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ART CAMP SESSION 1
GRADES 1-8
7/8 to 7/11 : 10am to Noon : $40 / $35 members

A grab bag of arts activities - drawing, painting, sculpture…whatever you can think of. Each day has different featured activities and guest artists. Kids will be grouped by grades and will visit all of our spaces including Springville Center for the Arts, Arts Underground, The Lab, and Art's Cafe.

Please note your child's grade level when enrolling. You will receive a followup email with further information and instructions before the camp begins.

ART CAMP SESSION 2
GRADES 1-8
7/15 to 7/18 : 10am to Noon : $40 / $35 members

A grab bag of arts activities - drawing, painting, sculpture…whatever you can think of. Each day has different featured activities and guest artists. Kids will be grouped by grades and will visit all of our spaces including Springville Center for the Arts, Arts Underground, The Lab, and Art's Cafe. The camp runs Monday through Thursday. 

Please note your child's grade level when enrolling. You will receive a followup email with further information and instructions before the camp begins.

BOTANICAL TEXTILE PRINTING TWO-WAYS: FORCE AND LIGHT

August 11th : Noon to 4pm : $65 / $59 members : Olmsted Camp

Capture a floral composition using cyanotype, a manual photographic printing process used to create print patterns. Work with pressed flowers and a variety of other organic materials to create botanical-based compositions. While prints develop, students will also learn how to imprint blossoms into fabric using fresh blooms, greenery, and a hammer to express pigments, commonly referred to as "Flower Pounding." Students will forage botanicals from the grounds and gardens of the Olmsted Camp while enjoying a day outdoors drawing inspiration from nature. With Tami Fuller.

CASTLE CAMP: GRADES 1-5
7/29 to 8/2 : 1 to 2:30pm : $35 / $27 members

Kids bring the imagination and energy. Adults facilitate the use of tools and design. Kids learn basic tool techniques and use pallets and junk to build a fort city or castle of their own design on the SCA lawn. 

Please note your child's grade level when enrolling. A followup email will be sent out prior to the start of camp. 

CHINESE INK & WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPE
August 2nd : 9:30am to 12:30pm : $40 / $36 members : Vacanti Classroom

Experience hands-on guidance with several fun and informative mountain and tree landscape tutorials, and then paint your personal interpretation of a Chinese Landscape using water-soluble Chinese Ink and Watercolor on Rice Paper. With Jennifer Koury.

FORAGED FORMS: BASKETRY BASICS AFIELD

June 23rd : Noon to 4pm : $55 / $50 members : Olmsted Camp

Students will spend the day exploring the fundamentals of basket making and making use of organic, foraged materials like grapevine to weave a basket or natural form. This class will be held outdoors, weather permitting, in order to draw inspiration from the natural world and provide a restful setting for creating natural woven art. Students will leave with a basic knowledge of the weaving technique, and a grapevine basket or sculptural form. With Tami Fuller.

JUNIOR INTERNS: GRADES 6-12
7/8 through 8/16 : flexible times : Free

Love theater or Art and want to gain experience? Join the team. Contact the Center about becoming a Junior Intern. 

LAVENDER MARKET BAG
July 17th : 6:30 to 9pm : $40 / $36 members : Art's Cafe

Create something useful and beautiful, all while learning the basics of embroidery for a one-of-a-kind, environmentally friendly canvas bag for summer markets. We’ll cover all the embroidering basics, and learn how to produce something beautiful with just a three-stitch technique. With Tami Fuller.

LEARN TO WEAVE PLEIN AIR

July 21st : Noon to 4pm : $65 / $59 members : Olmsted Camp

Explore the basics of weaving with a simple frame loom outdoors, draw inspiration from the natural world, and connect with the meditative qualities of nature. Participants will learn how to warp, select materials for  texture and strength, and receive instruction on tabby, twining, and selected techniques as you build a small wall hanging or abstract piece. Students will leave with beginner weaving knowledge, along with a completed ready to mount fiber art piece. With Tami Fuller. 

MUSICAL THEATER CAMP 1: WE ARE MONSTERS: GRADES 3-8
Mon through Fri : 7/8 to 7/19 : 1-4pm
$80 / $59 members 

In this process-oriented camp, kids will explore the building blocks of musical theater and participate in fun activities resulting in a full theater production on the SCA main stage. We Are Monsters is a hilarious new musical that follows human kids into a monster cabaret filled with quirky monster characters. The adventurous humans uncover vegetarian vampires and rock n’ roll werewolves, gradually realizing there may be more to these monsters than meets the eye! Most importantly these monsters and kids discover the importance of friendship and celebrating the attributes that make each of us different and unique.

Auditions 6/28 1pm or by appointment
Performances 7/19 at 7pm and 7/20 at 4pm

Please note your child's grade level when enrolling. A followup email will be sent out prior to the start of camp. 

MUSICAL THEATER CAMP 2: SPONGEBOB: GRADES 3-8 
Mon through Fri : 8/5 to 8/16 : 1 to 4pm
$80 / $59 members

In this process-oriented camp, kids will explore the building blocks of musical theater and participate in fun activities resulting in a full theater production on the SCA main stage. When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up.

Auditions 8/2 1pm or by appointment
Performances 8/16 at 7pm and 8/17 at 4pm

PAGE TO STAGE: GRADES 3-5
7/22 to 7/26 : 12:30 to 2pm : $35 / $27 members

Where kids step into the role of playwright! Young thespians will create short scenes or plays straight from their very own imagination. After forming scripts, kids will work together to perform what they have created in a week’s time.

Please note your child's grade level when enrolling. A followup email will be sent out before the start of the camp.

PAGE TO STAGE: GRADES 6-8
7/22 to 7/26 : 12:30 to 2pm : $35 / $27 members

Where kids step into the role of playwright! Young thespians will create short scenes or plays straight from their very own imagination. After forming scripts, kids will work together to perform what they have created in a week’s time.

Please note your child's grade level when enrolling. A followup email will be sent out before the start of the camp.

PUBLIC ART: GRADES 6-8
8/5 to 8/8 : 10am to Noon : $35 / $27 members 

Interested in creating art around the Village of Springville? Come along and help paint murals, meet the Public Art Corps, and learn about the process behind art installation.

Please note your child's grade level when enrolling. You will receive a followup email with further information and instructions before the camp begins.

SKETCH COMEDY / IMPROV: GRADES 6-12
7/29 to 8/2 : 3 to 4pm : $35 / $27 members 

Do you want to learn how to think quickly on your feet? Do you want to learn some basic comedy skills? Sessions include theater games, improv exercises and a lot of laughs. 

Please note your child's grade level when enrolling. You will receive a followup email with further information and instructions before the camp begins.

SLAM: HADESTOWN: GRADES 9 through College

Auditions : 6/13 & 6/14 : 3 to 5pm or by arrangement
Rehearsals : Mon, Wed, Fri evenings
Performances : 8/7, 8/8 & 8/9 at 7pm 

Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Come to auditions prepared to sing 32 bars of any musical theater piece. Bring music or a backing track. Blue tooth provided. You will be asked to cold read sides.

SPARK: AGES 2-5
7/12 to 8/16 : 10am to Noon : $90 / $75 members

This creativity program for ages 2 through 5 includes painting, dance, theatrical storytelling, story making, acting out scenes, and general art-making mayhem. “Sparkers” work with guest artists, our visual arts and theater interns or just explore on their own. Meets at Arts Underground every Friday. 6 sessions.

Please note your child's age when enrolling. An email will be sent with further instructions and information before the start of SPARK.

STOP MOTION ANIMATION: GRADES 4-8

7/22 to 7/25 :10am to Noon : $35 / $27 members

Using an animation technique called “Stop Motion” students will create their own short videos. Students will create a storyboard for their own original animation. Using a camera, the animations will be filmed and edited by the students to create a unique end product!

Please note your child's grade level when enrolling. A followup email will be sent with more information.

TECHNICAL THEATER: GRADES 1-12
7/8 to 7/19 : flexible times : $30 / $25 members

Love lights, sound, paint, costumes? Join the tech crew for any production. Typically we bring on tech kids the second week of the production. We make a custom schedule to make sure you get maximum hands on time. Work directly with the summer staff both in and outside of rehearsals. Register and then discuss schedule options with staff.

TECHNICAL THEATER SESSION 2: GRADES 1-12
8/5 to 8/16: flexible times : $30 / $25 members

Love lights, sound, paint, costumes? Join the tech crew for any production. Typically we bring on tech kids the second week of the production. We make a custom schedule to make sure you get maximum hands on time. Work directly with the summer staff both in and outside of rehearsals. Register and then discuss schedule options with staff.