Holiday Home Camp Kids Discover Creativity Through Geneva Lake Arts Foundation
In the summer of 2026, the Geneva Lake Arts Foundation (GLAF) brought a hands-on art experience to Holiday Home Camp, giving approximately 100 young people the opportunity to explore their creativity.
The activity was part of GLAF’s Art Access program, which provides specially designed art classes, programs and activities for youth and adults throughout area communities. Through the program, GLAF members volunteer their time and artistic expertise, while the foundation provides the art supplies. The Art Access program is generously supported through donations, which help make these creative opportunities possible. This outreach fulfills an important part of the nonprofit foundation’s mission: Encouraging artistic growth and bringing visual arts to our community.
GLAF members who generously donated their time to work with the campers included Sarah McConnell, Erin Whalen, Nancy Boyle, Christine Sotos-Barrera, Samantha Polek, Theresa Best, Silvie Sturm-Meyer, Tonya Schade, Star Norini, and Maria DeCaprio-Sunta.
At Holiday Home Camp, the volunteers worked directly with the campers, helping teach and guide them as they decorated their own baseball caps. GLAF also generously provided all of the supplies for the project, allowing each camper to create something uniquely their own.
The activity encouraged self-expression while reinforcing an important message: there are no mistakes in art. Campers learned that an unexpected mark, color or idea can become part of something beautiful. Throughout the project, they embraced that freedom, took ownership of their creations and enthusiastically shared their individual styles.
Holiday Home Camp welcomed approximately 600 campers this summer, and about 100 of them had the opportunity to participate in the GLAF Art Access activity.
For Camp Director Cierrae Caver-Chouhan, one of the most rewarding parts of the experience was seeing how fully the campers embraced the creative process.“It was great to see the kids take ownership of the project, express themselves creatively, and really engage with the experience,” Caver-Chouhan said.
Through programs like Art Access, GLAF volunteers are able to share not only their artistic skills, but also the joy, confidence and connection that can come from creating art.
Any nonprofit group interested in learning more about the foundation and its art outreach programs may contact GLAF at genevalakeartsfoundation@gmail.com.
As a nonprofit, donations to help fund next year's program are most welcome and can be made at: https://www.genevalakeartsfoundation.org/support-donate
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