CHILLIWACK, BC— Let your kids unleash their creativity this Spring Break with the Chilliwack Cultural Centre’s Spring Break Art Camps! Overflowing with a fabulous selection designed to excite and inspire creativity, these art classes are the perfect way to entertain your children over the break. With a flexible class schedule fit for anyone’s busy life, this is a terrifically fun and wildly diverse opportunity for your child to explore their creative side!

The camps are running from March 18 to 22 and 25 to 29, and are filled with all kinds of activities that include everything from arts and crafts to performance, music, and dance. The wide selection makes an excellent match for all kinds of young artists, no matter what their interests. Anime Illustration explores the incredibly popular style of art and teaches kids how to draw their own characters, A-Pickin’ & A-Grinnin’ and iUke offer an opportunity to pick up an instrument and learn the basics, while Cosmic Kids and Disney Crafts are the perfect creative opportunity for those crafty kids in your life. Your kids can also learn how to use fibre materials to make fun items or even discover the basics of Cross Stitch.

And new this year are two classes being offered for older kids aged 11 to 13; Art Journaling, where students will learn many mixed media techniques to fill their journal; and Create Your Own Graphic Novel, where they will learn dynamic figure drawing, colour theory and the art of inking!

With 50 classes to pick and choose from, your kids will not only have the chance to try new things but to also explore and learn more about the activities that already interested them.

The Spring Break Art Camps are an easy way to inspire your child’s imagination, so make your kids’ spring break something extraordinary and let them explore their creativity!

Week One camps will run from 8:30am to 4:15pm with supervised breaks, Monday to Friday, between March 18 and March 22, 2019. Each day is split into six blocks of 65-minute sessions, with four different classes running in each time slot. Choose one class per time slot, and your child will take part in that activity at that time for the full week. Sign up for a single class, two per day, or for a full week of fun and creativity! Each class costs $37.50, and registering for a class means your child will participate in that activity at that time from Monday to Friday, meaning you get 5 fantastic and creative sessions for just $37.50!

Art Journaling for 11–13 year-olds runs from 9:00am to 12:00pm in the first week – March 18 to 22, and Create Your Own Graphic Novel for 11–13 year-olds runs from 9:00am to 12:00pm in the second week – March 25 to 29. These classes are $112.50 for each week – 5 fantastic and creative 3 hour sessions.

The Centre’s Spring Break Art Camps for Kids are available for kids age 5–13, and with sessions broken into categories for 5-7, 8–11, and 11-13 year olds, your children will get the perfect art experience catered to their age.

To learn more about class schedules, descriptions, registration and more, make sure to either drop by The Centre and pick up a Spring Break Art Camps brochure, visit chilliwackculturalcentre.ca, or contact The Centre Box Office at 604-391-SHOW(7469).