60+ Summer Arts Opportunities for Kids
Looking for a creative experience for your kids this summer? ArtsFund’s Cultural Partners have you covered! From glass blowing to musical theatre, there are dozens of opportunities available for every age group, price range, and in every discipline. Scroll down for a list of offerings, and click here for more details on each of these programs and new additions.
Studies show that early engagement with the arts improves educational outcomes and builds confidence, creativity, and discipline in our children by teaching them about empathy, creative problem solving, and self-expression. ArtsFund is committed to supporting youth development through arts experiences with our partner organizations.
And don’t forget–anyone 13 – 19 can sign up for a FREE TeenTix Pass and access world-class film, theatre, music, dance, museums, improv, opera, and ballet all year long for just $5 at 75 arts and culture organizations in our community! Sign up and more info at teentix.org.
Summer 2018 Offerings
CULTURE & HERITAGE
Summer Camps at the Burke
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
July 16 – August 17
Burke summer camps are for students entering grades K–7 grade.
Cost: $200-$370
Scholarships available
Heritage Camp: Nordic Animals
Nordic Museum
June 25 – June 29
Ages 7-12
Cost: $200-$250
DANCE
Eastside Summer Dance Workshops
Pacific Northwest Ballet School
July 9-August 10
Ages 4-7 (4 year olds must turn 5 by 12/31/18)
Cost: $250 per weekly session
DANCE This Intensive
Seattle Theatre Group
June 25 – June 30
Ages 13-21
Cost: $375
Scholarships available
DANCE This Camp @ Centrum
Seattle Theatre Group
August 12 – August 19, 2018
Open to students entering grades 9-12 in Fall 2018 at all levels of dance experience
Cost: $900
Scholarships available
FILM
Citizen Minutes: Video Activism Camp Summer Filmmaking Camp – Rainier Arts Center
Northwest Film Forum
July 16th to July 20th and July 23rd to July 27th, 2018
Ages 14-17
Cost: $700/$650 NWFF members. Scholarships available!
Scholarships available
SIFF
June 25 – June 29
Ages 9-12
Cost: $300 / $275 SIFF Members
Scholarships available
Summer Filmmaking Camp: Superheroines, Superheroes, and Villains
SIFF
July 16 – July 20
Ages 9-12
Cost: $350 / $325 SIFF Members
Scholarships available
Summer Filmmaking Camp: Fairy Tales
SIFF
July 23 – July 27
Ages 9-12
Cost: $350 / $325 SIFF Members
Scholarships available
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Studio Coyote Summer Program Creative Arts Camp for Deaf/HH/KODA
Coyote Central
June 25-August 31
Ages 10-16
Cost: $0-$375/week (pay what you can)
Scholarships available
Deaf Spotlight
July 16-20, 2019
8-13 years old
Cost: FREE
Art4Teens Camp
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council
July 23- July 27
Art4Teens Camp is for rising 7th-12th graders
Cost: $300
Scholarships available
August Arts Camp
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council
July 30 – August 3
August Arts Camp is for rising 3rd through 6th graders
Cost: $300
Scholarships available
MUSIC
Tuned In! Summer Student Festival ECA Summer Arts Enrichment Camp: Rockin’ Rhythms Marimba Camp with Youth Marimba Workshop ECA Summer Arts Enrichment Camps: Rhythm generation: Intergenerational marimba Camp Music Summer Day Camps Seattle Chamber Music Society Family Concert
Chamber Music Madness
July 9 – July 14
Ages 13-24
Cost: $495
Scholarships available
Edmonds Center for the Arts
July 16 – July 20
Ages 7-11
Cost: $250
Scholarships available
Ages 7-11 | 9:00 am-3:00 pm daily
Edmonds Center for the Arts
July 23 – July 27
Teens and Older Adults
Cost: Teens: $125 per week; Seniors: $100 per week
Scholarships available
Rhythm Generation: Intergenerational Marimba Camp with Youth Marimba Workshop & Silver Kite Community Arts, LLC
Teens: 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Seniors: 10:30 am-12:00 pm
Music Works Northwest
June 25 – August 24
Ages 4-16
Cost: $200 – $370 per week
Scholarships available
Seattle Chamber Music Society
July 21
Concert is intended for ages 5-10, and their families
Cost: $12
Summer Vocal Institute Summer Percussion Project Summer Advanced Institute STG’s Songwriters Lab SYSO Summer Music- Session I SYSO Summer Music
Seattle JazzED
August 13 – August 17
Grades 7-12
Cost: $455, full and partial scholarships available
Scholarships available
Seattle JazzED
July 23 – July 27
Grades 7 – 12
Cost: $395
Scholarships available
Seattle JazzED
August 6 – August 10
Grades 10 – 12, Grade 9 by audition
Cost: $455
Scholarships available
Seattle Theatre Group
July 16 – July 21, 2018
Ages 14-19
Cost: $375
Scholarships available
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
July 9 – July 20
This camp is designed for enthusiastic young musicians between the ages of 7-14 who have had at least two years of playing experience or a minimum of one year of private instruction.
Cost: $600, $40 application fee
Scholarships available
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
July 9 – July 20 OR July 16 – July 27
Designed for enthusiastic young musicians between the ages of 7-14 who have had at least two years of playing experience or a minimum of one year of private instruction.
Cost: $600 + $40 application fee
Scholarships available
Shoreline Jazz Camp Evergreen Music Festival Session I Evergreen Music Festival Session II Instrument Exploration Camps Jazz Improv Camp Seattle Opera Summer Opera Camps
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council
August 6 – August 10
open to middle and high school students
Cost: $350
Scholarships available
Tacoma Youth Symphony Association
July 23-July 27
Grades 3-8
Cost: $405
Scholarships available
Tacoma Youth Symphony Association
July 29 – August 4
Grade 9 through age 21
Cost: $830
Scholarships available
Ted Brown Music Outreach
June 25-28
Grades 4-6
Cost: $59.00
Scholarships available
Ted Brown Music Outreach
July 9 – 12
Need at least 1 year of school band. 7th through 11th grade
Cost: $99.00
Scholarships available
Seattle Opera
July 9 – July 13
Full and half-day camps available for ages 6-18.
Cost: $185 – $385
Scholarships available
THEATRE
Musical Theatre Camp: FAME Jr. ECA Summer Arts Enrichment Camp: The Merry Wives of Windsor: Acting, Improv & Combat Camp Long-Form Improvisation with Jet City Improv 20th Annual Seattle Indian Youth Arts & Performance Zorro! Production Class Paperbag Princess Around the World in Dialects
Broadway Center for the Performing Arts
July 9-27
Ages 8-18
Cost: $625-$700
Scholarships available
Edmonds Center for the Arts
July 9 – July 13
Ages 11-15
Cost: $250
Scholarships available
Ages 11-15 | 9:00 am-3:00 pm daily
Jet City Improv
August 6 – August 10
Grades 7-12; students should have prior improv experience
Cost: $335
Scholarships available
Red Eagle Soaring
August 6th – 17th
Native youth ages 10-19
Cost: FREE
Seattle Public Theater
June 25- July 15
Grades 5-8
Cost: $540
Scholarships available
Seattle Public Theater
June 25-June 29
Grades 1-3
Cost: $180
Scholarships available
Seattle Public Theater
July 2-July 6 (no class on July 4th)
Grades 7-12
Cost: $290
Scholarships available
Outdoor Shakespeare and Stage Combat Design Mentorship Program Camp Bill Disney’s Cinderella KIDS Summer Camp Music Man JR. Summer CampTMP’s Junie B. Jones The Musical JR.
Seattle Public Theater
July 9-July 13
Grades 6-12
Cost: $360
Scholarships available
Seattle Public Theater
August 1-31
Grades 6-12
Cost: FREE
Seattle Shakespeare Company
July 9 – August 26
entering 5th grade thru 12th grade
Cost: $200 – $875
Scholarships available
Tacoma Musical Playhouse
July 9 – 21, 2018
Only for children entering 1st – 3rd grades
Cost: Cost: Register by June 8 | $300 Register on or after June 8 | $325 Additional Sibling, Register by June 8 | $250 Additional Sibling, Register on or by June 8 |$275
Scholarships available
Tacoma Musical Playhouse
July 23 – August 5
Only for students entering 1st – 3rd Grade
Cost: Register by June 22 | $300 Register on or after June 22 | $325 Additional Sibling, Register by June 22 | $250 Additional Sibling, Register on or by June 22 |$275
Scholarships available
Tacoma Musical Playhouse
July 9 – August 4
For students entering 4th-5th Grade
Cost: Register by June 8 | $575 Register on or after June 8 | $600 Additional Sibling, Register by June 8 | $475 Additional Sibling, Register on or by June 8 |$500
Scholarships available
Summer CampTMP | Thoroughly Modern Millie JR. The Addams Family Summer Musical Theater Classes Improv Camp for Teens Issaquah Classes & Camps Everett Camps & Classes KIDSTAGE Summer Productions
Tacoma Musical Playhouse
July 16 – August 11
For Students Entering 6th-8th Grade
Cost: Register by June 15 | $575 Register on or after June 15 | $600 Additional Sibling, Register by June 15 | $475 Additional Sibling, Register on or by June 15 |$500
Scholarships available
Tacoma Musical Playhouse
July 16 – August 12
For Students Entering 9th-12th Grade and Newly Graduated Seniors
Cost: Register by June 15 | $575 Register on or after June 15 | $600 Additional Sibling, Register by June 15 | $475 Additional Sibling, Register on or by June 15 |$500
Scholarships available
The 5th Avenue Theatre
July 9-July 31
Cost: $40
Scholarships available
Unexpected Productions Improv School
June 25 – June 29 2018
17-Dec
Cost: $249
Village Theatre
June 18 – August 17
Each camp/class has age ranges. More information can be found by visiting the website.
Cost: $220 – $560
Scholarships available
Village Theatre
June 18 – August 17, 2018
Each camp/class has age ranges. More information can be found by visiting the website.
Cost: $150 – $360
Scholarships available
Village Theatre
July 12 – August 10, 2018
VISUAL ARTS
Youth Summer Art Camps in Issaquah Teen Summer Art Camps Summer Glass Arts program (Middle School) Summer Glass Arts Program (High School) Summer Art Camp
ArtEast Art Center
July – August
Ages 8-11
Cost: $200 per camp
Scholarships available
ArtEast Art Center
July – August: weekly camps available
Ages 12-18
Cost: $200 per camp
Scholarships available
Hilltop Artists
June 25 – August 2
Middle school students must be at least 12 years old
Cost: $0-$100
Scholarships available
Hilltop Artists
June 25 – July 19
Cost: $0 – $100
Scholarships available
Kirkland Arts Center
June 25 – August 17
18-May
Cost: $295 – $425
Scholarships available
Summerfest: Young Artists Exhibition Art Camps and Intensives at the Kirkland Arts Center Creative Darkroom Photography for Teens Alternative Process Photography for Teens The Portfolio Project Teen Photo Workshop
Kirkland Arts Center
August 10 – August 12
Cost: FREE
Kirkland Arts Center
June 25 – August 17
Ages 5 – 18
Cost: $295 – $425
Scholarships available
Photographic Center NW
July 9 – July 13
ages 14-18
Cost: $395
Scholarships available
Photographic Center NW
July 23-27
ages 14-18
Cost: $395
Scholarships available
Photographic Center NW
August 6 – August 10
ages 14-18
Cost: $395
Scholarships available
Summer camps Summer camps Youth in Focus Camps & Core Program Youth in Focus Summer Camps Youth in Focus Summer Quarter
Pratt Fine Arts Center
June 23-August 10
Cost: $350
Pratt Fine Arts Center
June 25-August 10
Cost: $210-$285
Scholarships available
Youth in Focus
July 9th – August 10th
11- 17 for Camps, 13 – 19 for Core Program
Cost: $350 – $600 and sliding scale
Scholarships available
Youth in Focus
July 9th – August 10th
10 – 17 years old
Cost: $350 – $600
Youth in Focus
July 30th – August 10th
13 – 19 years old
Cost: $25 – $360
Scholarships available
LITERARY ARTS
Scribes Writing Camps
Hugo House
July 9 – August 17
Grades 6-12
Cost: $400-$750
Scholarships available
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Arts Liberation Leadership Institute (ALLI)
Arts Corps
August 21-25 and August 27-31
Youth aged 14-19 who are interested in creating change through their artistry and leadership. The program is geared towards young artists who have interest/experience in one of our four pathways: poetry, visual art, breakdance and music production.
Cost: FREE
2018 Summer Youth Emplyment Program
Seattle Center
July 11-August 21
City of Seattle resident
Ages 16 to 24
Demonstrated ability to be responsible, determined and committed, Completion of designated job readiness trainings and orientations, and low-income (based on 2017 HUD Income Guidelines.
Cost: FREE
Photo credits (l-r): Photo courtesy of Unexpected Productions; DANCE This Intensive, photo by Christopher Nelson, courtesy of Seattle Theatre Group; photo courtesy of Pratt Fine Arts Center.