Day 5 Photos

Day 5 brought us to the end of the week after 4 days of fun and a gallery night of art.  The morning began with multiple singings of "Pharoah, Pharoah" and "King Jesus is All", the Feeding of the Multitudes in John 6 and then Keeping the Dimond District clean with "Keep Oakland Beautiful" all organized by local Dimond District organizer Kathleen Russell.  After walking through the neighborhood on a trash pick up we rendez-vous-ed at Dimond Park for a picnic lunch, games, play structure fun, creek walks and multiple splinters!  We had a contest for trash pick-up - the heaviest and the most volume won.  Abby's group: Ellie, Elodie, Kylie and Talia won.  I think it was rigged! (Monte) We then were treated to free Italian Ice at Flavor Brigade in the Dimond on Fruitvale Ave for our community work.  The volnteer leaders got coupons for treats at La Farine thanks to Stan Dodson.  You can patronize both locally owned businesses to express your gratitude!

Day 4 Photos

A day full of fun, learning, service and CRAZY hair.  We finished our tie-dying, painting and prayer flags with Abby, Angie and Jaqui after hearing about how Jesus calmed a storm [John 6:1-15] and a parable about weeds and wheat [Matthew 7:16-20].  After lunch we encounter Muff the Cencilla and Charlie the Tarantula.  We also planted our plants gathered from several gardens - all with the help of CVS in Rockridge who donated plants and Joaquin Miller Elementary School's garden club which shared tools and resources with us!  A true community service project and learning opportunity.  Drive by and see the garden at the corner of Laguna and Damuth, one block East of MacArthur Blvd.

Day 3 Photos

Day 2 Photos

DAY 1 PHOTOS

Here's some photos of our first day at Recreation VBS filled with painting, tree sketching, wish writing, scooter games, the parable of God as a crazy seed planting farmer, and a visit from chickens Hermoine & Belle.  To see a larger version of the picture, simply click on the picture and wait a few seconds.

Welcome to Camp!

1 part VBS +  1 part Art Camp + 1 part Community Gardening = 3 times the fun!

Our campers will be divided into three groups as the rotate through the art activities over the course of the week.  Below is the break-down.

Group A: Bailey, Elodie, Talia, Olive, Nina, Bradley, Caiden, Turtle

Group B:  Ana, Nascha, Elan, Kylie, Sophie, Maya P, Neela, Simone

Group C:  Maya V., Lisa, Austin, Scout, Zayla, Mikayla, Suhayla, Katie, Angel & Brendan

Important Camp Events

Monday

·      Check-out time is 3:30pm.

·      We’re working on the parable of the Sower and the Seed (Mark 4:1-8)

·      Need to check in early or check out late? Please visit the help desk, where you can sign up for Extended Care the if you need it, space permitting.

introducing teaching artist: angie wilson

angie wilson has been a "resident artist" of fruitvale presbyterian church's belfry studios for almost two years.  she was one of the first artists to work in our attic, quickly making her studio her own.  she works mostly with fabrics and textiles.  her tiny studio is mostly occupied by her beautiful loom--a complicated an lovely machine that she is generally willing to demonstrate.

she is an artist who with more than creativity, she genuinely possesses ingenuity.  her thesis project for her recently completed Master of Fine Arts from San Francisco State University was a gigantic rug made out of shirt sleeves.  she used traditional weaving and knotting techniques with a non-traditional material, making all her viewers question the way we use materials, the way we interact with everyday things, and the ways we might give old things new life.  up cycling at its best.

angie is warm , encouraging and enthusiastic and is excited about working with recreation.  you can see more of her work here and looking forward to meeting her on Monday, August 15.