Camp Stomping Ground Hosts Art Show
Camp Stomping Ground board member Careina Yard (on the left) interviewing filmmaker Quarius Lucas about his short documentary. Photo provided.
MIDDLE GROVE — Camp Stomping Ground hosted its first Third Space Gallery Show on Oct. 18. The event showcased the work of campers and visiting artists who contributed to the camp’s arts programming this past summer.
Coordinated by Brynna Hall, artist and camp art director, the show included works by Erin Wakeland (large-scale papier-mâché pieces inspired by children’s drawings), Warner Meadows (original music compositions and films), Alfred Dudley III (large-scale zine and a collection of camper zines), and Quarius Lucas & Careina Yard (short documentary film capturing stories of camp and community).
“This show is about more than just displaying art—it’s about lifting up the voices of young people and the artists who collaborate with them,” said Hall. “At camp, we see art as a way to imagine new possibilities, together.”
Camp Stomping Ground is a nonprofit summer camp in Middle Grove whose mission is to inspire the next generation of “radically empathetic decision makers through personal responsibility, humble curiosity, restorative practices, and unbounded creativity.”