About Sitka Fine Arts Camp

Since 1973, Sitka Fine Arts Camp has provided Alaskan youth with the opportunity to develop artistic interests and skills in an intensive artistic experience through stimulating, high quality instruction in visual arts, music, dance, theater, writing, and Alaska Native Arts.

Each summer almost 600 students attend SFAC. In the last five years students have come from over 70 Alaskan Communities and from throughout the country. In addition to class work, students attend live evening performances and presentations by the talented Camp faculty. For many of our rural students, this is their first exposure to professional artists.

SFAC is a nationally acclaimed program and received the Coming Up Taller award from the White house in 2007 which recognizes outstanding youth arts programs in the country. In 2004 the Camp received the Governor’s Award in Arts Education and was first recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts as an exemplary summer program, recognition that continues each year.

Images:

Steven teaches high energy "Jazz Squares" in the Hames Classroom

Megan teaches drawing and collage

In Yaw, Andrea, Ellie, Roblin and Megan taught classes in music, movement and drawing. These instructors really encouraged the students to let go and express themselves.