YMCA Creative Arts programs are excellent opportunities for youth, teens, adults and families to gain exposure to a significant aspect of our culture. Through the arts, participants experience activities that foster self-expression and build self-esteem, develop imagination, critical thinking and valuable social skills. Arts programs create a better understanding of the various cultures and backgrounds that make up our community and help foster uplifting relationships. The arts are ideal in celebrating families, friends and communities.

 

Creative Arts programs at the YMCA offer a noncompetitive environment for children and adults to study and experience the arts. The arts are a fantastic way to enhance and practice the best and strongest values and parts of ourselves. Exposures to the arts develop progressive skills that help us connect and understand other people, and express our ideas, while providing a unique entertainment experience.

 

Some of our most popular Arts and Humanities classes include:

Book of the Month Club

Boys will be Boys

Crafty Creators

Elementary Drawing Classes

Grow Me Healthy

Kids Koncoctions

Little Illustrators

Me and My Shadow

Mini DiVinci's

Mini/Tiny Painters

Music Go Round

Preschool Explorers

Puppet Palooza

Scrapbooking

Tots in Motion

You and Me Babe

DANCE

The Hamilton Area YMCA has a well-established non-competitive dance program offering classes in Tap, Ballet and Jazz. We offer classes for children ages 2 - 12. Students will have the opportunity to perform in our annual spring recital.

 

We provide a nurturing environment where children will learn to appreciate dance as a lifelong activity for self-expression, grace, strength, agility, creativity, and balance. Instructors are highly qualified and care about the development of the whole person through dance.

 

For more information, please contact Rebecca Harcar at ext. 121 or Jill Makkay at ext. 21104. 

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