Early Childhood

Mon–Fri, Jun 5–9, 9:30 am–noon | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 3–5, potty-learned | These Reggio-inspired, inquiry-based camps include daily adventures inside the Museum and out in the Sculpture Garden. As a collaborative community, groups begin their mornings in the classroom and then have creative adventures outside daily, weather permitting. Each camp follows the same format, with each group of children making the experience as unique as they are themselves.

$165 (VMFA members $150)

Mon–Fri, Jun 12–16, 9:30 am–noon | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 3–5, potty-learned | These Reggio-inspired, inquiry-based camps include daily adventures inside the Museum and out in the Sculpture Garden. As a collaborative community, groups begin their mornings in the classroom and then have creative adventures outside daily, weather permitting. Each camp follows the same format, with each group of children making the experience as unique as they are themselves.

$165 (VMFA members $150)

Tue–Fri, Jun 20–23, 9:30 am–noon | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 3–5, potty-learned | These Reggio-inspired, inquiry-based camps include daily adventures inside the Museum and out in the Sculpture Garden. As a collaborative community, groups begin their mornings in the classroom and then have creative adventures outside daily, weather permitting. Each camp follows the same format, with each group of children making the experience as unique as they are themselves.

$135 (VMFA members $120)

Mon–Fri, Jun 26–30, 9:30 am–noon | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 3–5, potty-learned | These Reggio-inspired, inquiry-based camps include daily adventures inside the Museum and out in the Sculpture Garden. As a collaborative community, groups begin their mornings in the classroom and then have creative adventures outside daily, weather permitting. Each camp follows the same format, with each group of children making the experience as unique as they are themselves.

$165 (VMFA members $150)

Mon, Jun 12, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 3–14 months, with an adult | Enjoy a sensational class filled with water play, seascapes, and water inspired art materials

$22 per baby/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Mon, Jul 10, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 3–14 months, with an adult | Tour the Benjamin Wigfall and Communications Village exhibition while discussing the importance of community in young children’s lives.

$22 per baby/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Mon, Jul 24, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 3–14 months, with an adult | Focus on portraits and how babies imitate facial expressions while touring the Whitfield Lovell: Passages exhibition.

$22 per baby/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Mon, Aug 7, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 3–14 months, with an adult | Experience vibrant colors around VMFA’s campus and in the paint babies use in their art project. Along the way discuss the unique way our vision develops.

$22 per baby/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Tuesdays, Jun 6 or 13, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 15–30 months, with an adult | Explore natural habitats, flora and fauna to inspire nature based art experiences.

$22 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Thursdays, Jun 8 or 15, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 15–30 months, with an adult | Explore natural habitats, flora and fauna to inspire nature based art experiences.

$22 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Tuesdays, Jul 11, 18, or 25, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 15–30 months, with an adult | Through interactive play, collage, and block building, investigate process-focused art, including objects in Benjamin Wigfall and Communications Village.

$22 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Thursdays, Jul 13, 20, or 27, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 15–30 months, with an adult | Through interactive play, collage, and block building, investigate process-focused art, including objects in Benjamin Wigfall and Communications Village.

$22 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Tuesdays, Aug 1, 8, or 15, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 15–30 months, with an adult | Enjoy fish-like-fun with water play, adventures to the Sculpture Garden, and aquatic art materials

$22 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Thursdays, Aug 3 or 10, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 15–30 months, with an adult | Enjoy fish-like-fun with water play, adventures to the Sculpture Garden, and aquatic art materials

$22 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Wednesdays, Jun 7 or 14, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 2 1/2–5, with an adult | Discover birds, bugs, and other living things in works of art. Get ready for feathers, fur, and fun!

$22 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Fridays, Jun 9 or 16, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 2 1/2–5, with an adult | Discover birds, bugs, and other living things in works of art. Get ready for feathers, fur, and fun!

$22 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Wednesdays, Jul 5, 12, 19 or 26, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 2 1/2–5, with an adult | Explore the elements of art: color, line, shape, and texture in works of art including Benjamin Wigfall and Communications Village.

$22 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Fridays, Jul 7, 14, 21 or 28, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 2 1/2–5, with an adult | Explore the elements of art: color, line, shape, and texture in works of art including Benjamin Wigfall and Communications Village.

$22 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Wednesdays, Aug 2 or 9, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 2 1/2–5, with an adult | Go on an ‘around the world’ art adventure at VMFA! Travel through the galleries and find inspiration in art from around the globe.

$22 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Friday, Aug 4 or 11, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 2 1/2–5, with an adult | Go on an ‘around the world’ art adventure at VMFA! Travel through the galleries and find inspiration in art from around the globe.

$22 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $18)

Saturday, Jul 8, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 3–14 months | Use your senses to enjoy water play, investigations of rocks, sand, insects, and mixed media.

$25 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $22)

Saturday, Jul 8, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 15–30 months | Use your senses to enjoy water play, investigations of rocks, sand, insects, and mixed media.

$25 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $22)

Saturday, Jul 22, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 2 1/2–5 years| Use your senses to enjoy water play, investigations of rocks, sand, insects, and mixed media.

$25 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $22)

Saturday, Aug 5, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 3–14 months| Enjoy imaginative play and tinker with a variety of “loose parts” to create and express yourself.

$25 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $22)

Saturday, Aug 5, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 15–30 months| Enjoy imaginative play and tinker with a variety of “loose parts” to create and express yourself.

$25 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $22)

Saturday, Aug 12, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center, Classroom

Ages 2 1/2–5 years| Enjoy imaginative play and tinker with a variety of “loose parts” to create and express yourself.

$25 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $22)