Methow Arts Summer Camp
Explore your creativity in these camps led by the artists & writers of Methow Arts.
Each week is themed around a different medium of expression:
Illustration & Storytelling | Sewing | Dyeing & Printing Textile | Animal Drawing | Poetry & Creative Writing
Time inside creating will be balanced by time outside being inspired by our surroundings & taking local field trips.
financial aid is available for summer programs - for more information, email: info@methowarts.org
Storymakers Studio
June 22-25, 2026
$250.00
ages 8-12 years old
Turn ideas into images & images into stories
In this week-long visual arts camp, young artists learn how illustrators turn ideas into images that communicate characters, settings, & stories.
Campers explore drawing, design, & sequential art while creating their own illustrated story or book cover.
max 20 students
Hosted at the Independent Learning Center
Stitch & Dip Creations
July 7-10, 2026
$250.00
ages 8-12 years old
Sew, dye, stitch & tell stories through cloth
Campers will be introduced to natural dye methods using Indigo, dye resist techniques, basic sewing methods, & embroidery.
We will explore how to tell stories using these different mediums & campers will explore how to transform upcycled materials into beautiful works of art.
max 15 students
Hosted at the Independent Learning Center
Methow Musings
Writing Camp
July 13-16, 2026
$125.00
Rising 3rd - 6th grades
Play with words, poems & the world around you.
In this half day summer camp, campers will have some fun with words & explore their inner & outer worlds through writing.
What’s a Pantoum about a Platypus? An Ode to an Orange? A Haiku about the Methow River? Different form & free verse poems as well as local field trips will provide us with inspiration.
max 10 students
Hosted at the Independent Learning Center
Wild Lines: Animal Drawing
Intensive
August 3-6, 2026
$250.00
ages 8-12 years old
Draw the wild, movement, texture & personality!
This camp invites young artists to study & celebrate local Methow wildlife through careful observation, drawing, & sculpture.
Campers learn how artists capture movement, texture, & personality while connecting art-making to the animals that share our valley.
max 20 students
Hosted at the Independent Learning Center
If you live up valley, you can use Trango to commute to these summer camps.
My View: A Nature Journal
July 20-23, 2026
$250.00
ages 8-12 years old
Observe, reflect, & create your own handmade journal.
Campers will be led through a journey of observation, questioning, recording & interpretation with Nick Littman & Maddie James.
Campers will bind their own books which they fill with poems, notes, sketches, paintings & ponderings about their environment & inner-world. Daily practice will involve nature walks, independent reflection time & community building through collaboration & sharing.
max 20 students
Hosted at the Independent Learning Center
Methow Recycles Collaboration
August 10-13, 2026
$250.00
ages 9-14 years old
Create art from what’s left behind!
Students will collaborate, build, & reimagine materials through creative reuse! Registration will go through Methow Recycles.