Summer Camps

Youth Artistic Summer Camps

• Full Day Camps  (10am to 4pm)
• Location at the Children’s Workshop directly behind the Museum
• Two Weeks Specialty Camps (Art/Design, Drama/Theatre, Intensive Dance -Percussion and Vocal/Keyboarding)
• Free for low income students
• Lunch & Snacks provided
• Campers T-shirts
• Ages 7-15
• Experienced and fun instructors
• Quality caring staff
• Introduces campers to a broad range of experiences in theater, dance, music, arts &crafts, poetry, and more.
• Each camp concludes with an original performance or exhibit by the campers on stage in the African Outdoor Village  (Family & Friends are invited to attend)

Camp Registration Week - June 7 - 13

Art & Design Camp - June 15 -26

This camp introduces the students to a field of art education through specially designed projects. The participants learn design concepts of hand-made objects, creative paintings, clay sculptures and other images by providing practical experience of hand-made objects, creative paintings, clay sculptures and other images with a focus on two weeks of fun-filled practical experiences.

Drama & Theatre Camp - June 28 – July 10

Students are introduced to basic grammer conducive to ASL and vocabulary instruction pertinent to the visual arts. They utilize non-verbal communication skills of body language, facial expressions, miming and gestures to recite poems and tell stories. Pantomime is utilized to analyze words and phrases with students examining and using actions to present stories. Character games are also used by students to dramatize stories.

Intensive Dance Camp - July 12 – 24

This camp introduces students to ballet, Dunham Technique and socialization through the arts. Ballet class introduces French terminology and the perspective movement and position. Participants are required to pronounce and translate the words and then execute the movements appropriately. In the Dunham Technique students develop a comprehensive understanding and initiation of the physical anatomy, a sense of proper posture, discipline, focus and self-esteem as a result of exercises and philosophical instruction.

Percussion Camp - July 12 – 24

This camp is based on particular rhythms imperative to accompanying Dunham Technique classes. The rhythms represent the cultures of Cuban and Haitian ethnicities and students are taught four basic hand positions utilized to play drums and congas. Other percussive instruments are introduced to the students that enhance the prominent rhythms of the Dunham Legacy and learned the complete composition of the rhythmic pattern as well as the categorical (sacred, social, secular) position of particular cultures. The students also experience the construction and repair of drums, the importance of correct posture and breathing.

For a registration form, contact:
KDCAH
c/o Ruby Streate
PO Box 6
East St. Louis, IL 62201
618-874-8560
rstreate@yahoo.com

Ryan Little
Assitant to Marketing Affairs
618-477-6379
ryanc_little@hotmail.com