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Grace Institute nurtures the human spirit through the arts, fostering intercultural appreciation and understanding in an open and inclusive community.

Established in 1995 by the Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, Grace Institute has over the years focused on urban livability and arts education, with a special emphasis on cultural literacy for children. Since 1997 Grace Institute has offered a vibrant summer camp experience unlike any other in the city. Grace Art Camps, the signature program of Grace Institute, has flourished from one week and 30 c

hildren, to seven weeks serving over 1,200 children, in addition to two smaller three-day seasonal camps. For a glimpse into Art Camp, see the Oregonian’s 2011 article, Portland’s Grace Art Camp, a Secular Project with Sacred Roots, honoring our 15th anniversary.

02/26/2026

We’re hiring! Have you always wanted to be a camp counselor at Grace Art Camp? Now is your chance! To learn more & to apply, visit us on the web at https://grace-institute.org/employment

02/24/2026

Grace Art Camp Summer Registration opens tomorrow, February 25th at 10:00 am! ☀️

We’re excited to feel the Caribbean energy at Grace Art Camp this summer! Returning to story-based programming, we will welcome our professional storytellers back to our morning assemblies to regale us with Cuban folktales and lore!
Campers will create vibrant art projects in studios like animation, ceramics, fibre arts, glass, paper & book art, photography, printmaking, and visual arts; rehearse energetic performances in music & dance, puppetry, and theatre; prepare and taste flavorful foods in culinary arts. All inspired by Cuba and lead by our Culture Keepers.

For more information about camp and how to register, visit us at www.grace-institute.org

01/20/2026

Can you guess where we’re “going” this summer?? ☀️ Use the word search to make your best guess then head over to www.grace-institute.org to find out! 🌴

🎨This summer at Grace Art Camp we’re returning to our roots with story-based, globally focused programming. 🌏 We will sing and dance through the halls! 🎶 We will taste new flavors and play new games! 🥘 We will fill the camp tents with color and laughter! 🎭

REGISTRATION OPENS FEBRUARY 25th at 10:00 am! 🗓️✔️😊

01/17/2026

Celebrate the changing of the seasons with Grace Art Camp for our 5-day Spring Break Camp! 🌸🌿🐣 Get ready for storytelling, studio projects, performances, and more! 🎭🎨🖼️

12/04/2025

You could win this quilt at the Grace Holiday Art Faire & Bazaar on December 6, 9am-3pm!
Tickets to win the 2025 Opportunity Quilt are $10 each.

Made by St. Mary’s Guild, the Opportunity Quilt of 2025 continues the tradition that spans at least two decades: each quilt has been inspired by Grace Art Camp’s Summer culture. The 2025 focus was the Pacific Northwest and its Indigenous Peoples.

The opportunity quilt funds the work of the Guild who makes quilts and blankets for those who need them. Since 2003, their work has been distributed through programs for women and children in need, groups serving the unhoused, and domestic violence shelters. During 2024, their quilters distributed more than 68 quilts and blankets.

12/03/2025

🎄❄️Join us this Saturday December 6th from 9-3 for our annual Grace Holiday Art Faire & Bazaar! ❄️🎄

❤️Enjoy seasonal bites at our food booth, shop a curated selection of work by local makers, enter for a chance to win an incredible quilt, and get to know some of the teaching artists at Grace Art Camp! You’ll be sure to find plenty of unique pieces for everyone on your list with our wide array of booths selling jewelry, candles, textiles, ornaments, wreaths, paintings, and so much more! See you there! ❤️

20% of all purchases go to the Grace Art Camp Scholarship Fund 🎨 and to St. Mary’s Guild 🧵

10/28/2025

💚We love our GAC families!💚 Register for one or both of our upcoming end of year camps and get priority registration for Grace Art Camp Summer 2026!🌞 Don’t miss your spot for even more art camp magic! ✨🎨🍁🌈☃️✨

Follow the link in our bio!
www.grace-institute.org/register-for-grace-art-camp

09/27/2025

Our fall and winter camps are just around the corner!
REGISTRATION OPENS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 @10 AM 🙂🎨🍂❄️

For more information, click the link in our bio!

Find us on the web at www.grace-institute.org

07/08/2025

We absolutely COULD NOT WAIT to show you these projects from our Celilo Falls Studio today!!
Artist Pamela Larson is teaching us about Indigenous Lifeways of the Pacific Northwest through model making and visual storytelling. We can't wait to see the finished product, but these progress images rule! 🙌
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Song: Remember Me by Fawn Wood; one of our culture songs this summer 🧡

07/04/2025

We put the People in People Salmon Land Big River - our preschoolers learned that faces are poems and drew portraits of each other- check these out! Book: A Face is a Poem by Julie Morstad
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07/02/2025

A casual Acapella Macarena from counselors really rounds out a Tuesday ✨ Do you have a favorite camp counselor moment?
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06/29/2025

Highlight on the mural studio from Session 2! We are SO excited to see what it looks like each week!
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Thank you .truehe_art for the design and for teaching our mural studio this summer at Grace Art Camp; People, Salmon, Land, Big River 💚🩵💙
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Will you be making your mark at this summer? (Registration link in bio!) Sessions 5-9 still open!

Address

1535 NE 17th Avenue
Portland, OR
97232

Telephone

+15033318155

Website

http://www.grace-institute.org/

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