GAC Radio

Tune in for our final episode of the season and listen to what happened at our August mini-camp. See you next season!

Tune in to find out about everything that happened this week at Grace Art Camp! Listen in to hear our future stand-up comedians.

Tune in to hear everything about week 6 of Grace Art Camp!

Tune in for this episode where we talk about our favorite activities at Grace Art Camp and give our amazing sponsors plenty of on-air time!

Tune in for the bonus episode to hear some fun gameshows, stories, and a culinary adventure!

On Today's episode we do some more cooking, tell an intriguing story about rice, and report on all the happenings at this week's mini-camp. Tune in for the exciting details!

On this episode we talk about the themes of the week including Truth vs Lies, Animal Clothing, and Create vs Destroy. As always we have fun telling stories, interviewing campers, playing game shows, and reporting about everything that happened at Grace Art Camp this week!

GAC Radio is back once again! This summer campers are learning about the amazing culture and art of India. Tune in to hear what we learned, listen to some stories, and play some quiz shows.

What is your birthstone? Are you a good friend?

Campers retell the Mayan folk tale "The Boy who Cried Jade Tears" then tell stories, interviews, and debates about gemstones, Mexico, and friendship.

Recorded the week of August 9 to 13th, 2021 at Grace Art Camp in Portland, Or.

This episode includes recovered recorded segments from the week of June 28th. Due to technical difficulties (water+computer) they were previously thought lost and have just recently been recovered!  

Campers discuss their favorite passions, hobbies, and past times.

Have you ever broken a promise? What about a royal promise? Enjoy Princes, Princesses and family and pet stories and a silly smattering of fake advertisements.

The story of the week is "Blanca Flor" a Mexican folk tale about keeping your promises. Inspired by the story, campers ages 5 to 13 tell true stories, write fictional tales, interview each other, and engage in civil debates.

Recorded at Grace Art Camp in Portland, OR the week of July 26 to 30th, 2021.

Produced and edited by Kelly Campbell. For inquiries contact campbekel@gmail.com

Have you ever seen the rabbit in the moon? Has your sibling ever played tricks on you?

This week's episode features Mayan and Aztec folk tales about the sun and moon as well as tricky siblings, and adorable helpful animals.

Recorded the week of July 19 - 23rd, 2021 at Grace Art Camp in Portland, Or.

Background Music performed by Gerardo Calderon, Robert Randall, Mike Van Liew.

Produced, Edited, and Directed by Kelly Campbell

For inquiries contact Kelly campbekel@gmail.com

Have you ever been jealous? Ever ridden a jealous horse or seen a rainbow? Listen to our stories inspired by the Mexican folktale, "The Little Horse of 7 Colors."

Recorded by campers at Grace Art Camp in Portland, OR, the week of July 12 - 16, 2021.

Enjoy interviews, narratives, conversations, debates and a few silly fake advertisements (these are fake! We are not sponsored or endorsing any companies).

Background music performed by Gerardo Calderon, Mike Van Liew, and Robert Randall.

Directed, Edited and Produced by Kelly Campbell

What makes you courageous and unique?

Recorded the week of June 29th to July 2nd, 2021 at Grace Art Camp in Portland, OR.

Campers ages 6 to 10 re-tell traditional Mexican folk tales about unique and courageous characters, then interview each other about their own experiences.

Background Music, "Cielito Lindo" was performed by Robert Randall, Mike Van Liew, and Gerardo Calderon.

It's the return of GAC Radio! Purple and Green campers (aged 8 - 11) record instructional "How-To" tutorials teaching you how to make some of this week's art activities.

GAC Radio Episode 6 

"Creativity Never Ends!" 

Recorded at Grace Art Camp (Portland, Or)  August 12 - 16th, 2019 

Our finale (of summer 2019) episode! Stories, scary dream solutions, silly characters and voices, fun facts, jokes, and more!

 Produced and Edited by Kelly Campbell 

Background music performed by Robert Randall and Mike VanLiew 

Lyrics and Music of Grace Art Camp theme song by Dave Hall

GAC Game Show

Recorded August 14th, 2019

Questions and characters written and created by campers ages 7 to 13.

Produced and Edited by Kelly Campbell

GAC Radio Podcast, Episode 5

Recorded at Grace Art Camp (Portland, Or); August 5 - 9, 2019

This episode explores the lyrics "Gonna have fun and make new friends." All stories, interviews, and jokes were written by youth at camp ages 4 to 13.

Episode includes fictional and true stories, jokes, how-tos, fun facts, jokes, and even scary stories!

Edited and produced by Kelly Campbell

Words and Music of the Grace Art Camp theme song written by Dave Hall

Background music performed by Robert Randall and Dave Hall.

Live recording of Grace Art Camp campers performing at our final Friday Kanaval (Carnaval) on August 9, 2019.

Campers wrote their own lines and their desired audience reaction.

GAC Radio Podcast, Episode 4

 Recorded at Grace Art Camp, July 29 - August 2nd, 2019 

This episode explores the lyrics "He Likes ceramics, that's working with clay. She likes mosaics, that's glass by the way. They dig calligraphy with ink and a pen. They tried it and they liked it so they did it again!" 

Grace Art Camp theme song, and above lyrics written by Dave Hall 

Background music performed by Mike Van Liew and Robert Randall 

Producer Kelly Campbell

 Thank you to Grace Institute, Ashley Smith, Sharon Loomis, Mariann Koop, Beth Wilson and all the many families, campers, Artists, and counselors.

Live recording of Grace Art Camp campers performing at our final Friday Kanaval (Carnaval) on August 2, 2019.

Campers wrote their own lines and their desired audience reaction.

Live recording of Grace Art Camp campers performing at our final Friday Kanaval (Carnaval).

Campers wrote their own lines based on our theme of "My learning curve will go sky high, cuz all these things I'm going to try" and their desired audience reaction.

GAC Radio 2019

Episode 2

"I'm a Champ!"

Week 2, July 8 - 12, 2019

Grace Art Camp campers explore the lyric "give me a week and I'll be a Champ!" from the GAC theme song.

Recorded at summer camp the week of July 8th through 13th with over 100 youth participants ages 4 to 13.  All interviews, essays, songs, and poems were written by youth.

GAC Radio is inspired by Radyo Timoun, a radio station in Haiti run by young activists, ages 8 to 18.

The GAC theme song was written by Dave Hall

Episode edited and produced by Kelly Campbell

A Live recording at Grace Art Camp in front of an audience with Week 2 campers, July 12th 2019.

Campers wrote their own lines and audience response cards based on our week's theme, "Give me a week and I'll be a champ."

Welcome to the first episode of the Grace Art Camp Podcast! This is our sample pilot episode that explores what makes GAC tick.

The voices recorded in the episode are campers who attended summer camp the week of July 1- 3.