Youth Programming Includes Art, Cooking, Film, Science, Theater, Vocal Performance

The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas has opened registration for its summer camps, featuring 10 diverse classes for ages 7-20. ASC will use its home building, and its award-winning new facilities, The ARTSpace on Main and ART WORKS on Main.

Camp offerings include art, cooking, dance, film, science, vocal performance and theater. All camps will be themed around “Space and Time.”

The first camps begin Monday, June 6, and will continue until the end of July, with most camps being one week long. Income-based scholarships are available. For more information, registration and scholarship applications, visit asc701.org/summer-camps.

Theater Jr. Camp —9 a.m.-12 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 6-10, 2022

Join ASC for a week filled with imagination and confidence-building during Theater Jr. Camp. Campers will work together to hone their acting skills while learning to collaborate with their peers and express their creativity. The class culminates in a final performance in which youth will perform their own monologue as well as team up with the other campers to perform scenes from plays.

This camp is from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 6-10, 2022. This camp is open to ages 7-11 and is limited to 10 participants. Cost is $100 for members and $120 for nonmembers.

Art Jr. Camp—1-4p.m. Monday-Friday, June 6-10, 2022

ASC’s Art Jr. Camp fuses beginner lessons in different mediums with an exploration of “Space and Time.” Campers will develop an understanding of drawing, painting, and sculpting techniques to create beautiful artwork. Learn through step-by-step instruction while beginning to develop a creative process.

This camp is from 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 6-10, 2022. This camp is open to ages 7-11 and is limited to 10 participants. Cost is $100 for members and $120 for nonmembers.

Theater Sophomore Camp—9 a.m.-12 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, June 13-23, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, June 24, 2022, Culminating Final Performance – 2 p.m. Saturday, June 25, 2022

This camp will run from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, June 13-23, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, June 24, 2022. Sophomore camp is open to ages 12-15 and is limited to 15 participants. Cost is $220 for members and $240 for nonmembers.

Theater Senior Camp —1-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, June 13-23, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, June 24, 2 p.m. Friday, June 24, 2022, Culminating Final Performance – 2 p.m. Saturday, June 25, 2022

This camp will run from 1-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, June 13-23, 2022 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Friday, June 24, 2022 with a final performance at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 25. Senior Camp is open to ages 16-20 years old, allowing young college students to participate over the summer. Camp is limited to 15 participants. Cost is $220 for members and $240 for nonmembers.

Woodlawn Schools Choral Director and ASC performing arts volunteer Bethany Gere will lead ASC’s theater camps. Explore what it takes to make a compelling character and drive that character forward by using scenes from plays to spark ideas. Campers will use their body, voice, and imagination to transform into their characters. The class will culminate with a joint final, public performance on Saturday, June 25 where campers can share their scenes with a live audience.

Art Pro— 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Monday-Friday, Junes 27-July 1, 2022

ASC’s Public Programs Manager Shakeelah Rahmaan will instruct its Art Pro Camp. Campers will have lessons in different mediums with an exploration of the themes “Space and Time.” Students will explore drawing, painting, and sculpting techniques to create beautiful artwork in 2D and 3D. Campers will use various materials to help in developing a creative process using these artistic methods.

This camp will run from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 27-July 1, 2022. This camp is open to ages 12-17 and is limited to 15 participants. Cost is $100 for members and $120 for nonmembers.

Vocal Performance Camp—1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 27-July 1, 2022

ASC’s Vocal Performance Camp is sure to hit all the right notes with instructor and Woodlawn Schools Choral Director Bethany Gere. Campers will learn new and improved vocal techniques, work on individual and group songs, perfect their performance skills, and learn how to be an overall better vocalist. The class culminates in a spotlight performance where campers will perform their own solos, as well as a group performance.

This camp will run from 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 27-July 1, 2022, with a final performance at 6 p.m. Friday, July 1, 2022. This camp is open to ages 12-20 and is limited to 20 participants. Cost is $100 for members and $120 for nonmembers.

CrEATe Lab Jr Camp—9 a.m.-12 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 11-15, 2022

In ASC’s CrEATe Lab Jr. Camp. Students will receive hands-on training in the kitchen with Kids Cook! owner Faith Anaya. Learn cooking and food preparation skills while exploring cuisines from different places and times around the world, including European, African, Asian, and South American.

This camp will run from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 11-15, 2022. This camp is open to ages 7-10 and is limited to 10 participants. Cost is $100 for members and $120 for nonmembers.

CrEATe Lab Pro—1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 11-15, 2022

In ASC’s CrEATe Lab Pro Camp, receive hands-on training in the kitchen, and delve into culinary exploration with Little Rock Kids Cook! owner Faith Anaya. Campers will learn cooking and food preparation skills while exploring cuisines from different places and times around the world, including European, African, Asian, and South American. Pro Campers will gain skills and use tools that can enable them to feel confident creating in the kitchen.

This camp will run from 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 11-15, 2022. This camp is open to ages 11-17 and is limited to 10 participants. Cost is $100 for members and $120 for nonmembers.

Science Camp—9 a.m.-12 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 18-22, 2022

ASC’s Science Camp will explore different aspects of the universe beyond our atmosphere. Campers will create models and explore activities that will demonstrate various scientific principles to demonstrate how our universe works, whether that be gravity, time, planets, or more.

This camp will run from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 18-22, 2022. This camp is open to ages 7-11  and is limited to 15 participants. Cost is $100 for members and $120 for nonmembers.

Film Camp—1 p.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 18-22

ASC’s Film Camp will explore storytelling as an art form, develop film ideas, shoot video, record audio, and edit creations all centered around our “Space and Time” theme. Campers will be immersed in both the technology and the creative aspects of film. Filmmaker Michael Merritt of Little Rock will instruct this camp.

This camp will run from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 18-22, 2022. This camp is open to ages 12-17 years old and is limited to 15 participants. Cost is $100 for members and $120 for nonmembers.

About ASC

The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas (ASC), 701 S. Main St. in Pine Bluff, is accredited with the American Alliance of Museums. ASC presents programming in the visual arts, performing arts, and the sciences through exhibits, performances, classes and local partnerships. Gallery admission is free. ASC is open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday–Friday, and 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday. In 2021, ASC opened two new facilities as part of its “ARTx3” campus — The ARTSpace on Main and ART WORKS on Main, located at 623 and 627 S. Main St. For more information, visit asc701.org.

Support for ASC is provided in part by the ASC Endowment Fund, the City of Pine Bluff, the Pine Bluff Advertising & Promotion Commission and the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Division of Arkansas Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional operating support is provided in part by the Windgate Foundation, Ben J. Altheimer Foundation, Kline Family Foundation, Relyance Bank and Simmons Bank.

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ASC Summer Camps – Art.jpg — Summer camper works with papier mache in The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas’s Art Jr. Camp. Enjoy creating art all week during this summer’s offerings at ASC.

ASC Summer Camps – CrEATe Lab Pro.jpg — CrEATe Lab student and Faith Anaya’s staff remove a pineapple core at the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas. ASC looks forward to bringing CrEATe Lab Jr. and Pro to its lineup of 2022 summer camp programming from Monday-Friday, July 11-15, 2022

ASC Summer Camps – Film Camp.jpg — Artist in Education instructor Michael Merritt leads the Boys & Girls Club in a 2021 film workshop held at The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas. Merritt is set to return in ASC’s 2022 film camp from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 18-22.

ASC Summer Camps – Vocal Performance Camp.jpg — Bethany Gere will lead the theater and vocal performing summer camps in June and July at the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas.

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