Art of the Imagination Summer Camp: Storybook Summer

In Art of the Imagination Summer Camp: Storybook Summer, campers are invited to experience a week full of art, storytelling, and discovery!

Highlights include:

• Explore two unique collections in the Museum galleries
• Learn techniques from local artists: illustrator Meredith Lucius and multimedia artist Lisa LaRue Baker, Cherokee
• Create art with various mediums
• Build self-confidence and teamwork skills through a group art project

Registration includes a camp t-shirt, a daily snack, art project supplies, and lots of FUN!

• Ages: 3rd-6th grade (as of Fall 2026)
• Non-Member Cost: $200
• Member, Returning Camper* and/or Sibling Discount**: $160
• Build self-confidence and teamwork skills through a group art project
• Scholarships available

For information on scholarships or the discount code, please email Faith Ordonio at faithordonio@toyandminiaturemuseum.org.

*Attended the 2024 and/or 2025 Art of the Imagination Summer Camp

**Two or more campers from the same household

Lisa LaRue Baker is a Cherokee Nation tribal citizen who has been making and teaching tribal cultural arts for several decades. She currently resides in Topeka, Kansas, and is a curator and teaching artist in the NOTO Arts and Entertainment District. One of her Cherokee baskets is also featured in the Museum’s current exhibition Native Arts in Miniature. Campers will learn the traditional Cherokee story of the Cornhusk People and why they have no face. They will then construct their own Cornhusk Person, including designing aprons, shawls, and head wraps for them.

Meredith Lucius is an illustrator specializing in picture books and art that celebrates the ‘inner child’ within every adult. Lucius’ work captures a story’s soul and illustrates the emotional nuances people hold within themselves. Lucius creates authentic representation for diverse audiences. o Campers will take on the role of illustrators to work together to create a life-size storybook utilizing the likeness of characters from the Museum collection. They will learn how to use color to highlight the emotional tone of a story, how to create primary characters and background details that contribute to the narrative, and how to integrate text and image together on a page.