Summer Camps at BAM invite kids to stretch their imaginations with exceptional programming and enrichment in a safe, fun, and supportive museum environment. Each week campers explore a theme through art, craft, and design. Campers will experiment with materials, tools, techniques, and processes that enhance the communication of ideas through art. Each week culminates with an art display for families and friends to enjoy. We look forward to welcoming you and your camper!
Registration for BAM-hosted camps is open now! Available spots could fill up quickly, so make sure to sign up early. Member Registration opens Wednesday, March 1; General Registration opens Monday, March 6.
Arts & Environment Summer Camp
June 26 - 30 (5 days)
9 am – 3 pm (Full day)
Students entering 4th – 6th grade
Draw, print, design, and create at this week’s BAM summer camp! Inspired by the exhibition Strange Weather, this camp introduces printmaking techniques, encouraging you to explore our natural and urban environments through artistic experimentation.
*After-care is available until 5:30pm.
Available spots could fill up quickly, make sure to mark your calendars.
BAM Member Registration opens on March 1
General Registration opens on March 6
- Full Day Camp $450
- Full Day Camp + Aftercare $535
- BAM Members Full Day Camp $415
- BAM Members Full Day Camp + *Aftercare $515
This camp session will be held in-person at BAM (510 Bellevue Way NE Bellevue)
Bellevue Arts Museum is able to offer scholarships to summer camps through the generosity of individual and corporate supporters. We offer a limited number of scholarships annually, making BAM art camps accessible to families with limited resources. Full fee waivers and partial fee waivers are available for families with a self-declared need on a first-come, first served basis. Please contact development@bellevuearts.org if you wish to support summer camp scholarships.
Super Sculptures with KidsQuest - SOLD OUT
July 10 – 14 (5 days)
9 am – 3 pm (Full day)
Bellevue Arts Museum and KidsQuest Children’s Museum
Students entering 1st – 3rd grade
- Full week camp $475
Join KidsQuest Educators in the morning as you explore clay, paper mâché, and more as you learn about different mediums that result in sensational sculptures. A short walk from Kidquest will take us to the exhibits in the Bellevue Arts Museum where campers will learn more about what inspires the artist's pieces. From self-identity, nature, and climate change, we will discover what story their art tells us and what we want our art to tell others.
*NOTE: Campers will need to be dropped off at KidsQuest and picked up at Bellevue Art Museum each day.
Little Artists Summer Camp
August 7 - 11 (5 days)
9 am – 12:30 pm (Half day mornings)
Students entering pre-K and Kindergarten (Ages 4 yr. old – 6 yr. old)
This morning camp is dedicated to our youngest artists, makers, and builders! In this camp, we will discover art through the process of experimenting with different materials and learning through our senses. Throughout the week, we will explore the museum to gather inspiration from BAM’s current exhibitions.
Available spots could fill up quickly, make sure to mark your calendars.
BAM Member Registration opens on March 1
General Registration opens on March 6
- Half-day Camp $250
- BAM Members Half-day Camp $220
This camp session will be held in-person at BAM (510 Bellevue Way NE Bellevue).
Bellevue Arts Museum is able to offer scholarships to summer camps through the generosity of individual and corporate supporters. We offer a limited number of scholarships annually, making BAM art camps accessible to families with limited resources. Full fee waivers and partial fee waivers are available for families with a self-declared need on a first-come, first served basis. Please contact development@bellevuearts.org if you wish to support summer camp scholarships.
Storytellers Studio Camp
August 14 – 18 (5 days)
9 am – 3 pm (Full day)
Students entering 1st – 3rd grade
Exploring imagination through storytelling and art! This week’s camp is inspired by the upcoming exhibitions, Preston Wadley’s Abstract Truth and Strange Weather. During the week, students will be creating their own storybooks, using printmaking techniques, drawing, and bookbinding that bring their imagination to life.
*After-care is available until 5:30pm.
Available spots could fill up quickly, make sure to mark your calendars.
BAM Member Registration opens on March 1
General Registration opens on March 6
- Full Day Camp $450
- Full Day Camp + *Aftercare $535
- BAM Members Full Day Camp $415
- BAM Members Full Day Camp + *Aftercare $515
This camp session will be held in-person at BAM (510 Bellevue Way NE Bellevue).
Bellevue Arts Museum is able to offer scholarships to summer camps through the generosity of individual and corporate supporters. We offer a limited number of scholarships annually, making BAM art camps accessible to families with limited resources. Full fee waivers and partial fee waivers are available for families with a self-declared need on a first-come, first served basis. Please contact development@bellevuearts.org if you wish to support summer camp scholarships.
Creative Writing Scribes Summer Camp with Hugo House
Memoir, Short Story, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
August 21 – 25 (5 days)
10 am – 3pm (Full day)
Students entering 9-12th grade
- 100%Tuition: $480.00**
- 90% Tuition: $144
- 60% Tuition: $288
- 30% Tuition: $432
- 110% Tuition: $528
- 125% Tuition: $600
Creative Writing Scribes at the Bellevue Arts Museum for 9-12th grade
In this camp, a partnership between Hugo House and the Bellevue Arts Museum, students will explore exhibits and materials at BAM, participate in artistic activities, and write to prompts inspired by BAM's collections. Students will write in a range of creative writing genres, from fantasy and poetry, memoir to playwriting, and everything in between, including cross-genre and hybrid forms. The week will culminate with a reading and/or presentation of student work.
This camp is for students entering 9-12th grade in Fall 2023 and will take place in-person at the Bellevue Arts Museum. All camps break for lunch from 12-1pm each day.
**Scribes Summer camps are offered on a scaled registration rate in order to offer financially accessible programming for all youth. Registration is scaled at 30%, 60%, 90%, or 100%, so that families pay what they can, no application required!
Payments above the 100% rate help offset costs that allow for accessible programming to continue. Donations of any amount can also be made upon registration. Scholarships are also available by filling out our scholarship application.
Questions? Please email youth@hugohouse.org.
The 2023 Bellevue Arts Museum education season is sponsored by a generous anonymous donor. Bellevue Arts Museum youth and family programs are generously supported by ArtsWA, NEA, Puyallup Tribe of Indians, and Tulalip Tribes Charitable Contributions.
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