There are so many arts organizations around Aiken, and a lot of them have opportunities and programming designed just for kids and teens! Click any organization name below to go to their website.
ACA sponsors the Aiken Youth Orchestra, which is open to middle and high schoolers by audition.
If you're just starting out as a musician, try out the free Beginning Strings Group for anyone ages 5 and up!
Summer and other camps and workshops are offered throughout the year.
ACA offers a number of art classes, private lessons, and workshops. Some are free, while others charge a fee.
Scholarships are available to students in financial need!
The Youth Wing of ACT offers free workshops on Saturdays throughout the school year! Workshops are available for grades 4-8 and grades 9-12.
They also offer an immersion program for select students that pays for you to attend intensive regional workshops.
Every year, JOYE! in Aiken offers rising high school freshmen and 9th-12th graders the chance to learn from Juilliard-trained jazz musicians in this weeklong day camp.
Tuition is $200, and scholarships are available.
Aiken is home to a TON of dance schools and studios. Here are a few that offer lessons and programming for kids and teens: