This is the 10th year of The Mimbres Region Arts Council's Youth Mural Camp. The Mural Camp will run from Monday, July 11 through Friday, July 22. This popular Mural Camp will be returning to the park where it was conceived. Jauriqui Park (AKA the Spring Street Park) is this year's mural site.

Alison Phillips, Lead Artist and Assistant Erika Burleigh will lead the camp this year. Camp participants will design and paint a mural on the walls around the basketball court at Spring Street Park. The new mural will complement the existing mural. Mural Campers will also work on other creative activities as well as working on the mural. This year's craft activities will be just as enticing as last year's. Craft activities may include silk screening, mono printing, painting on ceramic items and more.

Mural Camp tuition for children 6-12 is $165 for 2 weeks and $110 for 1 week. Some scholarships are available. Campers attend camp from 9 am - 12 pm each day.

Apprentice Interns are ages 13-14; their tuition is free with work hours from 8:30-3:30. Interns are 15 and older and are a paid position and act as "camp counselors." Their work hours are from 8:30-3:30. Interns help work with the campers on the mural work and craft activities.

Applications for campers and interns are available at the MRAC office located in the Wells Fargo Bank, 1201 Pope Street, or call 575-538-2505, or Leyba & Ingalls ARTS, 315 N. Bullard Street, Mon-Sat 10-6, 575-388-5725.

The Mural Site Sponsor is the Town of Silver City. Mural Program Sponsors are Syzygy Tile, Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate, Morning Star, Finishing Touch, J&J Signs, and Leyba & Ingalls ARTS. Program Funders are the National Endowment for the Arts and New Mexico Arts.

The mural dedication is on Friday, July 22 at 12 noon.