Class Overview
Who: All incoming 5th and 6th grade students, regardless of home address or school affiliation
What: Week-long professionally-led themed creative classes broken into grade-appropriate activities
When: June 3 - 7; June 17 - 21; July 15 - 19; August 5 - 9, 2024
Where: Mary A. White Elementary School, Grand Haven Michigan and Into the Woods retreat in Grand Haven
Why: To increase confidence and connection, to encourage creativity and imagination, to encourage exploration and self-expression, to decrease loneliness and anxiety
How: Mindfulness practices, movement, reflection, storytelling, play, writing, painting, sculpture, drawing, music, and immersion in nature
This is not a typical summer camp experience - this is an intentional program designed to help your child flourish.
Who: All incoming 5th and 6th grade students, regardless of home address or school affiliation
What: Week-long professionally-led themed creative classes broken into grade-appropriate activities
When: June 3 - 7; June 17 - 21; July 15 - 19; August 5 - 9, 2024
Where: Mary A. White Elementary School, Grand Haven Michigan and Into the Woods retreat in Grand Haven
Why: To increase confidence and connection, to encourage creativity and imagination, to encourage exploration and self-expression, to decrease loneliness and anxiety
How: Mindfulness practices, movement, reflection, storytelling, play, writing, painting, sculpture, drawing, music, and immersion in nature
This is not a typical summer camp experience - this is an intentional program designed to help your child flourish.
Overview
Throughout the week, students will be immersed in as many aspects of the creative process as possible. Although each session focuses on a different theme, all classes incorporate mindfulness practices, movement, reflection, storytelling, play, writing, painting, sculpture, drawing, music, and immersion in nature to encourage exploration and self-expression. Students have agency over what they create and are encouraged to use their imagination to go beyond what they think is possible.
By the end of the week, students will have become powerful, mindful creators, able to use multiple languages to express themselves. They will not only experience their own inner power, they'll also experience their collective power as a group.
Session themes are:
Session 1: Creativity. We will explore what it means to be creative.
Session 2: Storytelling. We will explore the stories we tell ourselves and how those narratives impact our experience. We'll also explore how our passions and interests influence our artwork and the stories we create.
Session 3: Intuition. We will explore what it means to follow our intuition and how this impacts what we create.
Session 4: Infinite Possibilities / Makerspace. We will explore the infinite possibilities that exist in everything we do. Through reflection and artistic expression, we will uncover how to choose among all the possibilities to create in a way that aligns with us.
Throughout the week, students will be immersed in as many aspects of the creative process as possible. Although each session focuses on a different theme, all classes incorporate mindfulness practices, movement, reflection, storytelling, play, writing, painting, sculpture, drawing, music, and immersion in nature to encourage exploration and self-expression. Students have agency over what they create and are encouraged to use their imagination to go beyond what they think is possible.
By the end of the week, students will have become powerful, mindful creators, able to use multiple languages to express themselves. They will not only experience their own inner power, they'll also experience their collective power as a group.
Session themes are:
Session 1: Creativity. We will explore what it means to be creative.
Session 2: Storytelling. We will explore the stories we tell ourselves and how those narratives impact our experience. We'll also explore how our passions and interests influence our artwork and the stories we create.
Session 3: Intuition. We will explore what it means to follow our intuition and how this impacts what we create.
Session 4: Infinite Possibilities / Makerspace. We will explore the infinite possibilities that exist in everything we do. Through reflection and artistic expression, we will uncover how to choose among all the possibilities to create in a way that aligns with us.
Location
Sessions 1, 2, and 3 will be held at Mary A. White Elementary School in Grand Haven. Session 4 will be held at Into the Woods Retreat Center.
Sessions 1, 2, and 3 will be held at Mary A. White Elementary School in Grand Haven. Session 4 will be held at Into the Woods Retreat Center.
Program Cost
The weekly program cost is $190. If you are registering multiple children, please email us for family discount rates.
Limited need-based scholarships are available. Please email us to inquire about scholarships.
The weekly program cost is $190. If you are registering multiple children, please email us for family discount rates.
Limited need-based scholarships are available. Please email us to inquire about scholarships.
Questions?
Check out our FAQs. If you still have questions, please send us a message or give us a call at 831.291.3787.
Check out our FAQs. If you still have questions, please send us a message or give us a call at 831.291.3787.
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In order to complete registration, you must read and consent to The Epicenter's Accident Waiver and Release of Liability. You will be asked to electronically agree to its terms in the registration form below. If you would prefer to sign a paper copy, please email us.
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