聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The first ever Art Camp at the Red Barn was hosted by Arcola teachers, Whitney Paul and Janine Houston, July 3-5 and July 10-12.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e had kids preregister with us for this week or the next, and they also had the option of doing day camps too,鈥� Paul explained.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 With youth from Arcola, Carlyle, Weyburn, Regina, and Reston, MB, it was considered a success.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e鈥檝e talked about doing it for a couple of years,鈥� Houston said. 鈥淪o, when Brenda and Harold [Johnson] offered the Red Barn for us to use we thought it was a good opportunity.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚t鈥檚 a great space and a good location,鈥� Paul added. 鈥淚t was really nice of Brenda and Harold to donate the space to us to get started. In the future we鈥檙e hoping to get out more kids, but this summer was about getting things going and running smoothly.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The camp involved tie dye, making clay monsters and painting them, beaded wind chimes, tic-tac-toe rocks, participated in a scavenger hunt, made their own scavenger hunt, and more.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ages ranged July 3-5 from youth 9-10, while those attending July 10-12 included youth from 7-12.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淎wesome!鈥� and 鈥淔un!鈥� were the two words yelled out to describe the camp by the youth attending.
