Wintergreen to host Summer Arts Showcase, August 2

William White, grade 2, creates during Nature & Art Camp held at the Sargent Family Community Center, July 8-11, 2024

Presque Isle, Maine—Wintergreen Arts Center is hosting a Summer Arts Showcase on Friday, August 2, at 6:00 PM, during Presque Isle’s First Friday Art Walk.

“In partnership with the Presque Isle Housing Authority and Presque Isle Recreation & Parks Department, we are celebrating our talented young artists and their creativity,” said Dottie Hutchins, Wintergreen’s executive director.

Campers participating in Wintergreen’s many visual and digital summer arts camps will display their creativity.

Wintergreen’s 2024 Summer Arts Camps include Nature & Art Camp (at the Sargent Family Community Center), Art with HeART (a free arts program for all children held at the Presque Isle Housing Authority), Art-in-the-Park Camp and Painting-at-the-Park Camp (at Mantle Lake Park), and the following camps held at the Wintergreen Arts Center:  Taylor Swift Camp, Wintergreen Kids News Network (WKNN Camp), Cowboy & Cowgirl Camp, DIY Décor Camp, Sweet Treat Camp, Mixed Media Camp, and Preschool Camp.

Wintergreen’s Summer Arts teaching staff includes Shaye McHatten, Jennifer Adrian, Erin Marquis, Sophia Garcia, McKenzie Cooper, Lisa Brewer, and Katie Greenlaw. WKNN is in collaboration with Dave Allen Graphics.

The Summer Arts Student Showcase is free and open to the public. 

About Wintergreen Arts Center:  The Wintergreen Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2006 and located in Presque Isle, Maine. Wintergreen is an organization based on the idea that creativity, advocacy, and community can produce great things. Our mission is to stimulate creativity and curiosity through the arts in Aroostook County.

Wintergreen Arts Center and our participation in Presque Isle’s First Friday Art Walk is supported in part by the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.