Year of Arts & Culture | 2007-08

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The following are MSU programs that are offered to children and youth.

NOTE: Visit the Spartan Youth Programs Web site for all programs and more details.

Music

• College of Music, Community Music School (music education—quality instruction, related music services, and educational programs—for interested individuals of all ages and levels)
  • Community Music School Camps
• Jazz Kats -- Jazz for Kids (for grades 5-8, this program is modeled after Jazz at Lincoln Center's highly successful programs for youth)

Dance

• High School Dance Clinics (an excellent chance for teams to learn new material together for games or other events they participate in during their season)
• Lil' Dancers Clinics (an excellent opportunity for young dancers to have fun while spending a day with the MSU Dance Team.)

Multimedia, Film, and Design

• Introduction to Film (ENG 230H) (a Program for high achieving students who are currently in grade 9, 10, 11, or 12)

Theatre

• Act One Series (program features nationally touring youth theatre production companies in one-hour shows designed to educate and entertain young audiences)
• MSU Science Theatre (performances demonstrate basic scientific concepts and inspire audience members to develop an appreciation for science in their everyday lives)
• Seats 4 Kids (program provides free tickets to local youth who could not otherwise afford to attend a performing arts event)
• Young Playwrights Festival (high school students are invited to write and submit one-act scripts to a juried competition; finalists scripts are performed at the Wharton Center by MSU Department of Theatre students)

Art

• The Kresge Art Museum's Summer Art Camps (teens explore, enjoy, and create original art during the course of a week)
• MSU Museum Youth Art Gallery (art projects created by area students that explore and express natural and cultural history or museum exhibits in drawings, paintings, collages and photography projects)
• Saturday Morning Art (SMArt) (opportunities for youth ages 7-18 to engage in the study of art across a range of media and methods including ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture)
• From Art to Science: Igniting Stellar Imaginations (an educational experience inspiring art through the discovery of the physical universe)

Humanities

• German Culture Saturday (events are open to children ages 4-14 and no knowledge of German is necessary)
• China Adventure (provides a three-week enrichment experience for high school students in contemporary Chinese culture and language)
• Explore Africa (offer activities that give special attention to the arts and cultural expressions of Africa, such as art, music, dance, literature, and cinema. For students entering grades 10-12)
• MSU Museum's Folkpatterns Program (kids learn how to recognize architectural parts of a barn and farmstead as they photograph and document barns in a survey project)
• Intensive English Program (instruction to international students who need to improve their English language skills before beginning academic coursework)
• Michigan-Shiga Student Exchange Program (designed to promote friendship and understanding among Japanese and American high school students)
• Spartan Debate Institute (a 2-week, 3-week, and intensive 4-week institute with judged tournaments)
• Summer Adventure Series at the MSU Museum (kids spend 4 action-packed mornings exploring Michigan's fossils before the dinosaurs)
• Summer Journalism Workshop (gain cool skills, meet new people, experience a Big Ten campus and learn from outstanding instructors)
• World Languages Day Workshops (a free, all-day conference for high school students, teachers, and parents. Participants can choose from a wide variety of sessions on language, culture, globalization, and general information about MSU)
• Kids Classics Club (to encourage children to explore the history, literature, and language of the ancient world)