Four Fun-Filled Weeks! Twenty-five week long sessions to choose from. Quality Instruction.

Monday-Friday Mornings: 9am-12pm; Afternoons: 1-4pm

Ages 4-5: $140 / $130 members (mornings only)

Ages 6-Adult: $170 / $155 members *

* Stay All Day (SAD) option available: $350 / $310 members

Become a Member* Now and SAVE

- $20 off on first-time Family & higher-level memberships* with camp registration

- PLUS save $20 on class tuition

- Receive additional multiple-class discounts ($5 off on third and sequential camp/s per student)

Become a Student Volunteer for this year’s Summer ARTventures

Earn Community Service Credits for school, while adding to your ART resume.

Applications are open to all rising 9th-12th graders.

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Meet Our Artistic Team

BRENDA GARIEPY studied at Alfred University, New York, and has teaching experience in NY, PA, and NC. She currently teaches art in the Rowan-Salisbury Elementary Schools. For the last twelve years, Brenda has specialized in teaching hand-built and w

BRENDA GARIEPY studied at Alfred University, New York, and has teaching experience in NY, PA, and NC. She currently teaches art in the Rowan-Salisbury Elementary Schools. For the last twelve years, Brenda has specialized in teaching hand-built and wheel-thrown pottery classes at Waterworks. She was a 2017 recipient of the Waterworks’ Lucille P. and Edwin O. Norvell Family Art of Teaching Award for her significant and generous contributions, and outstanding work in art education through Waterworks and its educational studio programs.

DEBBIE HOFFMAN is retired from the Rowan/Salisbury school system after nearly twenty years working as an Exceptional Children teacher. She taught dance for over forty-five years. Debbie graduated from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College with an associat

DEBBIE HOFFMAN is retired from the Rowan/Salisbury school system after nearly twenty years working as an Exceptional Children teacher. She taught dance for over forty-five years. Debbie graduated from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College with an associate of arts degree. Debbie was the recipient of Waterworks’ 2009 Lucile P. and Edwin O. Norvell Family Art of Teaching Award for her significant and selfless contributions and outstanding work in art education through Waterworks’ children’s educational programming. She returns to WVAC for her 17th year.

MARIA BENNETT HOCK is an internationally recognized artist whose paintings have been shown across the US and Japan. During the pandemic, she completed 45 portraits of 45 essential staff members at the Duke University Hospital, and these portraits wer

MARIA BENNETT HOCK is an internationally recognized artist whose paintings have been shown across the US and Japan. During the pandemic, she completed 45 portraits of 45 essential staff members at the Duke University Hospital, and these portraits were featured on multiple national news outlets. She often spends her time as a copyist at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, where she completes in-depth studies of the work of master painters of the past, and as a member of the Coast Guard Art Program, the Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America, and American Women Artists.

SHIRL HULL is an artist and designer. She is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA., with a B.A. degree in Studio Art. Shirl advanced her studies by completing Jewelry Design, Lost Wax Casting and Jewelry Fabrication from El Cami

SHIRL HULL is an artist and designer. She is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA., with a B.A. degree in Studio Art. Shirl advanced her studies by completing Jewelry Design, Lost Wax Casting and Jewelry Fabrication from El Camino College and California State University both in CA. Shirl loves to travel and has taken two cultural trips to the African Continent. Shirl resides in Spencer, N.C.

DENISE PAUGH earned a BA in Dance Education/Theater from UNC-Charlotte. She has taught in the Rowan-Salisbury School (RSS) system since 2006. Denise created, developed and implemented the county’s first honors curriculum for Dance, and she now serve

DENISE PAUGH earned a BA in Dance Education/Theater from UNC-Charlotte. She has taught in the Rowan-Salisbury School (RSS) system since 2006. Denise created, developed and implemented the county’s first honors curriculum for Dance, and she now serves as a K-5 art specialist at Hanford-Dole Elementary School. Denise joined the Waterworks team in 2018. She has taught a number of classes in mixed media, movement and the art of jewelry making. She is owner and designer of her own jewelry design business, Denise Paugh Designs.

BRETT SCHENNING is an image-maker occupied primarily with traditional and alternative film photographic processes. His work focuses on environmental sustainability and rural community politics and relationships. Schenning completed an MFA with distin

BRETT SCHENNING is an image-maker occupied primarily with traditional and alternative film photographic processes. His work focuses on environmental sustainability and rural community politics and relationships. Schenning completed an MFA with distinction at the Savannah College of Art & Design in 2014. He has exhibited across the United States and been the focus of several online features. He is currently a Professor for the Art program at Limestone University in Gaffney, South Carolina where he is teaching a variety of lecture and studio-based courses.

BRENT SMITH is a 1993 ECU graduate who works as a full-time potter. He works in his studio and showroom behind his farmhouse in Rowan County, where he continually experiments with forms, clays, glazes, and textures. He sometimes digs his own natur

BRENT SMITH is a 1993 ECU graduate who works as a full-time potter. He works in his studio and showroom behind his farmhouse in Rowan County, where he continually experiments with forms, clays, glazes, and textures. He sometimes digs his own natural clay. Brent is known for his lidded jars, and large wheel-thrown pots. Brent has been teaching youth and adult hand and wheel classes at Waterworks for over 16 years. He received the Waterworks’ Lucille P. and Edwin O. Norvell Family Art of Teaching Award in 2014 in recognition and appreciation for his contributions to the visual arts in Rowan County.

NICOLINA WHITTED discovered her love of painting in 2012 and in 2020 decided to leave corporate America and make her dream of becoming an artist a reality. She opened "Art Studio by Nicolina" during COVID and says "my life has been filled with art a

NICOLINA WHITTED discovered her love of painting in 2012 and in 2020 decided to leave corporate America and make her dream of becoming an artist a reality. She opened "Art Studio by Nicolina" during COVID and says "my life has been filled with art and teaching art ever since!" Currently inspiring and teaching budding young artists, she is the K-5 art teacher at Knollwood Elementary. Please join us in welcoming Nicolina to Waterworks!