Interdisciplinary Arts Summer Program for Grades 6-8
Why Arts Explorers
Unleash your creativity and collaborate with fellow artists to develop an original presentation, conceived and brought to life by Interdisciplinary Arts Explorers students.
What You'll Learn
Interdisciplinary Arts Explorers: Intermediate students collaborate through writing, theater, visual arts, music, and dance to tell powerful, connected stories. Through daily classes and hands-on projects, students build creative skills, collaborate with peers, and develop an original performance that blends their individual talents into one shared vision. This immersive experience encourages curiosity, confidence, and artistic growth across multiple disciplines.
All Interdisciplinary Arts students take the following classes:
- Creative Writing: Participate in imaginative writing exercises, short reading activities, informal discussion, and free writing time. Develop compelling themes and ideas to shape your original presentation.
- Introduction to Theater and Acting: Gain foundational skills for collaboration through voice and movement exercises, improvisation, theatre games, and scripted material.
- Visual Arts and Design Thinking: Experiment with a variety of media while focusing on how visual art can tell a story.
- Music and Sound Exploration: Study with professional musicians and learn to sing and make songs and sounds that transform a story into a journey of discovery.
- Dance: Explore a variety of dance forms in a safe, challenging, and creative environment, growing your ability to express yourself through movement.
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration Project: Dedicate part of each day to building and workshopping a collective project, creating an original piece that fuses art forms and explores the dynamic relationships between different artistic disciplines.
Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis so apply early!
What's it like?
Designed for students interested in multiple arts areas, Arts Exploration offers abundant opportunities for participants to discover the arts—and make discoveries about themselves in the process. Director of Interdisciplinary Arts Clyde Sheets shares a behind-the-scenes look at this exciting, action-packed program.
Program Highlights
Performance Opportunities
Arts Exploration students will have opportunities to show what they've created and learned in the form of readings, showcases, and small collaborative performances in front of their peers and the public.
Only at Interlochen
Interlochen is the only summer camp where you can find a holistic, interdisciplinary program dedicated entirely to the arts.
It is a wonderful camp and I think everyone should have a chance to enjoy it, not only because of the arts it offers, but because of the camp experiences you go through.
Merlina M., Arts Exploration student
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Dive deeper into Interlochen Arts Camp with a free digital viewbook
In our free informational booklet, you'll learn more about:
- Each of our seven arts areas
- Various programs
- Renowned faculty
- A day in the life of a student
- How to apply and financial aid information
- And more