Graphic Design Classes for High School Students in Kansas City, MO

This 4-week summer course gives high school and college students an exciting head start in the growing field of digital design. In the first half of the program, students learn industry-standard graphic design applications: Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator. In the second half, students learn how to animate their designs with video editing software, Premiere Pro, and motion graphics application, After Effects. Graphic and video skills are becoming increasingly essential with the rise of social media and digital advertising. Students receive a certificate upon completion to showcase on their college application.

This 2-week graphic design summer camp teaches students how to use Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. They will learn how to retouch photos in Photoshop, create page layouts in InDesign, and create vector graphics in Illustrator. This immersive program is perfect for high school and college students.

In this program, students learn Adobe skills for making YouTube videos. Students advance through certifications in animation, short filmmaking, artistic process, and branding and social media.

High school designers in this course develop proficiency with the digital tools that real-world architects and interior designers use on the job. Students learn to draft and model, create graphic designs, and offer and incorporate useful feedback as they work on their capstone architectural design project.