Because of the ongoing COVID-19 Public Health Crisis, AVA is postponing all scheduled education programs until May 4. The campus is currently closed to the public.
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Classes scheduled to begin in April will be rescheduled to begin in May and June. The below list will be updated once new dates can be confirmed and scheduled.
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Classes scheduled to begin in May and June are still open for registration.
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Students in classes scheduled to end between April 1 and May 4 will be contacted shortly about make-up classes and/or refunds.
Click on the plus sign (+) for a full class description. Members receive 15% off all classes and workshops.
Students who sign up for 2 or more Art Academy or Art Adventures classes in one season at AVA will receive $15 off each class. This discount is available only by calling AVA at 603.448.3117 during normal business hours (not online) and is applicable only if the same student is signing up for multiple classes (as opposed to multiple students in the same household signing up for one class each).
If a motivated teen is interested in experiencing the camaraderie and creative focus inherent in our adult classes, AVA welcomes their participation!
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| Class or Camp | Category | Level | Instructor | Description | Dates | Time | Members Price (15% off) | Non-members Price | Additional Fees / Materials | Registration |
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| Color Explosion for 6-9 Year-olds | Youth Class | 6-9 Year-olds | Dana Saulnier | for 6-9 Year-olds: This process-oriented class is devoted to the world of color. An overview of the color wheel will launch students into more creative artistic explorations. Projects will include both drawing and painting as well as other hands-on activities like making natural pigments. Young artists will be encouraged to play and experiment to discover the endless possibilities of color. | New Dates: Wednesdays, May 20-June 17 | 3:30 PM-5:15 PM | $127.50 | $150 | Register Now | |
| Art Adventures (Spring Session) | Youth Class | 6-9 Year-olds | Allison Zito | Art Adventures is an opportunity for elementary school artists to discover great works of art, observe nature, and refine their skills while exploring new and familiar art materials, methods and techniques. Students will observe, explore, investigate, make connections and create their own masterpieces inspired by great works of art and the natural world. We will draw, paint, create sculptures, print, make toys, and much more. Lessons will include cultural storytelling, games, history, and lots of fun. | Postponed; new dates available soon. | 3:30 PM-5:15 PM | $204 | $240 | Postponed; new dates available soon. | |
| Art Academy: Crazy Comix | Youth Class | 10-14 Year-olds | Karl Neubauer | for 10-14 Year-olds: Ever wanted to make your own comic? In this class, you'll create your own visual story and develop characters that can be easily re-drawn while exploring figure drawing, gesture, story boards, and lettering. | New Dates: Wednesdays May 13-June 10 | 3:00 PM-5:15 PM (students coming from further away are welcome to arrive by 3:30 PM) | $148.75 | $175.00 | Register Now | |
| Art Academy: Painting Seascapes | Youth Class | 10-14 Year-olds | Lea Wells | for 10-14 Year-olds: Want to take an ocean adventure? In this class, students will explore the unique light and colors of the sea, sea coasts, and sea life. Our painting and sketching explorations will lead us to create a final ocean inspired painting. | Postponed; new dates available soon. | 3:00 PM-5:15 PM (students coming from further away are welcome to arrive by 3:30 PM) | $148.75 | $175.00 | Postponed; new dates available soon. | |
| Art Academy: 3D Printing | Youth Class | 10-14 Year-olds | Laurel Pollard | for 10-14 Year-olds: Learn how to draw in 3 dimensions on a computer, and to turn those drawings into physical objects - including characters, words and letters, and even jewelry - using 3D printing technology! | Postponed; new dates available soon. | 3:15 PM-5:15 PM | $148.75 | $175.00 | $20 | Postponed; new dates available soon. |
| Art Academy: Welding for Teens | Youth Class | Teens | Jimmy Martell | Teens: AVA's metal studio offers everything you need to learn welding basics. Get hands-on practice measuring, cutting and joining metal using MIG and "stick" welders, plasma cutters and oxy-acetylene torches. Safety, fun and learning are the priorities. | Postponed; new dates available soon. | 3:30 PM-5:30 PM | $238 | $280 | $75 | Postponed; new dates available soon. |
| Wooden Fairy Houses | Youth + Adult Class | Children & Adults | Jay Singh | Fairy houses can take many forms and reside in varied habitats. They can be nestled against a rock or reside in low branches of trees, but the clever child knows the best place for fairy house is in a secluded spot on the ground! Join fairy house guru and master woodworker, grandpa Jay Singh, as he guides children and adults in building and decorating their own wooden fairy house.One fee covers the attendance of one adult and child. | Saturday, May 16 | 10 AM-4 PM | $63.75 | $75 | $40 | Register Now |
| Wooden Toy Trucks | Youth + Adult Class | Children & Adults | Jay Singh | Join truck builder and master woodworker, grandpa Jay Singh, as he guides children along with their parents, grandparents, and guardians, in building, painting and detailing their very own wooden work truck. Think of what it could haul: spare parts, dirt, toys, visiting elves, or accessories for your fairy house! One fee covers the attendance of one adult and child. | Saturday, June 20 | 10 AM-4 PM | $63.75 | $75 | $40 | Register Now |
| Imagination Workshop for 6-9 Year-olds | Youth: April Vacation Camp | 6-9 Year-olds | Lea Wells | for 6-9 year-olds: Campers will learn to make art from their imagination. It may be beautiful, funny, or even a little spooky. We all know it will be amazing when we paint from our minds. This camp will focus on creating paintings from what we visualize in our imaginations. | Canceled | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175.00 | Canceled | |
| Jungles and Rainforests for 6-9 Year-olds | Youth: April Vacation Camp | 6-9 Year-olds | Allison Zito | for 6-9-year-olds: Campers will begin this camp looking for inspiration in the jungle scenes of the painter Henry Rousseau and learning about colors and the techniques artists use objects look close and far away. They'll use what they learn to create their own collages and paintings of jungles and animals. | Canceled | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175.00 | Canceled | |
| Lego Robotics for 9-12 Year-olds | Youth: April Vacation Camp | 9-12 Year-olds | Ed Fielding | for 9-12 year-olds: Campers will design, build and program Lego Mindstorm Robots to solve challenges with motors, sensors and a simple to learn visual programming language. The focus is to have a lot of fun while learning programming and engineering concepts. | Canceled | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175.00 | Canceled | |
| Shape Works in 2D & 3D for 9-12 Year-olds | Youth: April Vacation Camp | 9-12 Year-olds | Karl Neubauer | for 9-12 year-olds: Campers will use geometric shapes as design elements to make complex shapes and compositions, learning to enhance their ability draw, paint, and sculpt what they see. They'll create logos, creatures, people, objects, environments, and abstract designs with a variety of 2D and 3D media. | Canceled | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175.00 | Canceled | |
| Aftercare for April Vacation Camps | Youth: April Vacation Camp | 6-12 year-olds | AVA Instructor | Aftercare for AVA's vacation camps is $25 for the week, and runs from 4-5:15 PM. | Canceled | 4-5:15 PM | $25 | $25 | Canceled | |
| CAOS for 6-9 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week One | 6-9 Year-olds | Christie Keeney | 6-9 Year-olds: Join the CAOS! AVA's signature CAOS (Community Arts Open Studio) program becomes a week long, self-directed program for campers to investigate their creativity using AVA's ample assortment of 2 and 3 dimensional art materials and supplies. | Monday-Friday, June 29-July 3 | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| CAOS for 9-12 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week One | 9-12 Year-olds | Lea Wells | 9-12 Year-olds: Join the CAOS! AVA's signature CAOS (Community Arts Open Studio) program becomes a week long, self-directed program for campers to investigate their creativity using AVA's ample assortment of 2 and 3 dimensional art materials and supplies. | Monday-Friday, June 29-July 3 | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| CAOS for 6-9 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week One | 6-9 Year-olds | Lea Wells | 6-9 Year-olds: Join the CAOS! AVA's signature CAOS (Community Arts Open Studio) program becomes a week long, self-directed program for campers to investigate their creativity using AVA's ample assortment of 2 and 3 dimensional art materials and supplies. | Monday-Friday, June 29-July 3 | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| CAOS for 9-12 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week One | 9-12 Year-olds | Christie Keeney | 9-12 Year-olds: Join the CAOS! AVA's signature CAOS (Community Arts Open Studio) program becomes a week long, self-directed program for campers to investigate their creativity using AVA's ample assortment of 2 and 3 dimensional art materials and supplies. | Monday-Friday, June 29-July 3 | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Week One Aftercare | Summer Camp: Week One | All Ages | AVA Instructor | End-of-day aftercare for AVA's summer camps | Monday-Friday, June 29-July 3 | 4-5:15 PM | $25 | $25 | Register Now | |
| Days of Knights and Unicorns for 6-9 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Two | 6-9 Year-olds | Allison Zito | 6-9 Year-olds: The unicorn is a symbol of bravery and intelligence, pride and purity, with healing powers and joyful innocence. Campers will explore the world of Knights, Kings and Queens. They'll learn about armor, coats of arms, and use what they learn to create all kinds of heraldic inspired art. | Monday-Friday, July 6-10 | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Mixed-Up Media Blitz for 9-12 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Two | 9-12 Year-olds | Beth McGee | 9-12 Year-olds: Explore how paint and glue combine fabric, photos, string, and more! Create textured paintings and painted objects (like sneakers!). The 2 and 3 dimensional possibilities are practically endless. | Monday-Friday, July 6-10 | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Wood Projects: Birdhouses and More for 9-12 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Two | 9-12 Year-olds | Jay Singh | 9-12 Year-olds: Campers will have fun designing, building, and painting a wood birdhouse while getting a great introduction to woodworking. They'll use hand tools, a limited selection of power tools, and practice serious safety skills. This camp is limited to 6 campers. | Monday-Friday, July 6-10 | 9 AM-Noon | $182.75 | $215 | Register Now | |
| Fairies and Magical Beasts for 6-9 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Two | 6-9 Year-olds | Beth McGee | 6 -9 Year-olds: Make magic with sculpture, painting, drawing, and the performing arts. Campers will mix all these forms into a magical realm where fairy wings, magical beasts, and enhanced forests await! | Monday-Friday, July 6-10 | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Landscapes / Cityscapes for 9-12 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Two | 9-12 Year-olds | Karl Neubauer | 9-12 Year-olds: Campers will find their way into the landscape using the tricks of perspective to create the illusion of space on the flat surface of drawings and paintings. Draw a pond in a glen and dive right in! | Monday-Friday, July 6-10 | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Week Two Aftercare | Summer Camp: Week Two | All Ages | AVA Instructor | End-of-day aftercare for AVA's summer camps | Monday-Friday, July 6-10 | 4-5:15 PM | $25 | $25 | Register Now | |
| Puppets and Critters for 6-9 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Three | 6-9 Year-olds | Beth McGee | 6-9 Year-olds: Using socks, fabrics, and other found objects, campers will create their own puppets and soft critters. They'll use their imagination to design and create characters, and with a variety of materials bring them to life! | Monday-Friday, July 13-17 | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| The Hidden Life of Plants for 9-12 Year-olds | Summer Camp: Week Three | 9-12 Year-olds | Karl Neubauer | 9-12 Year-olds: Offered in Partnership with the Dartmouth College Department of Biological Sciences. Campers will explore the workings of plants through art and experimentation, with a special focus on the hidden world of roots. Participants will take field trips to see tropical, sub-tropical, desert, and aquatic plants— including the Brout Orchid Collection—observing plants and their environments from a Macro perspective. A visit to the College’s Microscopy Lab will introduce students to plants on the Micro level, as they see incredibly close using contemporary technology. The insights gained through these trips will be brought back into the art studio, where participants will interpret and express their experiences through 2D and 3D projects, both big and small. The Hidden Life of Plants is funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. | Monday-Friday, July 13-17 | 9 AM-4 PM | $297.50 | $350 | Register Now | |
| Painting Experiments for 6-9 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Three | 6-9 Year-olds | Maggie Kundtz Joseph | 6-9 Year-olds: Have fun with paints! Campers will learn and experiment with colors & mixing; explore scale by painting both big and tiny things; and create paintings from observation, imagination and memory. | Monday-Friday, July 13-17 | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Week Three Aftercare | Summer Camp: Week Three | All Ages | AVA Instructor | End-of-day aftercare for AVA's summer camps | Monday-Friday, July 13-17 | 4-5:15 PM | $25 | $25 | Register Now | |
| Fairies and Magical Beasts for 6-9 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Four | 6-9 Year-olds | Lea Wells | 6 -9 Year-olds: Make magic with sculpture, painting, drawing, and the performing arts. Campers will mix all these forms into a magical realm where fairy wings, magical beasts, and enhanced forests await! | Monday-Friday, July 20-24 | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Lego Robotics for 9-12 Year-olds | Summer Camp: Week Four | 9-12 Year-olds | Ed Fielding | 9-12 Year-olds: In this camp children will design, build and program Lego Mindstorm Robots to solve challenges with motors, sensors and a simple to learn visual programming language. The focus is to have a lot of fun while learning programming and engineering concepts. | Monday-Friday, July 20-24 | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| 2D Exploration Studio for 6-9 Year-olds | Summer Camp: Week Four | 6-9 Year-olds | Christie Keeney | 6-9 Year-olds: Campers will spend the week exploring and creating art using a variety of 2D art-making methods, including drawing, painting, and collage. The goal is to have fun and learn about the different ways 2-dimensional art can be made. | Monday-Friday, July 20-24 | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Imagination Workshop for 9-12 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Four | 9-12 Year-olds | Lea Wells | 9-12 Year-olds: Campers will learn to paint from their imagination. It may be beautiful, funny, or even a little spooky. We all know it will be amazing when we paint from our minds. This camp will focus on creating paintings from what we visualize in our imaginations. | Monday-Friday, July 20-24 | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Week Four Aftercare | Summer Camp: Week Four | All Ages | AVA Instructor | End-of-day aftercare for AVA's summer camps | Monday-Friday, July 20-24 | 4-5:15 PM | $25 | $25 | Register Now | |
| 3D Exploration Studio for 6-9 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Five | 6-9 Year-olds | Beth McGee | 6-9 Year-olds: Campers will spend the week exploring and creating art using a variety of 3D art-making methods, including clay, paper mache, and fabric. The goal is to have fun and learn about the different ways 3-dimensional art can be made. | Monday-Friday, July 27-31 | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Lego Robotics for 9-12 Year-olds | Summer Camp: Week Five | 9-12 Year-olds | Ed Fielding | 9-12 Year-olds: In this camp children will design, build and program Lego Mindstorm Robots to solve challenges with motors, sensors and a simple to learn visual programming language. The focus is to have a lot of fun while learning programming and engineering concepts. | Monday-Friday, July 27-31 | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Painting Experiments for 6-9 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Five | 6-9 Year-olds | AVA Instructor | 6-9 Year-olds: Have fun with paints! Campers will learn and experiment with colors & mixing; explore scale by painting both big and tiny things; and create paintings from observation, imagination and memory. | Monday-Friday, July 27-31 | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Fantastical Fabric Creations for 9-12 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Five | 9-12 Year-olds | Beth McGee | 9-12 Year-olds: Explore how paint and glue combine fabric, photos, string, and more! Create textured paintings and painted objects (like sneakers!). The 2 and 3 dimensional possibilities are practically endless. | Monday-Friday, July 27-31 | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Week Five Aftercare | Summer Camp: Week Five | All Ages | AVA Instructor | End-of-day aftercare for AVA's summer camps | Monday-Friday, July 27-31 | 4-5:15 PM | $25 | $25 | Register Now | |
| Behind the Mask for 6-9 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Six | 6-9 Year-olds | Emily Battles | 6-9 Year-olds: Masks have the power to transform a child into an elephant or an elephant into a butterfly. With paper, feathers, paint and a whole lot of creativity, students will explore the wonder of masks from all around the world. On the last day of class students will pool all they have learned into a theatrical presentation of the masks they’ve created! | Monday-Friday, August 3-7 | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| The Art of Greece and Rome for 9-12 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Six | 9-12 Year-olds | Allison Zito | 9-12 Year-olds: Campers will look at the works of art from Ancient Greece and Rome, some of the world's greatest human achievements. They'll then create their own artistic masterpieces inspired by the myths, culture, events and inventions of the Ancient World. | Monday-Friday, August 3-7 | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Art and Nature for 6-9 Year-olds at Crossroads Academy | Summer Camp: Week Six | 6-9 Year-olds | Maggie Stoudnour | 6-9 Year-olds: Let nature inspire art as we use art to better see the world around us! We will explore, observe, imagine, and create in the woods around Crossroads Academy. Our adventures will help us see the flora and fauna to which we will apply artistic approaches from what we see, hear, smell, and touch. At the end of the week we will celebrate our discoveries with an exhibit of our creations. This camp meets at Crossroads Academy in Lyme, NH. | Monday-Friday, August 3-7 | 9 AM-3:30 PM | $375 | $375 | Click Here to Register at Crossroads Academy | |
| Stories and Art for 9-12 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Six | 9-12 Year-olds | Emily Battles | 9-12 Year-olds: This camp explores the wonder of illustrated books and places the pen in the child’s hand. During this class students will explore how to make a book, from plot to illustrations to even book binding, students will create their own one of a kind story. There will also be a visit to the Lebanon Library where students will have the chance to explore new books and gain more inspiration for their own project. | Monday-Friday, August 3-7 | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| The Tree of Life for 6-9 Year-Old | Summer Camp: Week Six | 6-9 Year-olds | Allison Zito | 6-9 Year-olds: Gustav Klimt and Vincent van Gogh are among the artists that captured the majesty and glory of trees. There are some trees older than any other life on Earth, and trees provide shelter, oxygen, and water for people and animals alike. Campers this week will celebrate the humble and giving tree with drawings, paintings sculptures and more. | Monday-Friday, August 3-7 | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Week Six Aftercare | Summer Camp: Week Six | All Ages | AVA Instructor | End-of-day aftercare for AVA's summer camps | Monday-Friday, August 3-7 | 4-5:15 PM | $25 | $25 | Register Now | |
| Amazing Murals for 6-9 Year-olds | Summer Camp: Week Seven | 6-9 Year-olds | Lea Wells | 6-9 Year-olds: Using colorful paints, large paper, and teamwork, campers will produce life-sized art meant for the wall, not the table. They'll spend time sketching ideas and using their imaginations to create a single large painting that everyone had a hand in making, and but also take get to take home their own piece of it. | Monday-Friday, August 10-14 | 9 AM-Noon | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Into the Woods for 9-12 Year-olds at Crossroads Academy | Summer Camp: Week Seven | 9-12 Year-olds | Karl Neubauer | 9-12 Year-olds: Many of the stories we hear, growing up, take place in the woods. The ‘100 Acre Woods’ at Crossroads invite campers to follow its trails into their own stories. The more we learn about the plants, animals and ecology of this forest, the more we see there. In drawings, paintings, and sculptures we will record our observations and develop the stories that our adventures inspire us to tell.This camp meets at Crossroads Academy in Lyme, NH. | Monday-Friday, August 10-14 | 9 AM-3:30 PM | $375 | $375 | Click Here to Register at Crossroads Academy | |
| Secrets of the Green World for 9-12 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Seven | 9-12 Year-olds | Emily Battles | 9-12 Year-olds: Offered in Partnership with the Dartmouth College Department of Biological Sciences. Join us to explore the inner and outer workings of plants through art and experimentation. Participants will visit the Murdough Greenhouses at Dartmouth, the College's microscope lab, and perform experiments with the Biology Department—creatively investigating plants, and the specific effects of the plant hormone ethylene, from multiple perspectives. Inspired by these visual and conceptual prompts, campers will use new and traditional art-making techniques to create both realistic and abstract works in a variety of 2D and 3D media. Secrets of the Green World is funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. | Monday-Friday, August 10-14 | 9 AM-4 PM | $297.50 | $350 | Register Now | |
| Bees and Butterflies for 6-9 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Seven | 6-9 Year-olds | Allison Zito | 6-9 Year-olds: Learn about helpful insects and use that as inspiration to create sculptures, drawings, paintings and more! Campers will observe, explore, investigate, make connections and create their own masterpieces inspired by the natural world. | Monday-Friday, August 10-14 | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Week Seven Aftercare | Summer Camp: Week Seven | All Ages | AVA Instructor | End-of-day aftercare for AVA's summer camps | Monday-Friday, August 10-14 | 4-5:15 PM | $25 | $25 | Register Now | |
| Art-estra Orchestra for 6-9 Year-Olds, with Upper Valley Music Center | Summer Camp: Week Eight | 6-9 Year-olds | Lea Wells & Nic Zannoni | 6-9 Year-olds: Music and art educators from the Upper Valley Music Center and AVA take campers on a quest to discover the ways in which music and art can work together. Students will explore a variety of visual art materials as they create their own instruments and learn to play them. At the conclusion of the week there will be a grand performance. | Monday-Friday, August 17-21 | 9 AM-Noon | $178.50 | $210 | Register Now | |
| Build It Green: Sustainable Architecture for 9-13 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Eight | 9-13 Year-olds | Karl Neubauer | 9-13 Year-olds: Imagine a building that uses very little energy, generates what it needs, and fits in with it's surroundings. Then imagine how this building helps the people who live, work, or play in it. Campers will bring this building to the drawing board and to the model stage. Then we'll figure out how it might built in the real world. This program is supported in part by the Greg Hemberger Memorial Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. | Monday-Friday, August 17-21 | 9 AM-4 PM | $297.50 | $350 | Register Now | |
| Birds! Take to the Skies for 6-9 Year-Olds | Summer Camp: Week Eight | 6-9 Year-olds | Allison Zito | 6-9 Year-olds: Birds hold a special fascination for those of us grounded on this Earth. Campers will draw, paint, sculpt, create a bird toy and learn simple ways to help endangered birds. | Monday-Friday, August 17-21 | 1-4 PM | $148.75 | $175 | Register Now | |
| Week Eight Aftercare | Summer Camp: Week Eight | All Ages | AVA Instructor | End-of-day aftercare for AVA's summer camps | Monday-Friday, August 17-21 | 4-5:15 PM | $25 | $25 | Register Now |