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Ifetayo Camps

 Mid-Winter Recess Camp is back Feb 17th – 21st!

2025 Camp Dates

Winter Break Camp – Feb. 17-21, 2025

Spring Break Camp – April 14-18, 2025

Summer Break Camp – Aug. 18-22 and 25-29, 2025

 

At Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy, we’re dedicated to empowering youth through creativity, cultural pride, and community.

Our school break camps blend fun, education, and artistic exploration with a focus on Pan-African heritage and imaginative black futures!

Why Join Our Camps?
At Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy, we’re dedicated to empowering youth through creativity, cultural pride, and community. Our school break camps blend fun, education, and artistic exploration with a focus on Pan-African heritage and imaginative black futures. 

  • Heritage Celebration
    Campers will explore and celebrate the richness of African and Pan-African culture through engaging activities and workshops that honor our shared history.
  • Educational Empowerment
    Thought-provoking sessions focus on key aspects of African heritage, achievements, and contemporary issues, fostering pride and understanding.
  • Cultural Arts Workshops
    From traditional music and dance to visual arts and storytelling, participants will enjoy hands-on experiences that spark creativity and self-expression.
  • Leadership Development
    Through activities and workshops, campers will develop leadership skills and learn the value of community engagement.
  • STEAM + Culture Fusion 
    By integrating culture with STEAM we explore ways to use technology for community and connections. Interactive 3d printing, hands-on virtual reality demos, and robotics games included.
  • Community Building
    Collaborative projects and group activities help build connections and foster unity among campers.
Register for Winter Break Camp Here!

 

Introducing Imagination Station
Maker-Games: Future Builders Edition

Looking for an engaging and enriching way for your child to spend their school break?

Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy is excited to offer a unique camp experience where children can connect, create, and celebrate in a culturally vibrant environment.

This year, we’re adding STEAM based games, projects, and immersions to the schedule because Love brings Joy and culture shapes the future.

Pricing

$ 355 For the full week!
  • African centered values and curricula
  • Four dynamic classes each day
  • Family friendly prices <3
Register Today!

For questions or additional information, please contact our Camps Program Coordinator Brother Aaron: [email protected].

Ubuntu

(Connectedness)
We believe in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity. Ubuntu is a Nguni Bantu term that roughly translates as human kindness. “I am because we are.”

Sankofa

(Critical Reflection)
We believe that learning from the past is critical to building for the future. Sankofa is a word in the Akan language from Ghana that translates as “reach back and get it” (san-to return; ko-to go; fa-to fetch, to seek and take).

Mbongi

(Collective Decision-Making)
We are committed to collective decision making in developing and delivering excellent programs. Mbongi (Kikongo) which means “Place of Learning” and is essentially a system of governance that brings people together to resolve community challenges.

Ifetayo

(Love)
We believe that love is the center of the work that we do. Ifetayo, Yoruba word from Nigeria, West Africa which means love is enough for joy. Restoring love and joy in our community through programming that reflects the richness of African culture.

Kiujumla

(Holistic)
We believe communities are strengthened through approaches that are comprehensive and holistic. We are therefore committed to the development of the whole person; mind, body, and spirit.

Our Values

Kiumjala

(Holistic)
We believe communities are strengthened through approaches that are comprehensive and holistic. We are therefore committed to the development of the whole person; mind, body, and spirit.

Ifetayo

(Love)
We believe that love is the center of the work that we do. Ifetayo, Yoruba word from Nigeria, West Africa which means love is enough for joy. Restoring love and joy in our community through programming that reflects the richness of African culture.

Mbongi

(Collective Decision-Making)
We are committed to collective decision making in developing and delivering excellent programs. Mbongi (Kikongo) which means “Place of Learning” and is essentially a system of governance that brings people together to resolve community challenges.

Sankofa

(Critical Reflection)
We believe that learning from the past is critical to building for the future. Sankofa is a word in the Akan language from Ghana that translates as “reach back and get it” (san-to return; ko-to go; fa-to fetch, to seek and take).

Ubuntu

(Connectedness)
We believe in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity. Ubuntu is a Nguni Bantu term that roughly translates as human kindness. “I am because we are.”