Extracurriculars That Build Visual Art
Creating drawings, paintings, or other visual work to express ideas and observations.
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are a prestigious national competition that recognizes the creative achievements of students in grades…
YoungArts is a highly prestigious national arts competition and talent development program for high school students ages 15 to 18…
The Congressional Art Competition, also known as the Artistic Discovery Contest, is a nationwide visual arts competition for high school…
A highly competitive pre-college program for young creatives. Includes core studio classes in digital art, painting, and sculpture, alongside weekly…
The Ocean Awareness Contest is an annual international competition organized by Bow Seat that invites students in grades 5–12 to…
River of Words is a free international youth poetry and art competition hosted by Saint Mary's College of California that…
Destination Imagination is a national STEAM competition where teams of students in grades 3 through 12 collaborate to solve open-ended…
New York Film Academy's Summer Film and Acting Camps offer intensive, hands-on training in filmmaking, acting, screenwriting, photography, animation, and…
UConn Pre-College Summer is a week-long college preparation program offered by the University of Connecticut at its Storrs and Hartford…
The Early College Program Online Summer Institute is a two-week virtual art and design program offered by the School of…
Summer at Columbia is an intensive four-week pre-college program offered by Columbia College Chicago for high school students ages 15…
Idyllwild Arts Summer Teen Programs are intensive one to two week workshops held in the mountains of Southern California for…
Interlochen Summer Arts Camp is a prestigious residential summer program for students in grades 3 through 12, offering immersive instruction…
The National High School Game Academy (NHSGA) is a selective six-week summer program hosted by Carnegie Mellon University that teaches…
The Day of AI Festival is a free annual celebration of student creativity and innovation in artificial intelligence, held each…
From the Ground Up is a selective five-week pre-college architecture program presented by Wonderworks in partnership with the Gerald D.…
Story Lines is a competitive, reading-intensive summer program presented by Wonderworks for high school students of special promise and ability,…
Camp ARCH is a six-day summer immersion program hosted by the Texas A&M University College of Architecture for high-achieving students…
Teen Studio is a year-round youth art program offered by the Art Students League of Denver for students ages 14…
Architecture in the City is a summer program offered by the College of Architecture and Planning at CU Denver for…
Access ASU Summer Programs are enrichment offerings hosted by Arizona State University for high school students in grades 9 through…
Springboard to Design is a pre-college architecture and design program that introduces high school students to the fundamentals of design…
Youth Art Connection (YAC) is a free six-session summer program offered by the American Folk Art Museum for NYC high…
Artslife is a highly selective paid summer internship program offered by the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) for rising…
The embARC Summer Design Academy is a four-week college-level program hosted by UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design for high…
AstroCamp's 2-Week Summer Camp is a residential sleepaway program in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California where students ages…
The California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) is a prestigious, state-sponsored residential summer program that offers intensive arts…
Introduction to Architecture Online is a five-week summer program offered by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The…
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Virtual Architecture Summer Camp Academy is a one-week intensive program offered by UWM's School of Architecture…
The Boston Architectural College's Summer Academy – Global is a four-week online pre-college design program for students ages 14 and…
The AFSF Summer Design Institute is a three-week intensive summer program offered by the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco for…
The Governor's School for the Arts (GSA) is a tuition-free, highly selective arts conservatory serving students in grades 8 through…
Interlochen's Animation Summer Program is a three-week residential experience at one of the nation's most celebrated arts institutions, where high…
The National Art Honor Society (NAHS) is a prestigious recognition program organized by the National Art Education Association that celebrates…
Washington University in St. Louis offers a range of summer programs that give high school students a taste of college…
The Indigenous Youth Media Workshop is a summer program offered by Northern Arizona University's School of Communication for high school…
The National High School Design Challenge is an annual competition hosted by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum that invites students…
The AAPT High School Physics Photo Contest is an international competition hosted by the American Association of Physics Teachers that…
Inspiring Girls Expeditions is an international organization that leads tuition-free summer expeditions for high school students, combining science, art, and…
Norwich University of the Arts offers a free six-week summer workshop series open to students aged 14 and older, running…
Teen Academy is a six-week summer program offered by the Art Academy of Cincinnati for students ages 13 to 18,…
The Octavia Project Summer Institute is a free, five-week summer program in Brooklyn for young women and trans, nonbinary, and…
Camp Integem is a hands-on summer STEM program where students ages 6 to 18 explore cutting-edge fields including artificial intelligence,…