Testimonials

"I spend 50 weeks out of the year wishing I were at camp. The other two I relish!"

"The miracle of this place is community. I didn’t know anyone when I first came, but I felt immediately and completely comfortable.""

“I loved working with Bob Athayde because he opened my eyes to appreciate different kinds of music and to appreciate whatever I play.”

“SFAC is the only place you can walk around with a pen mustache and forget you’re wearing it because everyone looks at you the same way they look at everyone else.”

“Sitka Fine Arts Camp helped me express myself and be the person I like to be.”

“I am most proud of my new ability to listen to my body and my emotions and create things from my heart. Also learning to take risks and be outgoing on stage.”

"I love the counselors. I’ve never had a counselor that I couldn’t talk to. Last year they took care of me when I got sick."

"There are people from everywhere here. I live in Sitka, I could walk here, but I choose to stay on campus. It feels like somewhere else."

"SFAC’s affected the way I see the world. I had an acting teacher who told me, ‘always try something you think you can’t do.’ I try to do that all the time now."

"Camp really has helped me with self-motivation. I learned to get myself up and go to class. It’s my responsibility. I think it will help me adjust to college."

"At SFAC instead of being laughed at for expressing yourself, you’re encouraged. SFAC makes you want to fill every moment of your life with who you are."

"Camp is the same socially as artistically, you try out different art forms, different people to hang out with."

Parent Testimonials:

"My daughter returns to SFAC because she feels herself among peers—people who are like her and understand her. There are not many places where she finds that companionship. She also returns because the classes are excellent, the teachers have become fine role models, and because she has found social opportunities for personal growth and expansion through clowning and theater, in addition to her more introspective involvement in poetry, viola, singing and visual arts."

"Coming from a small community with few arts opportunities, SFAC has given my child the opportunity to experience types of expression she had been previously unexposed to. She has followed through with interests started at SFAC and sought out ways to work on her artistic skills. She feels very comfortable and accepted by her peers at camp. She is now considering a career as a musician or teaching performing arts."

"My child has already asked about internships and camp counselor for when she is past high school age. She returns because she loves it!!"

"My child returns for the kids, for the classes, for the fun!"