Summer Enrichment
Arts
These programs, summer camps, and year-round competitions cover a wide swath of art-related genres. A large university may provide opportunities ranging from film & TV to studio art to music to fashion design, making it hard to split these programs into categories. Explore freely to find opportunities targeting your specific creative niche. The programs below cover:
Visual Arts - Drawing, illustration, painting, sculpture, photography, anime
Performing Arts - Theater arts, musical theater, dance, musical performance, singing
Music - Songwriting, composition, scoring, production
Design - Fashion, industrial, interior, graphic, stage & screen, architecture (see also Summer - Other Niche page)
Writing - Screenwriting, playwriting, poetry, creative writing (see also Summer - Writing page for creative & literary writing, as well as journalism)
Digital Media - Animation, game art (see also Summer - Computers & Coding page)
Film & TV - Acting, filmmaking, screenwriting
Also, check the Summer - Multidisciplinary page for additional arts opportunities.
Academy of Art University Pre-College Art Experience (PCAE)
American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) High School Conservator Programs
ArtCenter Extension Courses in Pasadena (year-round options)
CalArts Extended Studies (year-round options)
California College of the Arts Pre-College Program
California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA)
Carnegie Mellon Summer Pre-College Drama Program
Champlain Pre-College Programs
Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) Preparatory Division Summer Programs
Drexel University Design, Arts, and Media Summer Institutes
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) Pre-College Programs
Honors Performance Series by WorldStrides (year-round options)
Interlochen Center for the Arts Summer Camps
International School of Milan Fashion Design Summer Camp
Marist Summer Pre-College Fashion Design
New York Art Studio College Portfolio Preparation (year-round options)
New York Film Academy (NYFA) Summer Camps
Northwestern Cherubs National High School Institutes (NHSI) Film & Video Program
Northwestern Cherubs National High School Institutes (NHSI) Playwriting
Northwestern Cherubs National High School Institutes (NHSI) Theatre Arts Program
NYU Steinhardt Summer Art Intensive
NYU Tisch Online High School Filmmakers Workshop (year-round options)
NYU Tisch Online High School Screenwriters Workshop (year-round options)
NYU Tisch Summer High School Program (early deadline)
Oregon State School of Visual, Performing & Design Arts Academy
OTIS College of Art & Design Summer of Art
Pratt Institute Summer Pre-College
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Pre-College
Rider University Westminster Conservatory of Music Pre-College Summer Arts Programs
Ringling College of Art + Design Pre-College
Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) Rising Star
Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) Summer Seminars
School of Creative & Performing Arts (SOCAPA) Summer Camp
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Summer Institute (year-round options)
Stanford Medicine Art & Anatomy Summer Program
Summer @ New England Conservatory (NEC) (year-round options)
The New School Parsons Paris Fashion Design Courses (year-round options)
Tufts Pre-College Summer Art Programs
UCLA Film & TV Summer Institute
UCLA Summer Music & Music Industry Intensives
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) Summer Intensives
USC School of Cinematic Arts Summer Program
USC Summer Program Performing Arts & Music
WUSTL Sam Fox School Portfolio Plus Program
See also Summer - Multidisciplinary page
Summer opportunities are constantly evolving, and CMCA strives to provide up-to-date resources. If you’d like to recommend a program your student loved, notice a discontinued offering, or encounter a broken link, share your feedback here.