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YPI creates a community of respect and responsibility for young people: teens and tweens ages 11-17 (grades 6-12). For those whose talents in the visual and performing arts set them apart in their school systems, YPI provides a home base by meeting every year. Creative expression is the ultimate goal. YPI provides access to professional artists who may help guide their careers as the young people mature. These master teachers share both their talent and their wisdom.
Founded in 1981 and housed at the Suffield Academy in Suffield, Connecticut, YPI, Inc. (formerly the Young People’s Institute) is a two-week long co-educational residential summer camp for the creative arts. YPI exists to create a safe and inspirational environment where children of diverse backgrounds and skill levels can feel free to create, explore, grow, and share their talents under the thoughtful guidance of professional artists and caring staff. YPI seeks to produce an environment of cooperative learning for the young people it serves.
YPI is held at the Suffield Academy, a private boarding school in Suffield, CT. The academy is about 25 minutes from the Hartford train and bus stations, and about 20 minutes from Bradley International Airport. Suffield Academy is located at 185 N. Main Street, Suffield, CT 06078.
A one-week session at camp including room, board, and an enthusiastic staff of professional counselors and teachers at your fingertips costs $1,250. If you sign up for two weeks at camp, we offer a discounted rate of $2,200 for both weeks. A $100 discount is applied if you refer a friend or bring a sibling!
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Editor’s note: This week’s blog post comes to you courtesy of Tessa, a camper at YPI 2013. I’m in a permanent YPI state of mind. To me, being in a YPI state of mind is the state of feeling a warm spot in your tummy, a facial expression of happiness or contemplation, and being inspired. When I think about the people …
Editor’s note: This week’s blog post comes to you courtesy of Arianna, a camper at YPI 2013. YPI – It is definitely not just a place. YPI to me is a place to step away from the real world. It is a place where I can let all of my burdens float away and have new memories sink in. When I …
To all the mothers of YPIers, YPI staff member mothers, YPI alum who have become mothers, YPI campers who sometimes act like mothers, and all the YPIers who love mothers, we wish you a Happy Mother’s Day! Don’t forget to thank a mother today! Let us know if you did something special to celebrate.
Happy Valentine’s Day, YPI family! Poetry/songwriting teacher Sal and counselor Emily want you to remember to share the love today. Camp is the place of true love; don’t forget to carry that with you all year.
The color of her eyes were the color of insanity. -“Devil’s Dance Floor” by Flogging Molly
Editor’s note: This week’s blog post comes to you courtesy of Dan, Visual Arts Master Teacher at YPI. This summer in drawing and painting (with a little sculpture thrown in) was a mix of skills, styles, students, and teachers. There were three teachers, one from a classical drawing professional comic book background, one from a sculpture and printmaking perspective and one …
Editor’s note: This week’s blog post comes to you courtesy of Helena, Songwriting Master Teacher at YPI. The recordings we do in Songwriting are very much demos. A full-fledged recording needs pre-production, someone acting as producer, extensive production and mixing, and mastering. In 4.5 days of workshop, students have just enough time to write the song, refine it, and make some …
Editor’s note: This week’s blog post comes to you courtesy of Anna, a camper at YPI 2013. This summer at YPI we were told to “find our own voices and use them to help others find theirs”. I understood what it meant to find my voice, but I didn’t initially understand how I could help others find their own voices. At …
Would you dance if I asked you to dance? -“Hero” by Enrique Iglesias Because Dance Master Teacher Sarah totally would.
By Master Teacher Sal Basile Poetry YPI 2013 was a blast of rocket shots shooting from the craters of deep minds and launching pads of power-packed hearts. We went into THE VOID and conquered it, bent it, and totally twisted it into what we wanted IT to be. Those of you out there who know what I am jazzing about …