Are you interested in making movies? Have you ever wondered what it’d be like to be a cinematographer, a video editor, or a director? Come join the next generation of Chico film makers. Learn video making techniques from accomplished film makers, teachers, and students. Students will be given a prompt and work in small groups to create a short film.

ome explore your creativity and sculpture skills in this fun, two-week long, hands-on ceramics workshop. Together we’ll use our hands and clay to create a variety of small ceramic animal dishes, sculptures, and more! Week one students will learn to sculpt their clay critter sculptures and week two we will learn different decorative techniques including, glazing, underglazing, and painting.

A summer dance intensive right here in Chico with the best of the best home-grown talent! Many Inspire alumni have gone on to professional careers in choreography and dance education and now they are all coming together for one week to work with you!!! Contemporary, hip-hop, jazz, aerial silks, and so much more! Dancers will get a taste of what is current in the industry and what dance at Inspire can be! Beginning through Advanced technique levels will be taught in multiple dance styles and genres. The day will start with a full body warm up followed by instruction in the dance styles that will cover technical skills and choreography.

Throughout our week we will launch into leadership with an action-packed, one-week summer camp intensively built to ignite leadership skills. With hands-on activities, team-building, event planning, and expert guidance from passionate mentors, each day we will explore essential leadership qualities like communication, problem-solving, collaboration, and decision-making, all while forming friendships and gaining confidence as a leader. From adventure challenges and games to inspiring workshops & stories, each day will be packed with opportunities to learn, grow, and lead. By the end every camper will leave feeling empowered and equipped with the skills to launch into leadership in their school, community, and beyond! Each day will have a unique theme, and we encourage participants to dress up for each!

This math camp celebrates the many different ways that we can see and understand mathematical ideas. Come learn how math is an open, creative, and visual subject. Our camp will show you that every problem can be seen and solved differently.

Join us for an amazing week of young artists gathering to grow their voice, acting, and dance skills and celebrate their unique selves. Students will study proper musical theatre voice technique from credentialed and certified vocal instructors, observe master classes led by musical theatre professionals, and explore musical theater styles! Solo and ensemble techniques will be learned.

Have you ever wanted to play in a rock band!? Pop and Rock Band Camp combines the interests and talents of student musicians who play guitar, drums, bass, keyboards, and/or sing. The camp, for intermediate to advanced, offers the opportunity for student musicians to learn how to play and perform classic and current pop and rock songs.

Our performing arts program is supported by a very rich technical theater department. Participants will be involved in every aspect of stagecraft, from costuming and make-up, to lighting, sound, props and set design and construction. We will learn beginning design-work on Inspire’s fall production the The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical and learn about hanging lights and lighting design for our summer dance intensive.