The purpose of this study is to understand the role art education serves in three rural camp settings. The researcher conducted a multi-site case study in three different camp settings -- each site was at least 45 minutes from Philadelphia, located in a rural setting, and had some form of art education activities in place. For the sake of this study, a "rural setting" has been defined as at least 45 minutes from a major U.S city, with a low population density. The three camps reviewed will be: an art camp henceforth known as Tree Camp, a traditional camp with a strong arts program henceforth known as Branch Camp, and a traditional camp with a minimal arts program henceforth known as Leaf Camp. Data was primarily collected by interviews with full time staff at each site and interviews with two summer staff alumni at one site. Data was also collected through the visual documentation of camper art, camp community art, and art making facilities -- all photographed during site visits. Researcher interests include social-emotional learning development through art making practices and investigating how camps and rural communities can work together in support of art programming that supports social-emotional development.