Monday - Friday, 1-4pm

$160 Member Youth**
$180 Youth
$185 Member Youth** + After-Care*
$210 Youth + After-Care*
**Member Youth pricing limited to Family level members & above. Questions about your membership benefits? Call our Membership Department at (918) 748-5320

Step into a garden buzzing with tiny wonders! Campers will explore the outdoors, observe real bugs, and create their own real or imaginary insects using polymer clay, wearable wings and antennas, and butterfly wands. Using bug specimens and garden finds to make cyanotypes—and crafting bee seed balls to support pollinators—teaching artist Amber Deen leads a week full of imagination, discovery, and joyful, bug-filled fun.

Daily Camp Itinerary:
12:45pm: PM Camp Check-In
1-4pm: PM Camp Session
4pm: PM Camp Pick-Up
4-5:30pm: After-Care Pick-Up*

About the Teaching Artist: Amber Marie Deen
Amber Marie Deen is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, folk herbalist, and facilitator, residing in Muscogee Creek territory of Oklahoma. She is a practitioner of meditative and improvisational movement as a means to connect and explore our inner landscapes.

Her creative work focuses on the interconnectedness of all life and our sacred responsibility to honor the earth and future generations. Her post graduate site specific performances and films have been witnessed in art galleries, museums, and choreography festivals.  Her teaching practice is student led, creating safe spaces for students to feel supported and inspired to follow their curiosity.

Amber has specialized training in Social Emotional Learning, Movement Pedagogy, Nature Mentorship, and Waldorf. She continues her education in somatics, embodiment, and trauma-informed practices by reading books and attending classes with other practitioners. 

What to Expect
A day at Camp Philbrook starts in our studios, but we quickly use the whole museum: art, gardens, etc. to explore what it means to be a creative thinker and maker. Our workshops are geared towards getting messy, working together and making space for every child’s ideas.

Here are a few things to know:

1. This is a drop-off camp.
2. All campers are required to be toilet trained and able to use the toilet without adult assistance.
3. We offer Before and After-Care.*
4. All-Day campers need to bring a peanut-free lunch from home.
5. We have pretzels or Goldfish crackers as morning snack and afternoon snack built into each camp session. Campers are welcome to bring their own peanut-free snack from home if they would like.
6. We use the whole museum, which means we spend ample time outside when the weather permits. Please pack a water bottle daily and arrive wearing sunscreen and bug spray.
7. Your days at Philbrook will be filled with creative energy and fun! Please make sure to dress for mess and outdoor exploration.

*Before or After-Care
Before-Care or After-Care is offered for each week of Camp Philbrook for an additional $25 per Member Youth and $30 per Youth. With the addition of Before-Care to your AM Camp ticket, you may drop your child off as early as 7:45am. With the addition of After-Care to your PM Camp ticket, you may pick your child up as late as 5:30pm.