Teen Camps
Wilmington Changemakers
Teen Volunteer Camp
Davis Center at Maides Park
Ages 13-17
July 20-24, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM
FREE
Each morning, we will take a road trip from the Davis Center to volunteer at different nonprofits in the region. Help your community while building leadership skills, making connections, and earning up to 15 volunteer hours!
Open Studio Art Camp
Davis Center at Maides Park
Ages 13-17
July 20-24, 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
FREE
In this Open Studio-style art camp, participants can choose from a variety of activities led by DREAMS teaching artists Cammeron Batanides and Jameka Wrisbon Purdie.
- Sidewalk Mural--Students will have the opportunity to earn up to 15 more volunteer hours by collaborating to design and paint an interactive outdoor sidewalk mural at Maides Park.
- Mixed Media Art Journals--Artists can spend time exploring a variety of mediums in their own mixed-media art journals that they will take home on the last day of camp.
- Wire and Gems--In this jewelry making intensive we investigate the fundamentals of working with wire. Skills learned will include making findings (clasps etc.), using mandrels, and wire wrapping. Using beads, stones, and other embellishments, our focus will be on how wire moves and responds to our manipulation of it and how to make it do what we want. Projects will include bookmarks, earrings, rings, and bracelets.
Cultural Programs Summer Camps
Art Explorers
Davis Center at Maides Park
June 29-July 2, 1:30-5:00 PM
Ages 7-12
FREE
DREAMS teaching artist Cammeron Batanides will lead students in exploring fun and imaginative ways of making art inspired by Surrealist artists. They’ll try activities like drawing whatever comes to mind, creating textures by layering and scratching materials, and turning dreams and ideas into unique artwork—no rules, just creativity!
DREAMS teaching artist Jameka Wrisbon Purdie will challenge students to make beautiful, artsy booklets from bags, wallpaper, washi tape, and all types of colorful paper. Participants will have the opportunity to construct, stitch, decorate, and embellish one mini and one full size journal to take home!
Inspired by Nature
Halyburton Park
August 10-14. 9 AM-12 PM
Ages 7-12
FREE
Join us exploring nature where we create artwork from natural materials found at Halyburton Park. We will use various materials to create images of bugs, birds, butterflies or bunnies! Young artists will explore textures of the earth through rubbings of leaves and pine needles. We will create tissue paper sun catchers of butterflies or bats and make fingerprint birds! We will use natural objects to make our own mobiles and bring some of the outside into your own home! Led by DREAMS teaching artists Jessica Stitt and Loraine Scalamoni.