Art Camp in Charlotte, Vermont

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Art camp Vermont

Alice Trageser, my friend since the 1970s, runs an amazing art camp for children here in Charlotte, Vermont.  I joined her and her Creative Campers last week during her International Art program.  (She also does programs in Nature Art.)

By combining her old barn,  teaching skills, ingenuity, love of nature, and infatuation with the world’s cultures, she has created something so special that I am still trying to get over wanting to attend.

Students  come year after year because the fascinating projects don’t repeat!  What they had accomplished  in one week was awe inspiring – I started to write a list of the cultures that they had worked with and the projects that they had created, but the list got too long.  They had made loom woven purses, Hawaiian quilt patterns, Chinese brush drawings, Native American carrying bags, Indonesian… Vietnamese…etc.  Such all lot of creating!

Alice Trageser (l) with Lydia Clemmons (r) who visited the camp to show pieces from her extensive African art collection.

I fist met Alice when I was teaching at Burlington College.  I remember the day she came into my studio;  I thought at the time that it was a wonderful job getting to meet and work with such beautiful Souls.

It has been impressive to see how she has been able to support herself through her creativity and teaching (both through the schools and on her own).

How much would you have liked to attend such a camp? Leave comments for Alice by clicking on COMMENTS below.

A camper puts the final touches on an African doll (project from the Ndebele of S. Africa)

I was a "visiting artist" at the camp and sat by the back fence to do this 8x10 acrylic so that the students could follow the progress during their breaks. acrylic