🎨 Gallery-to-Garment Challenge

Provider: Columbus Fashion Academy

Location: Our new downtown studio at 122 N. Grant Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215

Ages: 7–14 years (older elementary + middle schoolers)

When: Monday–Friday, August 4 – 8, 2025

Time: 9 AM – 4 PM daily

Boutique Size Camp: max.12 student/session (min. 5 students)

– Format:

Creative Studios: Daily workshops and hands-on activities in fashion illustration, pattern making, sewing, embroidering, embellishing, repurposing, styling, and posing for the camera.
Art-Inspired Lunch Breaks/ Field Trips: Weather permitting, we’ll walk over to the Columbus Museum of Art (CMOA) for gallery inspiration and (a packed) lunch in the museum garden, then return to translate what we saw into wearable art. Please note: Your enrollment authorizes us to walk your child(ren) from our studio to the CMOA and back.
Photoshoot and Runway Show Finale: Friday starts with their mini-photoshoot to capture each camper’s finished art-inspired collection and wraps up with a mini-fashion show. Guest artists will help students with hair and makeup. Each student will receive 2 photos (complimentary). Extra images will be available for purchase. Families and friends will be invited to watch their show at 3:30pm inside our new building at 122 N. Grant Ave.
Cost: $500 for the full week 5-day session (all materials included).
Runway Show (Fall Edition): All participants will also be invited to join our Art Gallery and Fall Fashion Runway Show. Designs will be displayed on dress forms or walked on the runway. More details will be provided at a later date. Participation is not mandatory. Families who elect to participate will receive 2 complimentary tickets to attend the show on Sunday, 11/16. Additional tickets will be available for purchase before the event.

Gallery to Garment Challenge Summer Fashion Camp