Now that school is almost over, it's time to start thinking about what you'll do with the kids for the whole summer. If they are interested in drama or the arts, here is a list of summer camps available in the Buffalo area:

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One of the most creative and sought-after prizes to be given away in Western New York this summer will be raffled off at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 30, at the annual Roycroft Summer Arts & Crafts Festival. The popular festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 29-30 at Parkdale Elementary School, 141 Girard Ave., East Aurora. 

Hand-crafted by Roycroft Master Artisans Jerry Smith and Ann Perry Smith, this year’s “goodie box” is an attractive chocolate brown stoneware clay container. Making the goodie box even more special is the fact that it is filled with contents donated by other Roycroft Renaissance Artisans. The total value of the goodie box and its Roycroft contents is $6,600! Tickets for the raffle will be available throughout the festival.

When the phone rings at Russell’s Atelier in West Seneca, owner Russell Cleversley fields calls from across the region from individuals who have heard of his excellent reputation for producing museum-quality art reproductions. Or, perhaps they have seen one of his superb art reproductions or one of his fine art works. Over the course of his more than 40-year career, Cleversley has prepared thousands of original artworks, sculptures and art images for reproduction in museum catalogs as well as limited-edition, archival-quality giclée prints. If you want or need your giclée print to be a faithful match to your original, Russell’s Atelier is the place to go.