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Camp Aldrich
Camp Aldrich is a full-day, week-long arts experience with Museum Educators and a practicing teaching artist. Campers explore the Museum’s three-acre campus, learn in the galleries, and incorporate the world around them into their art.
Each week, campers are guided through art-making workshops and activities led by a professional, practicing artist and our dedicated team of camp counselors. Weeks are tailored to specific age groups for the ultimate creative learning environment.
Each session culminates in a celebration for family and friends on Friday evenings, displaying works or art that the campers developed throughout the week.
Family level Members ($150) and above receive a 10% discount on Camp Aldrich
Not a member? Join today to receive a discount on Camp Aldrich!
Dates and Pricing
Dates for Camp Aldrich 2025
Week 1: Monday, July 7 to Friday, July 11 (Grades 1-3)
Week 2: Monday, July 14 to Friday, July 18 (Grades 1-3)
Week 3: Monday, July 21 to Friday, July 25 (Grades 4-6)
Pricing
Family Members and above: $456; Non-Members: $504
Exhibitions On View
Your campers will explore the following exhibitions at The Aldrich this summer:
Martin Beck: ... for hours, days, or weeks at a time | March 30, 2025 to October 5, 2025
Using drawing, sound, video, and installation, artist Martin Beck presents an informed study on environment, a series of eleven vinyl records from the 1970s that laid the groundwork for an emerging industry catering to the care, efficiency, and control of the self.
Nickola Pottinger: fos born | June 8, 2025 to January 4, 2026
This exhibition marks the artist’s solo museum debut, unveiling a new body of work made specifically for the show. Her sculptural works are referred to as “duppies” (Jamaican patois for ghosts). They often represent spiritual creations, associated with memories.
Zak Prekop: Durations | June 8, 2025 to January 4, 2026
Zak Prekop debuts a new body of work in his first solo museum exhibition. He explores the intricate possibilities of mark-making, in a process that can be both meticulous and as he describes it, “spontaneous.” The layered compositions evoke cartographic and geological representations, mirroring organic forms.
Sample Schedule
Daily Schedule
Drop Off
9:30 am
Mindful Movement and Studio Time
9:30 to 10am
Campers will be guided through a calm warm-up/ free draw studio time before the gallery tour begins.
In the Gallery
10 to 11:30 am
Campers will begin by exploring a particular gallery or work of art currently on view in the Museum with our staff. Following the tour, campers will engage in creative gallery activities.
Lunch and Outdoor Play
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Time to eat (outside if weather permits) and then participate in games and activities in the Sculpture Garden or The Studio
Artist Session
12:30 to 3 pm
Campers work with the teaching artist on their projects, experimenting with art-making techniques, and exploring the galleries and Sculpture Garden.
Snack/Extra Work Time
3 to 4 pm
Snack time (outside if weather permits). Students may have time
to add final touches to their work for the day and/or take part in games/activities.
Pick Up
4 pm
Related Exhibitions
January 21, 2024 to August 11, 2024 | Leir Gallery, Klein Kenealy Gallery, Project Space
Loie Hollowell: Space Between, A Survey of Ten Years
April 7, 2024 to October 27, 2024 | Opatrny Vestibule, Opatrny Gallery, Sound Gallery