Albrecht-Kemper hosts summer art camp

By Ashley Luthans

The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art began its first summer camp session this week.

The summer camp is designed for children ages 6-12 and helps them to create, explore and appreciate art.

Belinda Burgiss-Hall is an art teacher at the camp, and she explained that she loves helping the children get more into art.

“It’s just fabulous being around all the children and getting them to be creative and use their imaginations,” Burgiss-Hall said. “And then having the space and the supplies for them to just really explore what art is and how they can make it.”

Each session will include different activities, ensuring that every session is unique and fun for the kids.

For the June session, children were encouraged to create art pieces that reflect life, including buildings, cities and even their own bedrooms.

Dansare Lawrence, the marketing and communications manager at AKMA, explained why the program is beneficial to children.

“This gives kids who have the tiniest spark of creativity just more fuel to carry that on into their future lives,” Lawrence said. “I remember doing things like this as a kid and that thread carried on well into my adult life. So, these are really foundational moments, you know, it may not seem like much, but it’s very important to them and to facilitate that creativity is really vital.”

There will be two more art camp sessions at the AKMA this summer: July 23-26 and August 6-9.

Each date will have two sessions: one from 9 a.m. to noon and the other from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Registration is $100 per child for AKMA members and $125 for non-members.

In order to check registration availability, contact frontdesk@albrecht-kemper.org or call 816-233-7003.