Can you spare a few hours a week assisting our teachers during “Fun”-Tastic Summer Art Camp this summer?
Youth Director Clare Harvey is in need of adult volunteers to help man the front desk during class times, as well as supervise the students during lunches while teachers do clean-up and prepping duties.
High school students are welcome to apply as volunteers, and may be eligible for school credit for their volunteer hours. They should check with their school guidance counselors concerning eligible credit hours.
Art camp runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each weekday beginning June 10 for eight weeks, with a one-week break during the July 4 holiday week.
Please call Clare at the Art Center at 941-423-6460 if you can volunteer.
Artist Frances Smith stood near her “Pug” pastel painting, which won an Honorable Mention in the North Port Art Center “Animal Art” Show. Photos, paintings and clay entrees will be on display until July 6, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday.
To sign up your child or sponsor a child for “Fun”tastic Art Camp at the North Port Art Center. Fine-art and crafts, tie-dye, painting, mosaics, jewelry, pottery, candle making, drawing, art history, games and more.
If you have ever captured the natural beauty of North Port’s environment on canvas, paper, or film, consider entering the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program’s (CHNEP) 2014 Calendar Contest, featuring the work of artists and photographers throughout Southwest Florida.
Nancy Colby’s “Sepia Solitude” watercolor took First Place in the art category in the current NPAC gallery show, “Animal Art,” now on display in our gallery.
The Art Center’s board of directors and staff extend our sincerest sympathy to the family of Deirdre Bartolotta of North Port, who passed away on Wednesday, May 29.
North Port Art Center Youth Director Clare Harvey answers questions from those present during a silk screen demonstration at the Monthly Member Meeting, as members and guests observe ‘up close’ silk screening techniques. Marianne Bolling, NPAC Vice President Carol Dawkins, Karen Frustereo, Clare Harvey, Sharon Dumont, Elizabeth Mullen, and Shauna Lee Lange were learning what “Fun-tastic” Summer Art Camp students will be learning about silk screening on one of the days. The eight week “Fun-Tastic” Summer Art Camp is $75 per week, from 9am to 1pm, Monday thru Friday, which includes a free lunch. To register, 
