The weather was glorious yesterday as our campers arrived. After a tour of Centauri Arts Camp all our families left, and we moved into our first dorm time together, giving everyone a chance to make friends and learn about the exciting plans we have in place for this session. Later in the afternoon, everyone had [...]
The past couple of days have been a whirlwind of excitement here at Centauri Arts Camp. Countermeasure - an award-winning acapella group - came down to Centauri to perform. One of the founding members, JM Erlendson, is a Centauri program director - and twenty years ago, that same person was the first camper ever to [...]
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 [...]
Next summer will be Centauri Summer Arts Camp's TWENTIETH season! As a result, we'll be planning a number of very special opportunities and events, not only for alumni and staff, but for our current camper population too. One exciting plan already in place is to bring back one of our original camp programs - The [...]
I'm so inspired by everything that's happening in Centauri Arts Camp right now! After lunch, I wandered into the Odyssey Theatre. 32 campers and 4 staff members were hard at work putting together The Earth Project for the final day. This is a joint project between Jordi's Theatre (Collective Creation) program and Veronica's dance program. [...]
These days, the reasons young people opt out of attending overnight camps can be somewhat worrying, and present new trends and issues that camp directors are doing their best to address. I'm a guest blogger today for Camp Easy - check out my blog on this subject here...http://blog.campeasy.com/ Julie Hartley Camp Director www.centauriartscamp.com
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 [...]
It's Time to Make Stuff this Summer! At Centauri Summer Arts Camp, we always try to offer a few art programs each summer that incorporate elements of design, so campers have the opportunity to put their creative ideas to practical use. Here's a couple of programs that fit this format, for summer 2013: Session Two: [...]
A few days ago, we shared with you the story of Melissa, a camper and then counsellor at Centauri, who discovered a love of Stage Combat while at camp, and went from knowing nothing about it to certifying as an Actor-Combatant. She now hopes to make the art of stage combat her career. Well, Melissa [...]
Spotlight on a New Centauri Counsellor! More than 20 experienced counsellors return to Centauri each summer, but we always have a small number who must move on, usually because their university days are over and it's time to get a job! This means we welcome about 5 or 6 new counsellors onto the team each [...]