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The Sights and Sounds of A4L’s Summer Camps

August 7, 2020 By Cindy Sherwood

SSCA visual arts camp SSCA visual arts camp SSCA visual arts campSSCA visual arts campSSCA visual arts campEven though the pandemic and Tropical Storm Isaias aren’t making it easy at times, kids are learning and creating and having tons of fun at summer camps where our performing and teaching artists are working. Check out some of the scenes from the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts’s visual arts camp, which wrapped up last week. Thanks to Carly Holmes for taking these wonderful pictures. This week’s stormy weather has pushed theater camp to next week.

SSCA visual arts camp-COVID-19 precautions

With all of our in-person camps, we’re observing strict safety protocols to keep campers, artists, and staff members safe.

A4L's Harold Wood entertains at the ASYMCA Operation Hero campOver at Operation Hero’s Armed Services YMCA camp, Harold Wood showed off his magic to a wowed crowd.

Teaching artist Beverly Taylor and an ASYMCA camper Creating at the ASYMCA camp

Creating at the ASYMCA campAnd in teaching artist Beverly Taylor’s class,  campers learned about different musical instruments and made their own while joining in a song with some great advice for us all. Click here to listen and enjoy!

 

Filed Under: ArtsEd, Summer camps Tagged With: Armed Services YMCA, arts integration, Beverly Taylor, Harold Wood, Suffolk Center, summer camp, summer enrichment, teaching artists, United Way of South Hampton Roads

One Book, Two Book, Red Book, Blue Book

July 29, 2020 By Cindy Sherwood

You can bet there are some big smiles hiding behind the masks—children at Virginia Beach’s Armed Services YMCA camp are the proud owners of some brand new picture books, thanks to a Women United book group who donated them to the United Way of South Hampton Roads (UWSHR). UWSHR is underwriting Arts for Learning’s residencies at the camp which is reserved for sons and daughters of members of the military.

Arts for Learning weaves age-appropriate literacy concepts into its curriculum, so the book giveaway was a natural. In true A4L fashion, teaching artists Lenecia Porro and Gary Garlic made it a fun educational experience instead of kids just being handed a book. In Lenecia’s Artsploration class for five and six year olds, kids drew numbers from a toy cauldron and had to match the numbers with the correct book. In Gary’s Poetry and Percussion class for seven and eight year olds, kids had to identify musical instruments from clues that Gary shared.

No matter whether it’s Pete the Cat or Pop-Up Dizzy Dinosaurs that’s sparking kids’ imagination, hats off to these generous donors and the United Way (hats that may look a lot like the red and white striped one below!)

Filed Under: ArtsEd, Donor Spotlight, News, Summer camps Tagged With: 757 nonprofit, Armed Services YMCA, Arts Ed, arts integration, book giveaway, Dr. Seuss, summer camp, summer enrichment, teaching artists, United Way of South Hampton Roads

Happy Campers

July 1, 2020 By Cindy Sherwood

Thanks to a very generous grant by the United Way of South Hampton Roads, we’re pleased to announce we’re providing special performances and literacy-based arts programming to the children of service men and women at the Armed Services YMCA in Virginia Beach.

It feels so good for our artists to be working directly with students again (with all safety protocols being followed, including fewer campers than in years past.) On Mondays, campers can look forward to performances by our artists, with a field trip to WAVE Church’s outdoor picnic area.

Kicking it off last week was musician Gary Garlic with a dynamic steel drums performance.

Tuesdays through Fridays, a rotating group of our teaching artists will work in classrooms with campers  ages five to twelve divided into three age groups. This week, teaching artists Joel Casanova, Jasmine Marshall, and Joppa Whitehead will present Dance for Life workshops. Campers will learn (in an extra fun way!) core literacy concepts they’ll need as school resumes in the fall—our curriculum has been adapted to combat the expected negative effects of learning loss from the “Covid Slide.”

Watch out for many more pictures and stories of summertime fun and success.

Thanks again to the United Way of South Hampton Roads for making this programming possible through its United for Children campaign to expand summer access to learning.

Filed Under: ArtsEd, COVID-19, News Tagged With: 757 nonprofit, 757 United, Armed Services YMCA, Covid Slide, Dance for Life, military kids, summer camp, teaching artists, United for Children, United Way of South Hampton Roads

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Norfolk, Virginia 23502
Phone: 757-466-7555

In Their Own Words: IDEAL Residency Students

Sometimes we can learn the most about the impact of a program that we offer directly from the students we serve. So we wanted to share comments from some of the students who participated in our IDEAL (Intentional Designs of Expression in Artistic Languages) residency this spring. Remarks from students at Virginia Beach’s College Park […]

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