Free Children’s Summer Art Program Increases Capacity

Marco Island Center for the Arts is expanding its children’s summer art workshops for young people in Collier County by doubling the offerings of their previous slate of children’s summer classes. For the third year in a row, the programs are offered free of charge to applicants, reducing barriers to access. Each year Marco Island Center for the Arts works to increase the opportunities to bring the next generation of visual and performing artists and art patrons into the classroom with great teaching artists and new and innovative programs. The 2023 program will be expanding to include 25 classes spanning seven weeks. The majority of the classes are offered for a week and run in the morning or the afternoon. Children can be registered for multiple workshops.

The 2023 slate of Children’s Summer Classes includes a wide variety of visual art classes that include some of the favorites from past summers, new and exciting offerings as well as performing arts. At the Arts Center Theatre, Chris Dayett, Marco Island Academy theater instructor, director and playwright, will offer an immersive two-week full-day program culminating with a full musical production of “A Year With Frog And Toad-Kids.”

While there is no cost, space is extremely limited. Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Classes will fill up quickly. Information about specific classes can be found on the Art Center’s website at https://www.marcoislandart.org/childrens-summer-classes/.