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