Camp it up in Bay City this summer

A summer full of art and fun for kids in grades K through 12 is already in progress at the Bay City Arts Center, free for all participants from any school district and county.

The comprehensive, hands-on art education and learning opportunities include theater, horticulture and landscape design, character drawing and a muralism camp —  all led by new instructors who will provide innovative and exciting new programs for middle and high school students.

During the summer youth arts program, students will experience a wide variety of art mediums and techniques as a way to explore their own forms of self-expression and artistic interests.

The muralism camp will focus on creating a mural at the Bay City Skate Park that will capture the themes of the region, communicated in an artistic fashion that complements the community skate park atmosphere. This is a great way for high school students to come together and create a community collaboration art piece for locals and visitors to experience and enjoy for decades to come.

Located in downtown Tillamook, the Hoquarton Historical Interpretive Center will host the Horticulture and Landscape Design camp, designed for middle and high school students to learn hands-on, outdoor art forms including bench-building, place making, landscape designing, native and invasive plant identification, botanical drawing, photography and permaculture.

For elementary age artists, the visual and performance art options will include character drawing, introduction to mosaics and a variety of theater camps.

The Bay City Arts Center is a community workshop, gallery, art school, auditorium, yoga studio, dining hall and radio station wrapped up in one historic building in downtown Bay City.

The camps will run through August, pre-registration is required. For more information, go to baycityartscenter.weebly.com.