Schools Out For Summer Art Camps!

It's about that time (I think, high school was a few years ago...), when parents are finalizing their child care plans for the summer. While I don't know where you should keep your kids all summer (basements are cool right?), I do know what to do with them for a week.

Many studies and articles show that a learning free summer will have negative effects on your child's development. While summer is a time for kids to take a break from the classroom, it doesn't have to be a break from learning all together. In fact, it can be a time where they learn in ways school doesn't always offer.

That's where the MAC comes in.

The MAC is hosting a variety of art camps this summer for children entering first grade as well as high schoolers that children of any skill level would benefit from and enjoy.

Although all of our camps will stimulate and develop your children's creative skills and critical thinking in a fun-filled environment, each camp offers a different artistic focus and with that fosters different combinations of skills.

Allow me to introduce you to the 5 Art Camps at the MAC this summer and the many benefits they offer your children.

BalletMet American Girlfriend Adventure
For a week your child will bond with her American Girl Doll and friends over the many cultures these beautiful dolls are connected to through dance and arts & crafts.

Benefits:
-Learning about and appreciating different cultures and traditions
-Logic and reasoning
-Self confidence
-Improve memory
-Dexterity

Camp Creative
A full day camp for children 6-12 years old, Camp Creative offers participants an opportunity to explore visual, performing, and literary arts.

Benefits:
-Self confidence, especially through overcoming performance anxiety
-Self discipline and motivation
-Respecting alternative viewpoints
-Improving language and memory
-Team building
-Visual processing
-Strengthen attention skills
-Logic and reasoning

ARTventure
For children entering 1st grade all the way to 8th grade, this half day camp taught by CCAD instructors will give your child a space to engage in drawing, painting, sketch book journaling, mixed media and 3D designs.

Benefits:
-Self confidence
-Self discipline and motivation
-Developing a sense of craftsmanship
-Articulating vision
-Strengthen attention skills
-Improve memory
-Visual processing
-Dexterity

Intro to Filmmaking
From young adults entering 9th grade to college undergrads looking to develop their filmmaking skills, this one week music video class will help develop the skill set needed for storytelling through film.

Benefits:
-Accept responsibility
-Learn how to complete a task from start to finish/ goal setting
-Self confidence
-Self discipline and motivation
-Articulating vision
-Strengthen attention skills
-Visual processing

BalletMet Around the World in Dance
Ages 4-6 will spend the week learning about other cultures through their traditional dances and songs. At the end of the week the campers will put on a show for their families.

Benefits:
-Learning about and appreciating different cultures and traditions
-Self confidence, especially through performance
-Self discipline and motivation
-Improve memory
-Visual processing
-Team building

And those are the Art Camps the MAC is offering throughout the summer.

 Remember our camps aren't the only way to continue your child(ren)'s learning this summer. Sign them up for a library reading program, get them involved in a team sport, or start a family game night! There are so many fun ways to keep their brains fueled outside the classroom.