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The Hub micro-academy's dynamic facilitator duo (Brooklyn Wetzel and Miró Siegel) will be leading this four-session workshop, guiding participants on a journey to discover their own inner heroes, and to use creative writing to document what they find. 

Dates: Monday, July 19 - Thursday, July 22, 2021

Ages: 9 to 13

Hours: 1 – 4pm ET (with breaks) 

Cost: $240

This camp will focus on the Hero's Journey. In The Hub’s spirit of co-creation, self direction and inquiry, the workshop's direction will be guided in part by the interests of the heroes as we travel together, using elements of the Hero’s Journey as signposts, jumping-off points and places of discussion. The goal is to inspire and support participants as they explore and then choose the journey they personally want to write about. By building a friendly and welcoming social space, we will move beyond what stops us from writing freely, and transform those fears into places of creative potential. Each young person will be supported to find and express the bravery to say "yes" to the “call to adventure” and move forward confidently as a writer. 

More concretely, the workshop will encompass the following elements:

• Learn about Joseph Campbell's “The Hero's Journey,” its role in literature and myth, and how it relates to our lives. 
• Read and then experiment with several forms of poetry (e.g., ballads, epics, sonnets and limericks).
• Write a prose poem or short story.
• Put together a book of your writing from the workshop that you can print at home.

Learning is an adventure, and the greatest adventure is knowing yourself and connecting to the world around you. We invite you on a shared adventure to explore your most immediate world—your home, back yard, or whatever else you can easily access—to discover new things about yourself and your surroundings. In the company of skilled facilitators and other young explorers, this close-to-home adventure can help you discover hidden treasures that are within you and all around you, and serve as a stepping stone to grander life adventures.

This camp will be guided by two highly experienced facilitators who are passionate about helping young people find hidden resources and live their best lives. In each session, we will play; offer various ways to explore our spaces, individually and jointly, through movement, art, writing, and storytelling; and share our adventures as a group. Rudy will guide you in fun and creative ways to engage your body in space. Svetlana will support you in generating and expressing ideas in your own way (through writing, photography, other art forms, etc.). 

The camp will be a unique blend of individual and group online and offline exploration. We will also create a group Miro board (an online community bulletin board) of all the adventures to share and celebrate on our last day of camp. 

“The adventure we engage in when we explore our experiences, thoughts, and feelings is significant,” notes Rudy Van Daele. “We find who we are, and we find resources far more powerful than we ever imagined. The next great exploration is in the home, where we find all the support we need. In this camp, we get to know ourselves and develop new friendships; we identify the places in our homes where adventures begin and continue, when we go on them with our friends. This type of exploration helps me understand my past, excites great pleasures in the present, and is the future adventure I wake up to every day.”

"Where in your home is comfort, creativity, and adventure?

What do you do during the day that will become your dream?

Happily rested, close your eyes, and discover your new best self…" 

Dates: Monday, August 3 - Thursday, August 6, 2020

Location: Online and offline (your home, back yard, and any other space available for exploration).

Ages: 9  to 12 (and mature enough to meet the requirements listed below); family members are welcome to join for the wrap-up celebration at the end of the final day

Hours: 10a.m. – 1p.m. ET (if a shorter experience is preferred, a child can join for just the first hour or two)
 

Cost: $220 (there is also a 10% sibling discount). If the camp would be a great fit for your child, but the price is out of reach for your family at this time, please get in touch.

Size: Camp size will be limited to 12, to allow for personal interactions.

Each day will have a flow, while also leaving room for new things to emerge. This is a sample starting point for a day:

10a.m. - 10:50a.m.: Connection

• Opening circle 
• Movement game 
• Guessing game with objects

10:50a.m. - 11a.m.: Break

11a.m. - 11:50a.m. Focus – Travel-related stories

• Svetlana shares an object from her room and tells a travel story related to it. Then we invite everyone to walk around their room or home in search of their favorite travel-related story. Sit anywhere you want with this object, and write, draw, or create a movement with it. Alternatively, find an object in your imagination about your dream trip. 
• Miro Board exploration 

11:50a.m. - 12p.m.: Break

12p.m. - 1p.m.: Sharing 

• Movement game
• Breakout rooms—interview or share traveling stories with a partner 
• Show pictures or short videos about travel
• Closing circle (Discussion topics: What do you give to yourself that brings out the best in you, or what did you learn or experience about yourself today that felt good and/or interesting? What do you share that brings out the best in each other, or what did you learn about someone else today that you found interesting?)

• Your curiosity and an open mind.
• Your excitement for exploration and discoveries.
• Any art materials readily available to you (paper, journal, pencils, crayons, markers, etc.).
• Your computer and a phone or camera for taking pictures.

"[My daughter] said it's her favorite camp! ... she's excited about tomorrow." -- L.N. (Maryland)