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Charleston Stage Company
2012 Summer Arts Camps
CSC’s Summer Arts Camps give students in grades preschool-12 quality hands-on experience in the performing & visual arts through structured classes taught by professional artists. Projects prepared in each class are presented in a final showcase at the end of each camp. Founded by January Johnson-Wolfe in 1992, the camps have been successful for the past 20 years.
Early Elementary Camp (grades preschool-2) — June
25-29, 2012
NEW LOCATION! West Virginia State University, Institute, WV
Elementary Camp (grades 3-6) — July 2-13, 2012
WVSU, Institute, WV
NEW!
INTRODUCING NEW CLASSES AND ARTISTS
Junior/Senior High Camp (grades 7-12) — July 16-27, 2012
WVSU, Institute, WV
NEW! INTRODUCING NEW ARTISTS
Mission
The mission of the Summer Arts Camps is to:
- Inspire individual creativity and arts ability;
- Provide opportunities for West Virginia youth to explore the arts in various disciplines that may not have otherwise been presented to them;
- Offer experiences in team building and working towards a common goal to young people from different backgrounds;
- Present the opportunity to make new friends with similar interests;
- Give young people tools to become critical thinkers and problem-solvers;
- Provide arts exposure and experience to disadvantaged youth;
- Spark a realization of individual talent;
- Enrich the lives of children who have less access to an arts education;
- Build self-esteem and enhance interpersonal growth;
- Offer tools that will teach our young people how to utilize the arts as a form of communication & individual expression;
- Provide an opportunity for local artists to make a living within their own community;
- Set an example of how up and coming artists can make a living within their community by utilizing local West Virginia artists as instructors;
- Help to develop future artists and arts advocates.