by Traci Phillips/West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Now in its 30th year, the academy was founded by a group of West Virginia artists and educators, including Norman Jordan, for whom the camp is named. Norman Jordan was a poet and a prominent leader in the Black Arts Movement, both in West Virginia and nationwide. When Norman Jordan passed away in 2015, his wife Brucella Jordan took on the role as camp director. 

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