Kids get creative, messy at AMA Pinterest Camp
Campers create Pinterest-inspired projects this week at a summer camp at the Albany Museum of Art.
By Tessa Green
ALBANY — This summer, the Albany Museum of Art is encouraging kids to explore their creativity by creating the crazy, messy projects they’ve always wanted to do but can’t do in the house during AMA’s Pinterest Party Summer Camp.
The camp is the first of the AMA’s series of summer camps. It started Monday and continues through Friday. The camp is catered toward children ages 4-7 and is instructed by Chloe Hinton, the director of Education and Program Planning at the museum. During the camp, the kids create around two art projects a day and also get the chance to see a few of the galleries.
“We’re doing all the projects on Pinterest that make a mess in the parents’ house,” Hinton said. “We made moon sand yesterday, and we’re making slime this morning.”
Throughout the camp, the kids have the opportunity to take part in a number of different projects, all of which they get to take home. Some of the work they will create includes melted crayon art, sharpie tie dye, drop splat painting, pendulum painting and spin art. The kids also learn about and gain an appreciation for different forms of art.
“The idea is to expose them to art in kind of a non-threatening way,” Hinton said. “They don’t even realize that we’re talking about sculpture and painting, all they know is that they are making it and having fun.”
Throughout the rest of the summer, the museum will host other art camps catered toward a variety of different ages. Most of these camps are full, but there are still a few spots open. The open camps include the Middle School Art Camp during the week of June 11-15, the Scrapbook Camp during the week of June 18-22 and the Splash Camp during the week of July 9-13. More information on these camps, such as the time and cost, can be found on the museum’s website.
For those who missed the signup period for the camp their kids wanted this summer, the museum plans to continue these camps in upcoming summers. According to Hinton, they try to come up with new camps every year and bring back a few of the previous ones. The museum has art programs for both children and adults throughout the school year as well.
“We try to come up with something engaging and exciting for the kids to do,” Hinton said, “while also helping the parents out when school is done for the year.”
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