This camp invites youth to explore identity, strengths, and self-expression through creative art-making. Using mixed media, nature-based art, and mask work, participants will reflect on who they are, what they value, and how they show up in the world, all in a supportive, affirming space.

Camp activities:

• Self-portrait mosaic (Silhouette and collage to represent different facets of self.)

• Nature walk/sensory nature Mandala (leaves/bark/stones, create “inner landscape.)

• My strength shield (Cake board/EVA foam/mixed medium, create symbols of personal strengths, challenges, supports.)

• My story map (Mixed media, life as a map/road with landmarks: past, present, future.)

• My authentic self (Mask with plaster and mold)

Through guided painting activities, participants will explore emotions, inner experiences, and personal growth. This camp emphasizes process over perfection, offering a calming and expressive space to paint feelings, imagine safe places, and create both individual and collaborative artwork

Camp activities:

• Past-present-future self, series (Acrylic on canvas)

• Calm space visualization/painting 

• Emotions color wheel/watercolor painting series

• Mixed media painting (Collecting found objects and incorporating it in the painting)

• Collective Paintings (Acrylic on canvas)

This camp uses mask-making to explore the many ways we present ourselves to the world. Participants will create a series of masks representing what they show, what they protect, and what feels most authentic, culminating in a plaster life-mask that honors the self beneath it all.

Camp activities:

• The mask I show the world (collage)

• The hidden mask (2 cardboard masks-mixed media)

• The mask that protects me (foam/craft wire/metallic paint)

• Future mask (Tissue paper/mask mold) 

• My Authentic self (Plaster mask)

Using clay and sculptural materials, participants will explore self-esteem, inner strength, and emotional resilience. Art directives focus on externalizing worries, meeting the inner critic, nurturing the inner child, and creating symbols of protection, growth, and self-compassion.

Camp activities:

• Inner critic encounter/containment (oven-bake polymer/popsicle sticks)

• Worry pot (model magic/paper)

• Inner child (Air dry clay)

• Imaginary protection animal (Air dry clay)

• My authentic self- Mask with plaster and mold

This camp introduces youth to printmaking as a playful and expressive art form. Participants will experiment with stamps, textures, layers, and patterns while exploring how repeated marks can tell stories, express identity, and create meaning through process-based art.