SEARSPORT –- The week of July 13-19 Searsport Shores Ocean Campground Camp and Create program will offer workshops with Artists-in-Residence Annette Fortier and Joyce Hayden.

Joyce Hayden is a writer and painter. She teaches English at Westfield State University in MA. She works with oils, acrylics, and watercolor and loves creating collages. Joyce’s work has been exhibited in galleries and specialty stores in MA, OH, and Vermont. Her latest exhibits have focused on ex-voto paintings, which are paintings of gratitude.

Annette Fortier works with families and children as a social worker in a nonprofit agency. She also volunteers for The Cancer Connection as a support person for individuals and their families newly diagnosed with cancer.

Annette spends her creative time spinning yarn from a variety of fibers and journaling as a daily practice. She incorporates nature into the writing and believes nature has many healing qualities and inspires creativity! Annette has facilitated several journaling groups. Journaling can be a very magical process.

Because Annette and Joyce are nature lovers, a lot of the projects this week will focus on the natural world around us and inspirational landscapes.

For more information visit www.campocean.com or call 207 548-6059