Your Art. Your Story. Your Life.
Add a little color to your life. A Portland art camp that builds confidence, collaboration and team building.
Portland Summer Art Camps
Grouped by Ages (8–10, 11–13, 14–17)
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Graphic Comic
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![Pencil drawings of a cat, a clown-like figure, and a girl with long hair on paper.]()
Pencil & Digital
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![Colorful clay zombie sculpture with exaggerated features and vivid colors]()
Zombie Sculpting
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![Wooden cat-shaped sculpture with painted geometric patterns and large eyes.]()
Wooden Creatures
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![Abstract painting with colorful geometric shapes, lines, and circles, set against a blue background.]()
SAVE YOUR SPOT
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![Black cat illustrations on colorful backgrounds with the words "make ART" and a website link to westartcreating.com.]()
Sticker Creation
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![Line drawing of a curled-up sleeping cat]()
Intro to Animation
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![A group of people working on stained glass projects at a table, using soldering tools and wearing blue gloves.]()
Creative Careers
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![Laptop, art sketches, and drawing supplies on wooden floor.]()
Portfolio & Creation
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![Stickers featuring black cats with raised paws and rainbow-striped shirts on holographic backgrounds, with text 'make ART' and website 'westartcreating.com'. Another sticker shows a cap with 'WE START creating' text.]()
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Add a Little Color to Your Life — and Theirs
Buy swag, send a kid to camp! Every shirt, sticker, and tote you buy supports our scholarship fund, helping more kids access the arts.
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Summer Art Camps
Our summer intensives (8 and up) are designed to inspire and equip you with skills in digital art, traditional techniques, personal branding, and professional preparation.
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Community scholarship
Add a little color to your life. Help a kid bring art and expression into their lives.
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Art Workshops
Develop your skills using creative technology while honing traditional techniques to build portfolios and apply self-promotion strategies, adapting to today's modern mobile processes.
MAKE ART PDX: JOIN US FOR SUMMER ART WORKSHOPS- AGES 8-18
Social Good Place
Make Art PDX has found a permanent space at Social Good Place, a hub for collaboration, learning, and artistic growth. This space is designed to support artists of all ages, providing an environment where creativity can thrive.
Our instructors are professional artists with experience at NIKE, LAIKA Animation, Hasbro Toys, Warner Brothers, and Roblox. With decades of expertise, their work reflects how modern creatives navigate the industry—not confined to a studio or a single workspace.
Creativity happens in motion—on a phone, at a café, in a sketchbook while traveling. It is fluid, adaptable, and unrestricted. Our approach embraces this freedom, using iPads, cell phones, and digital tools that fit into a backpack. This is the future of creative work, and we are here to explore it together.
Camp Hours: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
After Studio Hours 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Location: 4511 SE Main St. Portland OR 97215