Camp Omi in a Box is a weekly subscription to a series of make-at-home art projects, online tutorials, and interactive online gatherings that capture the mission and spirit of Art Omi’s popular Camp Omi and Artgarten programs. Anchored by a weekly box of specialty art materials, tools, and products Camp Omi in a Box includes activity prompts and access to exclusive online tutorials by Camp Omi Teaching Artists. Children may participate in a single week, or the whole seven-week program.

Camp Omi in a Box is designed for kids ages 6-10, and includes socially distanced in person sessions every Monday and Friday from 9 am - noon. Camp Omi in a Box: Artgarten provides projects for kids ages 3-5 with pick-ups on the Friday before the Monday session. Projects are supplemented with Google Meet sessions, where Campers learn and share! Younger children in both programs will need parent assistance and/or supervision. While some projects are designed to be more independent than others, we like to think of the program as fun and engaging for the whole family!

Camp Omi in a Box : Artgarten is a weekly subscription to a series of make-at-home art projects, online tutorials, and interactive online gatherings that capture the mission and spirit of Art Omi’s popular Artgarten program. Anchored by a weekly box of specialty art materials, tools, and products Camp Omi in a Box includes activity prompts and access to exclusive online tutorials by Camp Omi Teaching Artists. Children also participate in optional in-person sessions from 9 am to noon on Mondays and Fridays, or interactive Google Meet sessions where Campers learn and share! Children may participate in a single week, or the whole seven-week program.

In-Person sessions of Week 2: Topsy Turvy, Zigzag Curvyy are SOLD OUT.
Online sessions are still available.

Camp Omi in a Box is a weekly subscription to a series of make-at-home art projects, online tutorials, and interactive online gatherings that capture the mission and spirit of Art Omi’s popular Camp Omi and Artgarten programs.

WEEK 2: Topsy Turvy, Zigzag Curvy
This week is all about balance and line! Campers (ages 6 - 10) Make scratch foam prints, a kinetic sculpture, a mobile, and a yarn installation, and visit ReActor, 2016 by Alex Schweder + Ward Shelley. Includes sessions at Art Omi from 9 am to noon on Monday, July 13 and Friday, July 17. Camp Omi in a Box boxes are picked up at noon on Monday, July 13.

Artgarten Campers (ages 3 - 5) will paint with a spinning top, build a balancing sculpture, make their own kaleidoscope, and read along to Blueberries for Sal by Robert McClosky. Plus two interactive Google Meet sessions on Monday and Friday. Artgarten boxes must be picked up between 10 am and 2 pm on Friday, July 10.

Camp Omi in a Box is a weekly subscription to a series of make-at-home art projects, online tutorials, and interactive online gatherings that capture the mission and spirit of Art Omi’s popular Camp Omi and Artgarten programs.

WEEK 3: Backstage Pass
This week about illusion and facade! Make a painted cardboard wall piece, sculpt a decorative mask, create illusion in nature, and write a reflective poem on a mirror board. Visit: Eureka, 2000 by Brian Tolle. Includes sessions at Art Omi from 9 am to noon on Monday, July 20 and Friday, July 24. Camp Omi in a Box boxes are picked up at noon on Monday, July 20.

Artgarten Campers (ages 3 - 5) will create a silhouette collage, build a house for bugs, make an insect-inspired finger puppet, and read along to Butterflies!. Plus a choice of in-person sessions at Art Omi, or interactive Google Meet sessions on Monday and Friday. Artgarten boxes must be picked up between 10 am and 2 pm on Friday, July 17 by children participating in the Google Meet sessions, or at the conclusion of the Monday in-person session on Monday, July 20.

Camp Omi in a Box is a weekly subscription to a series of make-at-home art projects, online tutorials, and interactive online gatherings that capture the mission and spirit of Art Omi’s popular Camp Omi and Artgarten programs.

WEEK 4: Artful Journeys
This week is all about storytelling and poetry! Journal and collage in a hand-made book, build a model of a children’s museum, explore repeating patterns in nature, and create a poetry zine. Campers visit Zoid by LevenBetts. Includes sessions at Art Omi from 9 am to noon on Monday, July 27 and Friday, July 31. Camp Omi in a Box boxes are picked up at noon on Monday, July 27.

Artgarten Campers (ages 3 - 5) will make your own accordion journal, create a plaster fossil, paint colorful shadows, and read along to Tikki Tikki Tembo retold by Arlene Mosel. Plus a choice of in-person sessions at Art Omi, or interactive Google Meet sessions on Monday and Friday. Artgarten boxes must be picked up between 10 am and 2 pm on Friday, July 24 by children participating in the Google Meet sessions, or at the conclusion of the Monday in-person session on Monday, July 27.

Camp Omi in a Box is a weekly subscription to a series of make-at-home art projects, online tutorials, and interactive online gatherings that capture the mission and spirit of Art Omi’s popular Camp Omi and Artgarten programs.

WEEK 5: Drop, Drop! Waterology
This week is all about the art and science of water! Design and illustrate a unique water fountain, make a plaster fossil, experiment with a magic water drawing mat, and become a human water fountain. Visit: The Source I-IV by Agustina Woodgate. Includes sessions at Art Omi from 9 am to noon on Monday, August 3 and Friday, August 7. Camp Omi in a Box boxes are picked up at noon on Monday, August 3.

Artgarten Campers (ages 3 - 5) build a figure with air-dry clay, experiment with wet felting, build your own mini boat, and read along to The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf. Plus a choice of in-person sessions at Art Omi, or interactive Google Meet sessions on Monday and Friday. Artgarten boxes must be picked up between 10 am and 2 pm on Friday, July 31 by children participating in the Google Meet sessions, or at the conclusion of the Monday in-person session on Monday, August 3.

Register here for Camp Omi in a Box Week 6: Nature Made!
Camp Omi in a Box is a weekly subscription to a series of make-at-home art projects, online tutorials, and interactive online gatherings that capture the mission and spirit of Art Omi’s popular Camp Omi and Artgarten programs.

WEEK 6: Nature Made
This week is all about the natural environment and its materials! Paint cyanotype shadows, build a sculptural reed basket, grow flowers out of socks, and make a performance video involving feet, fields, and flower seeds. Campers visit Primitive Hut by Caroline O’Donnell + Martin Miller. Includes sessions at Art Omi from 9 am to noon on Monday, August 10 and Friday, August 14. Camp Omi in a Box boxes are picked up at noon on Monday, August 10.

Artgarten Campers (ages 3 - 5) make leaf prints with watercolor paints, build a cholla wood sculpture, create mini mosaic with ceramic tiles, and read along to The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss. Plus a choice of in-person sessions at Art Omi, or interactive Google Meet sessions on Monday and Friday. Artgarten boxes must be picked up between 10 am and 2 pm on Friday, August 7 by children participating in the Google Meet sessions, or at the conclusion of the Monday in-person session on Monday, August 10.

Week 7: Art of Play will not include in-person sessions. All sessions will be held online

Camp Omi in a Box is a weekly subscription to a series of make-at-home art projects, online tutorials, and interactive online gatherings that capture the mission and spirit of Art Omi’s popular Camp Omi and Artgarten programs.

WEEK 7: Art of Play
This week is all about functional art and games! Campers (ages 6 - 10) will paint on canvas, build a gravity board game, design a playground for bugs, and make an interactive chalk maze. Campers visit Pac Lab by Will Ryman. Includes virtual Google Meet sessions on Mondays and Fridays at 2pm (please note there are no in person sessions for Week 7: Art of Play). Camp Omi in a Box boxes are picked up between 10am and 2pm on Friday August 14.

Artgarten Campers (ages 3 - 5) design and build a marble run game, sculpt with foam, engineer a real robot, and read along to Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin and John Archambault. Virtual Google Meet sessions will be on Mondays and Fridays at 1pm (please note there are no in person sessions for Week 7: Art of Play). Artgarten boxes are picked up between 10 am and 2 pm on Friday, August 14.