ADVENTURE KIOWA and KIOWA U - 2 unique opportunties in "An ideal summer camp for ALL campers!" Camp Kiowa offers, boys and girls, ages 6-17, learning opportunities that stimulate both the mind and body. Through professional instruction, unique enrichment programs, and recreational activities, campers enjoy a fun and creative summer of discovery on a beautiful college campus and a state-of-the-art adventure camp.

Activities include Digital Art & Photography, LEGO Robotics, Cooking, Art & Sculpture, Rock Climbing, Drama, Tennis, Golf, Swimming, Yoga, Dance, Basketball, Archery, Team Building, Leadership, Science, Nature, Creative Writing, and more!

Camp Kiowa morning program allows your child an in-depth exploration of a specific area of interest, while the afternoon activities provides campers with an introduction to a variety of new experiences and challenges. Engaging teachers and counselors work directly with your children. Campers will explore new activities and develop new interests; they may discover passions that will enrich them for a lifetime. Our encouraging environment offers children the opportunity to build character, self-confidence, independence, and strong relationships. Diverse sports and fun field trips round out the camp’s activities. Learn more, meet the directors, and apply online at www.campkiowa.com.

THE DMA EXPERIENCE

Founded in 2002 by technology educators from Stanford University, and led by former Stanford educators and interactive education and entertainment creators from Apple and Walt Disney Studios - Digital Media Academy delivers a world-class digital learning experience.

Learn video game design, iPhone and iPad App development, Google Android app development, robotics, computer programming using Java or C+++, digital filmmaking, digital photography, website design, 3D modeling, animation and so much more.

Beginning to advanced student campers age 6-18 learn by doing with hands-on instruction from industry professionals, with real-world experience. DMA builds and develops STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) skills - many of DMA’s instructors have literally written the book on the subject that they teach. DMA Alumni include television and music producers, filmmakers, professional photographers as well as game and app developers.

At DMA, students experience life on the campus of a prestigious American university like Stanford, Harvard or UCLA (just to name a few) while making friends and learning with others who share the same interests. Small class sizes (8:1 max) guarantee a personalized experience. Students work on their own personal project in every class.*

*DMA Studios are a group based project learning experience.


WHY CHOOSE DMA?

•Stanford University Accreditation - get Stanford continuing studies credits to enhance a college portfolio or resume
•Separate teaching and activity staff
•The lowest student to staff ratio - ranges from 3:1 or 8:1 depending on classroom needs
•The latest software and hardware - Apple computers
•Balanced experiene for kids, including outdoor activities
•Optional residential program includes organized evening and weekend activities - video game competitions, movie premieres and more
•Family owned and operated - we're parents too!

If it involves creating digital media, we can teach you how to create the future at Digital Media Academy - the world’s best computer and digital arts summer camp.
For experiences beyond the traditional one-week camp, see our 2-week teen academies and immersive DMA Studios experiences below.

DMA is an Apple Certified Training Center and teen camp/courses are accredited by Stanford University.


WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT DMA

"Vastly better than any of the other summer camps we've been to" -Glen Scott, Parent

"DMA is the best camp I have ever been to. I learned how to make iPhone apps in one week!" - Lewis, DMA App Development Student

"I knew absolutely nothing about Maya when I first signed up but now it feels like I could make anything I want with just a little practice" - Sawyer, DMA Maya Student

"The best 2 weeks of my life - I met great friends for life and I gained great filmmaking skills" - Caitlin, DMA Film Student

Come "play" with us at kidsActing's award-winning summer camps. We've been named to the Hall of Fame for the Austin Chronicle's Reader's poll, having been voted Best Summer Camps seven times, and receiving that honor for the past five years in a row! At our camps we provide a supportive environment where kids can be creative, expressive and above all have fun. This summer for our full scale productions we offer B. Iden Payne award-winning, original musical Waking Sleeping Beauty and Shakespeare's classic comedy Much Ado About Nothing. On a smaller scale we offer an array of plays and musicals including: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; Hairspray!; Lion King; Wicked and more! For a variety of activities your child can learn skills such as stage combat, accents, and screen-acting in our Acting classes. Or create a whole new world of magic in our new Wizardry classes where kids play Quidditch, become magical creatures, and make their own magical wand to keep! With diversity in classes at twelve locations in Austin and surrounding areas, there's bound to be a kidsActing class that's perfect for you. kidsActing has been Austin's premiere children's acting school for 30 years. Our students have moved on to study at Julliard and perform on Broadway, but it all started with fun at kidsActing. As one of our parent's has said "Where do you begin when your child has a dream? You begin here - kidsActing."

Join us as Camp Katy celebrates its 6th year of summer fun!

Dive into the world of technology at computer camp! Many classes to choose from for boys and girls 8-17 years old.

Our day camp runs every week of the summer break Monday through Friday. Class is from 9am to 4pm but camp is open from 7am to 6pm to accommodate early drop-offs and late pick-ups. There is no extra charge for these extended times and are good opportunities for campers to socialize with their new friends.

Visit our website to learn more!

Summer Acting Camp for TV & Film Young Actors in Texas!

Get the best Acting training and be CAST in lead roles in (2) Performances!

Each busy week (Mon-Friday) is filled with acting classes, rehearsals and performances! It’s the most complete and intense acting camp in Texas!

Learn Improvisational acting, Commercial on-camera acting, Comedy & Drama for Film Scene study, plus be Cast in a starring role on a short Drama film Production fully edited for TV and in a half hour TV Sitcom performance that
is Taped before a Live audience!

A DVD copy of your performances is included & tickets to the Show!

No Acting Camp like this anywhere! Our 20th year! Rated by D-Magazine as Dallas best. Great for the aspiring young actor to the more experienced actor! Here’s your chance to work with real professionals and experience the highly acclaimed acting camp that has launched
many young actors into Hollywood!

At Kids Make TV Camp, kids call the shots as they plan, write, direct, shoot and edit short films, TV shows, video blogs and animations of their own design. Campers get real life, hands-on experience using professional high definition cameras, industry standard computer editing software, and television broadcast equipment.

From day one campers are immersed in the world of a working television station. Every day is filled with workshops for camera, lighting, sound, editing, special effects, producing and directing, all the while campers are writing and directing their own projects. At the end of the week we roll out the red carpet for a star-studded premiere for family and friends!

Cathryn Hartt, owner and personal instructor for each camp, is one of the most highly sought-after professional acting coaches in the region. Ms, Hartt has been an actress (Juilliard graduate) for 50 years and is highly recommended by top agents as the go-to coach to hone for L.A. style film and N.Y.stage acting.

Ms Hartt does many of the virtual auditions sent to L.A. A few of her clients are: Morgan Fairchild (Ms. Hartt's sister - FLAMINGO ROAD, DALLAS, FREINDS, 2 1/2 MEN, CHUCK), Debbie Ryan (SUITE LIFE ON DECK), Noah Ringer (Ang in LAST AIRBENDER), Hunter Parrish (WEEDS), Logan Henderson BRAND NEW DAY, BIG TIME RUSH, Hunter Knoche (SMUCKER'S commercial series) and many others.

Ms. Hartt also does year-round 6 week class sessions, 1-day intensives and privates to prep for auditions or performances or virtual auditions.

Rising Star Academy are designed to engage, stimulate and challenge the young brains of children from the ages of 5 yrs thru 12 years of age. The emphasis of the camps is to develop the academic, creative, motor and social skills of young children in a fun-filled enviornment. The range of camps offered is quite wide starting from parks and nature trails to wildlife, gymnastics, cheerleading, dance and digital media development. At the same time we offer academic camps geared towards learning about computers, mathematics, and science. The cost of the camps is only $145/week including all the field trips and there are field trips every day.

Please contact us at the email address listed above or call us. We will be very happy to service your needs.

Camp Director

Rising Star Academy

Two One-Week Acting Workshops

Dates: July 11-July 19th & July 25-August 2
Location: Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, TX
Students will live on the Kilgore College Campus

Daily classes from 8:30 AM–5:30 PM
Subjects include:
1. Audition Techniques: How to choose the right monologue, basic headshot information and a "how to" for resumes, marketing yourself, and discovering what roles fit you.
2. Stage Combat: Learn a choreographed fight with rapier swords, daggers, and more.
3. Musical Theatre: Finding your vocal range, choosing a song, vocal exercises and techniques.
4. Voice and Speech: Breath support, pitch, control, posture, diction, dialects, and vocal warm ups for the actor
5. Movement: In movement class you will discover how to refocus the pre-audition jitters into a positive energy. It is applied to recovering freedom of movement, impulse control and attention to poise.
6. Classical and Contemporary Scene Work: Students will rehearse scenes and monologues from period pieces such as Shakespeare and modern works as well like Tennessee Williams and Sam Shepard.
7. Shakespearean Text: Become more familiar with the text of Shakespeare. You will be comfortable and confident speaking Shakespearean language.

Students will get to see all of Texas Shakespeare Festival 2009 Season:
Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Moliere’s Tartuffe, the musical She Loves Me and our children’s show Rumpelstiltskin

Camp Broadway Bound is Broadway Bounds Summer musical theatre day-camp. This camp is a safe, non-competitive environment designed to awaken the creative spirit and imagination through acting, music, dance, and performance.

The camps meet Monday through Friday either 9:00am to 1:00pm or 1:30pm - 5:30pm, for 1 week as students prepare to present a showcase presentation for family and friends.

Camp apprentices love being "immersed" in theatre, while they are involved in every aspect of the production from learning lines, music and dance steps, to creating costumes, props, and staging their showcase.

Come Join The Fun This Summer! Check out our New Camp Line-up:

- Next Stop, Hollywood!
- The Beatles Rock Camp
- Where The Wild Things Are
- Pirates of the "Where-I-Bein'?"
- Slurrping Beauty
- Hairspray!
- High School Musical
- Grease

We're near you! 3 locations: Round Rock, Austin, & Cedar Park!
We offer DISCOUNTS & COUPONS!

UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVE SPIRIT

BOARDING OPTIONS
Every summer, students from across the country flock to central Texas for a one-of-a-kind performing arts experience. Texas Arts Project has quickly become a proven leader in the world of performing arts education. Outstanding teaching, direction, and performance experiences enhance skill, encourage cooperative work, and nurture self-confidence.

Senior Camp runs June 12-July 3, 2011. Campers between the ages of 13 and 18 study all areas of theatre and film, but concentrate in an area of their choosing: Acting, Filmmaking, Musical Theatre and Technical Theatre/Design.

NEW Senior Classical Guitar Camp June 26 - July 2.

Advanced Camp runs June 5 - July 3, 2011. Senior Campers may apply for the Advanced Program, an extension of the Senior Camp for the serious student wishing to study Acting or Musical Theatre at the collegiate level. Campers integrate with the Senior Camp for three weeks, but begin with an advanced week preceding the Senior Camp. There is an option to apply for the Week-long Advanced College Prep Camp only.

Junior Camps, for ages 9-12, focus on singing, acting and dancing. Structured classes combined with an intense rehearsal process and a lot of fun, make the Junior Camp a wonderful experience for the young artist. Broadway style songs and dances are rehearsed and performed at the end of the session. Session 1 (Beg-Int) runs June 5-11, 2011 and Session 2 (Int-Adv) runs June 12-25, 2011.

Texas Arts Project is not your ordinary summer camp. While we enjoy many standard camp activities, the real excitement comes when campers discover the joy of creation and the thrill of performance. Outstanding teaching, direction, and performance experiences enhance skill, encourage cooperative work, and nurture self-confidence. St. Stephens' faculty, college professors and regional and national working artists join together as we strive for excellence through an artistic program where students are actively encouraged to find the place where process meets product.

LOCATION
TAP is located at St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, a 428-acre campus near Austin in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, offering breath-taking views and state-of-the-art facilities. The arts facilities include the Helm Fine Arts Center featuring the Temple Family Theatre, a 410-seat performance venue and proscenium stage; the Scanlon Art Gallery; two fully equipped art studios; a 100-seat recital hall; and an open-air portico overlooking Lake Austin.

In addition to Helm, the campus boasts Hines Hall Theatre and Quin Studio, two additional rehearsal/ performance spaces as well as the Clayton dance studio.