Since 1950, the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, formerly known as ISOMATA, has offered intensive workshops in dance, film/video, music, theater, visual arts and writing to students of all ages and abilities. Nestled at the mile-high level in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California, the 205-acre Idyllwild Arts campus is located in one of the most spectacular natural settings in the West.

Specific course offerings are organized into art centers according to age. Courses are available to boarding and day students.

Children's Center (ages 5-12): day programs for children 5-8; one- and two-week programs in dance, music, theater, visual arts and creative writing for ages 9-12.

Junior Artist's Center (ages 11-13): two-week programs in all of the visual and performing arts.

Youth Arts Center (ages 14-18): two- and three-week programs in all of the visual and performing arts.

Adult Arts Center (ages 19+):two-day to five-day workshops in visual arts and creative writing.

Family Camp: a one-week arts intensive program for the whole family.

River Way Ranch Camp, a co-educational resident camp located in the beautiful foothills of Sequoia National Park, attracts children from all over the world. Awarded the #1 Family Business Award in 2008 and scoring 100% on the American Camp Association Accredition in 2008, River Way has been deemed 'one of the best camps in the United States'.

Children choose from 75 exciting activities. In addition to regular camp activities, River Way offers classes in wakeboarding, water-skiing, horseback riding, whitewater rafting, tennis, digital photography, film, journalism, paintball, trampoline center, sailing, mini-bikes, waverunners and go-karts. Trips to the local waterslide park and overnight to the Sequoias are also favorites. River Way campers enjoy four 1-1/2 hour activity periods daily and conclude with a fun evening program. River Way hires a staff in excess of 140 people and requires them to attend 7-10 days of training which focuses on building self esteem, conflict resolution, team building and all aspects of safety and supervising campers throughout each day. The Buckaroos, ages 7-9, have two counselors with each cabin group at all times. They receive a challenging, diversified schedule, teaching them many new skills. All campers will also have an opportunity to earn iron-on T-shirt patches in all activities.

Beginning at age 10, Rancheros and Seniors have free choices of activity. They will sign up for their classes once a week and have the option of changing classes if so desired. Transportation is available by charter bus from Southern and Northern California. For more information regarding River Way Ranch Camp please visit our website at: www.RiverWayRanchCamp.com or call for a brochure and video at 1-800-821-2801.

In addition to River Way Ranch Camp, Wonder Valley Family Camp offers 2 - 1 week sessions in August. If your children are too young for River Way, you might want to try the Family Camp, where everyone can participate in age appropriate activities for the entire family.

Spend your summer with PERFORMING ARTS WORKSHOPS

In PAW's MUSICAL THEATER CAMP shine on stage performing beloved children’s shows. First timers to advanced performers alike will discover the joys of acting, improv, voice & speech, dance, stage presence and much more!
Session I: June 28 - July 9 "THE LION KING"
Session II: July 12 - July 23 "CHARLOTTE’S WEB"
Session III: July 26 - August 6 "OLIVER TWIST!"
Session IV: August 9 - August 20 "SLEEPING BEAUTY"
Teen Week: August 23 - August 27 "VAMPIRE HIGH…A Night School Musical!"

Join PAW's LIVE & UNPLUGGED GUITAR CAMP, play the acoustic guitar and be a real guitar hero. Learn chords, tabs, picking, strumming and music theory while playing rock, pop & classical guitar. Working in concert with PAW’s Theater Camp you will showcase your original compositions as well as provide underscoring for a live theatrical production.

At PAW's SNAP PHOTOGRAPHY CAMP learn to make pictures, not just take them! Be the master of your social media world through digital photography. Learn fundamentals such as composition, exposure, light & shadow and depth of field. Enjoy your collected works in a portfolio for years to come!

With PAW's iFIT SPORTS CAMP you can fit sports & fitness into your summer! Join in exciting workshops like Karate, Obstacle Course Alley, Cardio Kickboxing, Yoga Boogie and Speed Racer as well as play team sports like Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball, Frisbee Golf and Extreme Challenge. The most fun you will ever have adding physical fitness to your summer.

ALL PAW CAMPS: Doors open at 7:30am, program hours are 8:30am to 3:00pm with extended play until 5:00pm (where available). Campers work together to produce a creative final performance which family and friends are invited to attend. The performance is held on the last day of each session.

Our teachers have extensive experience working with children. Many are certified enrichment teachers and have/or are working towards their bachelor’s or master’s degrees in their respective disciplines. Professionalism, experience and enthusiasm are some of the defining traits of our teachers and they use these qualities to empower the personal and creative growth of our students. In addition, each teacher will have cleared a criminal background check.

Locations include: West Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, El Segundo, North Hollywood & Northridge.

“The best performing arts experience my daughter has ever had!” Parent, Manhattan Beach.

Camp Winnarainbow, California’s Premiere Circus and Performing Arts Camp was founded by sixties icon Wavy Gravy more than 30 years ago. Located 3 hours north of the Bay Area in beautiful Mendocino County, Camp Winnarainbow offers one and two week sessions during the summer for children ages 7-14. Classes include circus arts, drama, multi-cultural dance and martial arts, play production, trapeze & aerials, tightrope, juggling, unicycling, stilt-walking, gymnastics, magic, music, clowning, art, and environmental awareness. Two-week sessions end with a fabulous show for families & friends.

Swimming is available every afternoon in Lake Veronica, complete with 350-foot world-class waterslide. Organized sports are played on a regulation basketball court and sports field. Lodging is in canvas tipis. Three delicious homemade meals served each day, always with vegetarian and vegan options.

Our mission is to create a living environment of love, safety and harmony by building a community of children and adults who come from many different backgrounds, where they can learn to appreciate one another through the performing arts. Camp Winnarainbow provides a training ground to nurture leaders for a more peaceful and sustainable world.

Contact 510/525-4304 or arainbow@mcn.org for further information. www.campwinnarainbow.org

Pali Overnight Adventures, located in one of the worlds' most beautiful settings, offers kids a remarkable variety of exciting activities on our 74-acre private and secure site. While rock climbing, fashion designing, paintballing, and even horseback riding campers will make lifelong friends, learn interesting new skills and, most of all, have a total blast while they're at it. When they return home, you'll hear them say, "It's not just a camp, it's an adventure!" Member ACA.

SECRET AGENT CAMP (Ages 10-16)

For the aspiring James Bond or XXX, Pali Secret Agent Camp teaches the tricks of the trade using ATV's, paintball games, stealth techniques and undercover maneuvers.
You'll learn how to use teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving skills & discipline. As aspiring agent, you'll develop self-confidence and a sense of personal achievement by learning evasive go-kart driving techniques, martial arts, coordinated rapid room entries, and finding your way by reading the stars!
Your skills will also be challenged on our 60-foot tall rope course, climbing wall and zip-line. And, if that's not enough, get ready for paintball, paintball and more paintball on ten acres of thrilling fields. If you've got the guts and are ready for some glory, Secret Agent Camp is for you!

HOLLYWOOD STUNT CAMP (Ages 10-16)

You're looking down 40 feet at a mark that's the size of your hand. The wind is rapidly blowing. The director is yelling, the producer wants the next shot! As for you, it's just you and your fall and how the pad will feel.
Welcome to Hollywood Stunt Camp! The place where you will learn exciting high falls, such as headers, and back-falls, as well as hand-to-hand combat, shoulder rolls, and how to choreograph your own fight scene. All of this will be done with a professional stuntman in a safe and fun environment.
Whether you hope to double for a major motion picture star, or just want to experience a pure adrenaline rush, Hollywood Stunt Camp will keep you on, and off, the edge of your seat!!

ROCK STAR CAMP (Ages 10-16)

Future Britney's, Justin's, and Avril's, here is your chance to get a taste of the business! Join us for the Rock Star Camp and flex your singing muscles under the guidance of professional singers, songwriters, and producers.
Write your own songs, sing along to your favorites, and learn voice techniques to sound like the professionals. Our state-of-the art sound studios are complete with all the latest equipment to create a CD with you as the star. Perform songs of all genres, ranging from hip-hop, pop, dance, and alternative to prepare to be the next American Idol!
Our program is designed for imaginative and innovative singers/ songwriters who want to create their own musical masterpieces. If you have music running through your veins and an ear for tunes, then join the Rock Star Camp and step on to the path of singing success!

FILM INSTITUTE (Ages 10-16)

"Lights, Camera, ACTION!" If what you really want to do is direct, you'll get your chance at the Pali Film Institute.
Professional directors teach storyboarding, shot list creation, casting, shooting, and editing. Spend a day learning the basic techniques of film direction, and expand your cinematography and editing skills, plus learn how to work with actors! Using our state of the art computers with Blue Screen technology, After Effects and Final Cut Pro programs, make the impossible, possible!
After all the hard work is done, screen your original masterpiece at the Pali Film Festival and take home a personalized DVD to showcase your work to family, friends and future producers! So, if you want to make a screwball comedy, action spectacular or fright fest then Pali Film Institute is for you!

ACTING ACADEMY (Ages 10-16)

Learn what your director really wants when they call "action". Under the tuition of professional actors and directors, you will learn this fascinating art of performance for the screen. Learning your lines, blocking for the camera, developing your character and maintaining a consistent performance, it is all covered here.
Audition for a role in a movie made right here at the Pali studios, written and directed by campers attending the Film Institute. After many takes, and read-trough's, your polished performance will be taped and you'll take home an exciting DVD reel to showcase your talents. The scene is set, the lights are up, and Rolling!
Spend your afternoon enjoying your choice of 75 exciting camp activities such as mini-bikes, skateboarding, paintball, horseback riding, ropes course, jet skiing, arts & crafts, dance, dirt boarding, swimming, and more. Pali boasts heated cabins with indoor bathroom and shower facilities and a main lodge that houses a dining facility and five star dining.

EXTREME ACTION ADVENTURE CAMP (Ages 10-16)

If danger is your middle name, and safety is your moms, then this is the specialty for you! Extreme Action Adventure Camp is dirt-filled, adrenaline-pumped, and action packed.
Fly through the air on an ATV, learn tricks, jumps, and maneuvers on mini bikes, skate ollies and kick flips, do drop ins, 180s, shuv-its, backside and front side flips all in a safe setting taught by professionals. Next, you and your bike can ride the ski lift to the top of Snow Summit Ski Resort, and rip it up like the experts on the ride down. Or you can weave your way down the dry ski slope tobogganing! Fly down at speeds up to 20 miles per hour - don't forget to hang on!
You'll also scale our amazing rock wall, traverse the wind-whipping ropes course, ride the breeze on a parasail, and learn the art of kendo - Japanese sword fighting, all under the supervision of our qualified and experienced instructors in our safe and secure setting, where safety is number one.
If you dare, join us at Extreme Action Adventure Camp!!

SPA AND WELLBEING CAMP (Ages 10-16)

At Pali Spa and Wellbeing Camp, practice the art of yoga, study nutrition and healthy cooking, and learn etiquette and impeccable manners. Also learn exercise and stretching skills, receive spa treatments, and practice Zen meditation techniques.
But don't think this camp is all lying around and massages! You will learn the nutritional value of the foods and perform exercise routines that guarantee to have you feeling and looking great. Each day learn a different beauty procedure such as facials, manicures, pedicures, aromatherapy and hot rock massages.
Most importantly, you will learn to love your mind, body, and spirit and how to treat yourself right. You only get out what you put in, and after a stay at our Spa and Wellbeing Camp, you will know exactly what to put in to always feel great! What bliss!


Call (888) 6-SUMMER.
Visit our Website at www.paliadventures.com

Experienced educators team up with drama, art, circus, and movement professionals to offer kids aged 9-16 an opportunity to create and perform their own show.

The first week of the program is spent on skill development. The second week participants choose their specialties and tackle specific show business jobs -- painting flats, memorizing dialogue, creating circus acts, learning dance choreography, and promoting the show.

For kids in grades one to three, our Half Day Program, with week-long sessions introduces younger children to performing and visual arts through games and experiential learning activities.

Program includes professional instruction in:
Circus Arts - Drama - Music - Visual Art

Circus: Juggling, Chinese yo-yo, Partner Acrobatics, Tumbling, Equilibristics
Drama: Improvisation, Acting, Clowning, Pantomime
Music: Singing, Rhythm, Percussion
Visual Art:Set Design, Scenic Art, Drawing

Full Day* Program: ages 8-16
Times: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Session One
6-16 July
Cost: $229/week

Session Two
19 July - 30 July
Cost: $249/week

*Each Full Day session culminates with a performance.

Half Day Program: ages 6*-8
Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Cost: $149/week
Discounts for multi-week pre-registration available.
Week 1: July 6-9
Week 2: July 12-16
Week 3: July 19-23
Week 4: July 26-30

Each participant receives a t-shirt.

Summer Shakespeare Camp

Ages 8 to 14

Our most popular program “SUMMER SHAKESPEARE CAMP” has expanded! Why? Because we had so much fun previous years, but didn’t have a chance to cover theatre craft.

This year, we will be making our own costumes and sets, while, of course, learn how to speak and walk like Elizabethan aristocrats (or AristoKlutz).

Never too Early to Learn!

Do you think “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is complicated and “Hamlet” too bloody? Wait until you see this year’s production… the Scottish Play… MacBeth!

It’s amazing to watch kids actually understand Shakespeare! And once they do, they are thirsty for more.

The first step is explaining the language and answer those “What in the world is he talking about?” questions. We explain the story and then work with the actual script, not some watered down American version.

This year we are expanding class hours and introducing more theatre craft to the class, including costuming and props. We are excited and can’t wait!

July 21 – August 2, 2008

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays

9 AM to 2 PM
(8 AM to 3 PM – drop off / pick up)

Shakespeare 101 (“who is he?”)
Text: How do I learn these ARDUOUS words???
Technique: Movement (Mask)
Skills: Voice & Speech
Craft: Costuming & Set building
Experience: Tech & Dress Rehearsal

August 2nd – PERFORMANCE

12 PM – Call time (To be confirmed)
3 PM Performance
INVITE FAMILY & FRIENDS!

Secret Rose Theatre
11246 Magnolia Blvd.
NoHo Arts District, CA 91601

Phone: 818.766.3691

E-mail: info@secretrose.com

Tuition:

$225.00

Additional Siblings, Friends, Romans, Countrymen:

$100.00 each

Come join us for a summer of Shakespeare and outdoor fun in beautiful,
rustic Topanga. Participate in classical theatre techniques, learn
about the greatest English playwright, discover some new talents and
make lots of new friends. If you enjoy being in small groups, building
an ensemble, and challenging yourself, you will love our camps.
Technique classes include stage fighting and fencing, theatre games and
improvisation, voice, speech, Elizabethan dance and period movement,
character development, Elizabethan music, acting Shakespeare, and much
more.

July 10- August 11 Mon., Wed., Fri.,* 9 am - 3 pm FEE: $625
This 5-week workshop is held at Theatricum¹s beautiful 300-seat outdoor amphitheatre and surrounding gardens. Modeled after our Adult Seminar, teenagers learn acting techniques useful for performing Shakespeare and other texts. They hone these techniques in class while directly applying them to Shakespeare scenes and monologues which are presented at the final performance on August 12. Students must attend the entire session, plus performance date in order to apply. Techniques include:

Text Analysis - Improvisation - Scansion - Voice & Speech Acting Shakespeare - Elizabethan Life - Fencing - Elizabethan Dance - Ensemble - Viewpoints - Stage Combat

Presented in a safe, nurturing, team-oriented environment, our programs reinforce the value of family, and community.

Choosing the right summer program for your child is a difficult and important decision. At uCamps we strive to make families feel comfortable and excited about their decision. The major goals of our programs are to bring fun, joy, self-confidence, acceptance, love, friendship, and community to all our campers. Participants are given the opportunity to discover their inner strengths, realize new talents, expand their imagination, and develop trust, acceptance, teamwork, and a high level of self-esteem.

Our dedicated staff is hand selected to work with your child. Staff is hired based on strength of character, past experience, ability to connect with and inspire children, a desire to share, and the ability to lead and serve as a positive role model. Our staff also includes instructional specialists who are hired to lead specific skill-based workshops. Workshop leaders are not only hired for their experience and ability to teach, but also for their nurturing, fun, and caring natures.

uCamps - U choose the camp for U!:

F.A.M.E. Camp: F.A.M.E. Camp (Film.Acting.Music.Enthusiasts.) is for campers with a strong desire to become an actor, filmmaker, and/or rockstar!! Campers choose a “major” in one of three key areas and enjoy a fun program while receiving an expansive training from our team of industry professionals.

Discovery Camp: Discovery Camp is perfect for first time campers as well as seasoned pros. Discover all the fun, friendship, sports, games, adventure, art, and amazing staff uCamps has to offer!!!

The Original SDC: Summer Drama Camp (SDC) is the program that started it all. Campers design their own program from start to finish. This magical camp combines the best of the worlds of art, sports and the outdoors in one amazing place.

uCamps SoCal: Spend a week in the beautiful mountains near Big Bear Lake and have the experience of a lifetime! Campers design their own program, choosing the activities they like best while making friends and working with our amazingly fun staff. It doesn't matter if you are shy or outgoing, young or old, everyone is treated like a rock star! Ride horses, make films, be in a rock band, act, sing, dance, swim, hike and play!! You can do it all at uCamps!

L.I.T Program: The Leadership in Training (LIT) Program is a dynamic leadership training for students interested in bettering themselves and the world around them. This two week training program is at once educational, transformative, hard work and tons of fun!!! Instead of participating in regular workshops with the campers, as a selected group of leaders, they attend workshops designed to improve communication, conflict resolution, team building, time management, public speaking and other skills necessary to be successful in college and in the workplace. Participants leave having learned a lot while making new friends and lifelong memories. Graduation from the program is NOT a guarantee for job placement with uCamps, but it is a prerequisite for students interested in working for uCamps in the future. In the second week of the program, L.I.T.s work directly with the campers; leading games and activities, working in the cabin and serving as positive role models.

Education Unlimited is a privately held California Corporation, founded in 1993 with the mission of giving every high school student the best possible chance of gaining acceptance into the college of their choice.

While our summer program offerings have grown considerably since then, we still maintain our original commitment to hire only the highest caliber instructors and provide the best possible experience for all our participants.

Today Education Unlimited is the leading summer academic enrichment program provider in the nation. We are proud of our variety of unique summer offerings including:

* College Admission and SAT Prep Camps: both 11 and 18- day programs for 11-12th graders
* Prep Camp Excel: PSAT and high school prep for 9-10th graders
* A+ Summer Achievement: advanced academics for high school students
* Sally Ride Science Camps for Girls: Marine science, robotics, and astronomy for 6th-9th grade girls
* East Coast College Tours for 10th-12th grade students
* Summer Focus at Berkeley—earn college credit and live on campus!
* Public Speaking Institute
* Computer Camps—HTML, Java, video production or desktop publishing
* American Legal Experience—mock trial camp at Stanford University and UC Berkeley
* Actors Workshop—3 sessions: Middle School, High School and Intensive, 2-3 weeks long at UC Berkeley
* Competitive Debate camps: both Lincoln-Douglas and Policy, 1-3 week programs

We are very proud that last summer over 1,200 students from across the country and around the globe chose to attend an Education Unlimited summer program.

Five-Week Session
Ages 8 - 18
Dates: July 5 - August 5, 2005
Times: Monday - Friday, 9 AM - 3:30 PM
Performances: Friday, August 5, 12 PM
Tuition: $1,000
Acceptance based on interview

* Extended theater day, based on interest, available from 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.: $250

Does your child love to perform? Give your child the summer of a lifetime at Cal Shakes Summer Theater Camp. Studying with Cal Shakes professional actors and artists, campers will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in all aspects of performance. Mornings are spent studying acting, improvisation, stage combat, voice, movement, physical comedy, fencing and Shakespeare, and afternoons in rehearsal for a play to be performed for the public.
It's theater, it's new friends, it's fun.


Two-Week Session
Intro to Shakespeare
Ages 8 - 18
Dates: August 1 - 12, 2005
Times: Monday - Friday, 9 AM - 3:00 PM
Performance: Friday, August 12, 12 PM
Tuition: $400
Acceptance based on interview

* Extended theater day, based on interest, available from 3:00 p.m. - 5 p.m.: $150

A condensed version of the Five-Week Camp, the Two-Week Camp is great for students new to the program or returning students unable to attend the entire Five-Week session.

Saint Francis High School is proud to introduce Summer at Saint Francis, a series of fun and creative academic courses for 6th - 9th graders. Our Middle School Camps are open to all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students, while The Freshman Experience is open only to newly enrolled Saint Francis freshmen.

Whether you are interested in expanding your writing or math skills or if you want to learn new artistic or musical theater techniques, our Middle School Camps are for you! The camps make it possible for you to explore new interests and make friends while experiencing a high school campus.

The Freshman Experience is perfect for you if you are enrolled at Saint Francis. Meet your new classmates and explore our campus before school officially begins. The coursework in this program is designed to prepare you for Saint Francis classes in a creative and interactive style.

Whether you are interested in repeating a course for high school credit or if you want to prepare for the challenging year ahead, our expanded high school curriculum is bound to meet your needs. Every academic department is offering courses for high school credit and we have wide array of new enrichment courses.

Camp Encino offers a general Day Camp and a Drama Camp. We have a very strong program. We have over 50% of our campers return every summer, but we always looking for new campers. Months of planning goes into the activites chosen. Please take the time to call and look into our program if you are in the Encino Area and have a child going into Kindergarten all the way to 12 years old.

Our Summer Camp program will run from June 28th to Septermber 3rd, 2010. The Drama Camp will be performing a rendition of "Little Mermaid." Please contact us for more information. We would love to have you join us this summer!

When we founded US Performing Arts Camps our mission was to provide the very best training in the arts, both in performing arts and media. We set out to create summer programs that would give passionate and talented students the opportunity to hone their craft with the best professionals in the country.

Our very first partner was UCLA School of Theater Film and Television. Today we have 17 different locations across the country presenting over 25 specialty training programs in the fields of film, television, theater, dance, and other digital media. Our mission remains the same.

US Performing Arts Camps is now considered one of the best in the world at training young people in the arts. Our programs are taught by the university or college departments and their professional faculty and guest professionals in their fields. We also offer programs and locations where we have partnered with top notch professional program directors. Below are the benefits of attending a US Performing Arts program(s).

What Are The Benefits Of Attending
A US Performing Arts Workshop?

US Performing Arts Camps is directly partnered with theater, dance, and film departments at the nation's top tier universities. While you experience their faculty, they will help you grow as an artist.

* Receive outstanding training from America's best
theater educators and professionals.
* Improve your skills and developing your craft.
* Work with college faculty and industry professionals.
* Be recruited by top US colleges.
* Live in a college atmosphere.
* Narrow your college search.
* Earn college credit. (Available at some locations)
* Work with like-minded, talented, and
passionate peers.
* Gain an understanding of the business and
the profession.
* Establish new lifelong friendships.
* Become part of a networking mentorship.
* Develop and strengthen self-esteem.
* Have fun!

For more information please call our office toll free (888) 497-3553.

A condensed version of the 5-Week Camp, the 2-Week Camp offers morning classes and afternoon rehearsals for end-of-session performances. This camp is great for studnts new to the program or returning students unable to attend the entire 5-Week Session.

California State Summer School for the Arts (InnerSpark) is a rigorous, pre-professional, month-long residential training program for talented students aspiring to careers in the arts and entertainment industries. It is a unique opportunity for gifted young artists to unleash their creativity in an educational environment devoted solely to the arts. What sets InnerSpark apart from other schools for the arts and similar arts programs are: 1) The high quality of its student body, which is determined through rigorous competition; 2) The socioeconomic and ethnic diversity of the students, which is due to the fact that no Californian is denied admission solely because of the inability to pay the tuition and fees; 3) A curriculum which emphasizes process over product. Established by the California State Legislature in 1985 as a state agency funded through a public/private partnership, InnerSpark selects high school students from grades 9 through 12 based on individual applications in animation, creative writing, dance, film and video, music, theatre and the visual arts. The admissions process for InnerSpark is highly competitive. Fewer than one in three applicants are typically accepted each year. Students from California’s more than 2,700 public and private secondary schools may apply. Approximately 500 are selected. In addition, a limited number of students from outside of California are invited to attend the program. The students selected for InnerSpark are named California Arts Scholars and receive the Governor’s Medallion, California’s highest distinction for artistically talented students. The California State Summer School Arts Foundation provides financial aid for InnerSpark students based on need. Over its nineteen year history, more than nine thousand and two hundred young artists have honed their skills in the school’s intensive, multi-disciplinary artistic environment. InnerSpark teachers are accomplished artists, entertainment professionals and distinguished college and university instructors. The school strives to engage teachers who are practicing, professional artists. Faculty members are selected based on their artistic achievements, in addition to their teaching abilities. Along with regular faculty, many internationally prominent artists, writers and performers have worked with students at the school, including composer John Adams, choreographer Donald Byrd, composer/songwriter Mike Stoller, author Iris Dart, actress Helen Hunt, Pulitzer Prize winner cartoonist/playwright Jules Feiffer, and others.