High School Workshops

Ages 14 and up

Carnegie Museum of Art offers a variety of summer workshops and intensives for teens. If you’re looking for a fun place to improve your creative portfolio, we have a workshop to fit your schedule. Architecture courses are offered in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture.

Visit the Registration page for complete registration information and a downloadable form. You may also use the online registration links provided below.

Drawing the Human Figure

June 18–22
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
$140 (Members $126)
Meets at Carnegie Mellon University’s Margaret Morrison Hall

Develop your eye and hand for drawing through sketching practice and refined studio compositions based on the human form, including a live model. Learn how to show accurate proportions of the human figure and to portray the illusion of three-dimensional forms using a variety of media.
Click here to register online

Sketchbook

June 25–29
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
$140 (Members $126)
Meets at Carnegie Mellon University’s Margaret Morrison Hall

Learn to draw anything and everything. Work with a teaching artist to develop your observational drawing skills and learn to use a variety of drawing tools. Spend a week drawing on location in the museum’s galleries and exhibitions and outdoors in Oakland. Build up your artist sketchbook with a variety of quick studies and more finished compositions while drawing landscapes, architecture, and portraits from observation. All materials including sketchbook provided.
Click here to register online

Architecture 101

June 18–29
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
$400 (Members $360)
Meets at Carnegie Museum of Art

This studio course introduces concepts and processes covered in first-year college architecture. Focus on design development and learn representation methods including drawing in plan and section, rendering, and model-making. Deepen your understanding of architectural practices and consider the roles of aesthetics and abstract design ideas in your own work and in great buildings from the past.
Click here to register online

Painting

July 9–13 and/or July 16–20
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
1 week: $220 (Members $200)
2 weeks: $400 (Members $360)
Meets at Carnegie Mellon University’s Margaret Morrison Hall

Try painting for the first time, or take your current skills to the next stage, inspired by the work of the world’s greatest artists. Experience every aspect of the painting process, from developing an idea to experimenting with color mixing, composition, and paint application. Work at your own pace with expert guidance to create realistic or abstract work.

Register for one or both weeks:
— Click here to register online for WEEK 1 only, July 9–13
— Click here to register online for WEEK 2 only, July 16–20
— Click here to register online for BOTH weeks.

Ceramics

July 23–27
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
$260 (Members $240)
Meets at Carnegie Museum of Art

Get your hands into some wet clay and learn to create 3-D objects through hand building and wheel construction. Ceramic works in the museum’s collection, from the ancient world to today, provide endless inspiration for your imaginative and technical experiments with clay and glazes. Not available for a workshop during this week? Join our Thursday Night Ceramics class, described below!
Click here to register online

Architecture 102

July 30–August 3
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
$200 (Members $160)
Meets at Carnegie Museum of Art

This is a one-week course designed to give high school students one quality project to put in their portfolios for college admission. From sketches to a final model, this is a fast-paced workshop that will help develop your architectural skills. Some prior experience in architecture or drafting is recommended.
Click here to register online

Performance Art

August 6–10
Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
$140 (Members $126)
Meets at Carnegie Museum of Art

Become a performance artist for a week and experience what it’s like to reinterpret paintings and sculptures in the museum’s collection. Work with a teaching artist and your classmates to create impromptu and rehearsed performances for spaces in the museum. Create accessories to wear and props to use during your shows.
Click here to register online

Thursday Night Ceramics

Thursdays, July 12–August 2
Monday–Friday, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
$260 (Members $240)
Price includes materials
Meets at Carnegie Museum of Art

Get your hands into some wet clay and learn to create 3-D objects from the functional to the sculptural, through hand building and wheel construction. Ceramic works in the museum’s collection, from the ancient world to today, provide endless inspiration for your imaginative and technical experiments with clay and glazes.
Click here to register online

Photo: Jillian M. Gallagher