Specialty Camps  

These half-day camps are thematically focused for the young artist with an interest in that specific topic. Each week, choose a morning specialty camp, or afternoon specialty camp or sign up for both. 

 Morning Specialty Camp 9am – 12pm Members $215/ Non-Members $240

Afternoon Specialty Camp 1pm – 4pm Members $215/ Non-Members $240

Full Day Specialty Camp 9am – 4pm Members $375/ Non-Members $425

Specialty Camps for Ages 3.5 – 5

Messy Masterpieces

Come get messy with us! Join us for a week of exploring and discovering new textures and new ways to make art. This camp is all about using our senses to discover the world around us!

Specialty Camps for Ages 12 – 15

 Fashion Illustration

Do you love clothing, accessories, and styling? This camp will teach you ways to visually communicate your ideas and will give you the skills to develop those thoughts into 2-D renderings. Working in mixed media, including paints, collage and drawing tools, this program focuses on creating unique and original designs to call your own.

Specialty Camps for Ages 8 – 12

Art Gone Wild (full Day Program 9am – 4pm)

Explore and create in this cooperative camp opportunity that will bring out the nature-loving artist in your child. This shared camp between the Mystic Museum of Art (MMOA) and DPNC will use the natural landscape of the grounds and its animal residents as inspiration for constructing sculptures, textiles, sketches, paintings and more! Discover the wonderful sounds, patterns, colors, and rhythms of animals and how that can be translated into art. Get ready to go wild for animals and art!

Call the Nature Center to Register 860-536-1216