PMAC Summer offers unique art camps for youth, week-long youth and teen music workshops, flexible art and music lessons for all ages, and an adult community band. Come fill your summer with creativity and community!
Tuition aid is available. Applying early for aid is recommended – March 1st is our first deadline. Our final deadline is May 1 but our camps often fill by May 1, if not sooner.
Kid’s Art Camps and Workshops
PMAC Artist Camp
- Ages: 7-12
- Dates: Three Sessions: 7/7-7/11, 7/14-7/18, 7/21-7/25
- Times: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Location: Kittery Community Center
- Cost: $300
- Register Here!
Unleash your child’s imagination at PMAC Artists Camp! Themed weeklong camps are packed with hands-on 2D and 3D art projects and each week concludes with a student art show for family and friends to celebrate!
🖍️ July 7-11, 2025: Session 1 – Storybook Studio
Step into the world of storytelling and bring your favorite tales to life! Take inspiration from illustrators and animators like Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss, and Pixar Studios to design whimsical characters, craft vibrant scenes, and dream up your own magical stories. Using painting, printmaking, collage, and papier-mâché, you’ll create art that leaps off the page!
🌿 July 14-18, 2025: Session 2 – Nature’s Palette
Discover the beauty of the natural world through art! Explore the bold flowers of Georgia O’Keeffe, the movement of Van Gogh’s landscapes, and the delicate details of botanical illustrations. Using fabric, found objects, and natural elements, we’ll create artwork inspired by sunsets, forests, rivers, and everything in between. Let nature ignite your creativity!
🐉 July 21-25, 2025: Session 3 – Mythical Makers
Embark on an artistic journey into the realm of magic, myths, and legends! Take inspiration from Salvador Dalí’s surreal creatures, the dramatic storytelling of ancient mythology, and fantasy book illustrations. Through mixed media, sculpture, and more, bring to life fire-breathing dragons, enchanted castles, and heroic tales of your own making!
Art Camp: Fur, Feathers, Fangs, and Fantasy!
- Ages: Students entering grades 3-5
- Dates: 6/30-7/3
- Times: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Location: PMAC
- Cost: $275
- Register Here!
Get ready for an art-filled, four-day adventure where creativity runs wild! Join us for a ROARING good time as we explore animals—real and imaginary—through art. From creatures of the land, sea, and sky to mythical beasts and even space-traveling animals, the possibilities are endless!
Create & Explore:
🎨 Drawing & Painting
🎭 Mask-Making & Puppet-Making
🦖 Cartooning & Sculpture (Clay, Foam & More!)
Using a variety of tools and techniques, you’ll bring your favorite creatures—and your wildest imaginings—to life!
Art Workshop: Mixed Media Mornings
- Ages: Students entering grades 6-8
- Dates: 6/25-6/27
- Times: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Location: PMAC
- Cost: $100
- Register Here!
Join teaching artist Anna Nuttall for a three-morning art workshop full of creativity, self-expression, and hands-on fun! Each day, you’ll dive into exciting mixed media techniques with plenty of flexibility to bring your artistic vision to life.
Explore:
• Cyanotypes – Create stunning single-process photo prints
• Block Printing – Experiment with multi-layered and non-traditional techniques
• Creative Collage – Build dynamic compositions with unique materials
…and more!
No prior art experience needed—just bring your curiosity! We’ll take inspiration from Street Art, Surrealism, commercial art, and, most importantly, your own unique style. Come experiment, express yourself, and make something amazing!
Pre-Teen and Teen Music Workshops
Summer Rock 101 Camp
- Ages: Ages 9-11
- Dates: 7/28-8/1
- Times: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Location: PMAC
- Cost: $210
- Register Here!
Ready to rock? Summer Rock 101 is a one-week workshop where young musicians can jam with a band, learn rock essentials, and perform for family and friends! This program is all about collaboration, creativity, and having fun while making music together.
What to Expect:
🎸 Play and perform rock music in a band setting
🎶 Build skills in collaboration and stage presence
🔥 End the week with a special sharing session for family and friends!
Who Can Join?
Open to young musicians who play guitar, drum set, vocals, keyboard, bass guitar, flute, sax, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, or cello.
Whether you’re picking up an instrument or looking to develop existing rock chops, this is your chance to turn up the volume and take the stage!
Teen Summer Rock and Beyond Workshop
- Ages: Ages 12-17
- Dates: Two sessions available: 7/14-7/18, 7/21-7/25
- Times: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Location: PMAC
- Cost: $400
- Register Here!
ROCK out with us in this Summer Teen Rock and Beyond Workshop! Expanding beyond classic, indie and hard rock, bands will be encouraged to explore hip hop, folk, country, bluegrass, metal and more — wherever their interests lie! Bands are formed at the beginning of the workshop and each band will learn a tune of their choosing and write and record an original tune. Led by PMAC teaching artists, students will learn valuable skills in musicianship, teamwork, songwriting, stage presence and more!
The week ends with a community TEEN ROCK SHOW at a local music venue.
Teen Summer Jazz Workshop
- Ages: Ages 12-17
- Dates: 7/7-7/11
- Times: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Location: PMAC
- Cost: $400
- Register Here!
Calling teen musicians! The Summer Teen Jazz Workshop is the perfect opportunity to develop your jazz skills, explore improvisation, and perform live! Designed for intermediate and advanced players—who have either played jazz or those wanting to learn jazz technique for the first time—this workshop will delve into classic and contemporary tunes.
What to Expect:
🎷 Learn and perform a variety of jazz styles
🎵 Develop improvisation and ensemble skills
🎶 Cap off the week with a live public performance!
Who Can Join?
Open to musicians with 1-2 years of experience on their primary instrument. No audition required! Instruments: Sax, Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, Guitar, Keyboard, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, and Drum Set. Rhythm Section spots are limited—register early!
Summer Community Band for Teens and Adults
New Horizons Band – Summer Edition (Ages 15-Adult)
- Ages: Ages 15-Adult
- Dates: Tuesdays 6/24-7/8
- Times: 5:30-8:00 PM
- Location: PMAC
- Cost: FREE
- Register Here!
Join PMAC’s New Horizons Band – Summer Edition for a fun and rewarding community band experience! This tuition-free large ensemble is open to intermediate to advanced players of band instruments. Beginners with at least a year of study are also encouraged to inquire. This program is designed for adult musicians throughout the year, but during the summer, teens are also welcome to join the fun.
What to Expect:
• Three in-person rehearsals on Tuesdays between 6/24 and 7/8 from 5:30-8pm.
• A dynamic mix of concert band music – from traditional marches to Broadway medleys
• A final performance to showcase your progress! Performance details coming soon!
Don’t miss this chance to make music, meet fellow musicians, and be part of a vibrant community band! Sign up today!
Private Lessons Flex-Passes that Fit Your Summer Schedule (Ages 4-Adult)
- Ages: Ages 4-Adult
- Dates: Flexible
- Times: Flexible
- Location: PMAC or Remote
- Cost: Depends on your custom schedule
- More info and a link to inquire – coming March 2025
Enjoy private music or art lessons on a customized schedule this summer with a PMAC Private Lesson Flex-Pass! Whether you’re continuing your studies or trying something new, the PMAC Flex Pass offers flexibility to plan around vacations and camps.
Popular summer offerings include a 6-pack of 30-min private music lessons and a 6-pack of 45-minute art lessons, but it’s really up to you! Lesson tuition is based on your custom schedule, so you can learn at your own pace all summer long.
Offerings include:
- Accordion
- Bass Guitar
- Bassoon
- Cello
- Clarinet
- Composition
- Concert Percussion
- Drawing
- Drum Set
- Electronic Music
- Euphonium
- Fiddle
- Flute
- Guitar
- Hand Percussion
- Improvisation
- Mandolin
- Mixed Media (Visual Arts)
- Music Theory
- Music Therapy
- Painting
- Piano
- Piano for Vocalists
- Recorder
- Recording
- Saxophone
- Songwriting
- Trombone
- Trumpet
- Tuba
- Ukulele
- Upright Bass
- Viola
- Violin
- Visual Arts
- Voice
- World Percussion
- Young Voice
Questions?
For more information, visit www.pmaconline.com/summer-programs, contact the PMAC Office at 603-431-4278 or email us at info@pmaconline.org.
