Summer Art Workshops
Welcome to the BGSU Summer Art Workshops!
Summer Art Workshops are a week-long intensive art camp designed to improve your skills as an artist, teach you new media, and meet new friends - all in a college campus setting. Students will work with BGSU School of Art faculty, alum and students who will challenge and inspire them. For these workshops, students have the option to choose between a focus in 2D or 3D media.
Each student who attends the Summer Art Workshops will attend art-based lectures and studio time, followed by an exhibition of their work in the Fine Arts Center. Students must be ages 14-18 and have completed at least 1 full year of high school to attend.
2D Media
3D Media
The Summer Art Workshops take place Monday, July 20, through Friday, July 24. The week concludes with a student art exhibition, free and open to the public.
Monday –
9a.m.-11a.m. Orientation and Introductions – All Participants together
11-12p.m. Workshop Introduction – Participants split into workshop groups
12-1p.m. Lunch – All Participants together
1-5p.m. Workshop – Instruction and Studio Time
5-6p.m. Optional additional studio time / Pick-up by 6p.m.
Tuesday –
9a.m.-12p.m. Workshop – Instruction and Studio Time
12-1p.m. Lunch – All Participants together
1-5p.m. Workshop – Instruction and Studio Time
5-6p.m. Optional additional studio time / Pick-up by 6p.m.
Wednesday –
9a.m.-12p.m. Workshop – Instruction and Studio Time
12-1p.m. Lunch – All Participants together
1-5p.m. Workshop – Instruction and Studio Time
5-6p.m. Optional additional studio time / Pick-up by 6p.m.
Thursday –
9a.m.-12p.m. Workshop – Instruction and Studio Time
12-1p.m. Lunch – All Participants together
1-5p.m. Workshop – Instruction and Studio Time
5-6p.m. Optional additional studio time / Pick-up by 6p.m.
Friday –
9a.m.-12p.m. Open Studio time – complete projects for afternoon exhibition
12-1p.m. Lunch
1-3p.m. Exhibition Set-up
3-5p.m. Take-away art project for participants (content TBD)
5-6p.m. Dinner
6-8p.m. Exhibition Reception
Important Information
Commuter (no resident option available): $295
Registration deposit: $25 (included in total cost)
Campers for this program do NOT have a residential option, all students must commute daily. If you are planning to attend the camp from another city or state and would like information about hotel options,
All students will have their lunch meals covered in their camp fees, dinner is provided on Friday, July 24.
Check-in may vary depending on attendance. Tentative schedule for Monday, July 20.
If a registration is canceled, the individual or organization making the original camp payment will receive:
- A full refund, minus the deposit will be issued if cancelation is received 6 weeks prior to the start of the program
- A refund of 75% will be issued if cancelation occurs less than 6 weeks but prior to 4 weeks
- A refund of 50% will be issued if cancelation occurs less than 4 weeks but prior to 2 weeks
- No refund for a "No Show" or for a cancellation request received less than 2 weeks prior to the start date of the program.
Students dismissed for disciplinary reasons are not eligible for any refund.
Forms will be collected electronically via CampDocs. Information with a link to the site will be emailed to you in April.
General Admission Deadline: April 24, 2026
On the last day of the camp, students will have an exhibition featuring the artwork they made in their workshops. Work will be exhibited at the BGSU Fine Arts Center. Family and friends are encouraged to join the students for the exhibition between 6-8p.m.
Parking passes are distributed at check-in.
Students can receive a parking pass that will allow them to park in lots close to the dining hall and workshop facilities. Parents who are coming to the final exhibit on Friday will get a parking pass that allows them to park in lots near the Fine Arts Center (exhibition space).
The BGSU School of Art is not responsible for reimbursing parking tickets.
Students who choose to submit a small portfolio of artworks will be considered for scholarships.
For questions regarding registration, payment and forms, contact:
Hope Hooper
Coordinator of Arts Admissions and Promotions
Updated: 12/01/2025 10:40AM