About the Educator Camp

NMWA’s virtual Educator Summer Camp is designed for all educators: school teachers, home school instructors, scout leaders, etc. We just ask that you come with your learners in mind and a playful spirit!

We will offer 1.5-hour sessions daily, Monday, July 27, through Friday, July 31. Sessions, inspired by the Art, Books, and Creativity (ABC) Institutes and NMWA’s collection, are hands-on, participatory, and fun. Sessions will explore NMWA’s collection and resources, introduce historical and contemporary women artists, and engage participants in experimental making and close looking.

Guest instructors include artists and educators from around the country. You will receive a recommended supply list, applicable digital resources, and a Zoom meeting link in advance of each session.

Register for one session or many depending on your interest and commitments.

Session participants can request certificates of completion reflecting total earned participation hours.

About the Artist Instructor

Laurie Darby is a book maker, printmaker, and educator who lives and works in Savannah, Georgia. Darby earned her undergraduate degrees from Carnegie Mellon University in both Fine Art and in History, she received a Master of Painting from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art spending the first year of study on the Temple Rome, Italy campus. She holds an additional Master’s degree from Georgia Southern University in Teaching.

Darby’s work focuses on elements of the natural world using flowers to depict the fragility of life. She uses natural forms and landscape to reflect upon historical incidents and profiles. Working in series, she uses biblical precepts, personal experience, and historical documents to evoke her narrative. Darby has received several grants and awards, including a Book Arts Residency from the Women’s Studio Workshop, residency at Ashantilly Press, residency at Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting, a Future Faculty Fellowship, a Georgia Council for the Arts Grant, an Individual Artist Georgia Grant, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Darby is included in numerous collections including Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, University of Delaware, University of Michigan, Vassar College, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Yale University.

Questions? Reach out to education@nmwa.org.