Denmark Arts Center children’s camp offerings this summer include batik, collage, mask-making and a “Winnie the Pooh” musical.
The center, located at 50 West Main St., plans to celebrate children with its Family Fun Days this summer.
The town of Denmark and 317 Main Community Music Center in Yarmouth have provided support for the programs. Camp offerings engage children and family members with a sensory music and art.
This year the center plans to have an original musical theater play written by Mary Bastoni-Redmann about Winnie the Pooh and friends. Musical theater camp will work all week to perform this creative theater piece for friends and family at the end of the week on Saturday, according to a news release from the center.
A theater troupe from Cambridge, Liars & Believers, will teach a puppet, mask and improve camp, and campers can see a free performance of Yellow Bird Chase at Deertrees Theater in Harrison one evening during camp week. The troupe has been invited to Edinburgh, Scotland, to perform at the Fringe Festival as soon as camps close in Denmark.
To register, go to denmarkarts.org/events. Questions can be sent to info@denmarkarts.org.
• Art Camp Extraordinaire with Olivia Benish, June 28 to July 1, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., arts center: Artists will experiment with a variety of materials, explore their creativity, and learn about contemporary and historical artists — a little bit of everything from painting to sculpture and crafts. Ages: 7-13.
• Puppet Camp with a Twist, July 13 to 15, 9 a.m.-noon, arts center: This year camp features masks and shadow puppetry. Campers learn a variety of shadow puppetry skills while making their own. Campers receive a free ticket to the performance of Yellow Bird Chase 4 p.m. at Deertrees Theater, 156 Deertrees Road, Harrison. Ages: 7-14
• Yellow Bird Chase — Family Fun Day, July 14, 4 p.m., Deertrees Theater: A clownish maintenance crew finds a magical yellow bird, and a mad chase begins. Racing over land, across the sea, and through the air – battling pirates, monsters, and terrible pop songs — how far will our heroes go? This is a pay-what-you-can show.
• Sensory Music Camp for Pre-K with Kristine Pennell, a 317 Main Community Music Center instructor, July 19 to 21, 10-11:30 a.m., arts center: Little Roots will teach music for three days exploring and fostering multi-sensory and social emotional learning. This is a parent and child experience and parents, grandparents and kincare families are encouraged to attend. Ages: birth-6.
• Neveah Dance Circus — Family Fun Day, July 23, 10 a.m., Denmark Bicentennial Park (rain location arts center), pay what you can: Join the Dance Circus for an outdoor performance (unless it rains, then it is inside). Nevaeh Dance Circus show features all original choreography, hula hooping, juggling and more. Stay for noon, when KAJEMO of Molly Ockett School takes the stage featuring Kai Cannon-Steele: bass guitar; Asa Dickinson: drums; John Callen: trombone; Emmett Lounsbury: trumpet; Maks Bondarev: baritone horn; and Oren Monteith: guitar.
• Musical Theater Camp with Mary Bastoni, July 25 to 29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., arts center: A five-day workshop includes staging, character building, singing and movement. The class will put together a fully-staged production with music and costumes on Saturday, July 30, with students arriving at 9 a.m. for a dress rehearsal. Ages 7 and up. Pack a lunch and drink for each day.
• “Winnie The Pooh” — Family Fun Day, July 30, 1 p.m., pay what you can, arts center; Musical Theater Camp will perform “Winnie the Pooh,” an adaptation written by Mary Bastoni-Rebmann based on the books of author A. A. Milne.
• Dam Jam Revival with the Mallett Brothers Band, Aug. 28, noon-8 p.m., Denmark Bicentennial Park. The outdoor family festival with kid’s art, stilt-walkers, traditional craft people, music, a selection of food trucks, and an earlier time slot. Kids area includes the Fantabulous ArtVan and Common Roots Studio, Neveah Dance Circus with hula-hoop making, stilt-walkers, and roaming artists.
Kids can design their own T-shirts, be a fly tyer, make spin art, button making, hula-hoop making, and a chance to make own instrument to join in with the music. Children’s readings every hour on the half hour by Donna Seim’s. Traditional crafts area: Nature crafts, wildlife creation-wood carving, blacksmith, fly tying, luthier, and Tear Cap Workshops Wood products. Children 12 and younger get in free with an accompanied adult.
Due to a recent rise in COVID cases and Oxford County at red alert, masks are now required regardless of vaccination status. Check denmarkarts.org/events for updates on CDC alerts. The center’s new HEPA air purifier systems and ventilation will be engaged for indoor camps and performances.
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