Liberty Children’s Art Project (LCAP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit art enrichment organization for rural children founded in 1995. The organization’s mission is to provide an environment of discovery, creativity and experimentation in the visual arts for underserved youth in the greater Marquette/Alger County of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Classes are offered through LCAP in special school days, after school and summer art enrichment programs to children of all ages.
Artist in Residency Program Superior Central School 2024/25
12 weeks of in school artist in residency artist instruction in two elementary classrooms with this theme: Art Inspired by Art History with artist in residence, Carol Phillips. Thanks to the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Artist in Residency grant funding for this program.
Illuminated Letters
Artist in Residency Program Ishpeming Middle School 2025
Six weeks of artist in residence instruction in four middle school classrooms with Michigan Artist Barbara L’Huillier : Creating Identity: Who am I? Thanks to the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Artist in Residency grant funding for this program.
Recipe Illustration: Steak Quesadilla
Illustrated Recipe: Steak Quesadilla
Illustrated Recipe
Summer Art Programs
Plein Air Painting with Youth in collaboration with Marquette Art Week, LSAA Plein Air Painting Festival and the Marquette Maritime Museum
Art and Marquette Maritime Museum workshops July/August 2024
Liberty Children’s Art Project and the Marquette Maritime Museum teamed up for three Mondays of art and Maritime history at the Marquette Maritime Museum Summer workshops: Wooden Boat Construction with Cardboard and The Anatomy of a Lighthouse with a lighthouse tour by director, HIlary Billman.
Boat Building, with Cardboard
Big Bay Summer Art Camp
One week drop in day camp in collaboration with Powell Township School with an emphasis on clay featuring two teaching Michigan artists 1
Download the Flyer for the 2025 Big Bay Art Camp here:
Bay Cliff Health Camp Collaboration
History Art Camp
Hands On!! Art and History Camp Youth ages 8-12 were invited to join Liberty Children’s Art Project and the Marquette Regional History Center for an immersion into local history and multi-media art making. We explored the exhibit of Historical Photography in our Region as we created art for our time.
Hands On!! Art and History Camp 2023
Marquette History Center Club
Yearly we partner with the Marquette Regional History Center and their History Club, in this session we created personal or family crests with fabric
We collaborated with the History Center’s History Club through passed out materials and virtual zoom art lessons in the Covid 19 pandemic winter/spring of 2021
Growth of a Community! This collaborative mural was created by history club members which won honors at the Marquette Summer County Fair in 2024
Contact: art@lchildrensartp.org or LCAP director, Carol Phillips at carolannphillips@hotmail.com or for more information