2025 Creative Arts Camp Descriptions

Run by Cooperstown Central School 1st grade teacher Maegan Whiteman, this camp is all about enhancing your child’s love of reading and creativity. While the camp is stationed at the Clark Sports Center, your child will explore the grounds and areas within walking distance to help spark creative ideas. If your child loves to read, write and use their imagination, this is the camp for them. Please bring a water bottle and snack for the day. Sneakers are recommended as well as sun screen.

This week-long introductory camp will include instruction in Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop and Zumba. Activities will also include dance related crafts, active games, stories and some time spent outdoors. The camp will conclude with a 30-minute recital. Campers should wear comfortable clothing and sunscreen, have outdoor shoes, hat and layers. Please bring a water bottle and snack. Ballet slippers and jazz shoes are recommended but not required. This camp will be directed by Edna Gonzalez-Dau. Edna has been teaching different styles of dance for 30 years and is a licensed Zumba instructor.

Led by a variety of group fitness instructors, this camp is perfect for the kid who can’t decide what fitness activity they want to do! A combination of Themed Yoga Fun & More, Fit Kids, and Fun with Dance, this camp encourages children to explore their options for group fitness without any pressure. Campers can enjoy stretching, mindfulness & relaxation, fitness challenges, and dance-related activities with the Kids Fun Fitness Sampler.

This camp is directed by experienced local music educators and Pound Pros, Rachel Rockwell (Session one) and Michelle Fritts (Session two) and allows unending exploration of music and movement in every child. Campers will use their bodies and minds to expand their musical knowledge, create safe movements, work cooperatively with others, and strengthen their personal responsibility with increased self-esteem and a healthier body. Activities will include Generation Pound sessions, mindfulness movements, outdoor time (weather permitting), musical crafts, and music making.

Led by certified Yoga instructor Wendy Urtz-Chapman, this camp is designed to be a fun, enriching, and creativity boosting experience that includes yoga, mindfulness and relaxation, crafts, cooperative games and outdoor time (weather permitting). Children will enjoy a non-competitive environment where they will stretch, strengthen and explore both their bodies and minds, and create lasting memories, new friendships, and a foundation for overall well-being. Each day will feature a new theme such as Animals, Pirates and Disney Characters for kids to enjoy.