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Camp Name: California State Summer School for the Arts (InnerSpark)
Camp Focus: Visual, Cinematic, Literary And Performing Arts
Owner: State of California
Director: Robert M. Jaffe
Address: Session held at California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Pkwy. , Valencia , CA (Permanent Office: 1010 Hurley Way, #185 ; Sacramento , CA 95825 )
Phone Number: (916) 274-5815
Fax Number: (916) 274-5814
Email: application@innerspark.us
Website: www.innerspark.us
Camp Type: Residential summer arts program
Camp Season: One 4-week session, beginning the second Saturday of July (e.g., July 14 - August 11, 2007)
Setting: California Institute of the Arts(CalArts), a fully accredited degree-granting institution of higher learning for students of the arts located in Valencia , a residential community situated 25 miles north of Hollywood
Gender: Coed
Camp Capacity: 500 California students/20 non-California residents
Pricing: $1,350 California residents; $4400 non-California residents. Comprehensive fee i ncludes tuition, meals & housing ; Financial aid available for California residents only.
Notes: Students who successfully complete the 4-week program in their artistic discipline are eligible to receive 3 units of California State University extended education credit.
Slogan: If you can dream it, you can do it.

Animation ( two-dimensional animation, life drawing, movement, etc.), Creative Writing (fiction, poetry, scriptwriting), Dance ( ballet, modern, and body conditioning, mat technique; choreography; dance history; and jazz ), Film/Video (live action and found-footage super-8 and 16-mm filmmaking, digital video production and editing), Music (vocal, instrumental, composition, chamber music, jazz, music history, music theory, improvisation, technology, Balinese gamelan, West African dance and drumming and more), Theatre ( tai chi chu'an, acting, movement, voice, story, stage combat, physical comedy, stage acrobatics, and musical theater ), Visual Arts ( figure drawing, design, painting, digital art, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, and photography )

InnerSpark is a rigorous training program for talented artists of high school age. It was created by the California Legislature, and held its first session in 1987. Its purpose is to provide a training ground for future artists who wish to pursue careers in the arts and entertainment industries in California . Students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 may attend InnerSpark. Participants are selected in the Spring on the basis of their talent and creativity as demonstrated through assignments and teacher recommendations. The admissions process is highly competitive; approximately 1 in 3 applicants are accepted in each department.