SUN FOUNDATION

Founded in 1973 by educators and artists Joan Root and Robert Ericksen, the Sun Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that provides imaginative and vibrant art and environmental science programming in rural Washburn, Illinois.

The Sun Foundation Art and Nature Center offers exciting, hands-on programs and activities throughout the year. Located 25 miles north of Peoria in rural Washburn, Illinois, the Art and Nature Center includes five miles of trails, a freshwater marsh, oak hickory forest grounds, meadows, and multiple unique meeting spaces including a pavilion and retrofitted barns.

Host to Art and Science in the Woods, a week long day camp held at the Sun Foundation Art and Nature Center in the summer, where students as young as five learn from and are inspired by professional artists and scientists in nature’s classroom.

Offsite programs include the Clean Water Celebration, now in its 30th year.