Camp Brilliance was held the week of July 18 at the Greene Block + Studios in downtown Waterville. Girls and nonbinary youth in grades five to eight in central Maine participated in the camp, where they participated in art activities and activism.
Community artists who incorporate social change into their art worked with the camp attendees. The counselors included Fatima Sheikh, Sarah Doore, Ruby Marden and Coltrane McRae.
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