Tag: art

• Diary of a Wimpy Camp Kid (summer camp for tweeners)

  I’ll be serving as Dean for a fun-filled week of summer camp at Silver Lake Camp and Conference Center, in Sharon, Connecticut, July 17-23, 2011. Diary of a Wimpy Camp Kid Grades: 4 and 5 (co-ed) What adventures will befall our fictitious camper? Falling in deer poop, dropping a retainer in the compost toilet, getting loud hiccups…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  January 10, 2011

  Church, Simone Monique Barnes

  art, camp, Christian, church, cooking, journaling, silver lake, Simone Monique Barnes, writer, writing, youth

• Do It Yourself Ornaments

  Made ornaments for activity time during Silver Lake‘s annual Christmas celebration. Hesitant artisans young and old soon found that they could transform raw materials into artistic creations to adorn Christmas tree or decorate outdoor bushes to feed happy birds. No templates were used, just a few scrap materials and old fashioned imagination. For tips on how…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  December 8, 2010

  Artist Date Inspiration, Church, Simone Monique Barnes

  art, artist, Artist Date Inspiration, Christmas, craft, ornament, silver lake

• In the News:

  Here’s some food for thought on the roles arts play in nation building: Dealing with a difficult history The Wall Street Journal published A (Very) Young Artist Makes Waves, an article about a ten year old photographer whose contemporary photo of station 7, part of a series depicting Jesus’ crucification, was pulled from an art…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  April 2, 2010

  Nation Building

  art, artist, controversy