Arts & Performance Day Camps
Summer camp and the arts go hand in hand, but these programs go way beyond popsicle stick crafts and campfire songs.
Visual Arts
|| BALTIMORE CITY AND COUNTY ||MICA Summer Art Camp
Ages: Grades 1 through 8
Dates: June 16- Aug. 1, 2008
Hours: 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., divided into two 2.5-hour sessions (extended care available for fee)
Phone: 410-225-2219
Cost per week: $270-$300 per half day
Description: Intensive morning and afternoon workshops in drawing, clay sculpture, printmaking, cartoon design and kinetic sculpture may be purchased separately. Courses are offered at both MICA’s Mount Royal campus and at the Ward Center for the Arts at the St. Paul’s School. Supervision during lunch costs extra, but lunch is not provided.
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Walters Art Museum
Ages: Grades 1 to 12
Dates: July 7 - Aug. 15, 2008
Hours:9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. or 1-4:30 p.m. or both
Phone: 410-547-9000
Cost per week: $95 (members), $160 (non-members) for half-day session. Discount when purchasing two sessions per day.
Description: Professional art educators at the Walters Summer Camp Program guide campers on tours of the museum as well as through creative activities that encourage exploration of world cultures. Art supplies and snacks are provided. Half or full day sessions.
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Towson University Community Art Center Summer Camp
Ages: 6 to 14 years
Dates: June 23 - Aug. 8, 2008
Hours: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Phone: 410-704-2351
Cost: $364-$400 per two-week session
Description: Campers will express themselves during two different, 2-hour art classes in both 2-D and 3-D media each day and enjoy daily swim time.
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Baltimore Clayworks Summer Camp
Ages: 6 to 15 years
Dates: June 23 - Aug. 22, 2008
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., half day 2:30-5 p.m.
Phone: 410-578-1919
Cost per week: $135-$155 (half day); $275-$295(full day)
Description: This pottery studio gives kids the chance to create with 3-D masterpieces. From sea creatures to African masks, the week's theme gives kids the starting place and instructors give them the tools, but each child's imagination is the driving force.
Performance
|| BALTIMORE CITY ||Audrey Herman SPOTLIGHTERS Theatre Young Actors’ Academy
Ages: 13 to 17 years
Dates: July 14 - Aug. 14, 2008
Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday - Thursday
Phone: 410-752-1225
Cost: $525
Description: The 25 participants in this camp work on techniques and acting skills as well as learning about the history of the theater. Daily topics include improv ccting, comedic acting, audition preparation, voice and projection, movement and dance, stage combat, musical theater, make-up and other technical aspects of theater.
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DayJams Rock Music Camp
Ages: 9 to 15 years
Dates: July 7 - Aug. 1, 2008
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (extended care available for fee)
Phone: 800-295-5956
Cost per week: $550, discount for multiple weeks
Description: A national company conducts this rock star wannabes camp at The Park School in Brooklandville. Experienced musicians and absolute beginners join together to form bands. Kids can write and record original songs as well as design a posters and album covers. The end of each session culminates with an evening concert.
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Baltimore Ballet Summer Camps
Ages: 4 to 21 years
Dates: July 7 - Aug. 2, 2008
Phone: 410-667-7974
Cost per week: $175-$300
Description: Times vary, half day camp available for younger students. Camps range from pre-professional intensive four-week sessions to half-day programs for 4 to 6 year olds. The school also offers weekly classes.
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BCCC Performing Arts Adventure Camp
Ages: 8 to 13 years
Dates: July 7 - Aug. 1, 2008
Hours: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (extended care available for fee)
Phone: 410-780-6533
Cost: $575, three weeks; $732 four weeks
Description: Baltimore County Community College's Performing Arts Adventure is a three- or four-week program designed to build kids' theatrical talents in singing, acting, dancing, costuming, make-up, staging and critiquing. Roles are assigned based on the student’s desire and willingness to work, not skill level. The camp culminates in two performances. Students may take any 3 of the 4 weeks, but in doing so, they may not be able to fully participate in all performances.
Note: Camp fees listed above do not include additional costs such as registration or application fees, deposits, transportation, extended care and, in some cases, lunch. Please check with individual camps for full list of fees and discounts available for multiple weeks and siblings.
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