AiDa-Academy of Imagination & Dramatic Arts

AiDa-Academy of Imagination & Dramatic Arts Award-winning mission driven arts education for all ages building confidence, community and more. Mission-driven arts education for all ages.

"Everyone has greatness within, it’s just in development.”~Kaime Sherman AiDa Founder. Community building, engaged partner offering acting, public speaking, communicating, relating programming as well as mentoring, coaching (group and private) and leadership development for the student to professional for both personal and workplace success.

“The Art of Speaking, Communicating & Relating” custom

izable Workshops for the student to professional have been called “an interactive experience.”

Designed for schools, continuing education, organizations, entrepreneurs, sales/management teams, the workplace +. Public Speaking is a top skill in demand. Gain skills for success in interviews, presentations, social and professional scenarios. Discover your authentic voice and power! AiDa is recipient:

2021-22 Spectators Readers Choice Top Ten Best and Nominee:
Best Art School/Instruction
Best Summer Camp
Best Kids Camps
Best Children’s Activities
Best Children’s Entertainment
Best Life Coach: Kaime Sherman AiDa Founder

2022 Platinum Award Best Children’s Entertainment, Hamilton Spectator Reader’s Choice.

2022 Gold Award, Best Kid’s Activities, Hamilton Spectator Reader’s Choice.

2020 Gold Award Winner Best Summer Camp, The Hamilton Spectator Reader’s Choice Awards.

2016-2019 Top Ten Best Theatre Instructor, Art School & Children's Entertainment-Reader's Choice Awards, The Hamilton Spectator

2016 Silver Award Best Art School | CHCH Business Excellence Awards

2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Nominee Founder Kaime Sherman | City of Hamilton Arts Awards, Community Leadership | Arts Innovation

2017 Spectator Reader's Choice Nominee: Theatre Instructor, Art School, Business That Gives Back to Community, Children's Entertainment and Summer Camp

The goal of Academy of Imagination & Dramatic Arts | AiDa is to inspire creativity in kids & youth through dramatic arts, theater games, IMPROV, storytelling, voice, public speaking and creative writing to build life skills. AiDa inspires kids & youth improve their speaking, reading, writing while gaining respect and empathy for themselves, others, nature & the world around them. AiDa uses Dramatic Arts to build self-confidence, esteem, leadership skills, teamwork, critical thinking, mindfulness, problem-solving, self-discovery while exploring creative expression and stimulating the IMAGINATION. Offering award winning year round innovative programming with Artist in the Classroom, Drama and Creativity Workshops, Winter, March Break Camps, Summer Camps and POPUPS. AiDa is community building through partnerships with HWDSB, Hamilton Arts Council, Ontario and Hamilton Culture Days, HHA and youth initiative Mentor | Leaders in Training where secondary and post secondary students earn community service credit assisting with workshops and camps while gaining leadership skills, confidence and making a difference.

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08/20/2026

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🎭 FALL REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN AT AiDa! 🌟

Looking for a creative, confidence-building activity this fall?

Since 2015, AiDa-Academy of Imagination & Dramatic Arts has been helping children, teens and adults find their voice, build confidence and connect with others through the dramatic arts.

Our welcoming, inclusive programs combine Acting • Improv • Public Speaking in every class, using drama games, performance activities, storytelling, communication exercises and creative challenges to develop skills that go far beyond the stage.

At AiDa, students are encouraged to take creative risks, express themselves, make friends and have FUN—all in a supportive environment where all are welcome and all belong.

🍂 FALL 2026 CLASSES

🎭 KIDS DRAMA | Grades 1–7
Tuesdays | 4:30–6:00 PM

🎭 PURE DRAMA | Grades 1–7
Saturdays | 12:30–2:30 PM

🎭 TEEN & ADULT | Ages 14+
Wednesdays | 7:00–8:30 PM

✨ Every class includes Acting • Improv • Public Speaking

Through creativity and play, students develop:
⭐ Confidence & self-expression
⭐ Communication & public-speaking skills
⭐ Creativity & imagination
⭐ Collaboration & social skills
⭐ Courage to step outside their comfort zone

TRY A CLASS FREE!

Come discover why AiDa has been building confidence through creativity in Hamilton since 2015.

🎭 AiDa | Where Imagination Builds Confidence.

Spaces are limited — Fall Registration is now open!

www.aidahamont.com

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🎭 IMPROV IN PROGRESS… CONFIDENCE IN THE MAKING! 🌟This is what learning looks like at AiDa—imaginations switched ON, char...
08/20/2026

🎭 IMPROV IN PROGRESS… CONFIDENCE IN THE MAKING! 🌟

This is what learning looks like at AiDa—imaginations switched ON, characters coming to life, laughter filling the room and confidence growing with every brave choice. ❤️💙💜

At AiDa | Academy of Imagination & Dramatic Arts, we use Acting • Improv • Public Speaking to help kids, teens and adults find their voice, think on their feet, connect with others and discover just how capable they are.

🍂 FALL REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

🎭 KIDS | Grades 1–7
Tuesdays | 4:30–6:00 PM
Saturdays | 12:30–2:30 PM

🎭 TEENS & ADULTS | Ages 14+
Wednesdays | 7:00–8:30 PM

✨ Acting • Improv • Public Speaking in ALL classes
✨ Mentor Leader opportunities available
✨ Building confidence through creativity since 2015

Come play. Create. Take a chance. Find your voice.

🌟 Where Imagination Builds Confidence.

www.aidahamont.com

Creativity. Confidence. Community. ❤️💙🎭Sometimes the most meaningful measure of a successful summer isn’t found in numbe...
08/19/2026

Creativity. Confidence. Community. ❤️💙🎭

Sometimes the most meaningful measure of a successful summer isn’t found in numbers—it’s found in the words, experiences and connections we carry forward. 🌟

I’m incredibly grateful for our continued partnership with HWDSB Focus on Youth and for the wonderful young people who brought their energy, creativity and leadership to AiDa this summer.

Watching our Focus on Youth students grow alongside our campers—building confidence, developing leadership skills, making connections and becoming positive role models—is something I’m especially proud of.

And these beautiful handwritten messages and thoughtful handmade gifts? They mean more than I can say. ❤️

Thank you to HWDSB Focus on Youth for continuing to invest in young people and community partnerships that create opportunities to learn, lead and belong.

Here’s to another summer of creativity, confidence and community. 🌟

🎭✨ WHAT’S INSIDE THE AiDa PROP BOX? ✨🎭A pair of fabulous glasses. A dramatic cape. A feather boa. And suddenly… a whole ...
08/19/2026

🎭✨ WHAT’S INSIDE THE AiDa PROP BOX? ✨🎭

A pair of fabulous glasses. A dramatic cape. A feather boa. And suddenly… a whole new character comes to life! ❤️

At AiDa, play has a purpose.

Every costume, character, improv game and imaginative adventure gives our students another opportunity to create, communicate, take chances and build confidence—all while having FUN.

Because sometimes discovering your voice begins with something as simple as reaching into the prop box and asking…

✨ “Who could I be today?”

🍂 FALL REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

🎭 Kids | Grades 1–7
🎭 Teens & Adults | Ages 14+
✨ Acting • Improv • Public Speaking
✨ Mentor Leader opportunities available

AiDa | Academy of Imagination & Dramatic Arts
🌟 Where Imagination Builds Confidence.

www.aidahamont.com

✨ Happiness begins when you stop looking for permission to be yourself. ✨There is something incredibly freeing about rea...
08/19/2026

✨ Happiness begins when you stop looking for permission to be yourself. ✨

There is something incredibly freeing about reaching a place where you no longer measure your worth through someone else’s approval.

Not everyone will understand your choices, your journey, your boundaries—or the person you are becoming.

And that’s okay. 💛

True confidence grows when you learn to trust yourself, honour what brings you joy, and recognize that your worth was never dependent on applause from anyone else.

Choose authenticity over approval.
Choose peace over people-pleasing.
Choose YOU. 💫

Because the relationship you have with yourself influences every other relationship in your life.

🎉 11 YEARS. THOUSANDS OF MOMENTS. ONE INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY. 🎭💙Today we’re celebrating 11 years on Facebook—and what a jo...
08/19/2026

🎉 11 YEARS. THOUSANDS OF MOMENTS. ONE INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY. 🎭💙

Today we’re celebrating 11 years on Facebook—and what a journey it has been!

For more than a decade, you’ve followed along as AiDa has grown from an idea rooted in one simple belief—that the arts have the power to change lives—into a vibrant community where children, teens and adults come to create, connect, find their voices and build confidence. ✨

To every student who has walked through our doors…
Every parent who trusted us…
Every Mentor Leader who stepped up…
Every community partner who collaborated with us…
And every person who has liked, shared, commented, recommended or cheered us on…

THANK YOU. ❤️

You’ve helped us create a place where imagination is celebrated, creativity is encouraged and people feel they belong.

And we’re just getting started! 🎉

🍂 FALL REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

🎭 KIDS | Grades 1–7
Tuesdays | 4:30–6:00 PM
Saturdays | 12:30–2:30 PM

🎭 TEENS & ADULTS | Ages 14+
Wednesdays | 7:00–8:30 PM

✨ Acting • Improv • Public Speaking
✨ Confidence • Creativity • Connection
✨ Mentor Leader opportunities available

Here’s to the next chapter—and to continuing to build confidence, one creative experience at a time.

Because of YOU, imagination thrives. 💙

🌟 AiDa | Where Imagination Builds Confidence.
www.aidahamont.com

08/18/2026

🎭 WHAT IF CONFIDENCE COULD BE THIS MUCH FUN? 🌟

At AiDa | Academy of Imagination & Dramatic Arts, we believe everyone deserves a place to express themselves, take creative risks, find their voice and BELONG. ❤️💙💜

Through Acting • Improv • Public Speaking, our students aren’t just learning performance skills — they’re building skills for LIFE:

✨ Confidence
✨ Communication
✨ Creativity
✨ Collaboration
✨ Courage
✨ And a whole lot of FUN!

🍂 FALL REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

🎭 KIDS | Grades 1–7
Tuesdays | 4:30–6:00 PM
Saturdays | 12:30–2:30 PM

🎭 TEENS & ADULTS | Ages 14+
Wednesdays | 7:00–8:30 PM

🌟 MENTOR LEADER OPPORTUNITIES!
Youth can earn community service hours while developing leadership and communication skills, gaining hands-on experience, mentoring younger students — and having FUN while doing it!

Since 2015, AiDa has been creating a welcoming community where imagination is celebrated and confidence is built one brave moment at a time.

❤️ Dare to be dramatic. Dare to be YOU.

🎭 AiDa — Where Imagination Builds Confidence.

🌟 Register now: aidahamont.com

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169 Cline Avenue North
Hamilton, ON
L8S4C1

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