The Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Foundation’s mission is to provide arts enrichment to San Diego Unified School District students during the school year, but in an effort to serve students throughout the year, the VAPA Foundation applied for grant funding to host a variety of immersive arts camps during the summer, and were awarded $900,000 from the San Diego Foundation to deliver an expanded learning program for SDUSD students as part of Level Up SD Summer 2022.
As part of the award, the VAPA Foundation has hired local arts organizations to offer summer camps at 12 schools across the City of San Diego. VAPA camps will be comprised of multi-arts programs available throughout the SDUSD district that allows students to discover, experience and learn many types of art and design. From dance, set and costume design, and digital animation to painting, or creating their very own musical, VAPA campers will build their day based on the subjects that interest them. Russ Sperling, Director of Visual and Performing Arts for the San Diego Unified School District and Paula Richardson, a Music Teacher at Wilson Middle School and Camp Coordinator at Wilson this summer, discuss what to expect from these arts camps.
