Honeywell Arts & Entertainment announces 2023 Summer Camps


WABASH, IN – Honeywell Arts & Entertainment will present a variety of summer camp offerings for
students in grades K-12 to attend in the month of June. Registration for Summer Theatre Camp and
Summer Art Camp is open from March 15 – May 26. A $25 discount is offered for registration completed
by April 19. Registration is available at honeywellarts.org/camp or by calling the Honeywell Box Office at
260.563.1102. These camps are sponsored by Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management.
Summer Art Camp – Honeywell Summer Art Camps provide students with various tactile and relevant art
experiences as they build art-making foundations, hone their existing/new art skills, and develop expertise
in their artistic passions. These summer experiences are packed full of fun, learning, and imagination.
Grades K-1: June 5-9 or June 12-16 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Honeywell Center
Instructor – Danielle Winger
Students will be immersed in tactile and sensory stimulating materials, build foundational skills of art
making, develop fine motor skills, and work collaboratively on group projects. During breaks, students will
read books and create art based on children’s authors like Eric Carle. Students will learn about Picasso
and Van Gogh and make projects inspired by their lives. These littles will need to get their wiggles out, so
they will also be making their own musical instruments and taking little dance breaks!
Grades 2-4: June 5-9 or June 12-16 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Honeywell Center
Instructor – Katy Gray
Students will enjoy an exciting combination of relevant and tactile art experiences. Students will learn
weaving and collagraph printmaking and will hone their existing drawing skills as they explore the mindbending illusions of agamographs. The week’s activities will be full of interesting artistic techniques
resulting in finished projects suitable for display.
Grades 5-8: June 19-23 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Honeywell Center
Instructor – Nora Majors
Students will work with cardboard, yarn, watercolors, acrylic paint, and origami. Campers will create
collages, sculptures, paintings, and more with a focus on creating projects with depth and texture. Come
explore the Layers of Art with us!
Grades 9-12: June 5-16 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Charley Creek Gardens
Instructors – Hannah Burnworth, Terry Pulley, and Elizabeth Wamsley
This two-week art experience will feature three professional artists leading activities in each of their areas
of expertise. Burnworth will explore book and paper arts by introducing fun paper cutting and collage
techniques and simple book bindings. Wamsley will lead four days of ceramics, focusing on sculpture and
various finishing/texturizing techniques. Pulley will take students outside to spend time in the world of
plein-air painting.
Summer Theatre Camp – Honeywell Summer Theatre Camps provide students with 8 to 17 day
experiences as they rehearse and perform a fully staged musical. All camps have the support of a team
of passionate theatre, education, and artistic professionals. These summer experiences are packed full of
fun, learning, and imagination.
Stone Soup – Camp Weekdays: June 5-14 from 1-4 p.m. at the Honeywell Center
Director – Kaitlyn Whinery
Grades 1-4: When a group of weary travelers creates a delicious meal from some unexpected
ingredients, the gloomy citizens of Old Town ask, “Who ever heard of soup from a stone?” Stone Soup is
a story about motivation, teamwork, collaboration, and cooperation. We can all learn from this wonderful
tale. Performance will take place on June 14 at 5:30 p.m. at the Honeywell Center. No auditions required.
Dear Edwina, Jr. – Camp Weekdays: June 5-23 from 1-4 p.m. at the Honeywell Center
Director – Lindsay Rice; Music Director – Judy Ward
Grades 5-8: From the writer of the Junie B. Jones musical, Dear Edwina follows the adventures of plucky
advice-giver-extraordinaire Edwina Spoonapple as she directs the neighborhood in a series of buoyant
production numbers for the latest edition of her weekly “Advice-a-Palooza.” Edwina and her friends share
wisdom on everything from trying new foods to making new friends, through clever, catchy and poignant
songs. Performance will take place on June 23 and 24 at 5:00 p.m. at the Honeywell Center. Auditions
required for lead roles.
The SpongeBob Musical – Camp Weekdays: June 5-23 from 1-4 p.m. at the Honeywell Center
Director – Jessica Keffaber; Music Director – Wil Woodruff
Grades 9-12: The stakes are higher than ever in this dynamic stage musical, as SpongeBob and all of
Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance.
And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage. The power
of optimism really can save the world! Performance will take place on June 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Honeywell Center. Auditions required for lead roles.
Financial assistance is available for both Summer Art and Theatre Camp. Please review all information
before applying; the deadline for the financial assistance application is April 28. For more information,
please visit honeywellarts.org.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *