Fine Art Camps: Theater, Art, & Music

Summer is a great time to encourage kids to explore their creative side with art, drama, and music!

Featured Camps: Community School of the Arts

Registration is now open for our partners at Community School of the Arts at Indiana State University!
Not only do our partners at ISU CSA have appealing themes, but their hours likely work for families who are looking for daytime programming that coordinates with work hours!

Don’t delay! Register for select themes or all 8 weeks of summer day camps online at statecsa.indstate.edu or by calling 812-237-2528!

Summer sessions with our partners at Kindermusik at KinderCenter

Check out these fun themes for babies and big kids

River City Players Community Theatre 2025 Theatre Camps for Kids

If your toddler, preschooler, or elementary school child is interested in trying dance, Summer Dance Classes from our sponsors at World of Dance would be a fun, low commitment way to explore this interest!

Ages 2-4:

• $14 per class or $45 for all
• 4:00-4:30
• June 18: Let’s Go to the Beach!
• June 25: Travel the world
• July 9: Animal Action
• July 16: In My Sparkle Era
• 800 W. Johnson Dr. Terre Haute, IN
• Ballet shoes not required but preferred!

Ages 5-8:

• $16 per class or $55 for all
• 4:45-5:30
• June 18, June 25, July 9, and July 16
• 800 W. Johnson Dr. Terre Haute, IN
• Students will be introduced to jazz, tap, and hip hop. Dance shoes not required but preferred!

Performance Info:

• Terre Haute Farmers Market
• July 19
• All dancers will receive a t-shirt for the performance!

Register for Summer Dance Classes with World of Dance HERE! 

Little tumblers can also join World of Dance for “Tricks, Turns, and Tumbling!”

TAM (Theater/Art/Music) Camps with Terre Haute Music School

Spend a week developing your fine arts – act in a short play, create summer art projects, and explore different musical styles and instruments with Terre Haute Music School.

Additional art, music, and theater summer camps

Theater

• River City Players Theater Camp at Community Theatre. Download a Camp Registration Form. Registration DEADLINE: July 1, but camps are expected to fill. For more information call Sherrie Herner-Ellinger at 812-249-7275 or email rivercityplayers@gmail.com. A $25.00 non-refundable deposit is required to reserve a camp spot. ees include camp instruction, backstage workshops, and a camp shirt.
• Youth Summer Programs in Clay County. Date TBD. This one-week program offers children the opportunity to learn about all aspects of theatre production, including acting, sets, props, and costumes.Under the guidance of experienced instructors, children will spend each day at the theatre, learning and practicing their theatre skills. The program is designed to be intensive, giving children the chance to delve deeply into the world of theatre and develop their leadership and creative skills.At the end of the week, the children will showcase their hard work and dedication with two performances. These performances are a chance for the children to shine and show off all that they have learned throughout the week. It is a truly magical experience for both the children and the audience.
• 2025 Summer Camp with Children’s Theatre. Children entering second grade and above are welcome to join The Children’s Theatre of Terre Haute this summer during the weeks of June 9-21 for our two-week camp! Campers will have the opportunity sing, learn monologues, or participate in both! We will also learn about other aspects of theatre including stage directing, choreography, costuming, and prop creating. We are looking forward to a fun-filled two weeks! Camp will run weekdays from 9:30-12:30 with an end-of-camp performance on June 21st. The cost is $150.
• Wizard of Oz at Maple Ave UMC. Follow the yellow brick road to join the cast of this summer production!

Art Camps

• Summer Art Studio at the Swope Art Museum. The Swope has this to say: “With the [building] renovations, we will not be able to have Summer Art Studio this year, but Summer 2026 we will be back, bigger and better!”
• Makers Studio at 12 Points. Themes include: RockSTAR mini camp and “In My Artist Era”

Dance:

• Super Hero Dance Camp at Teresa’s School of Dance.
• Summer 2025 “Try Everything” dance camps at Terre Haute Academy of Dance.This camp is designed to give the student a taste of all the dance styles offered at Academy of Dance!
  Throughout the week students will be given lessons in ballet, modern, tap, and jazz and will offer a studio showing on Friday for family and friends. A light snack break and craft time will be provided daily. Since the student is just “trying out” different styles, special shoes are not needed for this week. Socks can replace ballet slippers and jazz shoes. Dress shoes can replace tap shoes. Modern is done in bare feet. Leotard and tights are preferred. Dance skirt optional.
• Summer Dance at World of Dance. Camps for ages 2-4 and 5-8. Pay for one class or the whole session!
• Indiana Invasion Summer Vibes Hip Hop Class. 6 weeks of summer hip hop classes for ages 4 and up.

Music

• Rock Camp with Community School of the Arts.

• (unconfirmed for 2025) Heartland Music Day Camps. Choose from Brass bootcamp, woodwinds bootcamp, piano day camps, and elements of improvisation camp.

We’re constantly adding new information to our guides. We’ll update this page when we have more information!