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 this year was “Little Shop of Horrors,” 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.Dan Peragine, an 24-year veteran teacher at the school helped to initiate the summer session in 2007 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.

Download 2013 Summer Arts Enrollment Form