One of our long-time, much-loved counsellors (and soon to be Quest Master!) is also a chef. I’m referring, of course, to the talented Jonah. Knowing that we all have a little time on our hands over the next few weeks, Jonah has put together some camp-inspired recipes for you all to try. Please send photos [...]
We now have almost all our staff for this coming summer, but we are still looking to hire for the following two positions: Health Care Assistant This 8-week live-in position would ideally suit a student nurse with a love of summer camp! The candidate will spend half their time assisting our camp nurse in the [...]
As we move ever-closer to our twenty-first fabulous summer at Centauri Arts Camp, many of us are engaged in training events in order to make this summer the best yet! This began last weekend, when our camp nurse and health care assistant attended a training workshop for camp nurses across Ontario run by our very [...]
Last night our camp counsellors, program directors and Senior Staff came together at the Centauri Arts Academy in Toronto for an evening of yummy food, terrific friendship and wonderful arts performances! For many of our staff, this was the first time they had seen each other since the end of last summer! We drank fruit [...]
So what do we do in Staff Training Week? We bond as a team with numerous leadership activities. We take workshops in First Aid, Teaching Strategies, how to run fabulous camp activities, Tech Theatre, First Aid, Health and Safety, WHMIS, microphone use, potential camper issues, running great dorm activities and much, much more! We play [...]
A great summer camp comes into existence the week or two before campers arrive... right? WRONG! Exceptional summer camps are 12-month operations, and Centauri Arts Camp is no exception. What we do to make camp the best it can be is pretty obvious during the summer months... walk on to camp at any time in [...]
We are proud and delighted to announce that Soyeon Kim (who will be teaching Asian Art with us in Session Two, and Art & Design in Session Three) has won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award for her beautiful picture book, 'You Are Stardust'. Soyeon told us the news this morning and admitted to being [...]
Who Am I? by Hunter Gates Program Director, Stage Combat & Physical Theatre This will be my tenth year at Centauri Summer Arts Camp…HOLY WOW!!! My role at Centauri has always been to teach Stage Combat programs. I am a stunt artist by trade, and a Lecoqian Physical Theatre instructor. Stage Combat plays a huge [...]
Interview with Soyeon Kim, Fine Art Director at Centauri Arts Camp This past week, I had the opportunity to interview the multi-talented Soyeon Kim, who returns this summer to teach fine art with us at Centauri Summer Arts Camp. Here's a transcript of our conversation! Julie: Hi, Soyeon! Last summer you joined us for the [...]
Each summer, Centauri Summer Arts Camp welcomes dozens of brand new campers with enthusiasm and warmth. Like all great summer camps, however, our traditions, and the continued quality of our community atmosphere and programs, depends on those wonderful people who return to us year after year as campers and as staff. One of those people [...]