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Filmsters Academy
The Key School, 534 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis.
410-263-3023. filmstersacademy.com
“What we’re doing is a little crazy,” said
Lee Anderson, half of the duo that founded
Filmsters Academy Film Studio. “We take
very, very expensive equipment and we put it
into the hands of children.”
The Academy teaches the entire creative
process of filmmaking, from pitching an idea
to writing, performing in, filming and editing
movies.
Filmster offers weeklong camps in July
and August for beginners ($845), 10-day
camps for intermediate students ($1,650) and
two-week intensive sessions for advanced
students ($1995).
The advanced sessions are by invitation
only. But all camps culminate in a mini-film
festival of movies created by the budding
filmmakers.
“We don’t know of any other program
like ours in the whole country,” Filmsters
co-founder Patti White said. “The top film
schools in the country know who our kids
are.”
Maryland Hall
801 Chase St. Annapolis. 410-263-5544.
marylandhall.org
During a normal summer, Maryland Hall
welcomes 1,200 campers ages 5 to 18 who
attend 47 weekly summer camps in the
visual arts, dance or music. Kids can create
a portrait in glass of their pets, learn the
fundamental moves in hip-hop or study
guitar with legendary guitar maker Paul
Reed Smith.
Because the building is owned by the Anne
Arundel County Public Schools, any student
enrolled in the system can attend camps and
classes for free. Students from private schools
and other public districts who wish to enroll
will pay between $35 and $475 per session.
Maryland Hall also rents space to private
partners, such as Smith’s Naptown Jazz.
These private contractors set their own fees,
which apply to anyone who enrolls.
“For the past two years, there has been
such a lack of personal, human connections,”
Coleman said.
“Kids haven’t had the opportunity to
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