Join the Desert Island Supply Co. for summer camp! Each week-long camp runs Monday through Friday, 1PM to 5PM. The cost is $90 per camper, which includes a snack and all materials. Space is limited, so register today. Registration links are located below. 5500 1st Avenue North | Birmingham, AL 35212 US
JUNE 2-6: THE ART of STORYTELLING: WRITING
Grades 8-12 | Topics: Journalism, Creative NonfictionJoin us for a week of storytelling with professional journalists, who will teach the art of finding a great story. Campers will collaborate to develop the seeds of several stories and then will work individually to find different angles to cover, culminating in a camp publication by the end of the week. Register for The Art of Storytelling: Writing.
JUNE 9-13: THE ART of STORYTELLING: SOUNDS & IMAGESGrades 8-12 | Topics: Radio, Journalism, Photojournalism, Visual StorytellingJoin us as we learn how to create stories using sound recordings, photographs and video footage. What sound is needed for a story and why? What images – still or moving – help to tell the story? Campers will choose a theme and will create stories in sound and image, culminating in a This American Life-style collection by the end of the week. Register for The Art of Storytelling: Sound & Images.
JUNE 16-20: WOCKA, WOCKA, WOCKA: MAKING COMEDYGrades 8-12 | Topics: Comedy, Improv, WritingDuring this camp, comics, improv actors and all-around general funny people will lead a week-long exploration of all things comedic and comic. Turn your favorite jokes into a side-splitting routine. Learn to improvise with other campers and create fantastic new characters, culminating in a routine to be presented at the Summer Showcase on August 7. Register for Making Comedy.
JUNE 23-27: BINDCRAFT: THE ART OF MAKING BOOKSGrades 8-12 | Topics: Book-Binding, Print-Making, Screen Printing, Stitching, StorytellingFrom accordion folding to saddle stitching, this week-long camp features a new binding method and a unique way of filling it each day. We will learn about typography and layout and will practice letterpress and screen-printing. Campers will take home a five-volume collection at the end of this camp. Register for Bindcraft.
JULY 7-11: FOOD STORIESGrades 3-7 | Topics: Growing Plants, Preparing Food, Writing Recipes, StorytellingIn this camp, we will learn about the ways some of our favorite foods are grown through Jones Valley Teaching Farm’s Seed-to-Plate program. We’ll mix up recipes and write about our favorite and least favorite foods. We’ll enjoy a giant feast at the end of the week, and each camper will take home a recipe book filled with our favorite dishes. Register for Food Stories.
JULY 14-18: DESERT ISLAND EXPLORERSGrades 3-7 | Topics: Cartography, Illustration, StorytellingFrom scavenger hunts to balloon-mapping, this exploration camp will give your adventurer a set of skills to use in the mapping of lands both real and imagined. Campers will take home a hand-bound scroll containing their creations at the end of camp. Register for Desert Island Explorers.
JULY 21-25: EXPLORING WOODLAWNGrades 3-7 | Topics: Exploring, Woodlawn, Community Storytelling, DesignIn this week-long exploration of our neighborhood, we will visit spaces in Woodlawn and engage in a variety of activities that will acclimate campers to the neighborhood and its possibilities. From a day spent up-cycling items from Mission Possible thrift store to one spent visiting Sound & Page, Audiostate 55 and Communicating Vessels to learn about lyric-writing and music production, this week is full of the people and places that make Woodlawn unique. Campers will have a log of their discoveries to take home at the end of the week. Register for Exploring Woodlawn.
JULY 28-AUGUST 1: BETTER MOUSETRAP: INVENTING WITH INVENTORSGrades 3-7 | Topics: Design, Technology, EngineeringHave you got a tinkerer in your household? One that likes to take apart old cell phones and toasters? Join us for a crash course in design and learn from local makers and engineers. Campers will have a first prototype of their own invention at the end of this camp. Register for Better Mousetrap.
AUGUST 7: SUMMER SHOWCASE Open House: 2PM-7PM | Performance: 5PM We will display the work of all eight camps and hold a special presentation to showcase some of the stories, comedy and inventions from the summer. Families and friends are encouraged to attend this event.
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