Campers will go outdoors often during camp, weather permitting. We’re holding our youth camps at the Kirkland Congregational United Church of Christ (106 5th Ave, Kirkland, WA 98033) this year, just down the street from our main building. KCUCC is close to a number of parks. There will be walks to the parks plus opportunities to play, eat lunch, and sketch outside.

Each camper and teen intensive student should bring a sack lunch each day. The food should be ready to eat and not require heating or special handling. Send along any forks or spoons that are needed. The younger campers will have snack time mid-morning. Please send along a designated snack rather than having your camper raid their lunch.

Break times are fairly flexible depending on the students’ needs, but there will usually be a 15-minute break at 10:30 and an hour to hour-and-a half lunch break which could include a short hike to a park to eat and play.

We cap enrollment at 12 students to make sure everyone gets plenty of individual instruction and attention.

The 2D Portfolio Teen Intensive is held in a smaller classroom and will be capped at 8 students.

Campers will complete around 6-10 projects a week.

Art can be messy. We won’t go wild with the messes but please send your camper to us wearing comfortable clothing that can get dirty. High heels and leisure suits are discouraged. Also, we know that younger kids in particular can get distracted and find themselves needing a change of clothes. If you think this could happen to your camper, please send along spares that we can keep on hand.

The ages listed for the camps are guidelines. You will know best if your child will work well with a particular age group. We aren’t checking birth certificates.

This is a good question because for youth camps, you will need to sign your camper in and out each day; dropping them on the street corner won’t work. Kirkland Congregational has parking on 1st Street that campers and families are welcome to use during camp hours.  Our neighborhood also has ample street parking so you can park on the street if you’d prefer.

Teens will not need to be signed in and out and parking is available across 1st St in the Lakeside Church parking lot.

Camp ends at 3:00 pm. We offer extended care for youth camps until 5:00 pm at a cost of $75 per week. If you have other needs (i.e. you only need extended are one day per week) please contact our Education Director at abeach@kirklandartscenter.org or (425) 822-7161 x108

Extended care is not available for our teen intensives.

Please see our detailed refund and withdrawal policy. There is a $20 withdrawal fee when refunds are available.

We offer a referral discount. We do not offer a bundle for the teen intensives but the other discounts are available.

To earn a 10% referral discount on a future class, workshop, or camp, get a new student to register with us and mention that they heard about KAC from you. So if your kiddo has friends that might be interested in joining them for camp, that can add up to significant savings for you!

Need-based scholarships are available for all of our camps and intensives as well as our regular classes and workshops. Our scholarship application and eligibility information is available here.

Our youth camps will be held at Kirkland Congregational United Church of Christ. Contact KCUCC directly for accessibility information.

Due to the historic nature of the KAC building, our teen intensives are not fully accessible. More detailed accessibility information is available here.