Canadian Families: all of our camps and programs are now eligible for the Canadian Arts Tax Credit!  We provide a receipt, and for each child, you can claim up to $500 per year! 

DAY or Overnight PROGRAM – click here to register

With one week programs, campers get a full camp experience. Focused arts programs give children an opportunity to explore while having an amazing summer camp. From camp fires to talent nights, this program rocks! While campers can come as day students, we strongly encourage the overnight program. At the end of each week, the children share their work with a gallery and performance for friends and family at 3:30.

ONE DAY SESSIONS

July 2^nd

Ready! Set! Paint!
Come join us for the day and learn the basics in painting. This workshop will show you all the cool tricks and techniques to express yourself through paint.

Improv Express
One thing Ross Creek knows is great theatre! This one-day workshop is for all young actors that want to sharpen their improv skills and theatre game techniques! Learn how to snap in and out of different characters at a moment’s notice, and spend the day working hard and laughing harder!

July 3^rd

Kite Runner
Explore the magic and mystery of kites!  Learn about the science of getting a kite to soar, and how kite wars work, then and design and build your own amazing kite that we will take out and fly together (weather permitting)!

World Beat
Bring on the noise! We can’t wait to hear the rhythms you learn working with all kinds of different percussion instruments in this one day camp all about the beautiful beat! Campers will learn to make music together form all kinds of different drumming traditions, all leading up to a parade of fun and sound!

July 4^th

Zine Line
Zines (independent magazines) are great! Create a world of wonder, explore something important to you, examine the world through your own zine of poetry, writing, drawing and more! Come join us at the Creek for the day and learn how to make your own zine!

Jewellery Jamboree
Create your own cool jewellery in one day with new techniques and materials. Learn how to incorporate wire and stones into your designs for your own collection or for presents for family and friends!

July  5^th

Clay Play
At Ross Creek we really love clay! This is a one day workshop into the joys of clay sculpture.  We’ll show you how to sculpt with your hands and how to use a wire base.

Snap!
Over the space of this day, using the power of digital photography, campers will learn how to take the simple ‘point and shoot’ photography technique to a new level. They will build an awesome 5-photo portfolio including high quality prints to impress family and friends. This is an ideal day program for campers who are beginning to explore what their cameras can do.

Full Week Programs

July 8-12

Art Inc!
This is a great way to explore the world of visual art, giving campers a taste of all kinds of ways to make incredible images! Campers will learn about drawing, painting and sculpture using a broad range of media, including charcoal, graphite, acrylics, watercolour, pastels and clay.

Young Designer
Calling all future graphic designers! This is a great program that is going to take you into the coolest design in products, graphics and more. See the world of design in history, and learn how to make your own mark through illustration and art. You’ll get to create real world projects for events and groups and see how your design can make a difference!

July 15-19

Mighty Pencil
Learn a whole new way to see the world through drawing! We will closely observe things around us, by drawing in class, taking walks in our woods, sketching other students, and looking at great Master Drawings. Learn to use your new skills in line, shading, and even scribbling to express yourself! As you learn to be a keen observer, you might discover new and unexpected connections between yourself and the world!

Born to Perform
A great theatre experience for campers who love to explore the world of imagination. Through improvisation, and rehearsals, you’ll create a story with your friends and perform it using the skills you learn in this fabulous and fun-filled acting camp. Get a new love for the art of acting!

July 22-26

Comic Creations
If you love comics, you’ll love this one-week workshop. Comic Artist will give you all the info you need to design your own comic. Create great characters and bring them to life through development of an amazing story and see it all completed in your very own fully realised Creek Comic Book by the end of the week! The Ross Creek ComicCon is back!

VidKidz
We’ll have a blast! During this week campers learn how to do everything that goes into an indie film, including how to get along with your cast and crew and fellow filmmakers! At the end of the week there will be a movie premiere for family and camp, complete with popcorn! Great times, great films! 

Click here to register
Enrollment limited to 20 students per camp.
Single Day Program: $60 per day
Week-long Day Student Camp Tuition:  $275 per week
Week-long Overnight Student Camp Tuition: $500 per week
Materials fee $40 for week-long camp 
Lunches are included for day students
Bus Transport: $10 per day or $50 per week

HST is added to all of the above.

Discounts:  

NEW DISCOUNTS FOR EARLY BIRDS!

• 15%  Early Bird for camp fees if you pay in full by December  1.

• 10% if you pay in full by January 15
• 5% if you pay in full by March 15
• 10% If you are a returning camper and you bring a friend who has never been! 
• 5% for camp fees for  multiple children in the same immediate family or multiple camps
• 5% for families with family memberships

BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
We are pleased to offer full and half bursaries and scholarships for students who need financial aid. Bursary applications require letters of reference, so please apply early. Bursary decisions are made by a committee and are based on need and merit. We regret that we cannot give full bursaries to all students, but are delighted that we are able to fund a full 10 % of all students through the generosity of corporations, businesses, individuals and some schools. Bursary applications for SummerArts are available by clicking here. The deadline for submissions annually is March 15. They can be faxed or mailed to us with that date as the postmark.