Place des Arts is the place to be this summer for creative and curious kids! With over 50 years of experience in arts education, Place des Arts instructors know what it takes to inspire and excite children to hone their skills and develop new interests. Whether your child’s interest lies in visual or performing arts, the centre inspires its students in a wide variety of disciplines. Every summer, kids across Metro Vancouver look forward to Place des Arts Summer Fun! Camps.

Summer Fun! Camps are unlike other summer camps because they are flexible. You get to decide whether to enrol in a full day of arts activities or pick a camp to fill only a portion of the day. Running for six weeks in July and August, Place des Arts Summer Fun! gives kids a chance to try various art forms over the space of a week. Place des Arts Half-Day Camps are for ages 5-6, 7-8, 9-12, and 11-14; their Day Camps run the full day for ages 7-9. Beyond the outstanding arts education instruction, children enrolled in Place des Arts Summer Fun! Camps can make lifelong friendships and develop their creativity and confidence through artistic expression.

Half-Day Camps feature three 50-minute blocks of different performing and visual art activities. Families can choose to enroll for either morning or afternoon classes, or you can mix and match and enroll for a morning half-day and an afternoon half-day camp for a full day of variety. Supervised lunch care is available for students registered in both morning and afternoon camps. Day Camps are great for children who want to dig a bit deeper into their artistic explorations.

Below, we’ve highlighted just a few of the Place des Arts Summer Camps that piqued our interest. Check out their online brochure to get the inside scoop on all of Place des Arts Summer Fun! camps.

  • Art Journaling: Explore themes like nature and emotions through drawing, painting and collage. Learn creative techniques like watercolour washing and stamping to bring your pages to life.
  • Body Percussion: Body percussion is an amazing and exciting way to make music using just your body as the instrument! It’s widely used in music education because it’s an engaging way to explore essential musical elements like beat, rhythm and meter.
  • Flower Power Art: Create collages, prints, flowerpots, and bouquets using real and artificial flowers as inspired by famous artists who pull inspiration from nature.
  • I Feel WICKED Musical Theatre: Skip down the yellow brick road and explore what it means to be a triple threat through the musical that is taking the world by storm: © WICKED. Learn songs and choreography inspired by the original Broadway show. Show what you’ve learned in a short, informal presentation to friends and family at the end of the week.
  • Upcycled Denim Jackets: Transform a jean jacket into a wearable piece of art! Learn textile painting, stencil printing, and embellishment techniques using beads, buttons, sequins and rhinestones. Create a unique and stylish design that can be worn while learning about sustainable fashion practices.

If your child has more specific interests, the Coquitlam-based arts organization also offers private music lessons and dance classes in the summer to help hone their love and skill for a particular instrument or dance form.

Place des Arts is the premier arts hub in the heart of Coquitlam, and as such, their camps are in high demand! Registration for the summer camps opened on April 6th, and spaces are filling up fast. Register today to secure your spot.

Place des Arts Summer Fun! Camps:

Dates: July 7 – August 15, 2025
Venue: Place des Arts
Address: 1120 Brunette Avenue, Coquitlam
Phone: 604-664-1636
Website: www.placedesarts.ca/art-camps/summer-fun

Score more information on Summer Camps in Metro Vancouver here!