July 14 - 18, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Pieces of Mind
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Creating Together Arts Camp is back for year three with a half-day, collaborative program for creative kids (ages 7 - 12) who are seeking to express themselves and connect with others within an inclusive, process-based environment.
Creating Together Arts Camp will be offered at Pieces of Mind at 1005 Brookside Road Suite 50 in Allentown, PA on July 14 - 18 from 9:00 am until 12:30 pm.
Children will be asked to pack a water bottle and snack and will have daily opportunities for unstructured PLAY and fresh air (weather permitting), in addition to guided creative experiences in dance, music, theatre, and yoga/mindfulness.
Need a full day camp option? Check out "Draw Your Dreams" Camp led by Tara Santoro, July 14 - 17 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm at Pieces of Mind. If staying for a full day, artists may pack a lunch to eat before their afternoon session begins.
Throughout the week, artists will experience the freedom to create without the pressure to perform. Mistakes are welcomed as part of the process when you live creatively.
At Creating Together Arts Camp, we hope to provide young artists with:
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the space to become more of who they already are
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the opportunity to find their people, who are similarly-wired with a passion for creative self-expression
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the encouragement to start creating a better, more beautiful world- together
Theatre: Artists will engage in improvisational scenarios that will allow them to create, re-create, and move between varied identities of themselves and others, all in the hopes of creating confident & compassionate artists.
Dance: Artists will explore new ways of moving through guided dance experiences, improvisatory games, and collaborative creative tasks as a means of personal discovery, self-expression, and building authentic connections.
Music: Artists will expand their understanding of music and explore how using their voices in new ways can open opportunities for expression.
Yoga & Mindfulness: Artists will learn postures and breathing techniques to help them be fully present in order to cultivate self-awareness of both the physical body and emotional self. Each yoga session will encourage kindness & acceptance of self and others through the use of stories, games, and crafts.
Daily Schedule
*Subject to change
8:45 Drop-off
9:00 Yoga & Mindfulness
9:45 Dance
10:30 Snack/Free Play
11:00 Theatre
11:45 Music
12:30 Pick-up
Teaching Artists
Dance
Angie Lichtenwalner, MA
Angie (she/her) is a neurodivergent artist, wife, and mother who enjoys creating "outside-the-box" opportunities to encourage communication, confidence, and compassion for creative movers of all ages and abilities. Her preference for self-expression & connection through movement began early, eventually leading her to earn degrees in Dance Education from The University of the Arts and New York University. Angie has been sharing her love for movement with students for over 20 years, at private studios, public elementary & middle schools, and a variety of camps and community events, both locally and abroad.
She is the founder & dance teaching artist at Creativity Moves Lehigh Valley. As an arts educator, Angie strives to be nervous system informed, trauma sensitive, neurodiversity affirming, and radically inclusive. She is passionate about exploring how movement can lead individuals to knowing and showing their most authentic selves, ultimately creating deeper connections with themselves and those they love.
Music
Sam Heydt, MT-BC
Sam is a board-certified music therapist and passionate music educator with over nine years of experience teaching elementary music. Known for her warmth, creativity, and person-centered approach, Sam brings both clinical expertise and heartfelt connection to her work with clients and students alike.
She holds a bachelor's degree in music education and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Music Therapy and Counseling at Immaculata University. Sam is committed to using music as a powerful tool for healing, learning, and self-expression across all stages of life.
Yoga & Mindfulness
Jennifer Csordas, MS, MFA, RYT, RCYT
Jenn is a wife, a mother of four children, and a life-long learner who has built her career around creative expression, whole body health, and wellness. Over the last 20 years, she has worked in the mental health field with adults, children, as a trainer, an educator, and has had extensive training in trauma-informed care, as it relates to challenging behaviors in both the elementary and middle levels of education.
Jenn is the owner of YogaCsordas and Hummingbird Whole Body Health. She is a recent graduate of the Masters of School Counseling Program at Kutztown University. Jenn is a writer, mixed media artist, yoga instructor, mindfulness educator, and certified life coach.
Theatre
Kristin Cichowski Kratzer, M.Ed.
Kristin's love of Theatre began in the Lehigh Valley when she attended the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts. She then went on to study Theatre, Elementary Education and Film Studies at Ursinus College. She has served as a Theatre specialist at the Arts Academy Elementary Charter School in Allentown, PA since the school opened in 2015 and has facilitated summer theatre camps both in the valley and suburbs of Philadelphia and participates in community theatre when the time and opportunity arises.
Throughout her time as an arts educator, Kristin has witnessed the power of Theatre to create portals to imaginative worlds. These worlds are becoming increasingly harder for children to discover in a technology dominated society. And yet, they are where children are their freest selves. She believes all human beings have the right to be free.