River Arts is excited to announce a new partnership with Healthy Lamoille Valley and the Studio Store in Johnson to expand remote art explorations for youth.

This April, Healthy Lamoille Valley and River Arts have teamed up to facilitate LiveYourWhy: April Vacation Camp, a home-based arts and crafts camp for students in grades K-12 that helps young people explore their creative interests, express themselves, reflect on their experiences, and build self-awareness.

The first 50 students who register will receive a free kit of supplies to complete five arts and crafts activities, one for each day of the week. The Studio Store in Johnson is generous enough to help us put together nice kits for students in Lamoille County. Students receiving a kit will now have everything they need to create at home!

All of our kits have been reserved!

If you would like to be put on the waitlist, please email lisa@riverartsvt.org

In addition to the free kits, River Arts staff, Lisa Wolfgang, and Healthy Lamoille Valley Staff, Brian Duda, will host two Facebook Livestream art workshops that anyone can join from Healthy Lamoille Valley’s Facebook Page or River Arts Facebook Page. Even if you don’t sign up for a kit, anyone can stream these free classes and complete these projects with materials you have at home!

Healthy Lamoille Valley is a coalition of individuals and community organizations working collaboratively to reduce youth substance misuse and encourage youth to make substance-free healthy life choices. HLV strives to build and encourage a diverse and all-inclusive community of youth to be active advocates for a substance-free lifestyle. River Arts partners with Healthy Lamoille Valley to provide programing in safe spaces for youth to express themselves creatively.

The Studio Store is an independently owned, fine art supply store with an attached art gallery, nestled in the heart of downtown Johnson. We are here to inspire the creative spirits of visual artists of all ages and abilities. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10-4pm. Thank you for shopping locally and supporting small businesses!