Lynn Stockton (camp director) has been a high school art teacher for 26 years. She is a National Board Certified Teacher. In 2008, she was recognized by the Illinois Art Education Association as the Secondary Art Teacher of the Year. Her students have won numerous awards and scholarships at the local, state, and national levels. She has helped to facilitate and restructure the visual art programs of two Illinois school districts, DeKalb and Rockford, and was instrumental in the addition of Advanced Placement Studio Art as an option for high school students in those districts. In August 2005, she was appointed to the National Prismacolor Advisory Council. She is currently teaching at Jefferson High School in Rockford. Ms. Stockton has been the director of the Visual Arts Camp since 2001.