Virtual Educator Summer Camp

Color photograph of an an open box with a flap lid and small books inside. The inside of the box lid has images of bunches of carrots. The box has 28 cavities, each which holds a small book with a three-dimensional carrot spine.
NMWA’s free, virtual Educator Summer Camp welcomes anyone who identifies as an educator.

Inspired by the Art, Books, and Creativity (ABC) Institutes and NMWA’s collection, sessions are hands-on, participatory, and fun. Sessions will explore the museum’s collection and resources; introduce historic and contemporary women artists; and engage participants in experimental making and close looking.

NMWA’s free, virtual Educator Summer Camp will be offered Monday, July 22, through Friday, July 26, 2024. Visit our events calendar to register.

Questions? Reach out to education@nmwa.org.

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I feel so fortunate to have participated in camp sessions led by professional artists along with the phenomenal NMWA staff.”
2023 virtual summer camp participant

Virtual Educator Summer Camp Highlights

2023

  • 264 educators attended camp.
  • Campers represented 22 states, Washington, D.C., and seven countries outside of the United States, including Australia, Canada, Bahrain, Bermuda, Mexico, Qatar, and Spain.
  • We welcomed the following guest instructors: Alisa Banks, María Verónica San Martín, Susan Joy Share, Esther K. Smith, Karen Vaughan, and Imin Yeh.

2022

  • 312 educators attended camp.
  • Campers represented 26 states, Washington, D.C., and five countries outside of the United States, including Canada, Bermuda, Iran, Italy, and the U.K.
  • We welcomed the following guest instructors: artists Irene Chan, Robin Ha, Sarah Matthews, Kim Van Someren and educators Kris Grey and Sheya.

2021

  • 403 educators attended camp.
  • Campers represented 26 states, Washington, D.C., and six countries outside of the United States, including Canada, Bermuda, England, Iran, Italy, and Japan.
  • We welcomed the following guest instructors: artists Carol Barton, Julie Chen, Jamila Felton, Sarah Matthews, Maggie Pate, and Priya Pereira; and authors of Wicked Arts Assignments (2020), Melissa Bremmer and Emiel Heijnen.

2020

  • 598 educators attended camp.
  • Campers represented 22 states, Washington, D.C., and five countries outside of the United States, including Canada, England, Japan, Panama, Poland.
  • We welcomed the following guest instructors: book artists Carol Barton, Colette Fu, Carol Todaro, and Jennifer White-Johnson; children’s book author and illustrator Adjoa Burrowes; author of You Are an Artist: Assignments to Spark Creation (2020), Sarah Urist Green; educator Abby Krolik; and collage artist Dafna Steinberg.
A photograph of a collection of brightly colored travel journals with collaged covers.
Examples of travel journals by Susan Joy Share, Image courtesy of Susan Joy Share

Examples of travel journals by Susan Joy Share, Image courtesy of Susan Joy Share