UGA Summer Art Camp
Are you a high school student eager to elevate your arts practice? Study under acclaimed faculty and graduate students at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at UGA.
The UGA Summer Art Camp launched in 2024 as a four-day intensive camp rotating between various media. In 2025, the camp partnered with Summer Academy at the University of Georgia to offer a variety of studio art classes, including jewelry, printmaking, photography, and painting, across 6 weeks in June and July. We are delighted to offer day camp and overnight residential options.
Check back soon for information on the 2026 UGA Summer Art Camp.
Guests at the Dodd Galleries for a BFA exit show, 2023. Photo by Sidney Chansamone.
About UGA Summer Art Camp
The UGA Summer Art Camp offers an exclusive opportunity to grow as an artist with access to state of the art facilities within a beautiful university campus in Athens, Georgia. Launched over the summer of 2024 with 70 participating campers from across the region, our campers enjoy instruction by UGA art faculty in fully-equipped studios, proximity to the Georgia Museum of Art and the UGA Art Library, lunches at the university’s Village Summit Dining Commons, and building new connections with passionate art students in Georgia.
The 2025 UGA Summer Art Camp, hosted in partnership with the Summer Academy at the University of Georgia, offered an exciting expansion of our program, including a new overnight residential option.
All skill levels and arts backgrounds are welcome to participate in our camp! Campers must be age 14-17.
Check back soon for information regarding the 2026 UGA Summer Art Camp.
Questions? Send an email to camp director Jon Swindler (Professor of Printmaking) at SummerArtCamp@uga.edu to find out more and to keep up with UGA Summer Art Camp news.
Professor Jon Swindler with students at the Athens Art Book Fair, 2023. Photo by Sidney Chansamone.
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The UGA Summer Art Camp aspires to be accessible for any passionate art student who wants to attend! Your generosity can help us provide the greatest experience to a broad range of students. If you are interested in supporting the UGA Summer Art Camp, please contact us!
Last updated: September 30, 2025