Athena Project's Summer Camps Help Girls Create

Girls Create is a summer camp program for playwriting, stand-up, and fashion. The program teaches girls (6th through 10th grade) various aspects of these art forms in a unique way--we prioritize bringing in professionals from the community to teach the programs, guest artists to share their expertise, and utilize mentors from the community to provide guidance during the creative process. Each week-long program culminates in a final project for the week. We invite the community, including friends and family of the girls, to experience their work. All Girls Create camps are $200 and take place via Zoom from 10am-12:00pm MST.

Girls Create’s mission is to empower girls to lead and affect change in themselves and others through creative learning. Girls Write, Girls Stand-Up, and Girls Design Fashion seek to encourage girls to tap into their creativity, gain confidence, and do what they love.

Our Girls Write is a theatre and writing immersion camp that empowers girls’ imaginations through their creation of individual short plays. Guest actors and directors bring each story to life in a staged reading at the end of the week. As they develop creative tools for storytelling, girls gain confidence in their unique voices and experience the value of sharing ideas.

Dates: July 26-30th, 2021 10am-12 noon MST

Our Girls Stand-Up camp features seasoned mentors providing a fun space for girls to exercise their creative energies through creating comedy sets to boost self-confidence, spontaneity and playfulness. The campers will show off their comedy skills and perform their sets at the end of the week.

Dates: July 12-16th 10am- 12 noon MST

At our Girls Design Fashion camp, girls unleash their inner fashionista! With professional fashion designers to guide them, they learn the principles of illustration, design, fabric draping, and construction. This camp not only provides a fun creative outlet, but it also helps develop key life skills like innovation, focus, planning, and problem-solving.

Dates: July 12-16th OR July 19-23rd, 2021 10am - 12 noon MST

A limited number of scholarships are available for all camps; please contact admin@athenaprojectarts.org for more details.

At Girls Create, we believe that “Girl” means many things and can be a complicated term. We recognize that the term “Girl” does not automatically include all aspects of the gender spectrum that is welcome at camp. We want to create a safer space for the expression and growth for all girls, trans and gender-nonconforming individuals. We ask for pronouns because we don't want to assume anyone's gender identity! If you are comfortable sharing please do, if not that’s ok too. Knowing your preferred pronouns helps us to address you in the way most comfortable for you.

To find out more about these camps, please visit https://athenaprojectarts.org/summer-camps/

About Athena Project

Athena Project empowers women through the arts and creates a world with gender equity where women's voices are amplified. Programs include our Plays In Progress Series showcasing the contributions of women playwrights from the earliest stages of new play development; Curating Art for Impact authentically connecting brand or mission to stakeholders in a thoughtful and engaging way; Girls Create summer intensive week-long camps exploring various art forms, which culminates in final performances shared with friends, family, and the public. This program empowers girls to lead and effect change in themselves and others through creative learning.

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