Seattle museum summer camp teaches 12-year-olds ‘the art of drag’

A Seattle museum is web hosting a summer months camp for young children as young as 12-several years-previous that encourages them to obtain their “drag personas.”

The event, titled “Drag-tastic Summer Camp: The Art of Drag,” is currently being provided by the Museum of Pop Society in Seattle, Washington, and states that folks ages 12 to 18 a long time aged can attend.

The week-long camp will give men and women ages 12 to 18 the possibility to “examine drag history,” when also building drag “personas.”

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Perform and training space upcoming to Museum of Pop Lifestyle. Place Needle, Seattle, United States. Architect: Olson Kundig, 2020. 
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“Contacting all present and future kings and queens! Discover self-expression in MoPOP’s week-extended, drag-tastic summer season camp! Led by Seattle performer Joshua Hancock, you’ll examine drag heritage and perform collectively with regional artists to create your have personas,” the occasion description states.

As section of the celebration, participants will also select a drag identify, learn “hair and make-up procedures,” as very well as establishing “your character’s phase presence.”

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A Seattle museum is internet hosting a summer months camp oriented for young children as youthful as 12-a long time-old that encourages them to come across their “drag personas.”
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“You’ll choose your identify, examine hair and makeup strategies, and create your character’s stage existence,” the description states.

At the conclusion of the camp, members will get to “rejoice” the new “drag personas with a non-public showcase.”

The price to show up at the camp is $370 until finally May possibly 31, then rises to $400 for the 7 days-lengthy camp. 

A spokesperson for the museum instructed Fox News that they are happy to supply drag for youthful individuals to gain core “self-expression.”

“We celebrate creativeness with all users of our local community as a core element of our mission. Like any other arts enrichment system, we are very pleased to present an chance for young folks to use drag to investigate self-expression through producing people and performances that express and uplift their distinctive identities,” the spokesperson mentioned.