MoPop Offers Up A Drag Camp For Kids This Summer!

April 17, 2023• byMichael Strangeways

Don’t tell the Rethugicans but Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture is offering up a summer camp for kids this summer that might just put them over the edge of sanity!

Oh, who am I kidding….they went over that edge DECADES AGO!!!

And, it’s not even a new camp…MoPop has done this in years past, too. Drag-tastic: The Art of Drag Camp was so popular, that it returns for Summer 2023. They’re even providing TWO separate options this year with the first offering happening July 24-28 and the second one from August 7-11.

They have other kinds of camps, too, if your child isn’t into dragging it up. AND, they even have scholarships available….go to https://mopop.org/summercamp for more info on all the camps but here’s so more skinny about the drag camp:

Calling all current and future kings and queens! Explore self-expression in MoPOP’s drag-tastic summer camp! Led by Seattle performer Joshua Hancock, you’ll investigate drag history and work together with local artists to create your own personas. You’ll choose your name, explore hair and makeup techniques, and develop your character’s stage presence. At the end of the week, celebrate your new drag personas with a private showcase!

Tuition: $380 if registered prior to 5/31, $400 is registered after 5/31. MoPOP members receive a $25 discount on camps.

8:45am-4:00pm daily

MoPOP

Ages 12-18

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.