School’s out – Let's give our children their artsy experience!
What will your children do this summer?
In earlier blogs, I talked about the benefits of
the arts to children. Hampton Roads
offers a variety of art and arts educational experiences for children of all
ages. Depending on where their interests
lie, there are classes in art, dance, music, theater, writing and, even in the
sciences. Children should not just stop
learning because school is out. The arts
surround us every day and as parents, family members, and friends we all need
to help our children get personally
involved in the arts.
I invite you to visit the Cultural Alliance of Greater
Hampton Roads’s website, www.culturalli.org,
to view a list of the many summer camps, summer programs and activities offered
by all the arts and cultural venues in our area. There are not only camps for a week, at such
places as the D’Art Center in Norfolk, MOCA in Virginia Beach, the Suffolk
Museum or the Peninsula Fine Arts Center.
Additionally there are museums that offer daily art activities and
special children projects that parents can drop in with their children and
create a “make and take” project.
Theater summer programs are all over our area; dance and ballet classes,
music camps and many individual artists hold summer classes at their studios. Be sure to read the Thursday section of the
Virginia Pilot each week to learn about new arts and cultural opportunities in
which you and your children can participate.
Help your child to tap into his or her inner creative genes! Give your
child something to talk about when they return to school and have to present
their “what I did this summer” speech to their classmates!
