Camp Imagination is an annual two-week summer arts camp for children designed to stretch the imagination of children by introducing them to a variety of arts genres through an intensive hands-on program of activities that integrates technical, visual and performing arts mediums. Students choose from a variety of classes in music, dance, drama and visual art designed to enliven their artistic sprit. Camp Imagination culminates in a live, public performance of a musical, starring over 100 1st - 12th graders; either on stage as actors, singers and dancers or behind the scenes as the film production and technical crews.
Collaborative Effort
The Webb Center offers this program each summer with assistance from the Wickenburg Unified School District (who provides classroom facilities) and the Desert Caballeros Western Museum (who coordinates the visual arts classes for camp).
Targeted to Skill Level
Camp Imagination participants are grouped according to their grade and choose from a variety of arts classes targeted to their skill levels. Past classes for first through third graders include: tumbling, drawing, movement, acting and comedy/improvisation classes, arts and crafts, and mosaics. Fourth through sixth graders have been offered: tumbling, dance, comedy/improvisation, acting, and drawing as their choice of classes. During past years, seventh through twelfth graders have chosen from: advanced dance, song writing, cartooning, comedy/improvisation, acting, tumbling, television production, and technical theatre classes. In addition, different “specialty” artists are hired each year to expose campers to diverse arts genres; new classes added for the 2012 Camp Imagination included world drumming, puppetry and aerial dance.
Hands-on Instruction
The Webb Center recruits local and nationwide teaching artists to provide quality arts opportunities for our campers. Students sixth grade and up are also encouraged to audition for lead roles in the final production. Those rewarded with main roles meet intensively with an acting and a singing coach to challenge them with advanced performance techniques and skills.
