The Behringer-Crawford Museum recently announced its 2009 Summer Camps. All of the camps are supported in part by the Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency in the Commerce Department with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes a great nation deserves great art.
The camps be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, and will be closed on Mondays and major holidays. The camps will be located at the
1600 Montague Rd in Covington. The camps cost $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (60+) and $4 for children (3-18).
The names of the camps are as follows:
Grand Discovery Camp- This is designed for grandparents and grandchildren to enjoy summer time activities together, spend some quality time with each other and participate in age appropriate crafts, games, skits, songs, field trips, snacks and a museum tour for first time campers. These camps are divided into two age groups: Junior Grand Discovery camps are designed for ages 4 to 6, while the Senior camps are for ages 7 to 10. Both camps have three different two-day sessions, one in June, July and August.
Showboat Follies- This brings the showboating tradition of melodrama and audience participation to life. Be a part of creating and performing a play like those performed on the showboats that plied the Ohio River in days gone by. The workshop is designed as an eight day camp for students ages 10-15 to participate in all aspects of theater production: script writing, set design and construction, costuming, acting, music, audience preparation, and performing with the help of area professionals. The camp finale will be a performance of the original melodrama and revues created by your rising stars.
Junior and Senior Curator Programs in Archeology – Junior curators ages 8-10 will be introduced to the fascinating world of archeology at our newly created discovery pits in the Children’s Garden on the museum’s grounds. Campers will participate in a hands-on dig, plus a variety of other fun activities such as archeology games (extract the chocolate chip from the cookie) and modeling of a clay pot similar to those discovered at dig sites in Northern Kentucky . The Senior program, for those 11-17, will take place at BCM and the Ramage Museum in Ft. Wright . Participants do not need prior archaeological knowledge, but will gain valuable and enjoyable experience. Through hands-on participation, students will learn standards of measure, tool use, excavation methods, record keeping, analysis, and display.
For more information contact the Behringer-Crawford Museum at (859) 491-0003 or e-mail at info@bcmuseum.org. Or you can visit
http://www.bcmuseum.org/.
