Summer workshops begin Monday, June 5 and end June 29, 2006 unless otherwise noted.
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Children's Workshops
Monday & Wednesday:: Tuesday & Thursday :: One Week :: Two Week
Monday and Wednesday
Art
Art Explorations
Ages 4-6
Littlewood Art Room
Monday and Wednesday, 4:15-5:00pm
Instructor: Kathy Stark
This fun-filled class will ignite students' interests in art history, with a healthy dose of drawing and painting, sculpture, and summer crafts.
Workshop Fee $45
Art Explorations 2
Ages 7-12
Littlewood Art Room
Monday and Wednesday, 3:30-4:15pm
Instructor: Kathy Stark
An art class for the older kids that will expand their knowledge of drawing and painting, paper engineering, fiber arts, sculpture, crafts, as well as art history.
Workshop Fee $45
Dance
Pre-Ballet
Ages 4-6
Littlewood Multipurpose Room
Monday and Wednesday, 3:30-4:15pm
Instructor: Sarah Ingley
For new or returning students, this is a fun intro to the world of ballet. The class includes fun dance games, and dance dress-up, while building flexibility and coordination.
Workshop Fee $40
Dance Around the World
Ages 7-12
Littlewood Multipurpose Room
Monday and Wednesday, 4:15-5:00pm
Instructor: Sarah Ingley
Learn authentic Irish, Scottish, Israeli, West African, Greek, classical Indian, and Polish traditional group dances. The classes will wrap up with American swing dance.
Workshop Fee $40
Drama
Acting with Monologues & More
Ages 7-12
Littlewood Classroom
Monday and Wednesday, 3:30-4:15pm
Instructor: Farzad Safi
Learn advanced acting and audition techniques while working on your own monologue and/or scene. Class includes plenty of acting warm-ups and games too!
Workshop Fee $40
Advanced Improv
Ages 7-12
Littlewood Classroom
Monday and Wednesday, 4:15-5:00pm
Instructor: Farzad Safi
Take your acting to a whole new level with improv skits, games, and warm-ups from the world of theatre. Every class is like creating a new show and the laughs just keep coming as
actors work out new scenes using zany characters and situations.
Workshop Fee $40
Music
Piano Adventurer
Ages 4-5 (Kindergarden)
Littlewood Music Room
Monday and Wednesday, 2:00-2:45pm
Instructor: Gail Miller
Play games, act out songs and join in the rhythm band! Along with a focus on music readiness skills and beginning piano technique, children will learn to identify rhythm notes, use keyboard pictures to play songs and be introduced to beginning keyboard concepts. Bring Bastens' Piano Party Book a to class.
Workshop Fee $40
Piano Explorer
Ages 5-6 (students entering First Grade)
Littlewood Music Room
Monday and Wednesday, 2:45-3:30pm
Instructor: Gail Miller
Play games, act out songs and break out the markers! This class is designed for the younger beginner. Students will learn to identify rhythm notes, learn the names of the keys and use keyboard diagrams and fingering charts to play songs. Bring Basten’s Piano Party, Book A to class.
Workshop Fee $40
Piano Explorer
Ages 5-6 (students entering First Grade)
Littlewood Music Room
Monday and Wednesday, 3:30-4:15pm
Instructor: Gail Miller
Play games, act out songs and break out the markers! This class is designed for the younger beginner. Students will learn to identify rhythm notes, learn the names of the keys and use keyboard diagrams and fingering charts to play songs. Bring Basten's Piano Party, Book A to class.
Workshop Fee $40
Beginning Piano
2nd through 5th grade
Littlewood Music Room
Monday and Wednesday, 4:15-5:00pm
Instructor: Gail Miller
An introduction to the piano for those just starting out. Students will learn key names, explore basic rhythms and get an orientation to the musical staff and note reading. Must bring both the (Primer Level) Piano Adventures Theory Book and the Piano Adventures Lesson Book by Nancy and Randell Faber to class.
Workshop Fee $40
Tuesday and Thursday
Art
Beginning Drawing
Ages 4-7
Littlewood Art Room
Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30-4:15pm
Instructor: Kathy Stark
Children will fall in love with drawing as they use pencils, crayons, and markers to learn basic drawing techniques. The students will get to draw on a variety of subjects including music inspired art and even observing live animals.
Workshop Fee $45
Master Artists
Ages 7-12
Littlewood Art Room
Tuesday and Thursday, 4:15-5:00pm
Instructor: Kathy Stark
Whether children’s book or comic book illustrators and artists or the old masters, students will learn by studying the techniques of the experts. Each class will focus on a different artist and style and students will create their own masterpieces by painting and drawing, etc.
Workshop Fee $45
Clay Creations
Ages 6-10
Littlewood Art Room
Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30-4:15pm
Instructor: Laura Richards
Create 3-D works of art from clay using themes inspired from outer space and under the sea. Students will also learn to dry, glaze and paint their clay projects.
Workshop Fee $45
Dance
Hip Hop and Modern Dance
Ages 7-12
Littlewood Multipurpose Room
Wednesday, 4:15-5:00pm
Instructor: Sarah Ingley
This class is all about learning the latest dance moves while grooving to some of your favorite tunes. Whether you are a beginner just learning the fundamentals or ready for your own video, this class has something for you.
Workshop Fee $40
Drama
Fantasy Workshop
Ages 4-6
Littlewood Multipurpose Room
Tuesday and Thursday , 3:30-4:15pm
Instructor: Sarah Ingley
Budding actors create their own characters from folk and fairy tales using games and guided story lines to create stress-free productions that are uniquely their own. Lots of fun games, too!
Workshop fee $40
Advanced Drama
Ages 7-12
Littlewood Classroom
Tuesday and Thursday , 3:30-4:15pm
Instructor: Farzad Safi
Hey kids, is sitting in front of the TV all day long what you have planned for your summer? Why not learn how to BE the entertainment? In this class, young actors will get all of the fundamentals: short skits and plays, scene work with partners, miming, and (of course) lots of improvisation games.
Workshop fee $40
Intro to Drama
Ages 4-6
Littlewood Classroom
Tuesday and Thursday , 4:15-5:00pm
Instructor: Farzad Safi
For the kid with a vivid imagination. Students will go along with Mr. Farzad for a wild journey that will transform their favorite stories from classic literature into real stories on-stage. Students will develop as young actors in a very short span.
Workshop fee $40
Yoga
Yoga for Everyone!
Ages 7-12 (ages 4-6 may attend with a parent. Parents are free.)
Littlewood Music Room
Tuesday and Thursday , 4:15-5:00pm
Instructor: Laura Richards
Ms. Richard brings her certified yoga instruction back for the summer and everyone is invited to join in the fun. Learn yoga moves that will get you fit and flexible.
Workshop fee $40
One Week
Drama & Musical Theatre Camps
Choose from two age groups Grades 2 - 5 or Middle & High School
Attendance is Limited to 10-12 Students Per Week!
ACT FAST! This is Alachua County's most dynamic and PERSONALIZED summer drama experience. GACA has received national recognition for this program where EVERYONE is a STAR because the groups are kept small. Actors will work as an ensemble to produce a new original musical play each week featuring a collage of songs from well-known Broadway shows. The actors also produce their own scenes and monologues as well as improv skits. Everything is performed in a Friday night show on the Acrosstown main stage before a packed house. Each show is free and open to the public. Directed by Dr. William Eyerly and featuring guest artists, including Buchholz High School Drama Instructor Ted Lewis, Dance Instruction & Choreography by Jen Worthington, Guest Instructor & UF Professor Sid Homan, and many more!
Each Week Includes Workshops in: Acting Theory, Improv and Theatre Games, Monologues, Audition Techniques, Vocal Performance, Musical Theatre Dance, AND MUCH MORE!
EACH WEEK CONCLUDES WITH A 7 PM PERFORMANCE ON THE ACROSSTOWN MAIN STAGE! A BRAND NEW SHOW EVERY WEEK!
Choose from: June 5-9, 12-16, 19-23, 26-31, July 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, or July 31-August 4.
Camps are just $145 a week ($135 per week for 2 or more weeks) and include ALL MATERIALS AND AN AFTERNOON SNACK & DRINK! Students should bring their own bagged lunch.
For more information about a workshop call 352-284-2495.
Two Week
PERFORMANCE ART WORKSHOPS
Littlewood Elementary, 812 NW 34th St.
June 5-June 15
Monday through Thursday from 1:00 to 3:30pm
Performance at 2:00pm on Thursday, June 15
Ages 4 – 6
Rocket to Mars - Workshop Fee $95 / Kathy Stark, Farzad Safi, Sarah Ingley, Laura Richards, and the rest of the GACA staff. Meet First Day in Littlewood Multipurpose Room - It’s an outer space adventure to the mysterious red
planet and beyond. Explore our solar system in your own rocket and create your own universe on stage using your own
art projects for sets and costumes. Students will work on presenting a final performance on the Littlewood stage with a
script they help write and act for the June 15th show.
Ages 7 - 10
Inter-Galactic Invaders - Workshop Fee $95 / Kathy Stark, Farzad Safi, Sarah Ingley, Laura Richards, and the rest of the GACA staff. Meet First Day in Littlewood Multipurpose Room - You must save the Earth from invaders outside our solar system using your imagination and the art projects you create. Help write a script that will thrill your parents
and friends when you perform on the Littlewood stage in a grand finale. You make the costumes and props and put it all
together on stage June 15th
June 20-June 30
Monday through Thursday from 1:00 to 3:30pm
Performance at 2:00pm on Thursday, June 29th
Ages 4 – 6
The Octopus’ Garden - Workshop Fee $95 / Kathy Stark, Farzad Safi, Sarah Ingley, Laura Richards, and the rest of
the GACA staff. Meet First Day in Littlewood Multipurpose Room - Join us under the sea for an adventure that will
take you deep under the ocean waves where you’ll meet all kinds of exciting creatures. Help create a story and then
head into the art room to create the set, costumes and props. Take on a human or ocean character and get set to live the
adventure on the Littlewood stage for parents and friends on June 29th.
Ages 7 - 10
Shark Attack - Workshop Fee $95 / Kathy Stark, Farzad Safi, Sarah Ingley, Laura Richards, and the rest of the GACA staff. Meet First Day in Littlewood Multipurpose Room - The older kids explore some of the oceans most dangerous creatures while adding their ideas to the script for the show. Outrageous sets and props will be constructed in the art room while crazy undersea characters will be created in the multipurpose room as the kids get ready for the big performance on June 29th.
SPECIAL: TAKE BOTH PERFORMANCE ART WORKSHOPS FOR JUST $175.
2 Performance Art Workshops = $175
Add any 2 Daily Workshops = $250
Add any 3 Daily workshops = $290
Add any 4 Daily workshops = $320
Adult Workshops
Adult Aerobics
Littlewood multipurpose room
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:00-7:00pm
Instructor: Claudia Siders
This YEAR ROUND COURSE meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm in the Littlewood multipurpose room. Sign up for one month, get the kids started on homework, and join us for an hour of fast paced fitness fun. Get in shape now.
Workshop Fee $20/month
For questions, call Norma Homan at 888-917-7001 or 352-378-9166.
Email contacts: info@artsgaca.org
