Honeywell Foundation Visual & Performing Arts Program Offers Art in the Gardens for Visual Arts Students in June

The Honeywell Foundation Visual & Performing Arts (VPA) Program will offer

summer visual arts camps for students completing grades Kindergarten through 12th during

the month of June. The Corporate sponsorship is provided by Halderman Farm

Management Services.

In its 32nd year, the VPA Summer Visual Arts program gives Wabash County students the

chance to participate in a two-week arts experience at Charley Creek Gardens, a Honeywell

Foundation property. Visual Arts camps will be on Monday through Friday, June 6th – 10th

and June 13th – 17th from 9 am to noon. The cost of camp is $50 per student.

Using the theme “The Elements,” participating students will be grouped by the grade level

they’ve just completed to create one, two and three dimensional art projects and be

introduced to mediums including paint, clay, mixed media, and more. Groupings will be:

o 2nd-3rd grade with instructor Candie Cooper

o 4th – 6th grade with instructor Lynne Keffaber

o 7th – 12th grade led by instructors Katy Gray and Hannah Burnworth

New this year, a Kindergarten-First Grade camp will be offered on Monday through Friday,

June 20th – 24th from 9 am to noon at Charley Creek Gardens under the instruction of Erica

Tyson. This program will focus on tying arts and science together as a way to introduce art

concepts to younger children.

One other change this year involves location. For the first time last year, all MSD and

Wabash City students as well as 7th through 12th graders from Manchester Community

Schools met at Charley Creek Gardens. The location and combined school experience was

so well-received that Manchester Elementary students will join the rest of the students at the

Gardens this year. Transportation to and from North Manchester will be provided daily.

Artistic Director Candie Cooper-McCoart stated, “Bringing students from the entire county

together in an amazing venue like the Gardens allows us to create a two-week experience

like no other in the area.”

For more information about VPA contact the Honeywell Center Box Office at 260-563-1102

or check out the website at www.honeywellcenter.org/VPA.

The Honeywell Center is north central Indiana’s premier arts and entertainment facility

with more than 3,000 events and 200,000 visitors annually. Concerts, conferences, charity

galas, art exhibits, and educational outreach programs are among the diverse events at the

Honeywell Center. All programs and activities are supported by gifts from individuals,

businesses, the Indiana Arts Commission (a state agency) and the National Endowment for

the Arts (a federal agency). The Center is located at 275 W. Market St., Wabash, Indiana,

46992. For a complete program listing, visit the Honeywell Center Web site at

www.honeywellcenter.org or call (260) 563-1102.

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