Summer Camp
Mastering the art of summer fun.
Since 1995 – Celebrating our 30th year!
June 9 – July 18, 2025
Session I: June 9 – 20 (no camp on June 19th for Juneteenth)
Session II: June 23 – July 3 (no camp on July 4 for Fourth of July holiday)
Session III: July 7 – 18 (+ additional week through July 26 for Broadway Bound)
Exploration camp, Broadway Bound, Art & Design, and Fashion locations are at
The Jewish Community High School of the Bay, 1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco
Session I: June 9 – June 20
(no camp on Thursday, June 19 for the Juneteenth holiday)
Session II: June 23 – July 3
(no camp on Friday, July 4 for the Fourth of July holiday)
Session III: July 7 – July 18
(+ extra week through July 26 for Broadway Bound summer show; high school students encouraged to enroll)
One-Week Workshops @ Minnesota Street Project
Workshop with Ramon Abad: Performance Art…fr Kids! – July 21-25 (ages 10-14)
Workshop with Tiersa Nureyev: Art Is Fashion Is Art – Juluy 28 – August 1 (ages 10-14)
About SFArtsED Summer: SFArtsED summers are magical times, as children ages 6-14 immerse themselves in the arts—collaborating with many of the same extraordinary artists who teach in our residence programs in the public schools, and in our Players musical theater company.
With multiple sessions to choose from, children have an opportunity to play, explore, and experience to their hearts’ content. Perhaps they’ll paint a mural, sing and hoof in a classic musical, or play drums under the sun; draw, tumble, or create an original piece of fashion. Or even dance beside members of one of San Francisco’s most venerable companies.
Check out the beautiful work of recent Summer fashion students on the SFArtsED Fashion website.
Really, the possibilities are endless.
Our campers have such a good time, it can be hard to realize that they are also actively learning—making creative decisions, honing their focus, collaborating with peers—and acquiring new skills they can take with them back to school.
“The camp opened up a lot of new avenues for my daughter’s artistic expression. She’s excited to continue in the years to come.”
— Craig Berger, SFArtsED Summer Camp Dad
EXPLORATION
(Ages 6-9)
An exhilarating smorgasbord of creative expression taught by our cadre of experienced artist mentors, Exploration Camp is ideal for younger campers, who thrill to the mash-up of visual and performing arts—including world rhythms, dance, choral singing, instrument making, theater, and storytelling.
Session One : June 9 – June 20 (no camp on Thursday, June 19 for the Juneteenth holiday)
Session Two: June 23 – July 3 (no camp on July 4 or the Fourth of July holiday)
Session Three: July 7 – July 18
BROADWAY BOUND
(Ages 9-14+)
This rich immersion in musical theater has older kids singing, acting, and dancing, taught by our staff of stage directors, vocal coaches, and choreographers. Every session is different, and culminates with a showcase performance on the final day for family and friends. This year, Session 3 will include an additional week for the production of a fully staged concert production of a beloved Stephen Sondheim musical. Session 3 is open to high school students.
Please note: Enrollment in a Broadway Bound session is a prerequisite for consideration for the SFArtsED Players, our invitation-only musical theater company. This year, for Session 3, we are welcoming high school students to enroll.
Session One: June 9 – June 20 (no camp on Thursday, June 19 for the Juneteenth holiday)
Session Two: June 23 – July 3 (no camp on July 4 for the Fourth of July holiday)
Session Three: July 7 – July 26 (for ages 10+)
Let’s put on a show! High school students are welcome and encouraged to enroll.
ART AND DESIGN
(Ages 10-14)
Three unique sessions offer campers a hands-on immersion in various aspects of the visual arts, from sculpture to fine arts to mixed media. A curated exhibition in SFArtsED’s Minnesota Street Project gallery will feature work created in all three Art & Design sessions in the late summer/early fall of 2024.
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- In Session One (June 9-20, no camp Thursday, June 19 for Juneteenth holiday), Art & Design artists focus on the fine arts and building block skills of painting, drawing and illustration.
- In Session Two (June 23-July 3, no camp on July 4 for the Fourth of July holiday), young visual artists dive into an exploration of mixed-media arts that includes collage, paints, stencils and more in Art & Design: Mixed Media.
- In Session Three (July 7-18), Art & Design: 3-D Art & Sculpturewill explore a variety of media including paper, mixed media, found objects, and fiber to create soft and hard art objects, dioramas, masks, and more!
FASHION
(Ages 10-14)
Designers have two sessions to explore their fashion-forward creativity.
Session One: Fashion 1 – Design for Maximalist Fashionistas
Bold patterns, textures, silhouettes, and color are unleashed in an exploration of over-the-top maximalism, which is to say excess and abundance! We’ll investigate different ways to create surface design through embroidery, applique, and patchwork to incorporate into a spectacular fashion forward garment.
Session Two: Fashion 2 – More is More: Outside-the-Box Accessories
Continuing the theme of maximalism, we will look at scale, form, and material to realize fun and whimsical larger-than-life accessories. Taking cues from pivotal points in fashion history and exploring various adornments from millinery to statement piece jewelry, we’ll create the ultimate expression to celebrate the beauty of the human form.
One-Week Workshops at Minnesota Street Project
(Ages 10-14)
July 21-25
Performance Art … for Kids! with Ramon Abad (ages 10-14)
Like storytelling on steroids! Ramon Abad will lead students through lively exercises in theatrical self-expression, protest in action or abstract ideas in movement: performance art has as many definitions as there are performers. Students will be challenged to use mixed media, puppetry, and video to explore what performance art can look when interpreted by 10-to-14-year-olds.
July 28-August 1
Art Is Fashion Fashion Is Art with Tiersa Nureyev (ages 10-14)
Fashion and art have a long and storied history. In this weeklong workshop, Tiersa Nureyev will introduce students to fashion and designers directly influenced by the art world. Then they will create their own garment using Minnesota Street Project’s galleries and exhibitions as inspiration – turn a painting into a dress, a sculpture into an accessory, blur the line between art and fashion and create something unique, artful and inspired in the process.
