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stART Summer Arts Intensive
Hello, stARTist!
stART is an audition-based, conservatory-style arts intensive that allows students across the county to cultivate their crafts and discover how other arts disciplines inform their practice. Beginning in 2010 as “The Juilliard Project: Osceola Arts Intensive,” stART illuminates how a career in the arts is profitable and enriching. Taught over two weeks by district teachers and teaching artists from some of the best collegiate programs in the nation, students spend the majority of their days focusing on their major area and end each day taking electives in other arts areas. The program culminates in a student-led showcase performance. The program is open to SDOC, charter, private, and homeschooled students. Auditions are announed in the spring and auditions take place in April.
stART 2025 will take place at Tohopekaliga High School from June 9-20, 2025.
Questions? Email Dr. D’Ambrosi, Artistic Director, at joseph.dambrosi@osceolaschools.net.
- Choose Your Pathway
Students audition for a major area: Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, Instrumental Music, Technical Theatre, Visual Arts, & Vocal Music
- Learn from Industry Professionals
Our world-class teaching artists come from esteemed university programs, such as the Juilliard School and SCAD.
- Prepare for the Future
Juniors and seniors will receive 1-1 and small group mentorship from a college-prep professional that specializes in arts in higher education.
- Elevate Your Artistry
Build your rep, receive 1-1 training, prepare for college and career, collabrate with artists from across the county. This program is one-of-a-kind!
Audition Information
At this time, the stART 2025 cohort has been selected and notified. Auditions for stART 2026 will take place in April 2026.
stART History
2025
Theme: ”Order in the Art: stART is in Session”
Location: Tohopekaliga High School
2024
Theme: “LEAP!”
Location: Osceola County School for the Arts
2023
Theme: “Do You Believe in Magic?”
Location: Osceola County School for the Arts
2022
Theme: ”(Re)Imagine”
Location: St. Cloud High School
2021
Theme: “Out of the Box”
Location: Osceola County School for the Arts
2020
Theme: No Theme
Location: Virtual
2019
Theme: “THERE/NOW”
Location: Osceola County School for the Arts
2018
Theme: “A Picture’s Worth”
Location: Osceola County School for the Arts
2017
Theme: “Intersections: Where Arts Collide”
Location: St. Cloud High School
2016
Theme: “Illuminate: Reflection of Stories Told”
Location: St. Cloud High School
2015
Theme: “Vaudeville Follies”
Location: St. Cloud High School
2014
Theme: “Going for Baroque: Louis XIV”
Location: St. Cloud High School
2013
Theme: ”Perspectives”
Location: St. Cloud High School
2012
Theme: ”Articulate”
Location: Horizon High School
2011
Theme: “Between the Lines”
Location: Horizon Middle School
2010
Theme: “Sound Stages: The Art of Noise”
Location: Horizon Middle School