Summer Arts Academy
The Winston School hosts an annual summer academy of the arts for high school and advanced middle school students for three weeks every July. Focusing on a theatrical production, which last year was “Grease,” students have the opportunity to develop creativity in one particular art form – choosing from visual arts, drama, digital arts or music. Students produce a finished product and integrate their work with artists in other media such as a concert, a performance, or a film premiere.
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Dan Peragine, an 18-year veteran teacher at the school initiated the summer session in 2005 and patterned that first summer program after the 48 Hour Film Projects with students participating in a two-week Indie Filmmakers Bootcamp to complete a film project from concept to post production. The program is now extended to three weeks and students film a closed-set production followed by a live performance.
During the three-week intensive, students:
* Learn history of the specific art discipline as well as its greatest practitioners and its predominant aesthetic standards
* Give and receive feedback with peers and their teachers and learn how to use feedback in advancing their own creative work
* Meet and interact with at least one working professional in the field and explore related career opportunities within the broader field
* Can take one or more field trips
* Interact with students in the other academy classes
The Summer Academy is Monday through Friday from 12:45 to 3:45 p.m. The tuition is $440 per student plus additional materials or trip fee if applicable. Winston students in the regular morning summer school program are welcome to participate at an additional, reduced cost.
