Don’t Miss FBC’s 3rd Annual MOSAIC Arts Camp

Summer is almost here and First Baptist Church of Cornelia is putting the finishing touches on its’ 3^rd Annual MOSAIC Arts Camp. Camp director, Donna Trotter and her committee have been hard at work finalizing the details, adding new classes, sculpting and scrapbooking. as well as adding secondary classes for returning students in the areas of dance, photography, guitar, and art.

Local artist, Nicole Turner and FBC member, Sarah Higgins will be joining the MOSAIC staff this year. Turner began her sculpting career in France, returning to North Georgia where she is represented by Center Gallery. She will be working with found objects such as, rope, sticks, milk jugs, rocks, wood scraps, etc, to help the children create their own masterpieces. Higgins has been chronicling her memories in scrapbooks for the last 9 years. She is a wife and mother of two as well as being a very active church member. In addition to everything else, she has been the web designer for a couple of local companies. She will be helping the children to create an “All About Me” album where the children will be able to show off their individuality, personalities and lives through the art of scrapbooking. Trotter is very excited to have Turner and Higgins on board this summer and she hopes to have their continued involvement in future MOSAIC camps.

In addition to the many adult volunteers that will be helping, MOSAIC staff will be enlisting the help of student volunteers. These student volunteers will be assisting instructors, monitoring class changes and helping staff with many other activities throughout the week. FBC will also be hosting an Art Auction on May 23^rd. The auction will feature local artists, baked goods, homemade crafts and plants. All proceeds from the auction will be used in to support the 2010 MOSAIC Arts Camp.

The anagram MOSAIC stands for Mentoring Our Students Artistically In Christ, and this is just what the staff and volunteers intend on doing. They are happy to be a part of the children’s understanding of the art world and to, hopefully, inspire these young people to be more creative in life. With the theme for the week being God of Wonders, camp will be focusing on the natural beauty of God’s earth and the wonders of the galaxy beyond. At the end of the week parents and family are invited to view the many projects and performances that the children have worked on throughout the week in the ‘MOSAIC Arts Galaxy’ and in the ‘Cosmic Theatre’. This is always a fun event and a great end to week filled with creativity, imagination, fellowship and fun.

Camp is open to students entering 1^st -7^th grades and will be held June 21^st-25^th with drop off at 8:45am and pick up at 12:45pm. Cost of the camp is just $25 and with scholarships available, no child will be turned away. Deadline for registration is June 11^th and anyone interested can get in touch with Donna Trotter at 706-778-4412 or visit the above links where you can find registration forms and all camp information. Class sizes are limited so please don’t let your child miss out on this wonderful opportunity to enrich their artistic minds and to grow in the beauty of God’s glory.

A look back at MOSAIC 2009

MOSAIC 2010 is almost here!

We are quite excited about plans for the 3rd Annual MOSAIC Arts Camp, to be held June 21 – 25th. We will expand last year’s theme which was “to use our God – given gifts to honor and glorify Him in all we do.” This year we will focus on the ‘wonder’ of the creation of our world and incorporate those ideas into our daily schedule and curriculum. We will open each day with a short devotional, singing songs about our awesome world, and a student testimony and prayer. Each day will culminate with a short recital featuring an area Artist who will share some of their discipline with the students and how they use it to glorify God. The student creations will be displayed this year at the ‘Galaxy Gallery’ which will be set up in the gym. Performing Arts will be featured on 1 of the 3 main stages there as well. A power point/slide show will be shown in the ‘Cosmic’ Theatre (banquet room) and will feature photos from the week of classes.


We will consider all of Psalm 8 and at the beginning of each day, the students will have some time to do team building exercises by creating a ‘heavenly’ name for themselves and a team chant. They always have fun during this time and enjoy sharing it towards the end of the week. This creates some fun team rivalry. We are thrilled to be able to add several new disciplines to our Art offerings, along with 2nd level classes for several areas which were taught last year. The disciplines include:
Art (3 Instructors this year, including Level I and II), Drama, Dance (levels I and II), Creative Writing and Story Telling, Vocal, Guitar (Levels I and II), Photography (Levels I and II) Sculpting, Pottery and Scrap Booking.


Rising 1st – 7th graders will be accepted this year. The classes will be set up by grade level as well as instructional level. Students in grades 3 – 7 will be enrolled in 3 classes which will be determined according to their choices. The 1st and 2nd graders will have 5 classes each day but will not make a selection. All registration will be considered on a first come, first serve basis and will be taken until all areas are filled. With expanded class selections and additional Instructors, we are pleased to be able to accommodate more students. Last year we taught 137 students. We are once again providing scholarships for those upon request and in consideration of their need.


The camp is staffed each day by a registered nurse who will have examined special needs designated on the registration form. Our nurses have in depth experience as ‘camp’ nurses for student activities. Students may bring their own snacks and a water bottle each day. Instructor bios and photographs will be posted by mid April. The 2009 MOSAIC Arts Camp staff included over 75 professional artists, adult assistants and teenage mentors. We will once again have an enthusiastic staff to provide an ‘out of this world’ artistic and creative week for area students.


If we stop and look at the world through the eyes of a child, we see that God created our universe as a divine artistic mosaic.


MOSAIC Arts Camp, where “Mentoring Our Students Artistically in Christ” is what we are all about.