2024 Creative Camps

Immerse campers in creative activities at KANEKO!

The Creative Camps at KANEKO provide opportunities for campers to discover, enjoy, and expand their own creative capacities through a wide range of individual and collaborative projects.

This summer, the KANEKO team and professional partners will provide week-long, exciting immersive sessions in architecture and design, cartooning, the art and science of scent, mindful crafting, and STEAM - mixing the problem solving aspects of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics with the creativity of art.

Core Offerings

Design Thinking and Material Exploration: Rammed Earth

Design Thinking and Material Exploration: Rammed Earth

Grades 6 - 9

The team from RDG will help campers produce a scale model sculpture using a building process called rammed earth. Throughout the week, campers will learn about the principles that are transferable to ALL creative professions.

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Cartooning: When Lightning Strikes

Cartooning: When Lightning Strikes

Grades 6 - 9

Led by renowned cartoonist, author, and musician Jeff Koterba, campers will explore many different techniques as they create their own cartoons. Campers will learn about all the needed ingredients for making cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels including drawing, creating characters, storytelling, and more.

Jeff believes that everyone is creative. Projects are designed for interested campers with any degree of experience -- beginning illustrators to advanced cartoonists.

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Grafting Architecture: Timber in the City

Grafting Architecture: Timber in the City

Grades 6 - 9

Led by the team from HDR, campers will explore ideas around the ancient plant-cultivation technique of grafting in architecture and urban design.

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Catching STEAM

Catching STEAM

Grades 6 - 9

Nathan Van Zante mixes all the problem-solving aspects of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics with the creativity of art. Campers can expect chemical reactions, fire, cannons, light tricks, and more.

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Mindful Makers

Mindful Makers

Grades 6 - 9

Campers will engage in a week-long exploration of the art and science of scent and mindful crafting with the help of teams from EVODIÁ and Good Life Candle and Craft.

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Current & Upcoming Programs

KANEKO offers camps to learners who are interested in exploring creativity and its intersection with art, education, science, design, technology, and philosophy.

Read our reviews!

100% of campers felt safe and welcome while at KANEKO.

100% of campers tested out new ideas during their camp.

99% of campers said that their instructor gave them a new and/or creative way to look at the subject matter. 

98% of campers feel more confident in their creative abilities.

99% of campers understand how their creativity can be used in other aspects of their life.

99% of campers would like to take another class at the KANEKO in the future.

DETAILS

Monday – Friday; 9 am – 4 pm |  Grades 6 – 9

A camp t-shirt, lunch, and snacks are included and campers will eat outside whenever possible. Shirt size and dietary restrictions will be requested during the registration process.

Campers may choose to have their projects included in a final Creative Camps Exhibition at KANEKO.

Our goal is to provide all campers with an experience filled with unique and distraction-free opportunities. All camper’s phones will be checked each morning. While a short period of phone time is scheduled for each day, we aim to have a phone-free environment. Campers are always accessible to families through the KANEKO phones.

For any questions or marketing requests regarding Creative Camps, please contact Jessica at jessica@thekaneko.org or 402.341.3800.