Summer snapshot: Scenes from Arts Camp 2024
Get a glimpse of the events, activities, and excitement of the 97th season of Interlochen Arts Camp.
Junior students cheer during First Gathering.
Snippets of symphonies are soaring through the pines, blue-on-blue outfits are the season’s hottest trend, and the Melody Freeze’s ice cream machine is working overtime.
It all means one thing: Interlochen Arts Camp is in full swing.
This year, 3,344 students from 54 U.S. states and territories and 44 countries—the largest enrollment in Camp history—have convened in northern Michigan for a summer of artistic transformation, outdoor fun, and friendship.
Highlights of the 97th Camp season include the return of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra; sold-out Interlochen Arts Festival performances by Interlochen alumnae Jewel (IAA 90-92) and Norah Jones (IAC 94-95); a vibrant performance of “Collage”; and dynamic theatre productions including Wonderful Town, Sense and Sensibility, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, and the Interlochen Shakespeare Festival’s swing dance era-inspired production of The Comedy of Errors.
President Trey Devey shares more notable events of summer 2024
Below, we share a behind-the-scenes look at the summer so far.
An Arts Camp lifeguard sketches a cartoon character on the sidewalk outside the Boat Cave.
Two students share ideas during the Comics and Graphic Narratives Intensive.
Junior campers play foosball during move-in weekend.
The Junior Theatre Company rehearses on the deck outside of Penn Hall.
A high school animation student works on a project in the Animation Lab.
A contemporary dance student participates in a composition class.
Vitamin String Quartet members Thomas Lea, viola, and Derek Stein (IAC 01), cello, chat with students during a master class in Corson Auditorium.
High school film students participate in a production workshop.
A high school creative writing student writes on a whiteboard during a playwriting workshop.
A junior visual arts student experiments during a Material Exploration class.
Brass students play during a master class.
Theatre Design & Production students participate in a perspective drawing master class with The Comedy of Errors set designer Edward T. Morris.
Intermediate Musical Theatre Production students rehearse Roald Dahl’s Matilda: The Musical.
A Popular Music student rehearses with an ensemble.
A junior percussion student smiles during a Brass and Percussion Ensemble rehearsal.
An experimental fashion student works on a garment.
A violinist rehearses in a practice cabin.
Visual arts students create a chalk drawing of the Comedy of Errors artwork during the pre-Collage festivities on Osterlin Mall.
Intermediate Musical Theatre Production students perform “Revolting Children” from Matilda the Musical during “Collage.”
