Anyone in Metrowest, from kindergartners through senior citizens, can tap into their creative side this summer at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts.

“The summer is a great time for youngsters or adults to try something new or immerse themselves in something they love,” said Sandee Buckley, HCA’s director of operations. HCA summer programs encompass the visual arts, theater, ceramics, film, music and dance.

Youngsters in kindergarten through Grade 12 can participate in the Summer Fun in the Arts program, which offers weeklong full- and half-day classes from June 30 to Aug. 15. The age-geared programs “are great for any child or teenager who loves the arts, but they are also a wonderful resource for a family who wants to mix it up with their child playing sports one week, enjoying STEM exploration another and then trying ceramics or film for a third,” said Buckley.“Our instructors are professionals in their fields used to working with all ability levels. They meet a youngster where they are at.”

Added Buckley: “The instructors make sure the kids have fun while learning something.”

Highlights of the 2025 summer program include professional entertainers who will perform at lunch weekly and the two-week theater classes leading to presentations of “Alice in Wonderland” and “Frozen.” The productions, which are open to the public, “are the whole shebang, with youngsters wearing costumes and being lit with our new lighting system,” said Buckley.

She added, “In a sweet collaboration, youngsters enrolled in Hopkinton Parks & Recreation programs will attend the dress rehearsal, letting the HCA students practice before a live audience.”

Registration for Summer Fun in the Arts is open online at HopArtsCenter.org or by calling 508-435-9222. HCA will hold a summer program open house on Sunday, April 13, from 2-5 p.m.

Buckley said a series of weekend and one-day summer programs for adults is being developed and should be listed on the website in early May.

“Summer is a great time to try something new,” she said.

HCA also will offer its popular Plein Air workshops, the always well-attended Summer Concert Series on Friday and Saturday nights in July, and a crowd favorite, the fifth annual A Play, A Pint & A Pie festival, in August.

For more information about HCA summer programs, visit HopArtsCenter.org.

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