“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” ― Maya Angelou

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INFORMATION FOR PARENTS/GUARDIANS

PARKING and SIGN-IN/ SIGN-OUT

• Camp is located at 1535 NE 17^th Avenue
  • The camp entrance is attached to the parking lot at NE 16th Avenue & Weidler Street.
    • Please enter through the black gate and continue through the red double doors at the end of the courtyard.
    • Staff will be there to help direct you.
• Car Parking is available in the attached onsite parking lot at a limited capacity & on-street.
  • Please do not park in reserved staff parking spaces alongside the building. 
• Bike Parking is available at the racks along NE 17th Avenue and in the onsite parking lot.
  • Please help us keep our gardens intact by refraining from parking bikes against the exterior building walls.
• Remember your ID for check-in and checkout.
• Sign-in begins at 8:45 am each day. Camp begins at 9:00 am.
  • Campers must be signed in by their authorized drop-off adult.
• Sign-out begins at 3:00 pm each day. Campers not picked up by 3:10 pm will be added to Extended Hours.
  • Campers must be signed out by their authorized pick-up adult.
  • All authorized pick-ups, including parents, must have their ID for checkout.
  • One authorized adult (18+) listed in your registration materials must sign-in & sign-out each camper each day.
  • To add a new authorized drop-off/pick-up person, email raya@grace-institute.org
• Families are invited to join us for our Friday afternoon assembly.
  • We ask that families do not stay beyond drop off or pick up for all other days.

EXTENDED HOURS

• Extended hours are from 3:00PM to 5:30PM, Monday through Thursday, for $30/day
• Participants in extended hours must be registered prior to the beginning of their week of camp.
  • You will find the extended hours options when you register your child for camp on Activeworks.

WHAT TO BRING EACH DAY

• Clothing- Campers should wear comfortable clothing that can get messy.
• Shoes- We recommend closed-toed shoes for safety in the studio and at recess.
• Water stations are located around the camp.
  • We recommend you pack a reusable water bottle with your child’s name on it.
• Lunch is not provided. We recommend campers bring an insulated lunch box.
• Snack is provided mid-morning. If you child has food allergies, please include a healthy snack with your child’s lunch as we are unable to provide strict allergy-free snacks beyond nut-free.
• Food Allergies – If your child has any food allergies at all, please let us know.
  • NUT-FREE food policy– Please DO NOT include nuts of any kind — including peanuts, nut butters, almond milk, granola/candy bars with nuts, etc. Campers & staff with life-threatening nut allergies attend camp every week.
• Do NOT bring valuables, cell phones, electronic equipment, toys, trading cards, or anything else you would not want to get lost. (Sensory and/or fidget toys are OK.)

MEDICATION

If your camper will need any medication during camp, a completed and signed medication form is required.
You can find the form here

TUITION

Tuition for 2026 is $300 for a 3-Day Session and $435 for a 5-Day Session .

We are committed to providing the camp opportunity to everyone who would like to attend. We offer full and partial scholarships to families based upon financial need. Qualifying recipients’ income is under 3 times the Federal Poverty level. For 2026, this amount is less than $96,450 per year for a family of four. For detailed information about scholarships please go to our Scholarship page here.

For more information about how you can financially support Grace Art Camp and Grace Institute, click here. We appreciate your generosity!

Cancellation and Refund Policy–  If parents/guardians need to cancel their camp session/s, a full tuition refund, minus a $30 administration fee, can be made if parents/guardians notify Grace Art Camp on or before March 1 for Spring Break Camp, April 1 for Summer Camp, and November 1 for Fall and Winter Camps. We are sorry, we cannot make refunds after these deadlines, for individual days not attended, or for an officially ordered closure of any kind.  In the unlikely case of an ordered closure, we can offer a full donation tax receipt. Thank you for your understanding.

SUPPORTING YOUR ART CAMPER

Grace Art Camp strives to offer many different ways to develop our campers’ creativity — many projects are intentionally process-oriented. Creativity is something wonderful that happens unexpectedly and you recognize it when it happens. Most of the time, it’s important not to have a predetermined outcome. Getting too tied up in producing a product can stifle the creative process. Creativity should not be rated, graded or valued by product. We believe that everyone is artistic.

You know your art camper best! If there is anything that we can do to better support them, please reach out.

LOST ART & LOST AND FOUND

During Grace Art Camps, campers collectively produce many pieces of unique art!  Camp staff, and campers themselves, work very hard to keep every piece of art labeled with your child’s name and color group.

• If your camper is missing a treasured creation, or has another camper’s art by mistake…
  • please email raya@grace-institute.org as soon as possible with your child’s name, color group, and camp week
• All unclaimed artwork & lost and found items will be kept for at least 30 days before being recycled, reused, or donated.

ALLERGIES

WE ARE NUT – FREE . . .
Please help keep Grace Art Camp a nut free community for the safety of those with severe nut allergies by refraining from sending any kind of nut products to camp with your child. Camp provides all campers nut-free mid-morning snacks: they are not free of other allergens. If your child’s tolerance level is low, we recommend that snacks be sent from home.

Lunchtime is supervised and campers who end up with nut products in their lunches will eat away from assembly areas with a counselor. Children with life-threatening allergies may eat with friends slightly apart from the main group in a “nut-free zone.”

SEVERE ALLERGIES

Allergy information concerning campers with specific life-threatening allergies, or other medical needs, along with symptoms and specific treatment recommended by parents, are shared with all staff on a weekly basis.  Several staff members are trained to use epi-pens.  Be sure to include all vital information on your camper’s registration form and email us to set up a phone conversation in special situations. You are welcome to discuss specific medical needs and meet with the Camp Director or the Registrar before your child’s week at camp begins.

DO GRACE ART CAMPS HAVE RELIGIOUS CONTENT? 

Grace Institute is a secular organization, and its Grace Art Camps and Classes do not contain religious teaching. Occasionally mention of religion in a historical or cultural context is appropriate. Grace Art Camp was founded upon the basic values of respect, responsibility, resourcefulness and receptivity. In showing kindness to others and in building community, we acknowledge our differences while celebrating all of those things we share through stories and the creative process.

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NOTE TO PARENTS OF CITs

POLICIES AND WAIVERS