The nonprofit JDS Creative Academy (JDSCA) is gearing up with a full slate of innovative visual and performing arts classes for children and teens. First up, two summer camps, Monday -Friday June 13 – 24th: a Script-to-Stage Camp, where students use Improv techniques to write and stage an original play and a Backstage Camp where students learn techniques such as costuming, props, make up and set design. There is a Live Performance the last Friday of the Camp.
“We offered these camps last year and they were such a hit, we decided to bring them back.” says Diane Strand, Founder of JDSCA. “With one camp in the morning and the other in the afternoon, kids can spend the whole day immersed in the theater arts, or they can opt to just take one or the other.”
In Fall of 2016, JDSCA will have their full slate semester of classes in acting, stage combat, writing, video production, fine art, musical art and Claymation. They also bring the arts to those who might not experience an arts education any other way; Currently, JDSCA is teaching a special program in acting and drawing to the foster children at Rancho Damacitas Children & Family Services.
Founded only two years ago, JDSCA has been awarded with prestigious grants courtesy of Supervisor Washington, the Roripaugh Foundation and the Canet Foundation in order to expand their programs, purchase start of the art equipment and offer scholarships to students in need.
JDS Creative Academy is located at 28069 Diaz Rd., Suites D&E, in Temecula. For enrollment information go to: www.jdscreativeacademy.org email info@jdsca.org, or phone 951-296-6715