Important Fall Dates 2019/20

Important Fall Dates 2019/20 Here are all the important dates for your diary! Saturday 21 September  Courses at the Centauri Arts Academy begin! Book space before this date! www.artsacademy.ca Friday 1 November Our 2020 website goes live!  Choose your programs for next summer. centauriartscamp.com Saturday 16 November REGISTRATION OPENS FOR RETURNING CAMPERS FOR CAMP 2020 [...]

Session 3 at Centauri Arts Camp

It’s hard to believe that Session 3 is coming to an end and that this tight-knit community of friends—who seem to have known each other their whole lives—were mostly strangers just 2 weeks ago. Today will be all about celebrating and reflecting on these past two weeks together: this afternoon and evening each of our [...]

Session 1, 2019 – Final Shows

Two weeks whizz by in a flurry of adventures and activity here at camp – and before we know it, it’s the end of the session. On Day 13, campers share with one another the performances, readings, short film, art exhibitions and everything else created in their programs. We celebrate at the end of the [...]

Legends of the Silk Road Festival 2019

Picture this: it’s breakfast time on festival day at Centauri, but nothing much seems to be happening. There’s food, but no sign of a festival. Quietly, one by one, the counsellors sneak out and after ‘clear and wipe’ Julie takes the mic, appearing to be furious. “There’s supposed to be magic!” she shouts to the [...]

Six Word Stories about Centauri Arts Camp!

This month, we launched a challenge for our campers, staff, alumni and camp parents on Facebook: could you describe a summer at Centauri in just six words? The response was overwhelming! Here are some of the six-word stories we received. They certainly paint a picture of life at camp, and the experiences of everyone who [...]

Younger Campers Belong at Centauri Summer Arts Camp.

For younger children, a first overnight camp experience is an exciting and important step: a chance to move beyond home and school, discovering a wider community, broadening perspectives, growing in independence and unlocking the limitless possibilities of everything they can be. At Centauri,we’ve had decades of experience making this thrilling step a successful one for [...]

A Holiday Reading List!

With the holidays approaching, gifts are on many people’s minds and I know that the vast majority of our campers and arts academy students are eager readers. They probably devour books like the Harry Potter series and the Hunger Games trilogy without any prompting. But how do you encourage a gifted young reader to look [...]

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