Summer arts programs available through the Creative Arts Guild

Published 8:15 am Tuesday, June 17, 2025

The Creative Arts Guild (CAG), 520 W. Waugh St., Dalton, will host a multitude of summer arts programs, with registration now open and ongoing.

“This summer we’re offering our ongoing classes and lessons as usual, but we’ll be adding themed weeklong camps and one-day workshops for kids and teens across all disciplines: visual arts, dance, music, culinary arts, theater arts and literary arts,” stated CAG spokesman Jim Sneary, adding that CAG will also be offering classes and workshops for adults.

“Now that summer is upon us there are so many exciting prospects for outdoor living and recreational sports to energize the body and mind, inspire creativity and enrich lives,” Sneary said. “Whether for fun, fellowship or health and wellness, a wealth of activities are available.”

Program offerings include:

Arts and Sports, with opportunities for all ages ranging from music, dance, visual, culinary and literary arts, including writing groups and classes, theater and improv events.

Music, with private music instruction from the CAG music department’s 10 experienced instructors in banjo, brass instruments, clarinet, flute, guitar, oboe, percussion and voice. Classes range from beginner/basic to intermediate and advanced. For more information, contact Lisa Elders at (706) 278-0168 or  lisae@creativeartsguild.org.

Dance, providing students with dance education for all ages including techniques in ballet, contemporary, hip-hop, jazz, musical theater and tap. In addition to weekly group classes and private lessons, there will be dance camps for the summer months such as the Moana 2 Dance Camp and Wicked Dance Camp. Classes and camps are offered for ages 18 months through adults. For more information, call (706) 278-0168, email jessies@creativeartsguild.org or visit creativeartsguild.org.

Visual arts, featuring a large, fully-equipped art room to accommodate learning, exploring and skill-building in such forms as drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, print-making and more for beginners and more advanced artists. Several visual art camps for kids are on the agenda for the summer, including, for ages 4-5, “Little Explorers Camp” (July 7-10); and for ages 5-9, “Fairy and Gnome House” (June 16-19), “Animal Art” (June 23-26), “Ode to America” (June 30-July 2) and “Magical Forest Tea Party,” including culinary art (July 21-24). Multimedia workshop offerings include, for ages 8-14, “Creative Fibers” focusing on beginning embroidery skills, and for ages 10-14, “Procreate,” offering training in the use of the digital art program/application.

Culinary, utilizing CAG’s modern kitchen and providing hands-on instruction for all ages. Summer programs include classes and camps for young chefs including the above-mentioned “Magical Forest Tea Party” (culinary and visual arts combined) for ages 5-9 (July 21-24); “Breakfast of Champions” for ages 9-11 (July 28-31); and for ages 10-14, “Happy Meals” (June 9-12) and “Rolling in the Dough” (July 14-17). All camps meet from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For more information on visual arts or culinary programs, call (706) 278-0168 or contact amandaw@creativeartsguild.org.

Literary and theater arts, with new classes and workshops from Literary Arts Coordinator and published author Dana Shavin, including Creative Players Theatre Camp for ages 6-14, Teen Graphic Novel Workshop for ages 14-18, Teens Science Fiction Writing Workshop for ages 12-15 and for the same age group, a more immersive four-day Teens Science Fiction Camp.

Adults programs include an Adult How-to Publishing Workshop, Adult Graphic Novel Workshop, Adult Improv Classes and Adult Science Fiction Writing Workshop. For more information on adult programming, call (706) 278-0168 or contact danas@creativeartsguild.org.