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The Sawnee Cultural Arts Center invites children ages 20 months to 16 years to channel their creativity and artistic spirit in its Art and Drama Summer Camp program.

The program includes Abrakadoodle art camps in June and July and three drama camps led by Screen Actors Guild board member Karen Beyer.

The Doodler Puppet Show art camp, June 6-9, offers young artists the opportunity to create a Dancing Puppet, a Talking Hand Puppet and a Model Magic Finger Puppet. At the end of camp, students will use their creations to perform an original puppet play in their very own puppet theatre.

The Castles and Dragons art camp, June 13-16, explores the fairy tale world of castles, dragons, family crests and knights with shields. Students will use foam board, paint, glitter and other supplies of their choice to create their own make-believe kingdom.

In This Way! That Way! art camp, June 20-23 and July 25-28, students will learn about the infinite variety of ways to create an artistic masterpiece. Campers will practice sculpture, painting and collage, in addition to writing with Japanese bamboo brushes.

For specific age groups and camp times, please call 770.889.4977 or visit www.sawneecenter.org. Tuition for Abrakadoodle art camps is $100 per camp, plus $10 supply fee.

If the stage is your child’s canvas, consider one of SCAC’s Drama Camps. Each camp is led by accomplished actress, director and choreographer Karen Beyer. Beyer has over 250 principal credits in film, television, voice-overs, industrials and commercials, including: Savannah, I’ll Fly Away, In the Heat of the Night and A Season in Purgatory. You may recognize her on TV as the Gutterguard lady! Karen has directed and choreographed dozens of musicals for theatres including: Theatre in the Square, ART Station, Springer Opera House, Stone Mountain Park as well as Disney’s feature film Sweet Home Alabama.

Drama through Improv, July 11-15, will encourage students ages 8 to 12 to use improvisation to improve acting skills and specific theatre techniques. Campers will write, rehearse and perform an original script and perform it for family and friends on the last day of camp.

Musical Theatre, July 18-22, will help students ages 8 to 16 perfect vocal techniques for live musical theatre. Campers will select scenes from Broadway musicals to perform, both individually and as a group, for family and friends on the last day of camp.

On-Camera Acting, July 25-29, will help students ages 11 and up learn the tricks of the trade for auditions for commercials and film. Campers will discuss the business of acting, headshots, writing an actor’s resume, as well as learning what agents and casting directors look for in a potential actor. Students will receive a VHS copy of their progress in the camp.

Drama camps are held Monday through Friday, from 9:00am to 2:00pm. Tution is $175 for each drama camp and each student must bring a sack lunch. A morning snack will be provided.For more information or to register for a SCAC Summer Camp, please call 770.889.4977 or visit www.sawneecenter.org.