Cathedral Arts Project

A few spots left in this summer camp! Enroll your young artist in the CAP Studio Artists (CAPSA) immersive visual art program providing students with the opportunity to pursue their passion and expand their creative skills. 🎨🖌️

Session 1: June 22 – 26, 2026
Session 2: July 20 – 24, 2026

These one-week summer camps run from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., for rising 3rd through 5th graders.
Each session includes a themed approach to developing the foundations of drawing, painting, sculpture and mixed media. Register today! capkids.org/enroll/capsa-summer-sessions/

The CAP Theatre Company dazzled audiences at Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church this past weekend with its second summer musical experience, bringing Disney’s Frozen KIDS to life! Congratulations to the cast and crew, CAP Delores Barr Weaver Teaching Artist Fellow in Theatre, Christian Anderson, Teaching Artist Fellows in Theatre, Chelsye Ginn and Julia Veiga, who led 29 students from multiple schools, in a two-week theatre camp culminating in two live performances to packed audiences!

This year's camp provided students with both performance and production tracks rounding out a complete theatre experience for the participants. Additional CAP Teaching Artist Fellows in Music, Dance and Strings also collaborated with the theatre team, helping students bring the story to life. Students learned to hand-paint set pieces, build costumes using sewing machines, had vocal and dance instruction and live string accompaniment from students in the CAP String Orchestra!

Emily, who played the role of Elsa shared: “At first I was, "wow I can't believe we are doing this in two weeks! How am I going to learn everything?" But now we're at the show and I CAN do it! Shoutout to my teachers. I am so happy to have this experience!”

For more CAP summer camp options visit capkids.org/summer. ☀️
Thank you to the George M. Baldwin Foundation Fund of United Way of Northeast Florida.

Give today and double your impact! An anonymous granting foundation is matching donations received before June 30, up to $260,000. Will you help us meet this moment, and the ones that follow? A gift multiplied like this means many more students reached. Support CAP NOW and get a gift made by a CAP student! capkids.org/2026match/ 🎉

How one CAP alumni went from Summer Camper to Creative Collaborator! Jarod is a Jacksonville native and a CAP summer camp alumni. He’s now a branding graphic design student at Florida International University in Miami. Recently, his story with CAP came full circle when he registered for a unique design course called Design is Change. Read here:

Designing for Change: How One CAP Alumni went from Summer Camper to Creative Collaborator Graphic design student Jarod Hammond's CAP alumni story came full circle when he registered for a course called Design is Change.

Summer camp alert! Secure a spot for your young artist in the CAP Studio Artists (CAPSA) immersive visual art program providing students with the opportunity to pursue their passion and expand their creative skills. 🎨🖌️

Session 1: June 22 – 26, 2026
Session 2: July 20 – 24, 2026

These one-week summer camps run from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., for rising 3rd through 5th graders.
Each session includes a themed approach to developing the foundations of drawing, painting, sculpture and mixed media. Register today! capkids.org/enroll/capsa-summer-sessions/

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It was an honor to celebrate CAP Teaching Artist Fellows and Teaching Artists during their annual Teacher Luncheon at the River Club today. Special thanks to speakers, CAP V.P. of Programs, Luisa Reis, V.P. of Philanthropy, Doug Walker, and the Very Reverend Kate Moorehead Carroll for beautifully articulating the enormous impact teachers have on their students' lives and futures, and to CAP Board Members, Marty Kern and Cherisa Murphy for supporting CAP today and always.

Students shared thank you messages for their teachers via video interviews, with one student explaining, "It feels like I am actually something in the whole program. Like I'm a big part. Because you know how stars, they're in the sky and each of them twinkle in their own special way? Yeah, it kind of feels like that. Thank you.'"

Thank you to CAP Teaching Artists for inspiring your students to twinkle in their own special way.⭐

The annual Visual Arts Showcase is an extraordinary display of artwork by CAP students. The opportunity to exhibit serves as a reward for students’ hard work and reinforces the self-confidence and maturity fostered in CAP classes. The young artists are proud to share their work which spans a variety of artistic media.
This year's Visual Arts Showcase Opening Reception took place on Saturday, May 16, 2026,
at the Jacksonville University Alexander Brest Gallery.

Participating programs included:
Abess Park Elementary, Led by Teaching Artist Denise Clodfelter
Alfred I. Dupont Elementary School, Led by LaRhonda Britton-James
Amelia Arts Studio, Led by Teaching Artist Heidi Dinius
CAP Studio Artists, Led by Petway Teaching Artist Fellow Ashlee Collins
John E. Goode Pre-Trial Detention Center, Led by Teaching Artist Tony Rodrigues
Cornerstone Classical Academy, Led by Teaching Artist Callie Honeysuckle
GRASP Academy, Led by LaRhonda Britton-James
Hope Haven, Led by LaRhonda Britton-James
Jacksonville Classical Academy, Led by Teaching Artist Fellow Lindsay Bowyer
My Tutor Connections, Led by Petway Teaching Artist Fellow Ashlee Collins
Ortega Elementary, Led by Petway Teaching Artist Fellow Ashlee Collins
Palm Avenue Exceptional Student Center, Led by LaRhonda Britton-James
San Jose Elementary, Led by LaRhonda Britton-James
Springfield Middle School, Led by Teaching Artist Fellow Priscilla Allen
Timucuan Elementary School, Led by Teaching Artist Delena Lambert
Youth Crisis Center, Led by Teaching Artist Chris Clark

Duval County Public Schools
Thank you to our Presenting Sponsors the Willits Foundation, Founder Sponsors VyStar Credit Union and Patron Sponsors Cara & Scott Baity and Anne & Marc Mayo. Thank you to our Emcees, Dean Christopher Corbo, Jacksonville University, Charlene Shirk, VyStar Credit Union and Sheila McMullen, Vystar Credit Union.

Image credits: Sindy Gonzalez
For more photos visit: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCVa6F