WAYNESBORO – Buttonwood Nature Center is offering a one-week art immersion program designed to inspire students to creative expression through visual art.
Designed for students completing grades K through 7, the camp is scheduled for Monday–Friday, July 7–11 from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. each day, at Pine Hill Recreation Area. Maximum enrollment is 40.
“This is our fourth year offering the Art in the Park summer camp,” said Jessica Watson, Buttonwood’s assistant director. “Session one of the camp in June sold out quickly, and we’ve added a second session this summer.”
In an outdoor park setting surrounded by nature, students spend a full week exploring and creating with a variety of mediums and techniques like drawing, painting, sculpture, clay, fiber arts and collage. Students will develop and build upon their pre-existing skills to create new artworks.
Students will be divided into two age groups. With guidance from professional art educators, each student will complete one project in the morning and another in the afternoon, with a lunch break in between.
An art show on the last day, July 11 at 3 p.m., allows students to share their work with their families.
Students should bring a packed lunch, water bottle, sunscreen and bug spray each day.
Camp director Liz Ditch is an award-winning art educator who has taught elementary art for 15+ years. She teaches at Rockland Woods Elementary in Washington County, Maryland. Assistant director Rachel Barnhart is an art teacher at Emma K. Doub Elementary in Hagerstown. Educator Lexi Shockey is an art teacher in the Chambersburg Area School District.
Pre-registration for the camp and payment in advance are required by June 30. The camp fee is $225 for the full week per student. Siblings get a $5 discount. Register online at www.buttonwoodnaturecenter.org.
Underwriting support for this program by lead sponsor, Jan Turano. Thanks also to our Today’s Horizon Fund contributors: The Nora Roberts Foundation; Marge Kiersz; APX Enclosures; Don Gibe and Nancy Erlanson; and the family of the late Carolyn Terry Eddy, with daughters Connie Fleagle & Kim Larkin. Facility support courtesy of Washington Township.
