Morris County Arts Workshop announces Summer Camp Registration Now Open and Happenings at The Hive

May 31, 2013 - PRLog -- CHESTER, NJ – With summer officially here, it’s time to make plans for Summer Camp and all the artistic fun and entertainment coming this season. The Morris County Arts Workshop (http://www.mcartsworkshop.com/) (MCAW (http://www.mcartsworkshop.com/)), the non-profit organization which brings after-school art, music, language arts, and cultural programs to youth and seniors to Chester, Mendham and surrounding areas, is proud to announce registration for its Summer Camp Programs is now open online at www.mcartsworkshop.com. The fun filled six weeks begin July 1 and run through August 16, 2103. Camps are hosted in Mendham at Brookside and new this year – Chester camps will be held at The Hive, MCAW’s newly opened storefront location at the Chester Springs (ShopRite) Shopping Mall on Route 206 in Chester. Campers who register by June 10, 2013 receive a special discount.

“We offer a wonderful variety of themes and activities designed for our camper’s interests and fun,” explains MCAW Director and Founder Jane Shatz. “There are Art Camps to introduce and / or enrich a love for art, music, theatre and dance. They will explore drawing, cartoons, fashion and so much more. For those who love to explore the sciences, we offer weeks of Science and Technology fun including Lego Mania, Robotics, Engineering and Chess. We also offer exercise including Get Fit, non-competitive sports, cooking, fencing, and the popular Rock Band, which is back for children of all ages.”

Shatz adds MCAW has added tween and teen workshops in the afternoons and evenings at The Hive. “We felt it important to provide our community’s teenagers with a place to gather, share talents and enjoy learning or improving their unique skills in the arts,” explains Shatz.

Shatz further points out that the Mendham at Brookside camp will also include swimming and field trips.

In addition to its successful Summer Camps, MCAW this summer, in conjunction with Chester Borough and Chester Recreation, is proud to support the Second Annual Chester Family Film Festival (CFFF) with Chester resident and comedian Jim Breuer, who created the event last year. “Jim is once again putting together an exciting, free family event at the Gazebo on Main Street in Chester on August 31, 2013,” explains Shatz. “We are inviting all residents to join the fun and submit those hilarious family friendly videos which will be judged and awards given out to the funniest and most creative.”

For information on the CFFF, please visit www.mcartsworkshop.com or www.chestertowship.org.

Other upcoming MCAW events and programs in June at The Hive include its Teacher Appreciation and Scholarship Awards Gala on June 15, 2013, and the first annual Open Mic Night on June 29, 2013. Please visit www.mcartsworkshop.com for more details and times or join the conversation on Facebook at Morris County Arts Workshop (MCAW) for the latest news.

MCAW is continually seeking help to support these events as well as its many workshops, seminars and programs including the popular annual Haunted Halloween Workshop, Guest Art Displays and Lecture Series, Writing Workshops, Art in Public Spaces Initiative, its Home for the Arts building and the newly opened Hive. To make a donation, please visit www.mcartsworkshop.com. For additional information, please contact Director Jane Shatz at (908)531-8433.

About the Morris County Arts Workshop

Founded in 2003 by Jane Shatz, a Juilliard School of Music dance alumna and Chester resident, the Morris County Arts Workshop (MCAW) is a non-profit group created to nurture and promote the love for the arts in children of all ages.  The program is community based and offers a wide variety of classes from musical instrument lessons to voice to painting to yoga to language and martial arts.  Classes are currently held in Chester and Mendham public schools as well as The Hive in the Chester Springs Shopping Center on Route 206 in Chester, NJ.  There are two sessions per year which culminate with a special Showcase performance and art display in the fall and spring.  In addition, MCAW runs five weeks of summer camp for pre-kindergarten to age 15. For additional information and class schedules, please visit www.mcartsworkshop.com.