2024 Summer Camps will be announced in January!
Imaginative kids can create, explore, and play in Summer Camps at the Wortham Center! With high-energy, low-pressure programs for rising 1st-8th grade campers, these week-long camps in downtown Asheville expand minds, build life skills through the arts, and celebrate the creative spark in every child. With a new focus every week, kids are welcome to attend multiple camps.
Questions? Visit our Summer Camp FAQ page or email Director of Education Anna Kimmell at anna@worthamarts.org.
Take a look at last summer’s camps…
CREATIVE ARTS CAMP
Rising 1st-2nd Grades
JULY 17-21, 2023 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Little kids with BIG imaginations can dance, sing, act, create, and collaborate in this high-energy, low-pressure arts camp! With engaging activities rooted in creative play, kids will have so much fun expressing themselves through the arts, they won’t even notice they’re also building confidence, improving physical and emotional awareness, honing listening and focus skills, and learning to work within a group. At the end of the week, campers will celebrate what they’ve learned in an informal sharing for friends and family.
$150
PERFORMING ARTS CAMP
Rising 1st-2nd Grades
JULY 31 – AUGUST 4, 2023 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
In this week-long, half-day summer arts camp, students will have fun exploring the fundamentals of acting, music, and movement. Through engaging activities rooted in creative play, kids will make friends, explore the performing arts, discover new tools for expression, and share what they’ve learned in a short performance presented at the end of the week for friends and family.
$150
CREATIVE ARTS CAMP
Rising 3rd-5th Grades
JULY 10-14, 2023 • 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Kids will have fun exercising their imaginations in this week-long camp exploring the creative arts! With daily activities in acting, dance, music, design, technical theatre, and more, this high-energy, low-pressure camp builds life skills, confidence, and friendships through the arts. Kids will leave feeling empowered to take creative risks on stage and off.
$295
PERFORMING ARTS CAMPS
Rising 3rd-5th Grades
JULY 24-28, 2023 • 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Calling all creative thinkers! Kids can experience the creative process firsthand as they develop and perform in their own original show. With daily activities in acting, movement, writing, improv, and more, campers will have fun exploring theatre and performing arts in a low-pressure, supportive environment. With an emphasis on self-expression and collaboration, this camp will build confidence and friendships as young artists use their newfound skills to write, create, and share their own original show with family and friends. No prior performing arts experience is necessary, only an open mind.
$295
CREATIVE ARTS CAMP
Rising 6th-8th Grades
JULY 10-14, 2023 • 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Kids can express themselves in this week-long camp exploring a variety of creative art forms! With daily activities in acting, dance, music, design, technical theatre, and more, this highly imaginative, low-pressure camp builds life skills, confidence, and friendships through the arts. Young people will leave feeling empowered to take creative risks on stage and off.
$295
