Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Art Project.

When the Dubose board met in early June, the camp committee talked about making some camp artwork that we could hang on the grounds to show our impact and presence in this place. Camp Gailor-Maxon takes place on the grounds of Dubose Conference Center and so it is the physical "home" of CGM. So many kids think of this place as their home away from home, and one camper last week described it as her "heaven on Earth." We love Dubose and want to show them how much the center means to us. 


Of course, when we started talking about an art project, we realized we had JUST the man to implement this project - Charles Houston Beaumont, III, our co-director. CHB is an artist by trade and has amazing skills. He came up with a plan and design and was off cutting wood and gathering supplies..



The project is to make two giant crosses - with center pieces that say Camp Gailor-Maxon and then have the kids decorate the wooden blocks to make the arms of the cross. He took metal rods and created a cross and then drilled holes through each wood block to thread them onto the rods. 


After Camp One, we have three arms done on one - by Camp Three we will have two complete crosses!

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