Kids' Activities, Sports and Fun Things to Do in Ventura County!
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Bobbie's School of Performing Arts, located at 2320 Teller Road, Newbury Park, has offered quality dance instruction since 1979, including ballet, pointe, tap, lyrical and hip-hop. More information at www.bobbiesschool.com or call 805.498.7747.
The Camarillo Art Center is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization which promotes interest in a broad range of visual art forms. The CAC maintains an art gallery for local artists and art students to present their work to the public. CAC also develops various programs, sponsors classes and houses an art library to foster art education.
Located at 3150 Ponderosa Drive, Camarillo, the gallery is open for viewing 1-4 pm Saturday and Sunday.
Visit www.camarilloartcenter.org or call 805.445.7061 for more information.
Sheldon's Art Academy is located at 626 Lindero Canyon Road in Oak Park (corner of Kanan and Lindero). Learn how to draw, paint, animate, landscape, sculpt, fashion design and more at this local art academy. Classes are for kids, teens, college students and adult. Learn from someone who has worked on TV, film, animation and commercials. Individual training!
Visit www.sheldonsartacademy.com or call 818.706.9444 for more information.
The Oakley Ballet Center and associated Footworks Youth Ballet is located in Ventura at 1594 Saratoga Avenue. Footworks Youth Ballet performs at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. The Oakley Ballet Center offers classes, lessons and workshops for kids ages 2 and up as well as teens and adults.
For more information, visit www.footworksyouthballet.org or call 805.676.1600.
The Bob Baker Marionette Theater is located at 4949 York Blvd in Los Angeles.
Bob Baker passed away at 90 years old on November 28, 2014 but his theater lives on, with an inventory of over 3,000 puppets!
Visit www.bobbakermarionettetheater.com to learn more about upcoming shows.
Founded in 1994, Gold Coast Theatre Conservatory is for the student who values creative expression and supports the powerful idea of process over performance. The students are urged to act, not perform. Here we learn how to make theatre - a group activity, a team sport, a publicly shared into worthwhile material and into the self.
Gold Coast Theatre Conservatory is constructed so that children of grades 3-12 work together, as well as with their peers, providing a unique youth theater opportunity for all. Also provided is a Junior Conservatory for grades 1 and 2 held at a separate time.
Classes are held at Conejo Elementary School.
More information at www.goldcoasttheatreconservatory.com.
Oxnard Police Activities League (PAL) is a citywide, after-school crime prevention program that provides outreach to local youth, ages 4 to 18, to build positive relationships between youth, police officers and the community. PAL's mission is to divert youth away from gangs and other criminal activity by providing a wide variety of positive alternatives under the care and supervision of trained police officers, recreation staff and community volunteers. Membership at PAL is FREE and of all of PAL's programs are offered at low or no cost to participants.
A wide variety of programs are offered year-round, including athletics, enrichment (e.g. music, education), leadership, mentoring, community events and more. Visit www.oxnardpal.org for more information.
Located in Newbury Park, Studio 17 provides art instruction to children and adults with special needs. Local artist Mary Abraham opened the studio and is an educator, artist and parent of a child with autism; she brings a special understanding of how to teach the arts to students with special needs.
For more information, visit studio17atruby.weebly.com.
For Art's Sake offers fine art classes exclusively in oil painting. While other methodologies dictate that students must graduate through training in other skills and mediums prior to working with oils, For Art's Sake's philosophy is that all the required skills can be effectively taught as part of the process. Students learn basic to advanced techniques in drawing, composition, color harmony and mixing theories. Oils are a wonderfully flexible and forgiving medium for artists of any skill level to explore with unique potential for growth and advancement.
Kids and adults art classes are available as well as summer art camp, birthday parties and more. Visit www.4artsakestudio.com or call 818.707.1952 for more information. For Art's Sake is located at 31143 Via Colinas #511, Westlake Village.
Protégé Performing Arts Center is a new performing arts school in the North Ranch area of Westlake Village at 1145 Lindero Canyon Road, Suite D-1, offering classes in all styles of dance, singing, music and acting. Dance classes available for all levels and age ranges, including adults. Both group and private sessions are available. Birthday dance parties available too! Visit www.protegearts.com or call 818.532.7700 for more information.
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