INTERLOCHEN, Mich. – Christina Bauer, 16 of Northampton has been accepted and will attend Interlochen Arts Camp, the world’s premier summer arts program for aspiring artists grades 3 through 12. Bauer, the daughter of Lisa Caliendo, will study Visual Arts at the Camp. In 2012, the Camp will mark its 85th season at the forefront of arts education.
Christina currently attends Northampton High School and takes instruction at The Banana Factory and Fowler Arts Center in Bethlehem. Her original artwork and concept have been chosen for the 2012 Nationwide® Prom Promise® campaign. Christina is the recipient of the Shane Heller Memorial Art Award, recognized for her outstanding performance; attaining the Girl’s Highest Scholastic Average in Art.
Interlochen Arts Camp attracts students, faculty and staff from all 50 U.S. states and more than 40 countries. These 3,000 artists fill Interlochen’s northwoods campus with an explosion of creativity. Student-artists learn from world-class instructors and produce hundreds of presentations each summer in dance, theatre, creative writing, visual arts, music and film.
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Among the distinguished Camp alumni are Norah Jones, singer Josh Groban, members of the band OK Go, Rufus Wainwright, opera and concert soprano Jessye Norman, conductor Loren Maazel, jazz pianist Eldar, actor Anthony Rapp, cartoonist Cathy Guisewite and many more. Approximately ten percent of the nation’s professional orchestra musicians have roots at Interlochen and the alumni community has been awarded 89 Grammy Awards.
In addition to hundreds of performances, presentations and readings by young artists, Interlochen brings leading artists and performers to the northern Michigan campus. In recent years, guest artists have included Joshua Bell, the Decemberists, Rufus Wainwright, Olga Kern, Bob Dylan, Van Cliburn, Willie Nelson, B.B. King, Guster, Lyle Lovett, Trace Adkins, Branford Marsalis and many more.
