- Jim Delisle
The following is a list of some of the summer camps we have found around the metroplex. If you know of one to add to the list, please email tech@richardsongifted.com so we can add it to our list.
Arts & Crafts
Dallas Museum of Art’s Summer Art Camps for Kids, 214-922-1822, www.dallasmuseumofart.org.
One-week sessions for ages 4-18. Camps include a variety of media and themes, and participants are divided by age group. M-F, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Mesquite ISD Community Education, 972-882-5277, www.communityedclasses.org/summerKidsCamps.html.
Summer camps include art, acting, fashion design, and movie-making among others.
Michael’s Kids Summer Crafts Camp, 972-409-1574, www.michaels.com.
At participating Michaels locations in the Dallas area. Children ages 9-12 can participate in the “Excellent Craft Adventure” program.
Camp ASIA at the Crow Collection of Asian Art, www.crowcollection.org, 2010 Flora Street, Dallas.
Participants ages 3-5 will have an opportunity to explore Asian works of art, engage in hands-on activities and learn about painting, sculpting and storytelling. Campers ages 6-9 will travel the globe, through adventures in music, paintings, sculpture, folk tales, and dance from various countries.
Music
Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas Summer Singing Camp, www.thechildrenschorus.com.
Activities include singing, playing hand bells and giving a concert for family and friends. One week session for children entering grades 4-8, M-F, morning or afternoon.
Kindermusik Adventures Camps, www.soundsteps.com.
Singing, dancing, instruments, and stories for infants – 7 year-olds accompanied by parent or caregiver meeting once a week for 5 weeks, or daily for one week. Also, one- week introduction to piano and guitar camps for children ages 6 and up, morning or evenings.
University of North Texas, Music Workshops, http://www.music.ut.edu/about/workshops.
Select opportunities for string bass and flute, as well as jazz (combo and vocals), percussion, choir, harp and piano. Special leadership training available for high school drum majors.
University of Texas – Arlington, Summer Music Camps, http://www.uta.edu/music/summercamps.
Students learn from high quality instructional staff from around the nation. Band, choir, orchestra, and jazz students grow musically and personally while enjoying all the fun and excitement of summer camp.
Vocals by Jennifer
Performing Arts
Dallas Summer Musicals Academy of Performing Arts, www.dsmschool.org.
Students ages 7 – adult learn to integrate singing, dancing and acting into musical theater performances at Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas during two-week workshop.
ARTSNET Summer Arts College, www.artsnetc.org (select “Events” from homepage).
Summer Arts College is an opportunity for children ages 6-15 to be a part of an imaginative and fun week long cultural experience. During each session, professional artists and teachers give students a chance to participate in visual arts, drama, music, and dance. At the end of each session, on Friday afternoon, students perform for parents and family.
Creative Arts Theater and School, http://www.creativearts.org/summerclasses.html.
A theatre by youth for youth, CATS offers classes for children ages 4-18 in all aspects of theatre education. Classes include Creative Drama, Acting, Musical Theatre, Private Voice, Technical Theatre, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, and more.
Dallas Black Dance Theatre, www.dbdt.com.
Summer Youth Enrichment Dance Camp:
Garland Civic Theater, www.garlandcivictheatre.org.
One-week sessions for ages 8 – 16, M-F, 9 am – 4 pm. Campers will learn acting skills, movement and theater techniques while stretching their imaginations. All camps will be at the Garland Civic Theatre (108 North Sixth Street) on the square in downtown Garland.
Teatro Dallas Youth Summer Theater Program, www.teatrodallas.org.
Five-week session for ages 6-16 explores all aspects of theater, and closes with a full production for family and friends. Classes taught in English and Spanish. Weekdays, 9 – noon.
The Company of Rowlett Performers (CORP), www.corptheatre.com.
Auditions for upcoming summer show and workshops include all ages. Details on website.
Junior Players www.juniorplayers.org
Repertory Company Theatre www.rcttheatre.com
Film/Video Production
Mesquite ISD Community Education, www.communityedclasses.org/summerKidsCamps.html
Summer camps include art, acting, fashion design, and movie-making among others.
Movie Star Camp, www.margomanning.com.
Students ages 6-15 learn about video production, including TV commercial acting, improvisation, auditions, monologues, writing, directing and more in one-week sessions, weekdays, 9 am – 5 pm.
Science & Technology
Mad Science http://www.madscience.org/locations/dallas/
The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UT Dallas – High Schoolers http://innovation.utdallas.edu
ID Tech Camp www.internaldrive.com
Camp Invention http://www.invent.org/camp/default.aspx
Club Scientific http://dallas.clubscientific.com/
Dallas Zoo www.dallaszoo.com
Kinetic Learning Center http://www.kinetic-learning-center.com/
Other Camps & things to do this summer
The University of Texas at Dallas – Summer Chess Camps chess.utdallas.edu
Gifted Students Institute and Pre-college Programs / Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development at SMU http://smu.edu/education/gsi/
North Dallas Martial Arts www.northdallasmartialarts.com
STRIPES Yoga www.stripesyoga.com
City of Richardson www.corcamps.com
Camps OUTSIDE Dallas/Ft. Worth Area
Lonestar Leadership Academy , www.educationinaction.org
Sea World San Antonio Adventure Camps
Duke TIP Summer Studies Programs offer students in grades 7-10 the opportunity to learn highly challenging material at a rate suited to their advanced abilities. http://www.tip.duke.edu
Summer Youth Adventure Program (YAP) includes five one-week stays, in dorms off the main Texas A&M campus in College Station. http://www.tamu.edu/ or www.yap.tamu.edu
CompuCamp at the University of Houston is for those students whose fingers itch to get a hold of a computer keyboard! http://www.compucamp2006.com
Summer Institute for the Gifted offers residential and day programs for gifted and talented students, grades K -11, at schools across the country, including UT-Austin. http://www.giftedstudy.com
All types of space camps in Huntsville, Ala. http://www.spacecamp.com
The Summer Program for Academically Talented Youth, a three-week residential program for grade 7 – 10, at the University of Southern Mississippi. The program includes academic, cultural, and recreational experiences, through cooperative efforts with the Duke TIP. Application deadline is April 30th. http://www.usm.edu/gifted/sfy/summer_gsp.html
American Camp Association, www.acacamps.org
Cogito (John Hopkins University), www.cogito.org/programs/programslist.aspx?summerprograms
Davidson Institute’s Think, http://www.davidsongifted.org/think/
Hoagies Summer and Saturday Programs, http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/summer.htmInstitute for Educational Advancement (IEA Gifted Resource Center), http://www.educationaladvancement.org/pages/programs.html
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Resource Directory, http://www.nagc.org/resourcedirectory.aspx
Summer programs in & around the Ft. Worth area plus some national camps: http://hebagt.org/sum_programs.htm
Tx Gifted summer camp listings.
http://txgifted.org/files/2009/Insights-2009-summer-programs.pdf
