Camp out and create in Newport
Registration is open now for a summer of fun for creative kids.
Newport’s Visual Arts and Performing Arts Centers offer six weeks of fun and engaging visual and performing arts camps for kids in first through 12th grades.
Camps range from half-day to full-day, from one week to two weeks and from Clay Camp to Shakespeare. All feature high-quality instructors who celebrate all levels of experience.
“The expression of wonder on a child’s face when they discover something new is amazing,” said OCCA Arts Education Manager Sara Siggelkow. “I am so looking forward to seeing that look for six weeks this summer.”
Class sizes are very limited, and scholarships will be available for all camps.
For more information, go to coastarts.org/camps, email ssiggelkow@coastarts.org or call 541- 574-3364.
Shakespeare Camp
The 2022 camp, with instructors Rod Molzahn and Milo Graamans, will feature a production of Shakespeare’s rollicking comedy “Twelfth Night.”
Count Orsino loves Olivia but Olivia is in love with the count’s serving boy who is really a girl in disguise and is in love with Orsino who thinks she’s a guy. But then her twin brother, who she thinks is dead, shows up and everyone thinks he is her. Everything gets sorted out in the end with marriages all around and a song from a clown.
June 19 through 30 • 9 am to 3 pm • grades 6 through 12 • $425.
Visual Arts Camp I – Flora and fauna
Campers will explore the plants and animals found on the coast through a variety of mediums and techniques. Camp will be facilitated by Sara Siggelkow, OCCA arts education manager, with help from other local artists.
July 11 through 15 • 9 am to noon • grades 1 to 5 • $150.
Visual Arts Camp II – Habitat and collaboration
Students will explore the theme of habitat — choosing a message, creating a design, choosing the medium and creating a community art project. In a community art project, a group works together to make a lasting project that each individual participates in.
In addition to the collaborative project, small individual pieces will be created for the campers to keep. Facilitated by Sara Siggelkow, OCCA arts education manager, with help from other local artists.
July 18 through 22 • 9 am to 4 pm • grades 6 to 9 • $225.
Visual Arts Camp III – Stamp, carve and create with clay
Campers will spend the week creating ceramic pieces that incorporate stamping, carving and hand building. They will create their own designs and use natural materials to create texture, explore fun carving techniques and then add color and designs to their original pieces. The camp will be led by Laurie Barber.
July 25 through 29 • 1 to 4 pm • grades 5 to 9 • $175.
Theatre Camp: “Seussical, Junior” and “The Redemption of Gertie Greene”
At OCCA’s summer theatre camp, led by Jennifer Hamilton and Danika Simon, campers will create full productions together. Under the guidance of experienced directors and educators, they will learn all about the all-inclusive art that is “theater.”
Campers will be cast in two equal groups based on age. The younger group will perform “Seussical, Junior” and the older group will perform “The Redemption of Gertie Greene.”
July 25 through August 5 • 9 am to 3:30 pm • grades 3 to 7 • $425.