Bridgewater State University's Arts for Youth

This summer's Arts for Youth Interns include:

Matt Pilotte

Chloe Pantano is going to be a senior at Cardinal Spellman High School in the fall. She loves dance and art more than anything else in the world! Chloe has been dancing at Michelle's Studio of Dance since she was two years old, and has been an assistant teacher there for the last two years as well. She has been involved in various art programs my entire life and doesn't know what she would do with out art and dance! Sadly, Chloe never had the chance to attend Arts For Youth when she was younger, but she did attend various other summer camps and loves the fun energetic atmosphere. She can't wait to have another amazing summer at Arts For Youth!
 

Dan Russell: This is Dan’s first year working as an intern at Art's for Youth, and he is looking forward to working with all of the AfY campers! For the past three summers, Dan attended the Arts for Teens program, where he enjoyed playing leading roles in 3 of their musicals. Dan also spent 9 years at Arts for Youth, having fun in all of the classes that were offered each summer. In his spare time, Dan enjoys hanging out with friends, playing on the BR Ultimate Frisbee Team, running cross country and track for BR, and being in the school Musical. His latest role – chorus member of the infamous French musical Les Mis!

Kim Whitney is 17 years old and going to be a senior at Silver Lake Regional High School this upcoming fall. She hopes to major in computer engineering and design, but also pursues hobbies in art, photography, drama and music. She takes pride in being a published artist, having already sold a painting at an art show and designed a logo for a metal fabrication company. Additional to her participation in the drama club at her school, Kim is also secretary of her school’s executive board student council, captain of the math team, involved in track and cross country year-round, and a member of both National Honors Society and Students Against Destructive Decisions. After participating for four years in the AfY/AfT program, she is beyond thrilled for this will be her first year interning at AfY and is looking forward to a splendidly creative summer!

Liam Quinn is 17 years old and will be a senior at Cardinal Spellman High School  in the fall of 2012. He has been very involved with the arts his entire life. Some of the shows he has been in include Godspell, Fiddler on the Roof,  Bye Bye Birdie,  Anything Goes,  Guys and Dolls, and The Wizard of Oz. He is also a choir member at Spellman, and has been in the school's spring musicals. This is Liam’s second year as an intern at AfY but he had attended the program for 10 years before working as an intern.  Liam is also a co-captain of his varsity basketball team, that he has played on since he was a sophomore. His favorite food is pizza and his favorite instrument is guitar. He is very excited to return  to work at AFY for another year.  He loves AFY!!!    

Dan Fox (Intern) Dan is 20 years old, and a junior majoring in Theater at Dean College. Dan spent most of his childhood summers at Arts for Youth, where he took many, many performance classes, followed by several summers attending the Arts for Teens program –the summers when Arts for Teens was first founded, and the teens worked collaboratively with their stage directors to create original pieces of theater with music. These experiences at AfY and AfT helped fuel Dan’s current passion for the arts, especially his passion for theater. In his free time Dan likes to draw comic books, film movies, and write. Dan is looking forward to returning to Arts for Youth as an intern, where he will work closely with the teen program, as they rehearse Thoroughly Modern Millie, and then Disney’s Aladdin, Jr.

Cameron Hay (Intern) Cameron is 17 years old, about to enter his senior year at West Bridgewater High School.  Cameron went to Arts for Youth for six years, and then Arts for Teens summer camp for another four years, where he performed in several musicals, including Bye Bye Birdie, Anything Goes, and The Music Man.  He is looking forward to now working as an intern at Arts for Youth, and can't wait to meet all of the campers! Cameron loves music and science, has had experience working in radio production at WB High School, and loves to play the drums, guitar, bass guitar, piano, and any hand drum you can think of!

Emma Quinn (Intern) - Emma is going to be a junior this fall at Cardinal Spellman High School, and has had much experience performing and being on the stage. Emma grew up attending Arts for Youth/Teens every summer, and while in “Teens”, she performed in such shows as “Bye, Bye, Birdie”, “The Music Man”, “Seussical”, and many more. Emma has performed in many school plays, and was recently selected to perform in her school’s “Showcase Singers” cabaret dinner in the fall. She has taken dance lessons at Denise Buote Dance Studio for thirteen years, and her favorite style of dance has to be hip-hop!  She has been playing the piano since she was seven, and currently takes lessons at the Filedheacht Music School in East Bridgewater.  Along with participating in school drama productions, and singing with the school choir, Emma is also a member of the National Honor Society, and a long-distance runner on the Spellman track team. After attending AfY/AfT for ten years, Emma is super excited to return as an intern this summer!

Lindsey Thomas Lindsey is very excited to be working for Arts for Youth this summer as an intern. She is sixteen years old and will be a junior this upcoming fall at Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School. Lindsey has been in the Arts for Youth/Teens program since she was seven years old. She has taken dance for eleven years at Susan Winters School of Dance where she has studied jazz, tap and ballet. Lindsey has performed with Star Players of Bristol County in The Magic of Christmas and this summer will also be in the cast of Fiddler on the Roof.

Randall D'Intern (Mystery Intern) subsisting on a diet of discarded Lunchables and fish heads, Randy has been an intern at Arts for Youth for 15 years. A graduate of the prestigious Milford Academy, he enjoys spending most of his day beneath the pit stage, appearing only at night, to clean the camp and make impressionist models of the Russian royal family using pipe cleaners.

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