Summer Arts Camp 2024!
*REGISTRATION CLOSED!
We are excited to bring back summer arts camp, but with a twist. This year’s camps are free thanks to a Louisiana Project Grant. Because this grant requires a 2 to 1 match, we are asking that families who wish to register their children for camps please consider also registering for a NCLAC annual membership. For one child to attend camp we ask for an Individual Membership ($30/year) and for two children to attend camp we ask for a Family Membership ($50/year). These memberships come with other benefits and you can find that information as well as check out here: nclac.org/membership.
To apply to register your child please click HERE. We will be in touch after to confirm registration.
We will be partnering with the Boys & Girls Club of Ruston for art camps during session one and session two. For session 3 (July 8-12), session 4 (July 15-19), and session 5 (July 22-26) we will be opening camps up to public registration. All sessions will be located at the Lincoln Parish Library in the Children’s Department Story Time Room. Join us for a week of visual arts lessons developed by local art educators.
We want to thank the Northeast Louisiana Arts Council, the Louisiana Division of the Arts, the Louisiana Office for Cultural Development, and the National Endowment for the Arts for funding projects like this across our state and for letting us be a part of that endeavor this year. We also want to thank our partners the Boys & Girls Club of Ruston and the Lincoln Parish Library .Without community partnerships and sponsors such as these, projects like our Summer Arts Camps would not be possible.
Meet the Teachers!
Bonnie Ferguson:
Bonnie is an artist and educator who has worked with NCLAC since 2000. She has taught art at a local private school for the last 8 years after earning her Bachelor of Fine Art from Louisiana Tech University. She lives and works in Claiborne Parish, but sells her work at many festivals and arts markets in the region.
Martie Clary:
Martie earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education from Louisiana Tech in 1991 and a Master’s Degree in Gifted Education in 1994. She has taught art for 34 years with 4 years in Arkansas and the last 30 in Lincoln Parish. During this time she was awarded Teacher of the year at Hico Elementary and AE Phillips Lab School. She currently teaches Kindergarten through 8th grade art at AE Phillips.
Brittney Shambro:
Brittney has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education with a Pre-K and Kindergarten Certification. In college, she took several art and art education classes while completing her degree. She has 8 years of experience teaching Pre-K through 5th grade. She began her third year teaching art for grades 3-5 this Fall at both Cypress Springs School and Ruston Elementary. She’s been a member of the Louisiana Art Education Association since 2021 and completed work for the Frame the Drain project in 2022.
AGES: Going into 1st through 6th Grades
DATES: Session 1: June 10-14, (Boys & Girls Club)
Session 2: June 24-28, (Boys & Girls Club)
Session 3: July 8-12, 10a-12p (Grades 1-2)
Session 4: July 15-19, 10a-12p (Grades 3-4)
Session 5: July 22-26, 10a-12p (Grades 5-6)
COST: Free with NCLAC membership.
Location: Lincoln Parish Library, 910 N. Trenton St., Ruston, LA 71270
Daily Schedule: 9:45 am - Campers Drop Off/Check In
10:00 am - Class
10:50 am - Break
11:10 am - Class
12:00 pm - Camper Pick Up
Thank you to our Sponsors!
This program is sponsored by a Louisiana Project Grant. We want to thank the Northeast Louisiana Arts Council, the Louisiana Division of the Arts, the Louisiana Office of Cultural Development and the National Endowment for the Arts for helping us make this year’s camps possible!
