Fort Valley State University invites you to its 8th ANNUAL FAME SUMMER CAMP. FVSU's Fine Arts & Media Experience (FAME) allows students grades 7-12, to experience a fine arts and media program combining orchestra, band, choir, drama, dance, poetry, forensic, drawing, painting, computer design, and video/radio production in a university setting.
Camp registration begins Sunday, June 5 at 4 p.m. in the C.W. Pettigrew Center, rooms 102-104, with a mandatory orientation meeting for all campers and parents/guardians. Afterwards, overnight campers will go to their respective dormitories with counselors. Auditions begin Monday morning, June 6: Patton Hall for music, Founders Hall for visual arts and video/radio production. Music campers must bring their own instruments.
The daily camp schedule includes morning rehearsals/sessions and one afternoon elective. Private lessons are also available for an additional fee. Evenings may include activities, such as a pizza party, movie night and a dance night.
The Fine Arts’ summer camp concludes June 17 in the Health and Physical Education Complex with an art exhibition at 4:30 p.m., followed by the Gala Performance and Video/Radio Production at 5 p.m.
For more information, please call Fort Valley State University Department of Fine Arts, Humanities and Mass Communications at (478) 825-6387 or by email: fame@fvsu.edu.
Please click http://past.fvsu.edu/campusmap for directions and a map to our campus.
We look forward to your visit!
General Information
Items to bring to camp:
- Personal toilet articles.
- Bed linens and pillow (overnight campers)
- Rain gear, recreational gear, and comfortable walking shoes.
- Performance Dress: (Women - Long Dress or Skirt, preferably)
- Music camper must bring their own instruments. We furnish concert percussion, drawing & painting materials, and visual arts equipment.
- Instrument and/or fine arts cases should have name tags.
*Important: Overnight campers are NOT allowed to have cars on campus during the summer camp.*
Afternoon Electives
Elementary Piano: instruction in hand position on the keys, major & minor chords, and playing simple melodies using both hands.
Forensic: instruction in the art of public speaking.
Poetry: instruction in the principles of writing poems.
Dance: instruction in stepping, drilling, and body synchronization.
Computer Design: instruction in the use of commercial design software.
Drama: instruction in the principles of acting, voice projection, and internalization.
Drawing & Painting instruction in sketching and painting.
Photography: instruction in the digital photography, including taking, editing, and printing photographs.
3D Projects: instruction in modeling, construction, and assembling.
Jazz Band: instruction on beginning and intermediate performance and improvisation.
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