Summer camps are often the highlight of a person’s childhood years. A lot of parents enroll their sons and daughters to summer camp to make sure that their children productive while they’re out of school. The conventional summer camps are often held in the woods with planted tents and makeshift bonfires. As time passed, summer camps have turned to more specific endeavors and genres, catering to the passions of very different children. A summer art camp provides a refuge for many art aficionados who want to make a creative production out of their summer breaks. Interlochen Summer Art Camp and Somerset Art Association are just some of the busiest art camps every summer season.

interlochen-summer-arts-camp-250Interlochen Center of the Arts has a wide range of summer art camps and programs for children to young adults with ages 8-18 years old. Located in Interlochen, Michigan, the community is known to showcase more than 600 art presentations by students and campers on a yearly basis. Most of the talented artists of today participate in Art classes and camps provided by the Interlochen Center of the Arts. The institution aids in heightening the artistic level of young minds as they bring them toward creative excellence.

summerset-arts-association-250From July to August of every summer, the Somerset Art Association provides a program called Art Discovery weeks for children aged 6 years old and up. The classes range from half to full-day sessions that help rouse creativity and hearten discovery in the artistic outputs of the youngsters. The environment is well-known for its hospitable setting that makes children feel secured and welcome.

The March 8th edition of the Pioneer Press included a special advertising section about Minnesota summer camps. A Pioneer Press Annual Guide to Summer Camps showed the diversity of summer art camps as well as many other specialty camps. There were 5 pages devoted to arts camps both day and residential. Several camps were associated with arts organizations like The Loft Young Writers Program, Chanhassen Dinner Theater, Hauser Dance Studios, while others were sponsored by city parks and recreation departments, local arts centers, or private schools. If you are interested in reading this guide and live in Minnesota, your local library may have a copy.

If you live elsewhere, you may want check to see if you local paper has published a similar guide. You local library may have copies of these publications too.

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