Summer Camp 2027 Position of Interest: Drawing
Drawing Position at Sleepaway Camps
Drawing positions at summer camps are a perfect fit for illustrators, art students, and fine artists who love sharing the foundations of visual art with eager young creators. From traditional sleepaway camps running daily sketch electives to specialty fine arts residential camps offering intensive drawing studios, instructors get to spend the summer mentoring campers through observation, technique, and storytelling on paper.
As a drawing instructor at an overnight camp, you’ll teach gesture, anatomy, perspective, shading, and composition while supporting campers through individual projects and group prompts. You’ll plan progression-based lessons across age groups and often contribute to camp-wide gallery showcases. Many co-ed residential camps blend drawing into broader visual arts programs alongside painting, printmaking, and animation, giving multi-discipline instructors variety throughout the summer.
The position is typically a full-summer commitment with on-site housing, meals, and laundry included. Fine art, illustration, or art education backgrounds are ideal. Working illustrators, MFA students, and art teachers all thrive in these roles at residential camps. Most overnight camps provide paper, pencils, charcoal, ink, markers, and basic drawing supplies; specialty arts residential camps often stock more advanced media.
If you love drawing and mentoring young artists, this is a deeply rewarding seasonal position. Apply for drawing positions at summer camps to spend the season teaching foundational skills, building portfolios with eager students, and joining one of the warmest professional visual arts communities in seasonal teaching.
You’ll teach foundational drawing skills — gesture, perspective, shading, composition — while supporting individual camper projects. Most sleepaway camps run drawing as a daily elective with end-of-session showcases throughout the summer camp season.
Fine art, illustration, or art education backgrounds are ideal. Working illustrators, MFA students, and art teachers all thrive in these roles at residential camps. Comfort with kids and a strong portfolio matter most.
Most overnight camps provide paper, pencils, charcoal, ink, markers, and basic drawing supplies. Specialty arts residential camps often stock more advanced media. Instructors usually get input on what to order.
Pay is competitive and commensurate with experience and credentials. Sleepaway camps include room, board, and laundry alongside salary, which makes the overall summer camp package meaningfully more valuable than the base figure.
Often yes. Many co-ed residential camps blend drawing into broader visual arts programming alongside painting, illustration, and mixed media. Multi-discipline art instructors are especially valuable at sleepaway camps.
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