Arts on the Horizon

🌳 Join us at the Barrett Library on Tuesday, July 30th, for a trip into the rainforest!
We will meet amazing insects, colorful flowers and plants, and some of our favorite rainforest animals. This gentle, interactive experience is specifically designed for children ages 0-3 and their families.

More information can be found at: https://alexlibraryva.org/event/10944861

✨Summer Camp Spotlight ✨
⚓All hands on deck! Get ready to set sail for a swashbuckling adventure on the seven seas! In this creative drama camp, we will use stories, songs, and movement to explore the depths of the ocean, travel to distant lands, and search for buried treasure.
Best for ages 3-5.

Register at https://www.artsonthehorizon.org/2024-summer-camps.html to join us for High Seas Adventure, August 12-16!

🎉Special Sale!✨
Now through Mon, July 22th, use code TEDDY25OFF to save $25 on Teddy Bear Adventures (Aug 5-9)!

Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis, and this offer does not apply to other camps or previously registered camps.

Visit https://www.artsonthehorizon.org/2024-summer-camps.html for more information and to register today!

✨Summer Camp Spotlight ✨
🧸We hereby invite campers to grab their favorite teddy bear (or other stuffed buddy!) and bring them along for a teddy bear adventure! Together, with our favorite friends from home, we’ll hike, picnic, and travel to far away places. Exploring some of our most beloved teddy bear books, we will use our bodies, voices, and imaginations to make these stories, characters, and stuffed buddies come to life!
Best for ages 3-5.

Register today at https://www.artsonthehorizon.org/2024-summer-camps.html to join us for Teddy Bear Adventures, August 5-9!

🌟Summer Camp Spotlight:🌟
World of Puppetry
Ages 5-7

Join us for a fun-filled camp where we discover the art of puppet-making and performance! We will design and make our very own puppets as we explore characterization through stories, songs, movement, and voice. Taking inspiration from favorite storybooks campers will use music, movement, and creative play to bring their puppet friends to life!

Now through July 15th, use code PUPPET25OFF to save $25 on World of Puppetry!
Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis, and this offer does not apply to other camps or previously registered camps.
Visit our website to register: https://www.artsonthehorizon.org/2024-summer-camps.html

✨Summer Camp Spotlight ✨
🦑Jump into a submarine and get ready to explore the depths of the ocean! In this ocean adventure camp, we will dive deep and discover both real and fantasy creatures alike - from sharks and jellyfish to mermaids and perhaps even the kraken! Using creative movement, songs, and stories, campers will use their actors’ tools to bring these aquatic creatures to life!
Best for ages 3-5.

Register today at https://www.artsonthehorizon.org/2024-summer-camps.html for Deep Sea Dive, held July 29-August 2!

✨Summer Camp Spotlight ✨
🌏Join us for a fun-filled camp where we discover the art of puppet-making and performance! We will design and make our very own puppets as we explore characterization through stories, songs, movement, and voice. Taking inspiration from their favorite storybooks, campers will use music, movement, and creative play to bring their puppet friends to life! Best for ages 5-7.

Register today at https://www.artsonthehorizon.org/2024-summer-camps.html for World of Puppetry, held July 22-26!

✨Summer Camp Spotlight ✨
💫Grab your magic wand and enter a wondrous world of wizards, magical creatures, potions, and more! We will cast spells, explore wonderous lands, and bring our favorite magical stories to life. Explore with us as we become the rulers of our own imaginary kingdom and create a whole new world!

Register today at https://www.artsonthehorizon.org/2024-summer-camps.html to join us for Magical Adventures, July 15-19!

✨Summer Camp Spotlight ✨
🎭In this create-your-own-play camp, your little actor will learn all about the theatre! They will work together to write a play, create their own costumes and props, and put on an incredible performance for you! This acting camp, held July 8-12, is for all our kids ready to try something new!
Best for ages 5-7.

Register today at https://www.artsonthehorizon.org/2024-summer-camps.html

✨Summer Camp Spotlight ✨
🦸It's a bird, it's a plane, it's - the AOTH Hero Brigade! Time to learn the tricks of the trade and become our own superhero in this superhero training camp. Our superhero instructors will help us find our inner hero through movement, music, and creative play exploration! Best for ages 3-5.

Register today at https://www.artsonthehorizon.org/2024-summer-camps.html to join us for Superhero Academy, June 24-28!

✨Summer Camp Spotlight ✨
🚀3,2,1…Blast off! Launch into our first summer camp of 2024, held June 17-21 for ages 3-5!
Join us as we travel through space using our bodies, voices, and imaginations. Your little explorer will learn and experience anti-gravity, travel to planets far and wide, and find new friends across the galaxy!
⚠️(Note that we will not be holding camp on June 19th)
Register today at: https://www.artsonthehorizon.org/2024-summer-camps.html

🗓️ Save the date for the remount of Sailing on String! 🧶
When: Nov 2-5, 2024
Where: The Kennedy Center, Studio K at the REACH

Two curious explorers take off on a voyage into a world made of string! This gentle, engaging performance features object transformation, movement, live string music, and captivating design. Watch as a simple piece of yarn takes on countless new forms in this special immersive performance for our youngest audience members.

Best for children ages 0-3 and their families

More information at www.artsonthehorizon.org/sailing-on-string-2024.html or check out the link in our bio.
We hope to sail with you in November! ⛵

📚Off the Page is coming to 1st Stage in Tysons, VA!
Don't miss your last chances to see this Helen Hayes Recommended show for young audiences:
Thu, May 9th, 10:30 AM
Fri, May 10th, 10:30 AM
Sat, May 11th, 10:00 AM
Sat, May 11th, 11:30 AM
Head over to the 1st Stage website to get your tickets today: https://1ststage.org/family-programming

☀️ Don't let the heat get you down! Through May 10th, use code SUNNYDAYS to get $25 off each of the first two weeks of summer camps in June. 😎

🧊 Register today at https://www.artsonthehorizon.org/2024-summer-camps.html 🎉

Some snapshots from our show today @ Grace Episcopal School

-HA

Here's our before and after Off the Page!!

-JL

Thank you to everyone who supported Arts on the Horizon throughout our Spring2ACTion campaign. Your support enables special performances, arts education programs, summer camps, storytimes, and so much more.

If you haven’t made your gift yet, it’s not too late!
Join us today: https://i.mtr.cool/akwqzwzmjk

A Spring2ACTion Power Hour is here, which means YOUR GIFT from 7:00-8:00pm can help Arts on the Horizon unlock a $500 prize.

With your support, we can bring creative, impactful theatre programs to children across our community. Donate now: https://i.mtr.cool/ioabzehira

Today is Spring2ACTion, Alexandria’s Giving Day. And until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, our Board is matching all gifts to Arts on the Horizon, dollar for dollar, up to $2,000!

Fuel arts education with a special gift today: https://i.mtr.cool/anjnbustho

Spring2ACTion is just two days away. Did you know that you can expand access to arts education by supporting Arts on the Horizon?

We believe that ALL children should have access to arts education programs that teach social emotional learning and help build self-esteem. Join us today to provide equitable arts education opportunities across Alexandria. Visit this link to give today: https://i.mtr.cool/yhojdiaqrr

Touring this show for the last few weeks now has been an absolute joy. This picture pretty much sums it up 😄

-QV

Venom the snake and I love to read books in between shows.

-QV

We’re here at the beautiful Lyceum in Alexandria for our 2-show day!! It’s gonna be a great day to explore! 😁😁

-QV

📚This weekend only, catch Off the Page (now Helen Hayes Recommended!) in Alexandria! Reader & Quill be adventuring over to The Lyceum in Old Town Alexandria for three performances, April 20th-21st:
🗓️Sat, April 20th, 10:00 AM & 11:30 AM
🗓️Sun, April 21st, 11:00 AM
For more information & to get your tickets, visit our website: https://i.mtr.cool/ktzwuaviuc

What do these three things have in common? Come to the show to find out!

-JR

It’s a beautiful day for a show at the library!
- JR

🌱Early Giving for Spring2ACTion, Alexandria’s Giving Day, has begun! At Arts on the Horizon, we’re counting on our community of supporters to give generously in support of arts education programs that help children develop their imagination, learn the benefits of collaboration, refine problem solving skills, and so much more.🌻

Donate today through April 24: https://www.spring2action.org/organizations/arts-on-the-horizon

Join us TOMORROW, April 13th, at the Kennedy Center Block Party, and help us build a giant box fort! We'll be helping children (and grown-ups!) create & decorate a giant cardboard fortress on the lawn of the REACH. 📦🎉

Stop by this free event for fun, creative play, music, food, and much more!

For more information, visit
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/young-audiences/2023-2024/jacqueline-woodson/