Completed Grade 4-6
Tier Pricing
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Tier 1: $635
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Tier 2: $535
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Tier 3: $465
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Non-Refundable Deposit: $150
Program Info
Check-in: Sunday, 3:00-4:30 PM
Closing Program: Friday, 1:00 PM
A Creative Camp Experience Rooted in Faith
Artful Camp I is a unique, faith-centered camp designed for young creatives who are ready to explore the intersection of art and spirituality. Through hands-on experiences and guidance from guest artists, campers will see how creativity can be an expression of God’s love.
Created to Create
Campers will dive into a new art focus each day—whether it’s painting, photography, poetry, or another creative form. With each activity, they’ll be invited to reflect on what it means to be made in God’s image and how their creative gifts are a part of that.
Creative highlights include:
- Each day features a new guest artist and a different medium to explore.
- Campers will get hands-on with block printing, sketchbook making, sun prints, and more.
- Each camper will create a personal art piece designed for their age and skill level.
- Campers will reflect on how God speaks and inspires through creative expression.
More Than Just Art
While creativity takes center stage, campers will still enjoy all the classic Good Earth Village activities that make summer unforgettable:
- Bible studies and meaningful worship experiences
- Campfire cookout and evening songs
- Hiking and nature exploration
- Group games and community-building fun
- Pool fun and creek splashing
- Enjoying the brand new Main Street cabins
All of this takes place in the inspiring natural setting of Good Earth Village, where God’s creation becomes part of every camper’s artistic journey.
Find Your Voice. Express Your Faith.
Artful Camp I helps campers grow in confidence, creativity, and faith. Whether your child is a budding artist or simply wants to try something new, this program offers a safe, encouraging space to explore who they are and how they see the world through the lens of creativity.
Program Goals
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Build Resilience and Creative Confidence - Artful Camp encourages campers to take creative risks, solve problems, and express themselves, skills that foster grit and self-assurance.
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Discover Identity and Faith - Through art and worship, campers reflect on who they are, who God is, and how they’re uniquely made to reflect God's image.
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Heal and Grow in Nature - Surrounded by God’s creation and free from screens, campers experience rest, renewal, and inspiration for their minds, hearts, and souls.
ARTIST HIGHLIGHT
NICOLE SMITH
My art is deeply inspired by world travel and the natural landscapes that shape our experiences. I am a mother of three wonderful children and wife to an incredibly supportive husband, and family is at the heart of everything I do. Beyond my work as an artist, I am a certified travel agent, art teacher (Master's in Teaching), and actively involved in bringing international exchange students to the United States, which has allowed me to build a broad and diverse network.
Our family is deeply engaged in our church community, including serving and singing. We also participate enthusiastically in music, sports, and creative pursuits of all kinds in our local community. As avid National Park enthusiasts, we make it a priority to visit at least one National Park, monument, or historic site each year.
We live on a hobby farm in Northeast Iowa, where we are known for welcoming animals in need—currently goats, bees, and chickens, and previously guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters, and chinchillas—while also actively participating in my husband’s multi-generation family farm.
Planned activities:
- Discover the art of sun printing in this hands-on creative workshop. Participants will scavenge for natural botanicals, arrange their findings into unique compositions, and set their prints in the sun for approximately 15 minutes. After exposing the prints, we will rinse them until the water runs clear and lay them out to dry.
- While the prints dry, we will craft personalized sketchbooks. If time permits, participants will also have the opportunity to practice sketching the same botanicals used in their sun prints, enhancing both observation and artistic skill.
ARTIST HIGHLIGHT
Tiffany Erie
I have 17 years of experience teaching elementary art, 12 years teaching art in community settings and hold a Master’s degree in Education, a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts, and a minor in Design from the University of Minnesota. Since becoming a teacher, I have explored a wide range of media while developing a practice rooted in curiosity and experimentation.
Although I enjoy working across many materials, my primary interests include drawing, printmaking, and recently, fiber arts. I live on a small hobby farm near Stewartville with my husband and four children, where caring for chickens, goats, cats, a dog, and my vegetable garden is an integral part of my daily life.
Planned activities:
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Acrylic pour art
ARTIST HIGHLIGHT
Ginesa Klocke
- Nature monoprint - Create last impressions of leaves and other plants you find with colorful ink and paper!
- Students will have a choice of creating one of the following:
- Relief print - Draw your own design and practice printing it in different ways. This can be combined with painted paper or other drawing techniques.
- Collograph print - Glue interesting shapes and textures on a printing plate. Use ink to print your design, and you'll be surprised at the endless possibilities!
- Relief print - Draw your own design and practice printing it on colored paper. You can rotate and layer relief prints to experiment with various effects.
- Linocut - You can choose from realistic or abstract designs, or come up with your own idea! With a little guidance and patience, you will carve a design into a linoleum printing block and create a series of prints. This can be combined with other painting and drawing techniques.
- Wood block letter print - Use real wood block printing letters in creative ways to make interesting patterns and designs.
Have Questions? We're Here to Help
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507-346-2494
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info@goodearthvillage.org