Summer Programs | Teens

Registration for all Summer Programs (except Summer Dance Intensive) starts Tuesday, May 4.
Click here to set up your online account, or confirm account details BEFORE registering.

For session dates and registration information, click here.

Morning session: 9:30 – 12:15 pm AND/OR
Afternoon session: 1:00 – 3:45 pm

Drawing and Painting (ages 13-15)
Free your creativity by playing with color, form, composition, line, and tone. Explore and create abstract and expressive works using traditional and non-traditional drawing and painting materials.

The Fine Art of Hanging Out (ages 13-15)
Explore Vancouver with an artist’s eye. Take your Arts Umbrella backpack filled with watercolours, pastels, conté, pencils, sketch board and paper, and discover beaches, wildlife, parks, museums, galleries and artist studios. Interpret your summer experience in “en plein-air” (in the open air) artworks.

Photography (ages 13-15)
Explore Granville Island with a 35mm camera! Learn how a camera ‘sees’,
discover historical processes, and create prints in the darkroom. Experiment with aperture, shutter speed, black-and-white film developing, contact printing and enlarging. Build technical skills by creating and composing unique images.

The Fine Art of Hanging Out (ages 13-15)
Explore Vancouver with an artist’s eye. Take your Arts Umbrella backpack filled with watercolours, pastels, conté, pencils, sketch board and paper, and discover beaches, wildlife, parks, museums, galleries and artist studios. Interpret your summer experience in “en plein-air” (in the open air) artworks.

Summer Theatre Intensive (ages 14-19)
Note: full day program: 9:30 - 4:00 pm
Develop your theatrical potential in an intensive, pre-professional setting. Expand your skills in character development, movement, stage combat, costuming and mask making. The program finishes with a performance.