Summer Camp - Week 6 (Ages 5-7 years) FULL
Date: Aug 19
- Aug 23
9:00 am
- 4:00 pm
Where: Everywhere
CAMP
Each week is full of exploration, creativity, and fun! Activities focus on creative expression through daily themes as campers find inspiration in exhibitions and collections. Outside play and short field trips within walking distance to The Rooms are also part of daily camp activities as weather permits.
REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 12, 2024 at 10:00 am and will be online only.
TO REGISTER:
1. Click the blue "Buy Tickets" button on this page (this button will go live at 10 am on March 12). If you are registering multiple children for the same camp week, you can select multiple tickets.
2. Purchase that ticket, this is your camp registration fee.
3. After purchasing, please download this REGISTRATION FORM and send the completed form to roomsorders@therooms.ca to complete your registration.
Campers will:
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Explore a variety of materials and media related to drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpting
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Spend time engaging with objects, reproduction artifacts, and journaling
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Visit art exhibitions, museum galleries, archives, and behind the scenes vaults
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Participate in outdoor games and creative movement activities
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Experience hands-on fun with history, music, and nature
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Learn art and heritage skills from special guests
Camp Details:
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Sessions run Monday – Friday 9 am – 4 pm (drop off between 8:45 am and 9 am and pick up between 4 pm and 4:30 pm. Cannot accommodate earlier drop-offs or later pick-ups).
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Cost: $225 per week + HST
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10% Discount for Rooms Members (Member Number Required)
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Camp registration is non-refundable
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REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 12, 2024 at 10:00 am.
Camp Schedule:
- Camp 1: July 8-12 (Ages 5-7 years)*
- Camp 2: July 15-19 (Ages 8-10 years)
- Camp 3: July 22-26 (Ages 5-7 years)*
- Camp 4: July 29 – August 2 (Ages 8-10 years)
- No Camp Augst 5 - 9
- Camp 5: August 12-16 (Ages 11-12 years)
- Camp 6: August 19-23 (Ages 5-7 years)*
Note: *children must have completed a full year of Kindergarten / suited for children going into grade 1 in September 2024. Camp will go ahead on holiday Mondays.
Today's Events & Programs
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Join Collections Manager Wade Greeley for an exclusive members-only tour of the collections vault.
Step beyond the public galleries and unearth the untold stories behind ceramics in The Rooms collection. From the ornate to the beautifully ordinary, explore the fascinating history of objects that bridge the gap between art and utility.
Don’t miss your chance to explore seldom seen tools that have shaped daily life for centuries.
This program includes a complimentary coffee or tea from The Rooms Café following the tour.
Cost: $20 plus HST (Members Only). Ticket sales open Friday, January 9 at 10:00 am. Please call 709-757-8090 to reserve your ticket.
Image: Ceramics fused during the Great Fire of 1892, St. John’s, NL.
Join Collections Manager Wade Greeley for an exclusive members-only tour of the collections vault.
Step beyond the public galleries and unearth the untold stories behind ceramics in The Rooms collection. From the ornate to the beautifully ordinary, explore the fascinating history of objects that bridge the gap between art and utility.
Don’t miss your chance to explore seldom seen tools that have shaped daily life for centuries.
This program includes a complimentary coffee or tea from The Rooms Café following the tour.
Cost: $20 plus HST (Members Only). Ticket sales open Friday, January 9 at 10:00 am. Please call 709-757-8090 to reserve your ticket.
Image: Ceramics fused during the Great Fire of 1892, St. John’s, NL.
Your Friday’s Just Got Creative
Whether you’re a confident sketcher looking for community and inspiration, or someone who’s always wanted to try drawing but never felt brave enough—this is your chance!
Join us in a welcoming, relaxed environment where creativity flows and everyone belongs. Each week, we explore a new theme while building our skills and own drawing style. From investigating the intricate details of our natural history collection to learning and drawing from our gallery exhibitions.
What to Expect:
• A supportive space to learn, share, and enjoy art together
• Guided exercises with an experienced instructor
• Tips and techniques for all skill levels
• Quality drawing supplies provided (or bring your favorite sketchbook!)
No pressure, just possibilities. Come for the art, stay for the conversation.
Cost: $25 per session plus HST. 10% discount for members. Reserve your spot today online or by calling (709) 757-8090
Let’s draw together at The Rooms!
What fills the void when a species disappears?
Legends from the past and lessons for the future.
Step into our Connections Gallery and hear the stories of the Great Auk, the Newfoundland Wolf, and endangered whales as they echo across the ages through their body and bones.
Commiserate with the extinct, heed the calls of the endangered, and get hands on with remarkable specimens. Then, stand in awe before The Earth, Our Mother, Billy Gauthier’s breathtaking sculpture carved from the skull of a fin whale.
Join us for an unforgettable experience where science meets storytelling and leave inspired, with a deeper love for the rich natural history of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Included in the cost of admission. This tour is suitable for all ages and includes unique specimens not currently on display.
Peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador
Stroll across land and sea, and through time, to meet the peoples who have made Newfoundland and Labrador home for the past 9,000 years.
Each tour is approximately 30 – 40 minutes and is included in the cost of admission. Free for Rooms members.
Your Friday’s Just Got Creative
Whether you’re a confident sketcher looking for community and inspiration, or someone who’s always wanted to try drawing but never felt brave enough—this is your chance!
Join us in a welcoming, relaxed environment where creativity flows and everyone belongs. Each week, we explore a new theme while building our skills and own drawing style. From investigating the intricate details of our natural history collection to learning and drawing from our gallery exhibitions.
What to Expect:
• A supportive space to learn, share, and enjoy art together
• Guided exercises with an experienced instructor
• Tips and techniques for all skill levels
• Quality drawing supplies provided (or bring your favorite sketchbook!)
No pressure, just possibilities. Come for the art, stay for the conversation.
Cost: $25 per session plus HST. 10% discount for members. Reserve your spot today online or by calling (709) 757-8090
Let’s draw together at The Rooms!
Join us for an exclusive screening of Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) by award-winning Canadian Inuit Director, Zacharias Kunuk, starring Theresia Kappianaq, Haiden Angutimarik, Leah Panimera, Mark Taqqaugaq, and Dion Amarualik.
The film recently won the Best Canadian Feature Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Best known for his 2001 feature film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, winner of the 2001 Camera d’Or and voted Canada’s Best Film of all-time by the Toronto International Film Festival Film Critic poll in 2015, Kunuk is considered one of the pioneers of Indigenous cinema, having directed five feature films and over 40 documentaries, all in Inuktitut.
Inspired by traditional Inuit stories and legends, Uiksaringitara: Wrong Husband is set in 2000 BCE, when Inuit lived semi-nomadically in small groups, moving to follow the seasons and animals. Society was guided by Shamanism, a complex spiritual system of taboos where each object or life form has a spirit that must be respected, and the lines between the “real” world and the “spirit” world blurred.
Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq) and Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik) were promised to each other at birth. After the sudden death of Kaujak’s father, her mother marries a man from another camp tearing the young lovers apart. The promise of a better life quickly turns to a nightmare, with aggressive suitors backed by an evil shaman vying to win Kaujak’s hand. But Kaujak resists, holding on to hope that Sapa will one day make things right.
Running time: 100 minutes
Shot on location in Igloolik, Nunavut
Cost: $12 plus HST. 10% discount for Rooms members. Get your tickets online or by calling 709-757-8090.