THE GUIDE SPRING BREAK CAMPS 2O2O MARCH 16–27 | AGES 5–13 cocastl.org | 1 WELCOME Summer’s coming early this year! Join us over Spring Break for unique and fun arts learning experiences. You’ll find favorites from COCA’s popular Summer Arts Camp program as well as a few surprises, all taught by COCA’s faculty of amazing and experienced teaching artists. Build Your COCA Camp Day 2 March 16–20 Camps 3–4 March 23–27 Camps 5–6 Camp Basics 7 Registration Form 8–9 Registration Guidelines/Policies 10 2 | 2020 Spring Break Camp Guide BUILD YOUR COCA SPRING BREAK CAMP DAY COCA provides stimulating arts camps plus supervised care from 7:30AM to 6:00PM, all week long. Find the right combination to solve your family’s spring break puzzle! BEFORE & AFTER CARE AVAILABLE BEFORE CARE 7:30–9:00AM AM CAMP AFTER CARE 9:00–11:45AM 3:00–6:00PM Combine with a PM camp for a full day camp experience! LUNCH 11:45AM–12:15PM PM CAMP 12:15–3:00PM Combine with an AM camp for a full day camp experience! cocastl.org | 3 BROADWAY BLOCKBUSTERS WHERE’S MY SUPERSUIT? 5 TO 7 Campers learn familiar songs 6 TO 7 Campers explore superheroes with from some of Broadway’s biggest hits! secret identities like ElastiGirl, Superman, They develop vocal technique and gain Batman and Frozone. We then use these confidence as a performer while staging famous characters as inspiration to create songs through simple movement and the superheroes, supervillians and secret use of props. Campers explore material identities of our own. We create gadgets from shows like The Wiz and The Lion King. and disguises, go on a secret mission/ Camp ends with a sharing for family and scavenger hunt and create a final story. friends. Features multiple professional Camp ends with a sharing for family and teaching artists to present a variety of friends. Features multiple professional arts disciplines. teaching artists to present a variety of arts disciplines. COCA–U. City MORNING 15775 COCA–U. City AFTERNOON MAR 16–20 | 9:00–11:45AM 15784 $155 MOVE IT MAR 16–20 | 12:15–3:00PM $155 5 TO 7 Designed for high energy kids, CIRCUS, CIRCUS this camp introduces basic jazz and hip- 5 TO 7 Athletic campers explore the world hop moves. Learn rhythm and musicality, CIRCUS COCA of the Circus with circus professionals! We spacing and repetition. Then, put them all 8 TO 10 Athletic campers enjoy practicing practice tumbling and trampoline; work on together into fun and lively choreography tumbling and trampoline; working on stilt stilt walking, rola bola and rolling globe; to popular music. Camp ends with a walking, rola bola, rolling globe, and even and explore tightrope walking, juggling, sharing for family and friends. tightrope walking! They try their hand spinning plates, balancing peacock at juggling, spinning plates, balancing COCA–U. City AFTERNOON feathers, diablo, flower sticks and clowning peacock feathers, diablo, flower sticks and skills. Camp ends with a circus experience 15782 clowning skills. Camp ends with a circus for family and friends. MAR 16–20 | 12:15–3:00PM experience for family and friends. $155 COCA–U. City MORNING COCA–U. City AFTERNOON 15754 FASHION FIRST 15780 MAR 16–20 | 9:00–11:45AM MAR 16–20 | 12:15–3:00PM 6 TO 7 Create or embellish fashion and $155 accessories in this fashion camp. Campers $155 learn about fabric painting, cutting, tying and beading techniques, then use these ICE CREAM CAMP skills to make and decorate items such as DC VS MARVEL 5 TO 7 What is better than enjoying headbands, T-shirts, and bags. Campers 8 TO 10 In an epic battle between your favorite ice cream treats? How about also go home with basic sewing and no- superheroes, who would be victorious: learning to make your own? Campers sew techniques. a DC or Marvel character? Select a DC spend each day with COCA’s culinary character like Superman, Batman, Flash, COCA–U. City MORNING instructor learning how to make some Wonder Woman, or Green Lantern OR of the most popular treats, from favorite 15777 pick your favorite Marvel character such flavors of ice cream to warm brownie MAR 16–20 | 9:00–11:45AM as Iron Man, Thor, Spiderman or the Hulk. sundaes with hot fudge. Along the way $165 We collaboratively create our own epic we learn about kitchen safety and practice story, pitting superhero against superhero, basic cooking skills. Please list any food creating a background, props and costume restrictions or food allergies under pieces to stage our story. Camp ends with “special needs” on the registration form a sharing for family and friends. Features or call COCA. All culinary supplies and multiple professional teaching artists to groceries included in price. present a variety of arts disciplines. COCA–U. City AFTERNOON COCA–U. City MORNING 15785 15778 MAR 16–20 | 12:15–3:00PM MAR 16–20 | 9:00–11:45AM $185 $155 4 | 2020 Spring Break Camp Guide GOING GODZILLA 8 TO 10 Create a monster movie! Working in small groups, we collaboratively write, direct and film a creature feature. We build the costumes, props and environment; design and apply make-up and create visual and sound effects to include in the films—such as stop motion or underscoring. Everyone leaves with access to all the films created in the camp. Features multiple professional teaching artists to present a variety of arts disciplines. Art and technology supplies and equipment use included in price. COCA–U. City FULL DAY DEMO CREATION 15776 8 TO 10 Campers work with a professional songwriter to create lyrics and melodies. MAR 16–20 | 9:00–3:00PM Accompaniment on the piano and guitar $280 is provided while other campers sing back-up vocals. We rehearse our songs FUNDAMENTALS OF HIP-HOP and record at a recording studio while we 11 TO 13 Beginning through intermediate design graphics for the CDs and a concert level dancers learn high-energy group T-shirt for future use. Camp ends with a choreography using hip-hop dance CD release party with family and friends. elements such as breakdancing and pop Price includes field trip. locking. They also explore the element of freestyle, create a hip-hop “crew” name, COCA–U. City MORNING and design a t-shirt for a final sharing for 15773 family and friends. MAR 16–20 | 9:00–11:45AM $175 COCA–U. City AFTERNOON 15781 FASHION DESIGN MAR 16–20 | 12:15–3:00PM $155 8 TO 10 Campers learn about the fashion design process through design conceptualization and creating specific SECRET INGREDIENT ideas for garments. We practice rendering 11 TO 13 Each day, a new secret and illustration, learn basic machine and ingredient is revealed! Then, as part of a hand sewing techniques, and build some small team, we are challenged to utilize simple garments we design ourselves. The that ingredient in creative ways, combined possibilities are endless in this exciting only with products found in the COCA fashion camp. pantry. No experience is necessary for this culinary experience where quick thinking COCA–U. City AFTERNOON and creativity are key. Let the battle begin! 15783 Please list any food restrictions or food MAR 16–20 | 12:15–3:00PM allergies on the registration form under $165 “special needs” or call COCA to provide the information. All culinary supplies and groceries included in price. COCA–U. City MORNING 15779 MAR 16–20 | 9:00–11:45AM $185 cocastl.org | 5 DRAW, PAINT, PRINT ARTIST STUDIO 5 TO 7 Draw, paint and print using diverse 8 TO 10 Campers draw, paint and sculpt materials and techniques. We explore in this camp designed to expose them to each of these disciplines while looking to a wide range of arts materials. Although master artists as inspiration for our work. the emphasis is on enjoying the creative We create several pieces of art in each process, the basics of art instruction such area—drawing, painting and printmaking— as line, shape, value, texture, pattern, adding imagination and creativity to make space and color are emphasized across our own personal masterpieces. mediums. They are encouraged to experiment, adding imagination and a ton COCA–U. City MORNING of creativity as we make our own personal 15800 masterpieces. MAR 23–27 | 9:00–11:45AM $155 COCA–U. City AFTERNOON 15805 FANCIFUL FINGER FOODS MAR 23–27 | 12:15–3:00PM $155 5 TO 7 Create fun and artful “finger SING, DANCE, ACT foods”—easy to eat snacks like fruit 5 TO 7 Energetic campers are sure to have skewers and dip, colorful vegetable fun while enhancing their singing, dancing BROADWAY BLOCKBUSTERS pinwheels, and mini-pizza puffs. Along the and acting skills. Each day, we explore 8 TO 10 Campers learn familiar songs way, we learn about kitchen safety and and practice all three arts disciplines as from some of Broadway’s biggest hits! practice basic kitchen skills. Please list any we work together to collaboratively create They develop vocal technique and gain food restrictions or food allergies on the a mini-production. Camp culminates in confidence as a performer while staging registration form under special needs or a musical revue from popular, family- songs through simple movement and the contact COCA with the information. All friendly musicals including You’re a Good use of props. Campers explore material culinary supplies and groceries included Man Charlie Brown and Shrek. Features from shows like The Wiz and The Lion King. in price. multiple professional teaching artists to Camp ends with a sharing for family and present a variety of arts disciplines.