 pm.

On July 18, the club will explore Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood. In the 1988 novel, Atwood vividly tells the life of painter Elaine Risley from World War II to the 1980s, examining cultural elements such as feminism and modern art movements along the way.

CORKS & CANVASES

Thursday | Aug 24 | 5:30-7:30 PM

Come with your spouse or a friend or join in solo as a new season of Corks & Canvases Paint Parties begins. At the Aug 24 workshop, painters will re-create Dangerous Shore by James Hamilton. This painting was the first artwork in the Albany Museum of Art permanent collection to re-enter the museum when the first part of the collection returned in 2020. Severe storm damage to the AMA had necessitated the collection’s temporary relocation.

Corks & Canvases is for adults 21 and older, and is for all skill levels. You can enjoy a glass of wine and snacks as you receive step-by-step painting instructions. At the end of the evening, you will have made new friends and you will have an original painting that you created, one that you will be proud to display at your home or office.

Cost: $25 for AMA members; $30 for future members.

All Ages

Artifactual String Unit Concert

Saturday | June 10 | 4 pm | Belk Building

A long-time friend of artist Steve Hinton, Chip Epsten, will perform with Artifactual String Unit at 4 pm in the Belk building at 140 W. Broad Ave. in downtown Albany. View works of art by Hinton in conjunction with Steve Hinton & Friends… From the Beginning as you experience the art of music and community in the future home of the AMA.

With Epsten on violin, Benjamin Shirley on cello, and Gabriel Monticello on bass, the Artifactual String Trio infuses the sonic residues of a classical trio with the elemental feeling of a garage band to create a unique musical experience. The musicians bring their expertise from years of performing in concert halls, theaters, clubs, and galleries to bear with their love for improvisation, expanding the possibilities for string music.

Cost: Free and open to the public, but please RSVP at www. albanymuseum.com or call 229.439.8400.

Storytellers Family Day

Saturday | July 29 | 10 am-1 pm

This free family day at the Albany Museum of Art is inspired by the Steve Hinton & Friends… From the Beginning exhibition. It will combine kid and adult literature, performance, and art for the whole family to enjoy.

There will be a special performance by our K-5th grade Storytelling with Art & Theater campers, who will work on their skit in camp the week before this special AMA Family Day.

Cost: Free and open to the public

FOR AMA MEMBERS AMA MEMBERS MEET-UP

Saturday | June 10 | 11am-1 pm

Albany Museum of Art members are invited to meet at the Bo Bartlett Center in nearby Columbus, Ga., for a private tour of the center, then travel to The Do Good Fund to view two exhibitions. After the tours, participants may stay for a group lunch at Banks Food Hall.

The Bo Bartlett Center, designed by AIA award-winning architect Tom Kundig, occupies a former red-brick textile warehouse on the River Park campus of Columbus State University in downtown Columbus. It serves as an experimental learning center and cultural hub for the visual arts while offering visitors a broad range of arts experiences within the college’s arts district.

Gallery Coordinator Joshua Newbend will lead AMA members in an in-depth, energetic, and open conversation about the works on display. On view will be Facts & Figures: Contemporary Realism from the Columbus Museum, which includes works by Bartlett, Janet Fish, Burt Silverman, Wes Hempel, Jack Beal, and others.

Following the visit to the Bo Bartlett Center, members will travel to The Do Good Fund. On view there will be Breaking News: Ledger-Enquirer Photographs. Part of The Columbus Museum on Tour, the exhibition includes photographs from The Columbus Museum’s collection of more than 250 images captured over the decades by Columbus Ledger-Enquirer photographers. Also on view at The Do Good Fund will be Knowing Who We Are: The Rise of Abstraction, Vernacular Art and Photography from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans.

After the tours, members can return home early or join in a late lunch with fellow AMA members at Banks Food Hall, located in the historic Banks Building on Bay Avenue that overlooks the RiverWalk and Chattahoochee River.

There is no cost to participate in the tours, and members provide their own transportation and lunch. Members interested in participating in the Meet-Up can sign up online at www.albanymuseum.com or by calling Director of Development and Membership Chloe Hinton at 229.439.8400.