DUNEDIN, FL USA. Get your hands on some art! Scroll down for 2023 Info as it gets updated.
Registration Starts 10:00 am, March 1st. YAY! : )
Up to 10 weeks, DFAC’s Summer Art Academy offers fun, creative, cognitive experiences for kids and teens from 4½ to 14 years old.
DFAC proudly offers over 30 years of Summer Art Enrichment fun. Todd Still, Director of Youth Education, is excited about heading up his 26th year of one of the premier summer programs in the Tampa Bay area. Art classes feature the best artists and art educators in the region – Multi-media experts with skills from Painting to Clay to Drawing to Dreamin’! Instructors have Bachelor’s degrees if not Masters degrees in Art, Education and/or both! Their experiences range from teaching art in public schools, private schools, Montessori based schools, the Kent Jewish Center, Pre-schools and professional art settings.
Scroll down for 2023 weekly themes. Check out our offerings and enroll starting March 1, 2023, as space IS limited! Remember Save paper and register online! Note: Tuition is non-refundable.
ENROLLMENT UPDATES: Spots are filling FAST (Note: info on exact openings for camps are visible when registering)
SSV: Filling Fast, Week 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 Full(waitlist)
Mini Masters: Weeks 1 – 10 full(waitlist)
iPad: week 1,2, 3, 4, 7, 8 & 10 Full(waitlist)
Arts in Motion Theater: Weeks 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 Full(waitlist)
Mural Madness I: Filling Fast, Week 1,2, 3, 8, 10 Full(waitlist)
Mural Madness II: Week 2, 3, 5, & 10 full(waitlist)
Art Squad: Filling Fast, Week 2, 3, 4, 8 & 10 full(waitlist)
The Summer Art Academy offers seven camp programs based on age groups.
Click here to Download the 2023 Summer Art Academy brochure!
Click here for all camps
| Ages | Camp |
| 4 ½ to 5 years (for children entering Kindergarten: have to turn 5 by Augusts 31, 2023) |
Click Here for MiniMasters (MM) Summer Program Information and Registration
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| 6 to 10 years (for children entering 1st – 5th grades) |
Click Here for Sizzlin’ Summer (SSV) Art Camp Information and Registration$200 Members/ $220 Non-Members |
| 8 to 12 years |
Click Here for Arts in Motion(AM) Information and Registration$200 Members/ $220 Non-Members |
| 8 to 10 years |
Click Here for Ipad Explorations Program Information and Registration$200 Members/ $220 Non-MembersClick Here for “Technology Respect” Form |
| 8 to 10 years & 11 to 14 years |
Click Here for Mural Madness ages 8 – 10Summer Program (MU1) Information and Registration$200 Members/ $220 Non-MembersClick Here for Mural Madness 2 ages 11 – 14 Summer Program(MU2) Information and Registration$200 Members/ $220 Non-Members |
| 11 to 14 years
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Click Here for Art Squad Summer Program(AS) Information and Registration
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Note: Tuition is non-refundable
Extended Care
For a more flexible drop off and pick up time, extended care is
available for $50 per camper/week. Hours are 7:30 – 9:00 a.m., and
3:15 – 6:00 p.m. Mini Masters require an older sibling in order to
participate.
Lunch: Pre-arranged lunches can be paid for separately through the Palm Cafe. Menu will be available late April/early May. Otherwise, students need to bring lunch and can also purchase soft drinks and snacks on site. Menu available HERE
2023 Themes
Week 1 5/30- 6/2 (4-day week)
Dragons vs Doughnuts:
The return of a Tasty but daring matchup.
Week 2 6/5 – 9
Toy Stories:
Toys old and new playfully come to life in your artwork. Note: Artwork from this week will be selected for Summer Camp Exhibit.
Week 3 6/12 – 16
Sloths and Snakes under the Sea:
Explore the deep with our slow and slippery friends.
Week 4 6/19 – 23
Canine Cooks and Feline Foodies:
What are the fur-babies up to in the kitchen?
Week 5 6/26 – 30
Doctor Dino and Nurse Neovenator:
Healthy Prehistoric Hilarity!
Week 6 7/3 – 7 (Five-day week)
Star Wars Celebrations, May the 4th be with you
Darth with Sparklers?
Week 7 7/10 – 14
Shark Week VIII (8 years wow!) Singin’ Sharks:
Elvis, Bobby Darin, and Lady Gaga?
Week 8 7/17 – 21
Animal Academy
Art School for the Animals!
Week 9 7/24 – 28
Rockin’ Robots:
Recycled, Robotic Rock Stars!
Week 10 7/31 – 8/4
Toon Time:
Anime, Cartoons, and Fantasy Characters.
Come Out and Play!
At the Dunedin Fine Art Center, we’re proud to offer a little something for kids and teens of all ages! We hope you come out and play and see why everyone says the Dunedin Fine Art Center is where the art is! To learn more about our mission, and us, click here, or contact us for more information about summer camp.
DFAC’s Summer Academy Camp Scholarships!
Note: Only Complete Packages Accepted!
The Dunedin Fine Art Center is proud to once again offer scholarships for the 2022 art enrichment summer camps(no matter where you live!). In the past, community partners such as Clearwater For Youth, Creative Pinellas, The City of Dunedin, Dunedin Rotary, Dunedin Rotary North, Dunedin Youth Guild, Jessica’s Youth Scholarship Fund, Pougialis/Anastasakis Foundation for Art, Miniature Arts Society of Florida, Pinellas Community Foundation, many individuals and organizations have granted funds to be used for this purpose. To apply for a scholarship, DFAC needs 4 or 5 items for documentation together in a complete package:
1. Letter from the parent as to why a scholarship is needed.
2. Drawing or letter from child as to why they would like to come to art camp.
3. Copy of a report card showing satisfactory grades.
4. Letter of recommendation.
5. Proof of Dunedin residency (City of Dunedin scholarship only).
Please send complete package to the attention of Todd Still, Director of Youth Education, DFAC, 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin, FL 34698.
NOTE: including a completed registration form is helpful : )
Click Here for Youth Volunteer/Mentorship Form for summer 2023
In addition to the DFAC scholarships outlined above, Creative Pinellas ALSO has a scholarship program…They will be updating/activating their link below soon.
They say:
You may be eligible for a grant to go to an arts summer camp session.. If you live in Pinellas County and are 5-18 years old, go to a Title 1 school, receive a free or reduced-cost lunch, live in a foster or group home, or meet other criteria, please go to https://creativepinellas.org/gotosummercamp/ to learn more, find out if you are eligible, and to apply.
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