Summer 2025
Crozet Arts will offer summer classes and Art/Ballet/Interdisciplinary weeklong workshops beginning in June 2025.
28 MARCH: REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
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Class descriptions with tuition info follow Workshop & Class Schedule below.
• SUMMER 2025 WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS (in chronological order)
• CLASS DESCRIPTIONS follow Workshop Descriptions (in chronological order)….
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Click here for a PDF of our Summer Workshop & Class Schedule.
Descriptions and tuition are listed below, as of 25 March.
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Workshops & classes subject to change as needed.
• CELLO CAMP FOR ADULTS
with Dr. Beth Cantrell
Sunday, June 9 – Thursday, June 12 from 6:30 – 8:45 pm
Tuition: $160 + $5 Registration Fee = $165
This camp is for adult cello students who desire to improve their playing.
Daily sessions on scales, technique, and cello ensembles for the entire group.
Masterclass opportunities for each participant (individual lessons within a group setting) will also be offered. The last day concludes with a brief concert open to family and friends of participants.
• MARIGOLDS WORKSHOP
with Sharon D. Tolczyk (Art & Creative Movement) & Boomie Pedersen (Theater)
June 10 – 12 from 9:30 – 11:30 am (T-W-TH)
PK/K/Gr 1: Ages 4- 6 (must turn age 4 by 6-15-2025)
Maximum 9 students
Tuition: $120 + $5 Registration Fee = $125 (includes materials)
Marigolds is a summer workshop created especially for pre-school/rising K/1 students. The workshop will focus on the theme of Marigold flowers. Students will participate in class sessions of enjoyable and age-appropriate creative movement and theater games, and create a Marigold flower to use in a short studio presentation for parents at 11:30 am on Friday.
• ART WORKSHOP #1 with LAURA ALLEN
June 10 – 12 from 9:15 – 11:15 am (T-W-TH)
Rising Grades 1 – 5
Maximum 10 students
Tuition: $138 + $10 materials + $5 Registration Fee = $153
Explore the fabulous world of visual art through an array of multi-media projects. Students will create in a variety of platforms including painting, printmaking, collage, and sculpture. Projects will weave art history, technique, elements, and principles of design as well as a big dollop of creativity and fun. Projects will vary from Workshop #1; students may enroll in either or both workshops.
• ART & THEATER WORKSHOP #1
with Sharon D. Tolczyk (Art & Creative Movement) & Boomie Pedersen (Theater)
June 10 – 12 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm (T-W-TH)
Rising K – 5th Grade
Maximum 12 students
Tuition:
$170 + $5 Registration Fee = $175; includes materials
$155 + $5 Registration Fee = $160 for sibling in same workshop; includes materials
The Art & Theater Workshop engages children in creative experiences in art, theater games, and creative movement. Art & Theater every day; snack with a story in between classes. Projects will differ; children may enroll in either or both workshops.
• ARTS SAMPLER WORKSHOP
with Sharon D. Tolczyk (Art & Creative Movement); Boomie Pedersen (Theater); Music TBA
June 16 – 20 from 9:00 am – 12:00 Noon
Rising K – 5th Grade
Maximum 12 – 16 students (working in one or two groups)
Tuition:
$225 +$5 Registration Fee = $230; includes materials
$180 +$5 Registration Fee = $185 for sibling in same workshop, same week; includes materials
Our Arts Sampler is a fun and enriching workshop that offers children a chance to explore and experience Art, Theater Games, Creative Movement, and Music, emphasizing engagement, creative process, and enjoyment. Children may work in age-differentiated groups or together. The schedule includes Art & Theater every day, supplemented by Creative Movement or Music. Breaks for snack and stories will be outside under the trees (weather permitting). The workshop is designed so that children who have participated in previous summers may participate again with new projects & experiences.
• NATURE ART SCAMPER #1
with Liz Herlevsen
June 23 – 27 from 9:00 – 11:00 am
Rising 1st – 6th Grade
Maximum 10 students
$230 + $15 supplies +$5 Registration Fee = $250
Playfully inspired by our environment and natural objects, we will creatively explore a variety of mediums and fun techniques. Your artist will come home with new ideas, and finished works of art that will inspire their making efforts at home, as well as their own custom nature printed tote bag to keep their projects and materials in! Projects will differ; children may enroll in either or both workshops.
• PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP (BALLET/MOVEMENT, THEATER, ART)
with Sharon D. Tolczyk, Ballet & Art, and Boomie Pedersen, Theater
June 23 – 27 from 9:15 am – 3:15 pm
Rising Grades 1 – 6
Maximum 12 students
Tuition:$365 + $15 Art Supplies + $5 Registration Fee = $385
$265 + $15 Art Supplies + $5 Registration Fee = $285 for sibling in same workshop, same week
This is an interdisciplinary workshop that creates a short original production with choreography/vignettes centered around a focus/theme, tailored to the workshop participants. Students will learn verse and movement/choreography in small groups or as an ensemble, and create art, props, and costume pieces to use in the performance and take home! Lunch & breaks outside under the trees (weather permitting). For students with or without previous ballet training, with an interest in ballet/movement/theater/art. Students will be grouped according to experience level/ages.
Studio Performance for families at 3:15 on Friday.
• INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED BALLET INTENSIVE
with Sharon D. Tolczyk
June 30 – July 4 from 9:15 am – 3:15 pm
Intermediate & Advanced level Ballet students (for Middle- & High School students & adults)
(placement required for students not enrolled at Crozet Arts)
Tuition:
$365 + $5 Registration Fee = $370
$265 + $5 Registration Fee = $270 for sibling in same workshop, same week
This workshop is for Intermediate & Advanced Ballet students with solid (and current) Ballet training. The workshop will include a daily pre-barre/floor barre warm-up followed by a Ballet technique class with a varying focus each day, and a daily pointe class (may be taken in ballet shoes for those not yet on pointe). Additional classes will include Variations/Repertoire/Modern//student Choreography/costume design/other based on student interest. A studio presentation of the week’s work will be given at the end of the week for families/friends. For students not currently enrolled at Crozet Arts, please email Sharon Tolczyk (CrozetArts@gmail.com) to arrange a placement class.
• MIDDLE SCHOOL ART WORKSHOP with LAURA ALLEN
July 9 – 11 from 9:00 – 11:30 am (W-Th-F)
Rising Grades 6 – 9
Maximum 10 studentsTuition: $138 + $10 materials + $5 Registration Fee = $153
Push your art to the next level–this class will challenge young artists to think outside the box while learning classic techniques. Students will create in a variety of platforms including painting, printmaking, collage, and sculpture. Projects will weave art history, technique, elements, and principles of design as well as a big dollop of creativity and fun. All levels welcome.
• CELLO CAMP for students in rising grades 5 – 8
with Dr. Beth Cantrell
July 7 – 11 from 9:15 – 11:45 am
Tuition: $160 +$5 Registration Fee = $165
Intended for cellists who have at least one year of playing experience.
Daily sessions on scales, technique, and cello ensembles for the entire group.
Masterclass opportunities for each participant (individual lessons within a group setting) will also be offered. The last day concludes with a brief concert open to family and friends of participants.
• ART & THEATER WORKSHOP #2
with Sharon D. Tolczyk (Art & Creative Movement) & Boomie Pedersen (Theater)
July 8 – 10 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm (T-W-TH)
Maximum 12 students
Tuition:
$170 + $5 Registration Fee = $175; includes materials
$155 + $5 Registration Fee = $160 for sibling in same workshop; includes materials
The Art & Theater Workshop engages children in creative experiences in art, theater games, and creative movement. Art & Theater every day; snack with a story in between classes. Projects will differ; children may enroll in either or both workshops.
• ART WORKSHOP #2 with LAURA ALLEN
July 15 – 17 from 9:00 – 11:00 am (T-W-Th)
Rising Grades 1 – 5
Maximum 10 students
Tuition: $138 + $10 materials + $5 Registration Fee = $153
Explore the fabulous world of visual art through an array of multi-media projects. Students will create in a variety of platforms including painting, printmaking, collage, and sculpture. Projects will weave art history, technique, elements, and principles of design as well as a big dollop of creativity and fun. Projects will vary from Workshop #1; students may enroll in either or both workshops.
• BALLET & ART WORKSHOP
with Sharon D. Tolczyk
July 14 – 18 from 9:15am – 3:15pm
Rising Crozet Arts Ballet IV-V-Int I
& other students with Ballet training (email CrozetArts@gmail.com for placement)
Maximum 12 students
Tuition:$365 + $15 Art Supplies + $5 Registration Fee = $385
$265 + $15 Art Supplies +$5 Registration Fee = $285 for sibling in same workshop, same week
This new workshop will focus on Ballet and Art, for students with ballet training in rising 4th – 6th grades. Each workshop day will begin with a ballet warm-up (including some introductory work in Modern Dance and Character). The remainder of the day will be spent on developing a student-choreographed ballet, setting choreography, and making props/headpieces/costume decorations/backdrops/etc for the ballet. Selections from Crozet Arts costumes will be available for the students to use. This workshop aims to give students the opportunity to choreograph on themselves/in small groups, and learn about what goes into creating a ballet. The instructor will offer enough structure to guide the creative process, while nurturing the camaraderie inherent in -and necessary for- working together in an engaging and enjoyable pursuit. Lunch & breaks outside under the trees (weather permitting). The week will conclude with a studio performance on Friday at 3:15 for friends and family.
• MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINTMAKING
with Liz Herlevsen
July 14 – 18 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Rising Grades 6 – 9
Maximum 10 students
Tuition:
$250 + $25 Materials +$5 Registration Fee = $280
This experience is designed to inspire creativity and excitement for making while experiencing several printmaking techniques that can be expanded as your artist matures. We will explore a variety of techniques including relief printing, screen printing, and gelatin printing. Your artist will emerge with new ideas for their artmaking as well as finished prints on a variety of media, and a silk-screened tote bag.
• Students should bring a blank cotton t-shirt to print on as well.
• NATURE ART SCAMPER #2
with Liz Herlevsen
July 21 – 25 from 9:00 – 11:00 am
Rising 1st – 6th Grade
Maximum 10 students
$230 + $15 supplies + $5 Registration Fee = $250
Playfully inspired by our environment and natural objects, we will creatively explore a variety of mediums and fun techniques. Your artist will come home with new ideas, and finished works of art that will inspire their making efforts at home, as well as their own custom nature printed tote bag to keep their projects and materials in! Projects will differ; children may enroll in either or both workshops.
SUMMER 2025 CLASS DESCRIPTIONS (in chronological order)
• INTRO TO DRAWING
with John A. Hancock
6 weeks (Sundays): June 22 – August 3 (no class July 13) from 1:30 – 4:00 pm
Adults & very mature/older (16+) teens
Tuition:
$305 + $5 Registration Fee = $310
$280 + $5 Registration Fee = $285 for Seniors
Experience the challenges and the joys of drawing in this 6-week, Sunday class introducing beginners and others to the basic, essential incremental steps for drawing confidently from observation (and imagination too). We will explore a small range of drawing materials including graphite pencil, conte’, pen & ink, and ink wash as we employ some of the very best traditional and contemporary drawing strategies. Loads of helpful handouts as well as group and personal feedback.
For more class info: HancockJohnA.Artist@gmail.com or (434) 939-7445 (voice or text)
- SUMMER BALLET CLASSES
with Sharon D. Tolczyk
Classes meet early June – mid-July.
Click here for a PDF with Summer Ballet dates & tuition info.
Pre-registration required for Summer Ballet Classes.
TUESDAYS 4:30 – 5:45 pm
Crozet Arts rising Ballet IV & V Students
Ages ~ rising 3rd – 6th grade
(New students welcome; please email CrozetArts@gmail.com for placement.)
THURSDAYS 4:45 – 6:00 pm
Crozet Arts Intermediate I-II students; Ballet IV’s/V’s with Instructor’s permission.
(New students welcome; please email CrozetArts@gmail.com for placement.)
INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED BALLET:
MONDAY’S & THURSDAYS 6:15 – 8:30
Crozet Arts Intermediate III & Advanced students; Intermediate I-II with Instructor’s permission.
(New students welcome; please email CrozetArts@gmail.com for placement.)
Includes Pointe/Pre-pointe.
• SUMMER GUITAR LESSONS
Info coming soon….
• INTRO TO FLUTE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL BEGINNERS
with Elizabeth Brightbill
Rising 6th Graders (older middle school students welcome)
Monday, August 11th from 3:00 – 4:15
Registration deadline 31 July 2025
Tuition: $25 + $2 Registration Fee = $27
Get ready for band with this one-time workshop on flute tone production and other flute related basics.
Learn valuable tips that will make your first days on flute easier and more fun! Flutes not required;
flute headjoints will be provided for the class.
• BLUE RIDGE MUSIC TOGETHER
Tentative dates: July 21 – August 13
Tuesday or Wednesday mornings (TBD)
Please visit blueridgemusictogether.com for info & registration.
Faculty:
Sharon D. Tolczyk
Boomie Pedersen
Dr. Beth Cantrell
Elizabeth Brightbill
Laura Allen
John A. Hancock
Liz Herlevsen
Estela Knott & Dave Berzonsky
Additional teachers TBA…!
Questions? Email CrozetArts@gmail.com or Office@CrozetArts.org