Howard County Arts Council's Visual & Performing Arts Summer Camps Announced

Campers must be a minimum of five years of age by September 1, 2017 to be eligible for summer camp. Campers are grouped by age and may enroll for a full or half day. Before-care beginning at 8:00 a.m. and after-care until 6:00 p.m. is also available.

Students may select from age-appropriate visual and performing arts camps including Acting Out!, Mask Mania, Fabric Fun, Shakespeare Moves, Fantastic Characters and How to Create Them, The Drawing Zoo: Spines and Shells, and much more. Camps conclude with an exhibit or performance of student work on the last day of each camp session.

HCAC employs experienced teachers who are each aided by 1-3 camp assistants. Classes are limited to 20 campers. Summer camps begin June 26 and run in one-week sessions through August 18, 2017. Registration is available online at hocoarts.org or by phone at 410-313-2787. The Howard County Center for the Arts is a multi-disciplinary space including 14 resident artists' studios, two professional galleries, a dance studio, a black box theatre for performing arts, and the offices of the Howard County Arts Council, Ballet Mobile, The Columbia Orchestra and Heralds of Hope Theater Company.