2024 JUNE 24–AUGUST 16
CERAMICS | DANCE | MUSIC | THEATER | VISUAL ARTS | FILM
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Hopkinton Center for the Arts 98 Hayden Rowe Street (RT. 85) Hopkinton, MA 01748 | www.HopArtsCenter.org
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Schedule & Themes WEEK 1: June 24–June 28 | Lost in Space Click here to register
LITTLE MUSIC EXPLORERS This half-day morning program (9–11:30 a.m.) is intended for 4 and 5 year old children who are enrolled in preschool in September of 2024. This class is also an option for those who have completed kindergarten but are not ready for a full-day program.
Cost: $250 a week | Member Price: $237.50 This program aims to provide a fun and safe learning space to develop basic musical skills and foster broader development in each student. Each week is different focusing on core aspects of development in music and life that will be targeted are auditory perception, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, rhythm, and memory. Through musical games, group sing-a-longs, and hands-on craft activities, students will explore the basics of music, its expressive capability, and its creation. Drop-off between 8:45–9 a.m. Pick-up is at 11:30 a.m. Children should bring one snack and a water bottle—no nut products.
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WEEK 2: July 1–July 3 I The Great Outdoors (3-day program) Click here to register (cost prorated based on 3-days) WEEK 3: July 8–July 12 | Time Travel Click here to register WEEK 4: July 15–July 19 | Magic & Wonder Click here to register WEEK 5: July 22–July 26 | Science Adventures Click here to register WEEK 6: July 29–Aug 2 | Superheroes Click here to register WEEK 7: August 5–August 9 | Imagination & Mindfulness Click here to register WEEK 8: August 12–August 16 | A Trip Around the World Click here to register
ART EXPLORERS For rising 1 & 2 graders. Students MUST have completed kindergarten to be eligible for this program. Cost: $500 a week | Member Price: $475 Art Explorers are one-week full-day programs designed to make participants in the first half of elementary school feel right at home. Arts activities will be different each week and are based on a new creative theme, allowing for lots of exploration and imaginative play. Programming includes visual arts and music, drama, movement, games, and story time. This full-day program is for any child who loves to paint, draw, sing, dance, and move their bodies! Students will create unique art pieces in the morning using model magic, paint, and other fun materials. In the afternoon, students will perform activities involving acting out stories and singing songs. There will be story-time, imaginative play, echo songs, circle games, song tales, classical music, and so much more. All programs for this age group except our Dance programs occur at our 98 Hayden Rowe location. All dance programs take place at our 34 Hayden Rowe Street dance studio. All students must bring their lunch and snacks—no nut products. No food is provided. Drop-off between: 8:30–9 a.m. Lunch/recess:
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Pick-up between:
3 to 3:30 p.m.
Schedule & Themes WEEK 1: June 24–June 28 | Lost in Space Click here to register WEEK 2: July 1–July 3 I The Great Outdoors (3-day program) Click here to register (cost prorated based on 3-days) WEEK 3: July 8–July 12 | Time Travel Click here to register WEEK 4: July 15–July 19 | Magic & Wonder Click here to register WEEK 5: July 22–July 26 | Science Adventures Click here to register WEEK 6: July 29–Aug 2 | Superheroes Click here to register WEEK 7: August 5–August 9 | Imagination & Mindfulness Click here to register WEEK 8: August 12–August 16 | A Trip Around the World Click here to register
HCA MEMBERS SAVE ON CLASSES: Your membership helps the HCA change the lives of artists and art lovers through its nurturing faculty, state-of-the-art facility, and need-based scholarship program. We are pleased to offer 5% off class costs to HCA Members from the Insider–Plus LEVEL and up. Please remember to log in to your account before making your purchase. Not a Member? Click Here for Details 3
Fine Arts Schedule & Themes June 24–June 29 | Lost in Space Click here to register July 1–July 3 I The Great Outdoors (3-day program Click here to register (cost prorated based on 3-days) July 8–July 12 | Time Travel Click here to register
ARTS FOCUS
Arts Focus programs enable students to focus on their selected art forms. Instructors promote the exploration of materials and the discovery of the creative voice. Drop-off is between 8:30 and 9 a.m. Lunch/break is 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Pick-up is between 3 and 3:30 p.m. All students must be picked up by 3:30 p.m. All students must bring their lunch and snacks—no nut products. No food is provided.
Fine Arts Academy (Gr. 3–8) Entering grade 3 as of September 1, 2024, through grade 8. Students will be split up and placed in groups based on age. Cost: $500 a week | Member Price: $475 This program is based on one of the HCA’s most popular programs because it covers a little of everything relating to art making. Drawing, watercolors, acrylic, pastel, mixed media, pen, and ink. Every week, the students will be inspired by that week’s theme. In the morning, students will focus on drawing foundations and observational drawing and learn new techniques. Students will study proportion and composition to draw various people, objects, and landscapes. Students will complete the fun with gestural drawing exercises and longer durational studies. The afternoons focus on that week’s theme, where students will learn about different artists and make work inspired by those artists and their chosen mediums.
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July 15–July 19 | Magic & Wonder Click here to register July 22–July 26 | Science Adventures Click here to register July 29–Aug 2 | Superheroes Click here to register August 5–August 9 | Imagination & Mindfulness Click here to register August 12–August 16 | A Trip Around the World Click here to register
Show in a Week (Rising 3–8 graders) Cost: $500 a week | Member Price: $475.00 July 29– August 2 | Disney Songs and Scenes Click here to register This week, we will explore theater art through acting games, physical movement, improvisation, and scenes from the muchloved canon of Disney movies and musicals. Students will gain basic acting skills working individually and in group settings with instructors and tap into their innate creativity to help build and devise a final show. At the end of the week, actors will take to the stage and perform for family and friends.
August 5–August 9 | Improv & Sketch Comedy Click here to register This week, we will explore the art of improvisation, sketch, and devised theater through the lens of acting games and exercises, pantomime, clowning, physical comedy, and other group-building and reacting activities. Students will gain basic acting skills and a working knowledge of the skill sets involved in improvisation and sketch comedy. This is certain to compliment the skills needed to perform in all theater auditions and productions. There will be student showcase at the end of the final class.
August 12–August 16 | Talent Show Week Click here to register In this unique week-long class, we invite students of all levels and abilities who have the performance bug to come and try out their unique talents firsthand. Whether you are a singer, an actor, a comedian, an improviser, a clown, a magician, or just trying to figure out where exactly your talents might lie, this class is sure to be the perfect fit! Join us to explore acting, stage presence, movement, and other pertinent performance skills to develop and enhance your natural talents! This class will culminate in a talent show for family and friends at the end of the last class.
Youth Summer Stock Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr Musical: 2½ week program (Rising 4–9 graders) Cost: $1250 | Member Price: $1187.50 Click here to register Take a fantastic musical adventure with an out-ofthis-world car that flies and sails the seas. Based on the beloved film featuring an unforgettable score by the Sherman Brothers (Mary Poppins).
Teen Theater Arts Intensive (Rising 6–9 graders) Cost: $500 | Member Price: $475 Click here to register
This late afternoon theater arts intensive program is designed to engage your performing artists in training that grows their enthusiasm, talent, and interest in theater arts. Instructed by artists and educators with first-hand experience, our intensive program includes in-depth training in acting, dance, music, voice, movement, audition etiquette, and performance. The summer Theater Arts Intensive is designed to lay a strong foundation and nurture the love of theater for the growing performing artist. A final showcase will be presented to families on the final day.
June 24–June 28 | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Monday, Tuesdays and Wednesdays: 3:30–6 p.m.
July 1–July 3 | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (students who need to miss part of this week for vacation may still participate in this production)
July 15–July 17, July 22–24 & July 29–July 31 Showcase: August 2 at 6:30 p.m. and August 3 at 1:30 p.m.
July 8–July 12 | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. TWO public performances on Saturday, July 13 12 Noon and 2:30 p.m.
AFTERNOON ONLY FOR GRADE 3 This afternoon 1/2 day program will cover nine dates and is designed for students entering grade 3 as of September 2024. Program dates include all the following dates: July 1–July 3 | 12:30–3 p.m.
Summer Stock
July 8–July 12 | 12:30–3 p.m.
Pippin The Musical
TWO public performances on Saturday, July 13 12 Noon and 2:30 p.m.
Auditions: May 20 & 21 (by appointment)
(Rising 9th Grader to college students age 25)
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Production Dates: August 9 & 10 | 16 & 17
Disney’s The Aristocats for Kids: 2-week program (Rising 2–5 graders)
Cost: $450 | Member Price: $427.50
Cost: $950 | Member Price: $902.50 Click here to register Based on the beloved Disney animated film and featuring a jazzy, upbeat score, Disney’s The Aristocats KIDS is a non-stop thrill ride of feline fun, complete with unbelievable twists and turns.
Rehearsals: Mon., Tues., Wed., evenings starting in June With an infectiously unforgettable score from fourtime Grammy winner, three-time Oscar winner and musical theatre giant, Stephen Schwartz, Pippin is the story of one young man’s journey to be extraordinary.
July 22–July 26 | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. He seeks it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father, King Charlemagne the Great).
TWO public performances on Saturday, July 27 12 Noon and 2:30 p.m.
If you are interested in auditioning please contact us at info@hopartscenter.org
July 15–July 19 | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Teen Wheel-Throwing (Rising 7–12 graders)
NOTE: All ceramics programs take place at 34 Hayden Rowe Street, Suite 304
CERAMICS Hand building & Clay Sculpture (Rising 3–6 graders)
NOTE: All ceramics programs take place at 34 Hayden Rowe Street, Suite 304 Cost: $350 a week | Member Price: $332.50 This workshop will focus on hand-building and sculpture techniques, giving students the skills to create functional and decorative pieces. Students will learn to build structurally sound vessels and small to medium-sized sculptures. Each week, a new theme is presented to inspire the students in their creations. Students can paint their projects but must wait approximately 4–5 weeks until they are glazed and fired in the HCA kiln to pick up their projects. Note: In this workshop, no wheel throwing will be taught. Time: 1–4 p.m. July 15–July 19 Click here to register July 29–August 2 Click here to register August 12–August 16 Click here to register
HCA MEMBERS SAVE ON CLASSES: Your membership helps the HCA change the lives of artists and art lovers through its nurturing faculty, state-of-the-art facility, and need-based scholarship program. We are pleased to offer 5% off class costs to HCA Members from the Insider–Plus LEVEL and up. Please remember to log in to your account before making your purchase. Not a Member? Click Here for Details 6
Cost: $350 a week | Member Price: $332.50 Come and learn the basics of making pottery on the potter’s wheel! For beginners, intermediate, and advanced ceramics students. In these workshops, students will explore the fundamentals of creating functional pottery forms. Students will focus on wheel-throwing and learn about working in the HCA’s Ceramics Studio. Includes clay, firing and glazing. Students will be able to paint their projects, but will have to wait approximately 4-5 weeks until they are glazed and fired in the HCA kiln to pick up their projects.
Time: 1–4 p.m. June 24–June 28 Click here to register
July 29–August 2 Click here to register
July 8–July 12 Click here to register
August 5–August 9 Click here to register
July 15–July 19 Click here to register
August 12–August 16 Click here to register
July 22–July 26 Click here to register
FILM: Movie Making Madness (Rising 4–8 graders)
Cost: $500 a week | Member Price: $475 In this introduction to movie making, get ready for a fun five-day workshop of making movie trailers and sketches. For beginner and intermediate-level movie makers and actors, this workshop will focus on what goes into making a movie while getting hands-on experience in front of and behind the cameras. Week 3: July 8–July 12
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Week 4: July 15–July 19
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Week 5: July 22–July 26
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Week 7: Aug. 5–Aug. 9
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Week 8: Aug. 12–Aug. 16
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Time: 9 to 3 p.m. Drop-off between 8:30 and 9 a.m. Lunch/break: 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Pick-up between 3–3:30 p.m.
VISUAL ARTS: Teen Artist Mentorship (Rising 7–12 graders) Cost: $145 a week | Member Price: $137.75 Time: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday–Thursday
MUSIC: Rock Band (Rising 7–12 graders)
Cost: $420 | Member Price: $399 Minimum Age 12 as of September 1, 2024 Dates: July 11–August 22, 2024 (7 weeks) Days: Thursdays Times: 3 to 6 p.m. Performance: August 22 at 5:30 p.m. Click here to register Do you have a rock star teen at home who needs a musical outlet? Perhaps a young musician looking for more chances to perform? Want some help to improve listening and playing skills? Then join this weekly summer afternoon program! HCA music teacher and professional musician Robb Millett will help you take your music out of the garage/basement and onto the stage. This program will culminate with a live rock band concert with professional lighting and sound. This program is the perfect chance to play your favorite tunes with help from the pros!
In this 4-day afternoon program we will allow students to work independently on projects of their choosing with the availability of a professional artist and instructor to help them find their creative voices. Students will learn how to cultivate ideas into artwork, and participate in group discussions learning how to benefit from positive critique sessions. Week 3: July 08–July 11
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Week 4: July 15–July 18
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Week 6: July 29–Aug. 1
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Week 7: Aug. 5–Aug. 8
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Week 8: Aug. 12–Aug. 15
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Dance Adventure (Rising 4–7 graders)
Students entering grade 4 as of fall 2024 through those who are entering grade 7 as of fall 2024. All dance programs take place at 34 Hayden Rowe Street, Suite 302
DANCE Dance Adventure (Rising 1–3 graders)
Students entering grade 1 as of fall 2024 through those who are entering grade 3 as of fall 2024. All dance programs take place at 34 Hayden Rowe Street, Suite 302 Cost: $250 a week | Member Price: $237.50 This half-day program is perfect for kids who love dance, music, acting, and crafts! Each day is designed to encourage creativity through the exploration of a theme. The daily schedule consists of ballet, music, jazz, and hip hop, snacks, story and acting, a craft activity related to the story, and a movement game or choreography and improvisation activities. No prior formal training is required. Students may enroll in more than one Dance Adventure week. Time: 9 a.m. to 12 noon June 24–June 28 Dance Adventure: Carnival of Animals Register Here July 8–July 12 Dance Adventure: Cinderella & Charming Register Here July 15–July 19 Dance Adventure: Firebird & The Sorcerer Register Here
HCA Dance Program dress code can be found on the HCA website.
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Cost: $250 a week | Member Price: $237.50 Each exciting and fun-filled day is carefully designed to contribute a strong technical dance foundation while encouraging creativity by exploring a theme using dance, crafts, props, acting, and music. The daily schedule consists of ballet, music, jazz, and hip hop, snacks, appreciation, acting, a craft activity related to the theme, and a movement game or improvisation activities. The week culminates with a demonstration for families. This program is most suited for dancers who have had at least a year of formal dance training, but beginners willing to take the plunge into the fun and exciting world of dance are more than welcome! Time: 9 a.m. to 12 noon August 5–August 9 Dance Adventure: Midsummer Night’s Dream Click here to register August 12–August 15 Dance Adventure: Alice in Wonderland Click here to register
Dance Intensive for Teens (Rising 6–10 graders) Intermediate/advanced dancers in grade 6 and above. All dance programs take place at 34 Hayden Rowe Street, Suite 302 The Dance Intensive is a three-week course of study, but students may opt to participate in only two of the three weeks. Students will spend their afternoons immersed in dance while improving their technique, exploring artistry and expression, learning repertory, and experimenting with student choreography. Daily classes include ballet and pointe/pre-pointe, jazz, contemporary, acting and pantomime, historical dance, hip-hop, choreography, and more. Explore dance in a fun and welcoming environment. Dress Code and supplies required: ballet attire (navy bullet point skirt or white shirt and black dance pants), jazz and contemporary attire (dance pants or shorts), character skirt, ballet shoes/pointe shoes, jazz shoes, character shoes, yoga mat, notebook. Please bring your own packed snack/lunch. This program is suited for dancers with formal training. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with jessica@hopartscenter.org with any questions about the program. Click here to register and view tuition Week 1: July 15–July 19 | 12 to 5 p.m. Week 2: July 22–July 26 | 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Week 3: July 29–August 2 | 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
HCA MEMBERS SAVE ON CLASSES: Your membership helps the HCA change the lives of artists and art lovers through its nurturing faculty, state-of-the-art facility, and need-based scholarship program. We are pleased to offer 5% off class costs to HCA Members from the Insider–Plus LEVEL and up. Please remember to log in to your account before making your purchase. Not a Member? Click Here for Details
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Guidelines For Parents Prior to arriving at the HCA Parents are strongly urged to not bring their child to the HCA if they are exhibiting any signs of illness. For full day programs, parent should send with their child the following: lunch, 2-snacks, water in a refillable water bottle, sunglasses, sunscreen, and bug spray. DO NOT BRING: Valuables and/or electronics.
Food & Beverage Guidelines All staff/students must provide for their own meals/ snacks/beverages. There is no access to refrigeration, and the HCA does not provide food. At no time will any nut products be allowed at the HCA. The HCA will alert instructors and assistants of other potential food allergies communicated by parents.
Hopkinton High School Entrance
HCA
Summer Fun In The Arts Drop-Off and Pick-Up Directional Map
Drop-Off Pick-Up
HCA Amphitheater
Hopkins Road
Farm House
High School entrance on Hayden Rowe. • Queue up your cars on the amphitheater side facing the HCA. • Exit out the Hopkins Road side
Little Music Explorers: • Enter and exit HCA using main entrance on Hopkins Road
Milford
HCA Staff and CIT Parking Only
Movie Making
Entrance Closed
Hopkinton Center for the Arts
Hopkinton
Hayden Rowe Street (Rt 85)
HHS Parking Lot
HCA Drop Off and Pick-up: • Enter from the Hopkinton
• Parents: please escort your child into the building
Hopkinton Center for the Arts 98 Hayden Rowe Street Hopkinton, MA 01748 REV 12.21.2023
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HCA Registration Policies 2024 Summer REFUND POLICY
HCA Financial Aid
2. If a cancellation is made less than two (2) weeks prior to the start of the session, the tuition fee is nonrefundable. Request to transfer to another to another program may be possible.
The Hopkinton Center for the Arts believes the arts are for everyone and thanks to the generosity of the Dora Kishibay Garabedian Scholarship Fund and individual donations to our scholarship fund we are able to assist children, teens, and adults who might not otherwise be able to afford classes. Need-based scholarships are available for HCA classes to residents of Hopkinton and surrounding MetroWest communities. Assistance is awarded on the basis of demonstrated need, motivation, and potential benefit to the student. Please visit our website www.HopArtsCenter.org and fill out our online scholarship form.
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Code of Conduct
If you wish to cancel a registration: 1. Refunds of program fees will be offered in full if requested two (2) weeks prior to their start date. Please make the request in writing by emailing info@ hopartscenter.org. Families are asked to consider donating a portion of their fees to the HCA to help with the ongoing activities and operational support.
I understand there is a certain amount of reasonable risk of minor injury associated with this program and do not hold the Hopkinton Center of the Arts, Enter Stage Left Theater, or the Town of Hopkinton responsible for any such injuries. I give permission for my or my child’s image in videotapes, photographs and/or motion picture films in which she/he appears, and audio recordings made of him/her may be used by the Hopkinton Center for the Arts and Enter Stage Left Theater for publicity purposes. You may request for your images not to be used by submitting a formal request to info@hopartscenter.org.
The Hopkinton Center for the Arts is committed to fostering an environment that is free of racism, discrimination, and harassment. All individuals are treated with respect and dignity, contribute fully, and have equal opportunities. All persons working or associating with our community of The Hopkinton Center for the Arts are expected to uphold and abide by this Code of Conduct. You will refrain from any form of harassment, bullying, or discrimination, and cooperate fully in any investigation of a harassment or discrimination complaint. Read the full HCA’s Code of Conduct at www.HopArtsCenter.org/hca-code-conduct
CONTACT INFORMATION Phone: 508.435.9222 EMAIL: info@hopartscenter.org www.HopArtsCenter.org HCA LOCATION 98 Hayden Rowe St. (Rt. 85) Hopkinton, MA 01748
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