WACKY - Winter Day Camps 2025
Registration now open!
Winter Day Camps are here, just in time for the holiday break!
Scheduled for Monday December 22, 2025, the Arts Council is offering both an AM session from 9am - 12pm and a PM session from 1pm - 4pm. The am and pm classes have different themes, so we welcome you to join us for both sessions. Note: If attending both sessions, please arrange for your child to take a lunch break with a guardian. Our instructors use this time to have lunch and turn the classroom over for the next session.
Our camp sessions are 3 hours in length and designed for ages 6-12yrs. Each session includes unique winter themed projects to inspire your budding artist.
Location: The Point at Otterbein; Room 139; 60 College View Rd. Westerville, OH 43081
Please note child/ren may bring a small snack and water if they wish. We will not be providing any food/drinks. Please email us (artscouncilofwesterville@gmail.com) with any child allergies, questions or concerns.
AM SESSION
9am - 12pm
“Wild Winter Magic”
Crafts: Colorful Pine Trees, Wild Animal Silhouettes, Gorgeous Gift Bags
Instructor: Erica Darlin
PM SESSION
1pm - 4pm
“Into the Winter Woods”
Crafts: Whimsical Winter Owls, Alpine Forest, Oil Pastel Snow Globes
Instructor: Jessica Saxton
WACKY - Kids & Youth Art Workshops
2026 Registration IS OPEN!
WACKY classes are held on the third Wednesday of each month from 6-8pm at The Point at Otterbein. These classes are perfect for your beginner young artist and help to inspire your child’s creativity! For youth ages 6-11 yrs old. Limited dates and space available.
WACKY Offerings:
ART INSTRUCTOR- JESSICA SAXTON
JANUARY 21ST 2026: TINFOIL MONO-PRINTING - Young artists will create a series of prints by drawing, pressing, and painting on textured tinfoil for a fun introduction to mono-printing.
FEBRUARY 18TH 2026: JIM DINE INSPIRED EMBOSSING - Students will learn about the famous heART artist and explore texture and personal symbolism to create bold embossed designs.
MARCH 18TH 2026: PULLED STRING ART - Experiment with color, movement, and chance by dragging string through paint to create dynamic, one-of-a-kind abstract designs.
APRIL 15TH 2026: SPLATTER PATTERNS ACCORDION BOOKS - Students will experiment with energetic paint splatter techniques and then transform their abstract creations into a playful, fold-out accordion book.
MAY 20TH 2026: BOTANICAL FLOWERS - Using oil pastels and watercolor, students will draw, trace, and paint a vibrant botanical artwork.
WACKY - Summer Day Camps 2025
Our WACKY Summer Camps have wrapped up, and we had an absolutely wonderful, artsy time!
Thank you to all the young artists—and their grown-ups—who joined us. We’ll be back with more WACKY fun during the winter school break, so stay tuned!
Youth Art Workshops
WACKY started in December 2016 and provides art opportunities to children ages 6 to 12. The program ran through March 2020. We re-launched the program in 2022 to be held on the third Wednesday of every month, 6 to 8 p.m. These workshops are art lessons taught by an instructor with a degree in fine arts and art education. Each session stretches a child’s creativity and allows them the freedom to express themselves. The fee is $25 per workshop and covers all materials and instruction. Classes are held at Otterbein’s The Point, 60 Collegeview Road, Westerville.
