Minneapolis Public Schools

This two-week dance camp will explore multiple dance styles (such as breaking, flamenco, latin social dance and more). 8 sessions total at The Cowles Center Target Education Studio.

The FAIR Summer Arts Program is excited about potentially partnering with Rivard Arts to offer Skateboard Art to the community this summer. We're close to solidifying the details of our schedule for these opportunities. Registering for this section will add your name to an email list, so we can update you when the final schedule is available. Thank you for your patience!

Work alongside The Cowles Center’s technical staff for a four-day overview of what it takes to bring a show to life behind the scenes. Students will cover technology and basic operation of lighting, setting up sound gear such as microphones and speakers, working with backdrops and other backstage gear and more! The class will culminate in combining the learned skills into a set-up, “mini-show” and "load-out.” This course is meant to give students a taste of these areas and resources for how they may pursue work or programs for future education.

In this class we’ll be learning the basics of hip hop movement, the history of the dance style, participating in freestyle cyphers, and learning choreography. Sign up to broaden your horizons, build confidence and creativity, and have fun with the community!

A DJ course that breaks down a few of hip hop’s “golden era” production with today’s DJ equipment. Showing you how to take an idea like a sample or a loop, then using your creativity to craft your own beats using the tools available to DJs and find a new way to have fun or perform. This course will take place at FAIR School Downtown.

The FAIR Summer Arts Program is excited about potentially partnering with the MacPhail Center for Music to offer the community various opportunities to create, practice, and perform music this summer. We're close to solidifying the details of our schedule for these opportunities. Registering for this section will add your name to an email list, so we can update you when the final schedule is available. Thank you for your patience!

Want to learn how to organize and take action around a social cause you care about? Join Youth in Action! for a 6-week workshop where you will: Learn about past and contemporary social movements. Learn about resistance through Art. Participate in dialogues with and learn from local community organizers and change makers in our communities. Plan your own advocacy project! Youth in Action! meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00-3:30pm for 6-weeks (12 sessions). Please contact Kenzie Engel (YWCA) mengel@ywcampls.com or Zackaria Antar (CommEd) zackaria.antar@mpls.k12.mn.us if you have any questions before you register.

From Passion to Profession: High School Digital Arts & Media Production Bootcamps June 21- August 4 | 12-5pm | Monday-Thursday | Grades 9-12 (no programming June 20 or July 4) Participants will choose a main content area to explore in a 6 week bootcamp-style course. Participants will develop technical skills in their chosen field with a balance of instructional and experiential learning. Throughout the summer, participants will complete assignments and add them to a portfolio of work that can be used on applications for employment and education beyond this summer program. Representatives from content teams will collaborate in smaller teams/committees to complete project and assignments over the summer, so participants will engage in peer-to-peer learning for the other content areas. On the last week of programming (Week 7, August 1-4), we will host a community event to showcase participant achievement. This community event will be centered around a live youth eSports tournament. Participants will apply their technical skills to produce/host this tournament and event (with adult support). We will have participants running a live stream broadcast of the tournament, incorporating overlay graphics created throughout the bootcamps, participants as on air personalities conducting interviews with players and eSportcasting games, and participants coordinating operations for the event. To complement the tournament, we plan to include a small college/career fair comprised of local organizations for youth and their families to explore, as well as college/career readiness workshops, enrichment activities, and networking opportunities. These opportunities are open to students entering grades 9-12 in MPS and the surrounding communities.

From Passion to Profession: High School Digital Arts & Media Production Bootcamps June 21- August 4 | 12-5pm | Monday-Thursday | Grades 9-12 (no programming June 20 or July 4) Participants will choose a main content area to explore in a 6 week bootcamp-style course. Participants will develop technical skills in their chosen field with a balance of instructional and experiential learning. Throughout the summer, participants will complete assignments and add them to a portfolio of work that can be used on applications for employment and education beyond this summer program. Representatives from content teams will collaborate in smaller teams/committees to complete project and assignments over the summer, so participants will engage in peer-to-peer learning for the other content areas. On the last week of programming (Week 7, August 1-4), we will host a community event to showcase participant achievement. This community event will be centered around a live youth eSports tournament. Participants will apply their technical skills to produce/host this tournament and event (with adult support). We will have participants running a live stream broadcast of the tournament, incorporating overlay graphics created throughout the bootcamps, participants as on air personalities conducting interviews with players and eSportcasting games, and participants coordinating operations for the event. To complement the tournament, we plan to include a small college/career fair comprised of local organizations for youth and their families to explore, as well as college/career readiness workshops, enrichment activities, and networking opportunities. These opportunities are open to students entering grades 9-12 in MPS and the surrounding communities.

From Passion to Profession: High School Digital Arts & Media Production Bootcamps June 21- August 4 | 12-5pm | Monday-Thursday | Grades 9-12 (no programming June 20 or July 4) Participants will choose a main content area to explore in a 6 week bootcamp-style course. Participants will develop technical skills in their chosen field with a balance of instructional and experiential learning. Throughout the summer, participants will complete assignments and add them to a portfolio of work that can be used on applications for employment and education beyond this summer program. Representatives from content teams will collaborate in smaller teams/committees to complete project and assignments over the summer, so participants will engage in peer-to-peer learning for the other content areas. On the last week of programming (Week 7, August 1-4), we will host a community event to showcase participant achievement. This community event will be centered around a live youth eSports tournament. Participants will apply their technical skills to produce/host this tournament and event (with adult support). We will have participants running a live stream broadcast of the tournament, incorporating overlay graphics created throughout the bootcamps, participants as on air personalities conducting interviews with players and eSportcasting games, and participants coordinating operations for the event. To complement the tournament, we plan to include a small college/career fair comprised of local organizations for youth and their families to explore, as well as college/career readiness workshops, enrichment activities, and networking opportunities. These opportunities are open to students entering grades 9-12 in MPS and the surrounding communities.

FAIR Summer Arts: Youth in Action with the YWCA June 28- August 12 | 1:00-3:30 pm | Tuesdays &Thursdays | Grades 9-12 (no programming July 4) These opportunities are open to students entering grades 9-12 in MPS and the surrounding communities.