Kodiak Arts Council Organizes Sum’Arts 2015

sumarts_2015_cover.jpgPoster for Sum’Arts. Via Kodiak Arts Council

Kayla Desroches/KMXT

June is here, which means children are putting aside their studies – or their blocks – and pursuing summer activities. The Kodiak Arts Council has organized Sum’Arts once again this year to help the effort. It’ll offer classes in everything from sewing to acting.

The Executive Director of the Arts Council, Katie Oliver, says one of the courses this week is “Improvise This, Kodiak Youth Improvisational Theatre.”

"It’s a week-long camp and kids learn improvisation techniques and play theater games and get comfortable in the space and on stage and learn new ways to express themselves," says Oliver.

The arts and crafts camp series continues through August. One standout is a cooking lesson. Oliver says this is the first year Sum’Arts will provide culinary classes, and the instructor this summer will lead her students in making Greek cuisine.

“She’s teaching everything from spanakopita to baklava to dolmades, and the supplies and the food materials’ costs are all included in the tuitions, so it’s something that she’s encouraging parents to do with their kids, so you can both come and take a cooking lesson together and go home with your treats,” says Oliver.

Oliver says they’ve seen a lot of new ideas and different ways of structuring classes this year.

“For example, beach art, which is a class that’s being taught by Elizabeth Ellis, is a new class this year, and she’s including a field trip to the beach for students to collect materials,” says Oliver. “And kids can bring in previously harvested beach materials and come up with a design and help them execute a piece of art from what they find at the beach.”

To register, you can call the Arts Council Office at 486 – 5291 or visit its website.

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