$55 for 55 Years | Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts on Long Island

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Your donation helps provide access to arts education in a welcoming environment where young artists of different ages, religions, and geographic backgrounds find each other and share their love of creating.

$55 can provide art supplies for two students for the summer (ie: canvases, paintbrushes, drawing materials, clay for ceramics, various metals for jewelry making)
$155 can supply playbills for all theater performances for the summer
$255 can cover tuition assistance application fees for four families

Do you know a Usdan student or staff member? Make a $55 gift in their honor! Just select "Dedicate this gift" and include their name.

Other Ways to Donate:

Mail a check made payable to Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts to 185 Colonial Springs Road Wheatley Heights, NY 11798
Contact development@usdan.org for wire transfers and/or invoice requests.

“[My daughter] had the best time this year and we are so grateful for you, the teachers, the friends she made...She found the perfect home [at Usdan] and was filled with so much joy each and every day! We love Usdan!!” -2023 Usdan Parent

Then and Now

From the Anniversary Archive, enjoy this then (1968) and now (2018) film from Usdan’s 50th Anniversary in the summer of 2018.

Located in a forested 140-acre oasis, Usdan opens up a world for children to joyfully express their creativity and develop their artistic skills in theater, music, visual arts, dance, and more.

1968

Usdan kicked off its inaugural season with 1,100 campers, a distinguished faculty, and an architecturally iconic campus. It was the culmination of Andrew McKinley’s vision, made possible through the support of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies (now UJA-Federation New York), as well as Samuel Lemberg, who donated the land on which Usdan sits.

2023

Usdan welcomed 1550+ students from throughout Nassau & Suffolk County, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Over half of our students received partial or full scholarships to help cover the costs of tuition.

“Usdan has been one of the most beautiful parts of our lives for 6 years now, and I really wanted you to know how important this camp has been for my whole family...thank you for making such a marvelous place.” -2023 Usdan Parent

Questions? Please contact Jessica Liss Feuer at development@usdan.org.

Class	Session	Major/Minor
Festival Showrunners: Usher, Host & Capture!	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor
Recreational Camp	1-Week Rec Camp	Major
Chess	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major and Minor and Recreational Activity
Performance: Children’s Theater	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major
Performance: Musical Theater	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major
Performance: The Usdan Troupe	8-Week	Major
Theater Skills: Improvisation & Theater Games	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor
Theater Skills: The Actor Sings	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor
Archery	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor and Recreational Activity
U Time	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor and Recreational Activity
Yoga	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor and Recreational Activity
Nature, Ecology & Design	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major and Minor
Seed to Snack: Edible Gardening	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major and Minor
Absolute Beginner Guitar Minor	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor
Absolute Beginner Piano Minor	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor
Chamber Ensemble	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor
Composition: Classical Music	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major and Minor
Composition: Intro to DJ Basics and the History of Hip-Hop	4-Week A	Minor
Composition: Songwriting	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor
Concert Band	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major
Guitar Minor (1-2 Years of Experience)	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor
Jazz Ensemble (Major)	4-Week A	Major
Jazz Ensemble (Minor)	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor
Junior Piano Major (3+ Years of Experience)	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major
Junior Vocal Ensemble	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major and Minor
Orchestra	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major
Piano Minor (1-2 Years of Experience)	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor
Senior Piano Major (4+ Years of Experience)	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major
Senior Vocal Ensemble	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major and Minor
Ballet	4-Week A	Major
Broadway Jazz Dance	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor and Recreational Activity
Choreography	4-Week B	Major
Dance Adventure	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major
Hip Hop Dance (Major)	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major
Hip Hop Dance (Minor)	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor and Recreational Activity
Tap Dance	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor and Recreational Activity
Creative Writing	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major and Minor
Creative Writing: Playwriting	4-Week B	Minor
Art Adventure	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major
Beginner Painting	4-Week B	Minor
Ceramics	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major
Comic Art	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major and Minor
Jewelry Making: Mixed Media	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major
LEGO™ Construction	4-Week A 4-Week B	Minor and Recreational Activity
Painting & Drawing	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major and Minor
Photography	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major and Minor
Portfolio Development	4-Week A	Minor
Sculpture	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major
Sewing & Fashion Design	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major
Discovery	4-Week A 4-Week B	Major