Well we are officially half way through session one and it seems as though we have already crammed an entire summer worth of fun into the first week of camp! Since camp started we have celebrated two major holidays together. On Canada Day campers got to travel across Canada, spending some time in each province, [...]
Session One Has Begun!!!!!! We had a wonderful staff training week (despite terrible thunderstorms) and by last night we were all ready and eager for campers!! This morning we woke to grey skies and then just minutes before our first camper walked on site the clouds parted to reveal a brilliant blue sky. As official [...]
A new Hill Strategies report is providing even more evidence of strong connections between arts involvement and an individual's health and well-being (https://www.capacoa.ca/en/services/arts-promotion/news/444-art-goers-health-volunteer-satisfaction ) The report suggests that people active in cultural pursuits have a 25% greater likelihood of reporting a strong satisfaction with their lives. How does this relate to Centauri Arts Camp? Our [...]
Why I came, and why I keep coming back; A Centauri Arts Camp History After the summer of 2000, my very first summer as I camper at Centauri Summer Arts Camp, I returned to school year ready for anything. When asked what I did that summer, I stood on my chair and yelled: “I went [...]
Many of our campers have had the pleasure of working with artist and teacher Soyeon Kim, who joined our Art Faculty last summer. Well, the wonderful book Soyeon illustrated has now been nominated for a Blue Spruce Award! We extend our hearty congratulations to Soyeon on behalf of you all – we are very, very [...]
“It’s not like Camp Food!” This was one of the comments we received from campers last summer, when we asked them what they thought about the food at Centauri Arts Camp.. Any parents who went to summer camp themselves as kids will be able to picture what this camper had in mind – after all, [...]