Design Detectives Summer Camp

July 9-13, 2007, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm, for ages 7 - 11yrs old (must have completed 1st grade)

Lights, Cameras, Architecture...The Westcott House Foundation and the Springfield Preservation Alliance present an architecture summer camp experience for children ages 7-11. Through hands-on activities, photography, theater, and play, children will learn about Springfield's amazing architectural and historic treasures and how preservation is vital to our community's future success. Children will enjoy diverse settings for their activities - Frank Lloyd Wright's Westcott House, the Infusion Campus, historic neighborhoods, and the extraordinary architecture of downtown Springfield.

Tuition is $100 per non-member child or $90 for a WHF/SPA member child. Tuition includes all art materials, entertainment and snacks.

For more information, please contact Marta Wojcik, WHF Curator of Interpretation, at mwojcik@westcotthouse.org or call 937-327-9291.

Project Partners:

Springfield Preservation Alliance...
Established in 2003, the Springfield Preservation Alliance grew out of a community-based effort to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the architectural and cultural heritage of Springfield, Ohio. With a two-fold mission of advocacy and education, the Alliance works to preserve existing architectural resources and raise public appreciation of these resources through publications, tours, lectures, and special programs.

The Interface Creative Group's Infusion Camp...
The Interface Creative Group is a not-for-profit organization launched to maximize the cultural, educational and economic potential for our community. Interface has become the voice and implementor of Springfield's image through arts, culture, heritage and community events. The Infusion Camp is an after-school program supporting student development and contemporary lifestyles in and through the arts. Combining high-tech facilities with a strong art-based curriculum, infusion campus shows how academic enrichment and arts training benefit the minds of the children and promotes student learning.

For more information, call 937-327-9291
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