Indigenous Youth Cultural Arts Leadership Program: Summer Camps 2010
Alma de Mujer Center for Social Change in collaboration with LifeWorks is hosting the Indigenous Youth Cultural Arts Leadership Program. This program is a two-week long summer camp for young girls and boys, focusing on Indigenous life ways, arts, and culture. These summer camps contribute to Austin's cultural diversity by educating future cultural arts practitioners. In addition, camp instructors are local Indigenous artists and other artists of color who contribute to the creative industries of Austin and who understand and live the value of art and culture.
The camps serve children between the ages of 7 to 16, and are fully supervised with expert counselors and instructors. There are no application fees for participants. Drop off and pick up points will be located in East Austin.
Girls' Camp: June 14 - 25, 2010 June 24, 2010 Field trip to the University of Texas June 25, 2010 Camp performance at Alma de Mujer
Boys' Camp: July 6 - 16, 2010 July 15, 2010 Camp performance at Alma de Mujer July 16, 2010 Field trip to Volente Beach
The application process opens June 1st; interested folks can email us at almaprograms@gmail.com.
The Indigenous Women's Network was created in 1985 to support the self determination of Indigenous women, families, communities and Nations in the Americas and the Pacific Basin. In the process of promoting self-determination, IWN supports public education and advocacy, the revitalization of our languages and culture, the elimination of all forms of oppression, the attainment of self-sufficiency and the protection of Mother Earth for future generations. For more information, visit us at indigenouswomen.org
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