Summer Arts for Youth
Join us for hands-on, creative exploration in the fine arts! Summer Arts for Youth include high-quality, community-driven programs from Athens Community Music School and Tantrum Theater as well as medium-specific, exploratory offerings in Art + Design and Film. Across our different programs, elementary and middle-school students work alongside practicing artists and performers from our university community and beyond to develop and realize their ideas and their potential.
Our faculty develop curriculum with different age groups and experience levels in mind, please see course details for eligibility and individual course schedules.
Lunch is not provided, please send a non-refrigerated lunch and beverage for your child.
Schedule of Programs
JUNE 3–7, 2024
Tantrum Theater Kids Drama Camp: Ages 7–9
This program develops fundamental performance skills in presence, voice, movement, and creative expression. We use improvisation, theater games, and acting methods to develop story, build a character, and produce a show. The program cultivates self-expression, imagination, creativity, and collaboration. Each session culminates in an informal performance open to the public.
Details: Courses run 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. in Kantner Hall.
Program Fee: $245.00.
Tantrum Theater Youth Drama Camp: Ages 10–14
This program develops fundamental performance skills in presence, voice, movement, and creative expression. We use improvisation, theater games, and acting methods to develop story, build a character, and produce a show. The program cultivates self-expression, imagination, creativity, and collaboration. Each session culminates in an informal performance open to the public.
Details: Courses run 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. in Kantner Hall.
Program Fee: $245.00.
JUNE 10–14, 2024
Intro to Painting: Unconventional Portraits: Ages 10–14
Faces are among the first things we recognize and the first things we draw. Students in this week-long course will learn fundamental drawing skills, and how to build on those skills with techniques for paint as they explore the portrait through art history. Projects will also incorporate non-traditional materials and processes used by contemporary artists.
Details: Courses run 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. in Kantner Hall.
Program Fee: $245.00.
Sculpture: Contemporary Art Machines: Ages 10–14
Art and design mix with engineering in this studio where students will build sculptural and mechanical art objects. Students will look at contemporary arts who work with machines to draw inspiration for their own pieces. Wood, wire, and fabric will create form and students will deconstruct and rebuild circuits, using motors and other electronic components to create work that has a life of its own.
Details: Courses run 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. in Seigfred Hall.
Program Fee: $245.00.
JULY 1–3, 2024
Athens Community Music School Summer Music Week 1: Ages 4–6
Our littlest musicians can now join us for a shorter, fun-filled 3-morning music camp where we will be reading musical stories, singing, and moving together! Please note this course meets mornings only, for three days Monday–Wednesday.
Details: Courses run 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. in Glidden Hall (morning sessions only)
Program Fee: $90.00
JULY 8–12, 2024
Athens Community Music School Summer Music Week 2: Ages 6–12 (rising 1st-6th graders)
We'll be singing, playing instruments, moving, doing crafts, and learning music about other cultures in our music-based day camp for rising 1st through 6th graders. No prior music experience is expected.
Details: Courses run 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. in Glidden Hall
Program Fee: $200.00.
JULY 15–19, 2024
Athens Community Music School Summer Music Week 3: Ages 11–14 (rising 6th–8th graders)
Is your middle schooler ready to take the next step in their music studies? This week is for rising 6th-8th graders with at least one year of experience on their instrument. Choose from band, orchestra, choir, piano, or guitar!
Details: Courses run 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. in Glidden Hall
Program Fee: $250.00