Course Description
Our Summer Intermediate Arts: Emerging Leadership course at OELC has a unique focus of developing students’ leadership skills through an exploration of the arts. The ideal candidate is not necessarily a student who is a ‘master musician, actor, artist, dancer or writer’ but one who has an interest in the arts and in particular, a student with leadership potential who is willing to learn about themselves, about others and how to apply their skills in their school and/or community. The emphasis of this program will be on the development of leadership skills through the following five disciplines: music, dance, drama, visual arts, and creative writing, with a specific focus on social justice themes. A series of challenging activities have been planned to help each student learn more about him/herself, other students, and their place in the global community. It is expected that each student will identify ways in which the program teachings may be of particular use in their individual schools and lives.