camp, which operates out of the Old Elliott School on Barker's Hill in Devonshire, will run from July 3 to August 25 this year from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

And working parents need not worry because children can arrive earlier in the morning and stay until 5.45 p.m. at night, noted Mrs. Dill. Forty kids will be accepted in the camp on a weekly basis and they can attend for up to four weeks before the programme is repeated. Kids do not have to be especially good at art, they should just be interested, noted Mrs. Dill. "This is a fun camp.

It's silly and wild. The whole point of it is to show kids that they can have a lot of fun doing art,'' she said. Students will partake in weaving, batik art, drawing, painting, nature studies, sculpture, collage and found object art. Last summer, for example, the children studied a well-known American artist, Ms Louise Nevelson, who does a lot of found object art. The kids copied her style by using everyday objects to create their own art forms, said Mrs. Dill. This year, an artist will visit the camp every week or the students will go to an artist's studio, she noted. And the children will later create an art form which is related to the visit. Each week, the children will also study the arts of different countries including China and the Caribbean. Said Mrs. Dill: "Last year, kids learned about African art through Mrs. Diana Tetlow, who visited the class and showed students how the Masai people painted their bodies. "Rather than make art, the Masai paint their bodies as an art form,'' she said. Last summer, the camp had an underwater week, which allowed the kids to paint their bodies with fish and coral reefs. As well, students went swimming twice a week, said Mrs. Dill. Children also made "incredible edible art'' -- a work of art, which they could later eat. "We'll be doing the same kind of projects this year,'' she said. The camp, which was set up three years ago, is divided into three age groups. Primary ones, twos and threes are known as the Powder Paints, primary fours and fives are named the Water Co lours, and primary sixes and sevens are called the Acrylics. "The kids seem to love it,'' said Mrs. Dill. "We have a lot of repeat students.

"And I love running the camp -- it's the best part of my year!''