Participation in Camp Share arts activity has the potential to stimulate interest in arts adventures beyond the exposure provided by this proposal. Camp Sunrise, a youth bereavement camp for 40 children suffering from separation and loss. Bereaved children have a very limited access to art resources. Without the ability to express their feelings access is very limited. In school the creative nature is very structured, at a bereavement camp the focus would be feelings and expressing those feelings.
Accessibility is limited by financial issues and parent validation.
Children 7-14 haven't the financial resources and most parents don't identify the arts as an important part of the child's development and expression. Due to limited access and successes of previous arts programming at PWCC and Camp Share this proposal addresses the need to develop sustainable arts activities for at risk populations. Our intent is to combine an artist training seminar, linked to the hands on arts programming with our at risk adults and youth. Training seminars will be directed toward developing skills for artists in order to address successful approaches for teaching the arts within institutional settings, as well as appeal to diverse learning styles of at risk populations. Identify and describe the roles and the responsibilities of the steering committee and how the artist will be supported.