Art camps end this week

By Melinda L. Lucas

The Old Jail Art Center’s summer camps are wrapping up this week with a Safari outing on Tuesday and a three-day virtual puppet workshop that started on Wednesday morning.

Students in grades 1-3 spent a “wild day” of crafts and games in the on-site Safari camp earlier this week.

The always popular puppet workshop is being conducted online only Wednesday through Friday, Aug. 10-12, but the instructional videos will be available on demand for those who registered for the event.

Students are designing and constructing their own puppets, guided by Dan Peeler and Charlie Rose, professional puppeteers who have been conducting the OJAC classes for more than two decades.

Kits for the virtual camp were mailed out to children all over the state.

Ongoing Programs

OJAC’s Activity Trunk continues for members of the community.

The trunk can be found outside the Old Jail’s gates and includes two crafts every week. It is free to everyone.

The Tiny Tours program is also ongoing. Tiny Tours includes short virtual tours of the various galleries and collections that can be found at the museum.

A Mid-Autumn Moon Family Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24, and the education department will be back in class with Region 14 schools for Art to Go next month.

For more information about events at the Old Jail, go to theojac.org.