SUMMER CAMPS THAT MAY APPEAL TO GT KIDS IN THE AUSTIN, TEXAS, AREA

List compiled by Katie Mangan

Note: This listing may not contain all the area camps of interest to gifted & talented children and their parents. The Eanes TAG Association does not endorse any of these camps

Austin Chamber Music Center
4930 Burnet Rd., Suite 203, Austin, 78756
454-7562
All ages

Austin Children’s Museum Camps
201 Colorado St., Austin, 78701
All camps will be at the museum this year
472-2499
ages 4-11

Austin Musical Theater
2011 E. Riverside Dr., Suite C Austin 78741
428-9696
ages 5-17

Austin Nature Center
301 Nature Center Dr., Austin 78746
327-8181
ages 3-12

Austin Theater for Youth Academy
P.O. Box 26794, Austin, 78755
Camp will be at the new Dell Jewish Community Campus – off Far West Blvd.
459-7144
ages 5 to 18

Austin Zoo
P.O. Box 91808, Austin, 78709
Zoo is located at 10807 Rawhide Trail in SW Austin, past the Y at Oak Hill
288-1490
ages 5-12

Central Market
Cooking camp
4001 N. Lamar, Austin, 78756
Cooking camps held at this store only
206-1000
ages 5-12

Clay Ways Pottery Studio
5442 Burnet Rd., Austin, 78756
459-6445
ages 6-teens

Cool Keyboard Camp/Capital Music Center
6101 Burnet Rd., Austin 78757
458-1933
ages 7-teens

Dance Associates
831A Houston St., Austin, 78756
323-6013, x 10
ages 3-ninth grade

Dougherty Arts Center
Summer Fine Arts Camps
1110 Barton Springs Rd., Austin 78704
397-1458
ages 3-14

4-H Camps
themes are aerospace and sport fishing
1600B Smith Rd., Austin 78721
Camp locations not yet available
473-9600
ages 9-12

Future Kids
Computers, multimedia
102 Westlake Dr., Suite 105; or 3818 Far West Blvd. Suite 101, Austin
346-8020
ages 4-14

House of Tutors
Summer Spanish lessons, SAT and PSAT preparation
2400 Pearl St., Austin, 78705
472-6666

Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farm
11418 Sprinkle Cutoff Rd., Austin 78754
(extreme NE Austin)
837-1215
ages 4-teens

Kids Acting
5811 Burnet Rd., Austin, 78737
458-5437
ages 4-18

Laguna Gloria Art Museum
P.O. 5568, Austin 78763
Classes will be held throughout Austin
323-6380
ages 4-16

Magic Camp
7306 Scenic Brook Dr., Austin 78736
288-1596
ages 5-12

Masterschool
Old Mare Ranch
Rt. 3, Box 30, Manor, 78753
272-9910
ages 5-14 (brochures available from all Eanes GT teachers)

Natural Ear Music
Kids form bands and play music – lots of rock ‘n’roll
3607 Manchaca Rd., Austin, 78704
447-5910
ages 8-18

Sea Camp
Texas A&M University at Galveston
P.O. Box 1675 Galveston, 77553-1675
(409) 740-4525
ages 10-18

Seaworld of Texas
10500 Seaworld Dr., San Antonio, 78251
(210) 523-3611
ages 3-18

U.S. Space Camp
Astronaut training
P.O. Box 070015, Huntsville, Ala. 35807 Camps are in Florida, Alabama, and California
1-800-533-7281
ages 9 to 18

State Theater Company
719 Congress Ave., Austin, 78701
472-3160
ages 13-17

Theater and Dance Camp
Department of Theater and Dance
University of Texas Austin, 78712
471-5793

Wildflower Research Center
4801 LaCrosse Ave, Austin 78739
292-4200
ages 4-12

Writing Camp
Kathy Jackson, 5th-grade teacher at Barton Creek Elementary (advanced LA)
7805 Parliament, Austin 78759 Camp will be in her home, near the Arboretum
331-4675
for 4th-6th graders

Zachary Scott Theater
Performing Arts School
1510 Toomey Rd., Austin, 78704
476-0594, x 236
ages 5-14

Foreign-language summer camps
Many summer camps where youngsters can learn foreign languages are listed here.


Note:  The Eanes TAG Association does not endorse any of these camps


Return to Professor Lamp Home.