The Cultural Activities Center (CAC) in Temple, Texas, offers a diverse array of summer camps designed to ignite creativity and foster artistic expression in children and teens. These camps provide engaging, hands-on experiences across various disciplines, including visual arts, music, theater, dance, and culinary arts.
🎭 Musical Theatre Workshop (Ages 5–8)
From June 2–6 (half-day), young performers will explore singing, dancing, acting, and prop-making inspired by children's literature. The camp culminates in a showcase on June 6 at 6:00 PM.
🎨 CAC Art Camps
- Transportation (Ages 6–9 & 10–14): Held June 9–13 (full-day), campers delve into art, music, movement, literacy, and theater, drawing inspiration from Brian Floca's books. A showcase is scheduled for June 14 at 6:00 PM.
- Mythical Creatures (Ages 6–9 & 10–14): Running July 7–11 (full-day), this camp explores mythical themes through various art forms, culminating in a showcase on July 11 at 6:00 PM.
- Robots (Ages 6–12): From July 21–25 (full-day), campers engage in art projects and Mad Science workshops focusing on robotics, with a Family Fun Day showcase on July 26.
🎶 Camp AAMP'D (Ages 7–17)
Scheduled for July 14–18 (full-day), this immersive camp offers training in music, performance, and dance, concluding with a public performance on July 18 at 7:00 PM. Participants receive meals, a T-shirt, backpack, and supplies.
🍣 Kids Cooking Classes (Ages 6–12)
- Cake Decoration: On June 20 (2 hours), children learn to stack, ice, and decorate a two-layer cake, choosing from flavors like vanilla, chocolate, red velvet, lemon, or strawberry.
- Sushi Making: Held on July 25 (2 hours), this class teaches kids to create three types of sushi rolls using cooked meats and vegetables.
Each camp includes necessary materials, a CAC Camp Shirt, Art Tote Bag, and snacks. Some camps require participants to bring a packed lunch. Scholarships are available to ensure all children have the opportunity to participate.
The Cultural Activities Center, in Temple, Texas, believes in the power of creation! We want to enrich the lives of all Central Texas residents by inspiring exploration, involvement, and enjoyment in the arts. The CAC is a community funded not-for-profit arts center with the goal of encouraging and cooperating with other area arts institutions, supporting the arts in education, and providing culturally enriching programs. We especially want kids to realize early that we are all artists, that every action of our day has the potential to be art, and that each of us possess the raw tools to make this a reality using our own natural creative abilities. The CAC gives the community a facility in which to dance, to perform, to play games, to make music, to make art, develop talent, teach technique, share ideas, and learn from other creators and performers ways to express life's richness, in all of its disciplines and freedoms, sorrows and joys, ugliness and beauty. We each have the power to recreate ourselves and change our lives and our world for the good of all.
Using a fully equipped theater with technical support, 4 art studios, 4 lovely art galleries, and 4 beautiful meeting rooms for parties and events, the CAC hosts professional touring shows, concerts with world class musicians, community staged productions, gallery exhibits, classes and workshops, summer arts camps, and we provide a home to organizations like the Central Texas Orchestral Society, Central Texas Film Society, and The Wildflower Guild Belles and Escorts. The CAC celebrates all of the arts and humanities as an essential exercise of life and liberty, and encourages participation by people of all ages, interests, and backgrounds.
Business Review
"The Cultural Activities Center was covered in gorgeous art, the likes of which i had not seen before. I was there to bring my son to Performing Arts Camp all week, which was top notch and the kids had a total blaset learning in a hugely affirming environment. Bravo to Camp Aamp’d and Cultural Activities Center. It was just magical"
"There's always something to see and do at the CAC, the current exhibits are excellent. For the kids, I highly recommend the summer art camp. They get to try lots of mediums and come home with so much art and pride in their accomplishments! The teachers and volunteers are amazing."
"A truly fantastic place to view art. I love going when all the childrens art from the local schools is on display. They also have great classes with helpful teachers. My kids love the summer camps."
