At A Glance:
2025 SUMMER CAMPS: FILMMAKING & VIDEO, ROBLOX GAME MAKING, TECH, ANIMATION, 3D PRINTING, ROBOTICS & VIRTUAL REALITY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & BUILD-YOUR-COMPUTER!
Our 17th year of fun, creative tech & media summer camps! Choose Full or Half Day Camps with Media & Tech Camp Registration. Virtual Reality Painting & Experiences included in all camps for ages 8 and up! Fun Puppet, Animation, Art & Tech Playhouse for young campers ages 4-8. Build Your Own PC Camp (ages 10+) and take home the computer you build!
FULL DAY, SCHOOL DAY, & HALF DAY CAMP PROGRAMS
Campers select Tech and Media activities each week. Early drop off (starting at 8:30am) and late pickup (until 6pm) available. Substantial discounts are available for multiple weeks — see camp listings for details.
FULL DAY MEDIA & TECH CAMP
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ages 5 to 17 – Full Day Media & Tech Camp – Create Lego Animations, Robotics, 3D Printing, TV News, Virtual Reality, Roblox, Minecraft, Pilot a Drone & More! 9:00-4:00 Mon-Fri |
SCHOOL DAY DAY MEDIA & TECH CAMP
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ages 5 to 17 – School Day Media & Tech Camp – Create Lego Animations, Robotics, 3D Printing, TV News, Virtual Reality, Roblox, Minecraft & More! 9:00-2:00 Mon-Fri |
MORNING MEDIA & TECH CAMP
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ages 5 to 17 – Morning Media & Tech Camp – Create Lego Animations, Robotics, 3D Printing & CAD, TV News, Virtual Reality & More! 9:00-12:30 Mon-Fri |
AFTERNOON MEDIA & TECH CAMP
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ages 5 to 17 – Afternoon Media & Tech Camp – Create Lego Animations, Game Design, TV News, Virtual Reality, Roblox, Minecraft, Pilot a Drone & More! 12:30-4:00 Mon-Fri |
PUPPET, ANIMATION & ART PLAYHOUSE
PLAYHOUSE CAMP
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For our youngest campers ages 4 to 8 – Green Screen Puppet Shows, Create Lego Animations, Claymation, Flip Books, Make A Puppet Workshop, Art Projects, Basic Animation and Sound, Robots, Pilot a Drone & More! Mon-Fri |
THEMED FULL DAY CAMP PROGRAMS
Here is our “traditional” sign up system, for campers who know in advance what they want to do. (If you’re not sure, then use the Easy Registration page, and let your camper decide what to do on arrival.) Early drop off (starting at 8am) and late pickup (until 6pm) available. Substantial discounts are available for multiple weeks — see camp listings for details.
FULL DAY ENGINEER
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ages 9 to 17 – Full Day Engineering Camp – Robotics, 3D Printing/CAD, Game Making ROBLOX & Minecraft, Build Web Sites, and More! 9:00-4:00 Mon-Fri |
FULL DAY ANIMATION & FILM ACADEMY
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ages 8 to 17 – Full Day Film & Animation Academy Camp. – Make your own Digital Shorts! Group & Indiv., Lego, CGI, Claymation Animation, Live Action, Green Screen, CGI, Acting, Music Videos, more! 9:00-4:00 Mon-Fri |
JUNIOR FILMMAKER
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ages 4 to 9 – Full Day Junior Filmmaker Camp – Create Lego Animations, Claymations, and Skits! 9:00-4:00 Mon-Fri |
JUNIOR TECH MAKER
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ages 5 to 8 – Full Day Junior Tech Maker Camp – Construct Robots, Build Snap Circuits, Tech Games and More! 9:00-4:00 Mon-Fri |
iPAD FILMMAKER & ANIMATION
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ages 7 to 17 – iPad Filmmaker & Animation – Make your own iPad animations and videos! 9:00-4:00 Mon-Fri |
BUILD YOUR OWN PC
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ages 10 to 18 – Build Your Own Computer Camp – Build (and take home!) a working PC and learn how it works! Available select weeks only. 1:00-4:00 Mon-Fri – (see fee schedule based on type of computer) |
HALF DAY GAMES & GAME MAKING
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ages 8 to 17 – Half Day Games & Game Making Camp – ROBLOX, Minecraft, Game Making, Card Games (Yu-Gi-Oh!/Magic) select weeks, VR Virtual Reality 12:30-4:00 Mon-Fri |
Click here for more Full Day Camp Information, or click on specific programs above, or click below for individual part-day programs.
MORNING & AFTERNOON DAY CAMP PROGRAMS
Choose from a wide variety of morning or afternoon camp programs in ACTING, LEGO ANIMATION, ROBOTICS, CARD GAMES, ROBLOX & MINECRAFT, CGI ANIMATION, WEB SITE CREATION, 3D PRINTING and more!
Click here for Complete Morning & Afternoon Day Camp Information, including program details, weeks available, times and fees.
Theatrical Screening of Media and Acting Camp Projects!
See camper creations on a huge movie screen at the Cinemapolis movie theater in downtown Ithaca! Friends and family are welcome to the screening too! See yourself and your projects on the silver screen!
What Will You Make This Summer?
A Complete Summer “Maker Fair”!
From animation to robotics, claymation to 3D printing, filmmaking to game making, Ithaca Media Arts is an extraordinary environment where kids and teens come for a fun time and leave with new skills and the empowerment of the maker movement! Register Now and Join the Maker Movement!
Ithaca Media Arts is a very unique summer camp! It’s part Science Museum, part Media Center, part Maker Space, part Gaming Center and all Camp! See our “Philosophy and Mission” page for more about the background of the camp.
Got questions? Check out our FAQ page!
Register now for fun-filled creative, educational camps!
Full Day programs are available all summer long. See Morning & Afternoon Camps for individual programs. No experience needed for any program! Not sure if our camp is a good fit for your child? Try Try-It Camp for a one day taste of Ithaca Media Arts Summer Camp!
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