Art in the Park: Summer Art Camp
NOTE: Art in the Park is SOLD OUT! Registration is closed.
If interested in a scholarship opportunity (we have one or two available), please email to Jessica@buttonwoodnaturecenter.org
This is our fifth year offering this one-week art immersion program designed to inspire students to creative expression through visual art!
Monday through Friday, June 15–19, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Pine Hill Recreation Area, Waynesboro, Pa.
Art Show open to artists and family at 3:00 on June 19.
In an outdoor park setting surrounded by nature, students spend a full week exploring and creating with a variety of mediums and techniques like drawing, painting, sculpture, clay, fiber arts and collage.
The plan is for each student to create two artworks every day! Students will be divided into two age groups. With guidance from professional art educators, each student will complete one project in the morning and another in the afternoon, with a lunch break in between. Working with a wide range of mediums, students will develop and build upon their pre-existing skills to create new artworks.
An Art Show on the last day, June 19 at 3 p.m. allows students to share their work with their families.
We will provide two snacks a day and have two short recess breaks in the morning and afternoon as well.
Please send a packed lunch, water bottle, sunscreen and bug spray with students each day.
About the instructors:
• Camp Director Liz Ditch is an award-winning art educator who has taught elementary art for 15+ years. She teaches at Rockland Woods Elementary in Washington Co., Md.
• Assistant Director Rachel Barnhart is an art teacher at Emma K. Doub Elementary in Hagerstown.
• Art Educator Lexi Shockey is an art teacher in the Chambersburg Area School District.
Reserve your spot now by completing the registration form below.
Camp Fee: $225 for the full week per student
*Sibling(s) Fee: $220
*First child is $225. Sibling(s) at discounted price of $220 each.
Payment in full confirms the reservation.
Age: Kids completing grades K – 7
Maximum enrollment: 50 participants
Registration deadline: Monday, June 8
Cancellation policy:
• Cancellations up to 14 days before the camp begins (on or before June 1)— 75% Refund, minus a $30 processing fee
• Cancellations up to 7 days before the camp begins (on or before June 8)— 50% Refund, minus a $30 processing fee
• Cancellations within 7 days of camp (June 9 or after)—No refund
Underwriting support provided by lead sponsor, Jan Turano.
Thanks also to our Today’s Horizon Fund contributors: The Nora Roberts Foundation; the late Alma W. Oyer; Marge Kiersz; APX Enclosures; Don Gibe and Nancy Erlanson; and the family of the late Carolyn Terry Eddy, with daughters Connie Fleagle & Kim Larkin.
