Purchase College Youth and Precollege Programs

Welcome to the Summer 2024 Youth and Precollege Programs in the Arts!

For more than 40 years, these programs have been much more than camps. Summer students from grades 7-12 learn new skills in a rich environment full of exciting beginnings, new friends and achievements, growth and independence.

Summer 2024 Youth and Precollege Programs in the Arts. Serious Foundation. Serious Fun.

Ignite your passion for performing arts, creative writing, filmmaking, songwriting and music production, journalism, voice, auditioning, photography and photo editing, or visual art in these intensive enrichment experiences, led by experienced educators and teaching artists. Students in grades 7 – 12 engage in 1-, 2- and 4-week, full day programs designed to foster growth and independence while gaining new skills and meeting new friends with similar interests!

Join the instructors you know and love in daily sessions that teach new skills and provide social interaction. We have kept the same low staff-to-student ratio and quality instruction that you have come to expect. They are immersed in a variety of exciting and enriching learning opportunities, such as songwriting, acting, visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, digital arts, voice, and musical theatre. We hope that you choose Purchase College for your child’s summer experience. It is sure to create many treasured memories for your entire family.

Programs:

- Programs meet 9:30 am – 3:30 pm, Monday–Friday, with early drop-off and extended

day options also available.

- There are no programs Thursday and Friday, July 4 & 5.

- 10% discount for early registration and Purchase College faculty/staff discount

- Session I: July 1 – July 12 Session II: July 15 – 26 Session III: July 29 – August 9

Each program concludes with a performance, exhibit, reading, film screening, or other culminating event for families and friends to showcase the skills that they have learned.