{"id":37179,"date":"2025-02-19T14:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/?p=37179"},"modified":"2025-02-20T09:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:59:44","slug":"artists-enkindle-creative-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/artists-enkindle-creative-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists enkindle creative communities"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Youth Foundation strives to create vibrant, expressive spaces for its camp communities, and this year, it bolstered those efforts through new artist-in-residence programs at Miniwanca and Merrowvista.<\/p>\n

Vice President of Advancement Sandra George said the AYF welcomed three talented creators to spend one to two weeks on site this summer, teaching interest groups to campers and working on their own art.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new program is designed for creative professionals to share their passion and expertise with our campers and staff,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n

At Merrowvista, mosaic artist Lizz Van Saun took up a one-week residency and worked with campers to create their own small-scale mosaic pieces.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everyone had fun,\u201d Van Saun said. \u201cEveryone felt successful. Everyone completed the project. They seemed to really love it a lot. And I think they were really proud of what they did.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Miniwanca, artist and Lake Michigan neighbor Jeffrey Meeuwsen recruited the camp\u2019s two artists this summer: Yolanda Gonzalez and Regin Igloria.<\/p>\n

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