2019 Summer Camps
Get ready for our 2019 summer of Art in Motion, Making your Mark and Bringing 2D to 3D! Each week features creative explorations and projects that emphasize resourcefulness and using materials in new ways. Children will be grouped by age during these sessions. All campers must be potty trained.
Camps are located at the Durant Center (1605 Cameron Street) unless otherwise noted. The City of Alexandria is also offering several camps at the Durant Center over the summer, including before and after care starting as early as 7a and ending at 6p. UpCycle staff can assist in picking-up or dropping-off children from programs that are in the Durant Center.
Should you need to cancel a camp registration, fees are fully refundable if the registration is cancelled at least two weeks prior to the start of the camp week. Contact our director with questions, on-site program coordination requests or to cancel a registration.
Spaces for CITs (ages 12-15 years) are available for all weeks of camp. CITs create along-side campers while helping with set up and clean up, being role models, gaining leadership skills and making the camp experience even more fun! CITs sign a CIT agreement and pay a fee of $100/week. Contact us to discuss CIT opportunities available this summer.
Camps are located at the Durant Center (1605 Cameron Street) unless otherwise noted. The City of Alexandria is also offering several camps at the Durant Center over the summer, including before and after care starting as early as 7a and ending at 6p. UpCycle staff can assist in picking-up or dropping-off children from programs that are in the Durant Center.
Should you need to cancel a camp registration, fees are fully refundable if the registration is cancelled at least two weeks prior to the start of the camp week. Contact our director with questions, on-site program coordination requests or to cancel a registration.
Spaces for CITs (ages 12-15 years) are available for all weeks of camp. CITs create along-side campers while helping with set up and clean up, being role models, gaining leadership skills and making the camp experience even more fun! CITs sign a CIT agreement and pay a fee of $100/week. Contact us to discuss CIT opportunities available this summer.
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Session One: June 3-7
Art in Motion Ages 3-8 Local Motion Project and UpCycle come together for Art In Motion, a week of visual art and creative dance making! Children will learn about artists and incorporate materials and processes in their own way. After exploring the elements of dance, children will use their visual arts experiences as inspiration to create original choreography. Our week will culminate in an art show and dance performance for friends and family. Camp will be held from 9a to 1p daily, campers bring a lunch and snack.
Fee is $240 |
Session Two: June 10-14
Art in Motion Ages 3-8 Local Motion Project and UpCycle come together for Art In Motion, a week of visual art and creative dance making! Children will learn about artists and incorporate materials and processes in their own way. After exploring the elements of dance, children will use their visual arts experiences as inspiration to create original choreography. Our week will culminate in an art show and dance performance for friends and family. Camp will be held from 9a to 1p daily, campers bring a lunch and snack.
Fee is $240 |
Session Three: June 17-21
Jewelry Making Ages 5-10 Campers will learn how to make all sorts of items from materials they never would have suspected could be fashioned into amazing wearable art. Camp will be held from 9a to 1p daily, campers bring a lunch and snack.
Fee is $240 |
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Session Four: June 24-28
Art off the Page Ages 5-11 |
Session Five: July 8-12
From 2D to 3D Ages 5-10 |
Session Six: July 15-19
Light, Shadow and Reflection Ages 5-11 |
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Connect your passion for reading with visual art. Campers will read books about artists and artistic styles and then make art out of reuse materials inspired by the books. Camp will be held from 9a to 1p daily, campers bring a lunch and snack
Fee is $240 THIS CAMP TAKES PLACE AT THE NANNIE J LEE REC CENTER: 1108 Jefferson St Alexandria, VA 22314 |
Bring flat castoffs into the realm of the real! Campers will take 2D materials such as cardboard, paper, cans to make sculptures, pop-ups, even papier mache. Camp will be held from 9a to 1p daily, campers bring a lunch and snack.
Fee is $240 THIS CAMP TAKES PLACE AT THE CHARLES HOUSTON REC CENTER: 901 Wythe Street Alexandria, VA 22314 |
Explore how a light source can provide inspiration for creating drawings, paintings, sculpture and more! We’ll transform images from small to large and experiment with reflections and shadows. Camp will be held from 9a to 1p daily, campers bring a lunch and snack.
Fee is $240 |
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Session Seven: August 5-9
Demo-Vation Ages 5-11 
Demolish + innovate, take apart discarded electronics and create something new! Camp will be held from 9a to 1p daily, campers bring a lunch and snack.
Fee is $240 THIS CAMP TAKES PLACE AT THE PATRICK HENRY REC CENTER: 4653 Taney Ave. Alexandria, VA 22304 |
Session Eight: August 12-16
Light, Shadow and Reflection Ages 5-11 
Explore how a light source can provide inspiration for creating drawings, paintings, sculpture and more! We’ll transform images from small to large and experiment with reflections and shadows. Camp will be held from 9a to 1p daily, campers bring a lunch and snack.
Fee is $240 |
Session Nine: August 19-23
Art and Dramatic Play Ages 3-5 Join us for this exciting joint summer camp with Arts on the Horizon and UpCycle Creative Reuse Center! Your little one will dive into beloved children’s books and create visual art pieces inspired by these stories. Through exploration and creativity, we will build works of art with reuse materials. Then, through dramatic play, we will use our voices, our bodies, and our imaginations to bring these stories and our art to life! Camp will be held from 9a to 1p daily, campers bring a lunch and snack.
Fee is $240 THIS CAMP TAKES PLACE AT CONVERGENCE: 1801 N. Quaker Lane Alexandria VA 22302 |
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Session Ten: August 19-23
Art in Motion Ages 5-8 - FULL DAY! |
Session Eleven: August 26-29 (Four days)
Make Your Mark Ages 5-10 |
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Local Motion Project and UpCycle come together for Art In Motion, a week of visual art and creative dance making! Children will learn about artists and incorporate materials and processes in their way. The visual arts explorations will inspire campers to create original choreography about the art. The camp will culminate in an art show and dance performance for friends and family. Campers bring a lunch and snack. Camp will be held from 9a to 3p daily, campers bring a lunch and snack.
Fee is $360 |
Use a variety of mark making materials and tools to stamp, paint, print and more! Create your own printing tools out of reuse materials to design 2D and 3D works of art. Camp will be held from 9a to 1p daily, campers bring a lunch and snack.
Fee is $195 |
