Camp Directory

By The Day Art Camp
Saturdays - 10am-3pm - Williamstown, MA.
Ages 6-11 (max 12 campers)
$85/day or $320/month
413-884-4821 for more info

By The Day is an artist-run education program focusing on art, connection to nature, and wonder. Each Saturday session will be led by different visiting artists and will employ a unique project designed by that week's artist around a topic or process that is of interest to them. Each project will strive to foster creative problem solving, collaboration and curiosity.

Searching for moments of exchange and adventure, By The Day will introduce campers to invited contemporary artists and their practices. Visiting artist is a comprehensive term and will include a range of creative teachers to provide opportunities including: visual artist, writing, music, farming, cooking, costume designing and more. Such visitors will share their work and skills with campers and explore pedagogy and projects related to their individual practices.

Projects will promote playful experimentation around art making and aim to instill a sense of wonder and possibility within learning spaces.

Classes will be held on a 3-acre former dairy barn in Williamstown, MA. Sessions will meet outside and in a large open barn with plenty of space to social distance. Campers will be asked to bring their own lunches.

Sign up and allergy/medical form attached below:
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Kimberly Farms Horse Farm is pleased to announce that we will AGAIN be offering 11 weeks of summer day camp. We are very proud to announce that last year we conducted camp throughout COVID and had no incidents of any illness whatsoever amongst campers or staff. We plan the same program this year. All COVID precautions are in place. Be sure to sign up early, as spaces are limited! No horse experience necessary. Accepting ages 5-17.

Camp consists of horseback riding, horse clinics, arts and crafts, nature hikes, trivia, learning about horse grooming, and more.

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KimberlyFarms.org

The Dalton School of Art & Creativity is pleased to announce the 2021 Summer Art & Nature Camp. This year we are offering 4 weeks of full-day camp and before & after care for the entire month of July, and we are thrilled to be holding camp at Dalton’s Holiday Brook Farm! With its bucolic views of rolling pastures and mountains, cows, lamb, pigs, and turkeys, we will enjoy all the sights, sounds and smells the farm has to offer! There are wooded walking trails and babbling streams right on the property for us to explore. In the morning, when it’s not so hot, we will take short nature hikes and visit the farm animals.

What’s a farm without a barn? The elegantly rustic Cooper's Barn will be our art studio for the week, where we will spend most of our time making fun and creative 2D and 3D projects—such as, acrylic paintings, clay sculptures, cardboard creations, sewing, felting, jewelry making, and more. Art projects will be age-appropriate and FUN. This year's Art & Nature Camp is shaping up to be the best Summer Camp ever.

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daltonartschool.com

Sheep Hill, a conservation property and headquarters of Williamstown Rural Lands, is the perfect place for your child to experience, explore, and connect to the natural world. This child friendly conservation property offers room to roam, and indoor facilities for getting out of the weather. Our summer programs are designed to excite and inspire children, while teaching them to understand and respect nature and creatively express its wildness.

We anticipate having two week-long programs this summer. Please check our website for updates.

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rurallands.org

Our renowned KidsAct! and TeensAct! summer camps will take place in-person this year on the grounds of beautiful Miss Halls School in Pittsfield. TeensAct! is a beloved theatre program, designed for ages 12–14, which is focused on building performance skills through ensemble-based work, improvisation, and individualized coaching. Students will create an original musical with their peers to be performed on the final day of the program. Students will also experience master classes from professional theatre and performing artists! TeensAct! will run from June 28 through July 16. Tuition for this three-week program is $750 plus a $30 registration fee. You can register here: https://secure.barringtonstageco.org/teensact

KidsAct! is an exciting theatre program for students ages 7–11, which is focused on building acting and communication skills through fun theatre games. Students will create an original musical with their peers to be performed on the final day of the program. Students will also experience master classes from professional theatre and performing artists! KidsAct! will run from July 26 through August 13. Tuition for this three-week program is $750, plus a $30 registration fee. You can register here: https://secure.barringtonstageco.org/kidsact

Both camps will be outdoors, with the option to use their large hall in the case of inclement weather. We are taking safety precautions seriously, and young people will be expected to wear masks.

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barringtonstageco.org

Buxton School hosts a variety of week-long, summer arts programs for children, ages 6 and up. These programs foster a depth of curiosity, active engagement, hands-on creativity, and group play. All of our day programs are co-educational and open to all levels of experience. For Summer '21, we are offering one week of our ever-popular Arts & Ceramics program and two weeks of a hands-on cooking program, one week for beginners and one for the more advanced. Go to our website for dates and registration!

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buxtonschool.org

IS183 art camps provide opportunities for hands-on, sustained engagement for kids, introducing them to a variety of art-making materials and approaches. Every camp is led by a faculty artist with the aid of a teaching assistant. 2021 Camps will be held at IS183's Citizens' Hall, Stockbridge and The Camp, Pittsfield for ages 7-14 with small groups of 8 students and COVID19 protocols in place.

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is183.org

Join us for a great week of horseback riding, swimming, trail rides, crafts, laughs and fun times! Twice daily riding lessons in small groups in either our beautiful indoor or breathtaking outdoor riding ring. Daily unmounted lessons covering valuable horsemanship skills from wrapping and nutrition to vet work. Camp is taught by our head riding instructor, Kelly Rooney, who focuses on safe, educational lessons at the farm with her 25+ years of experience riding, competing and teaching. Swimming and crafts, dependent on weather and trail rides on our gorgeous local trails. Photos and more info on Amara Farm facebook page.
-Twice daily riding lessons
-Daily unmounted lessons
-Crafts
-Swimming
-Indoor riding ring
-Open to riders of all levels
-Limit of ~5 riders per week
-Ages 8+ (no experience necessary)
-9am-3pm, Mon-Fri
$600 for the full week (shorter packages also available)
Covid protocols in place.

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amarafarm.com

WYC Summer Camp is a fun and active combination of onsite and local activities. From our outstanding art room to group field games, every week includes time at our home facility and use of WES's expansive fields. Camp runs for 8 weeks this summer, for 1st through 8th graders. Financial aid is available.

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williamstownyouthcenter.org

Come join us on the farm!
August 16-20: Aimed at the younger animal lover, the Bonnie Lea Farm Summer Farm Program half-day session provides ages 5 and up a chance to work hands on with farm animals and garden and play at the brook. 9am to noon.
August 2-6: Aimed at the 5th grade and up animal lover, the Bonnie Lea Farm Summer Farm Program full-day session provides hands on projects and life skills. Teens and preteens are encouraged to join us. Full day participants need stamina to get through a full day. Projects will be chosen based on ages and abilities. Full days end at 3:00 PM.

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bonnielea.com

Northern Berkshire’s beloved equestrian center is offering week-long riding sessions this summer. Come learn from USHJA Certified Trainer, MA licensed instructor, and Williams College Coach, Lisa DeMayo. Bonnie Lea Farm prides itself on teaching valuable horsemanship skills as well as strong equitation (proper riding position). As a result, our students are life-long riders who know how to love and care for their horses. Half-day (9-noon) and full-day (9-3) sessions are available. Each week has a 10 to 12 rider limit. Ages 8 and up. All levels welcome.

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bonnielea.com

Camp Sarsaparilla is a day camp for children ages 5-11. Our daily activities include singing, physical activity challenges, ceramics and art, adventures in the natural world, lunch,
journaling, read aloud, and swimming.

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campsarsaparilla.org.

Young People’s Camp: YPC is a place where campers grow, have fun, connect with others, and feel accepted and valued. We make a space where young people can be all of themselves: the part that wants to play and the part that wants to think seriously about the world. We work to build a community that reflects a just world where people of all identities are valued and where all people feel supported for who they are. YPC runs three camps covering ages 8-13, which run through July 18-30. Learn more and register online at rowe.center/camps.

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rowe.center

please reuse all information from last year's directory. if you have questions please call or text me 413-281-3960

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timduncanpottery.com

3 days of fun, food and learning the sport of a lifetime! Enjoy the iconic Waubeeka Golf links as the setting for an experience will will always cherish! Lead PGA Professional Erik Tiele, PGA Professional Francis Kringle and former Mt. Greylock Golf Coach Brian Gill will lead the returning team of instructors on how to teach your boy or girl the great game of golf. Learn the correct swing now, learn how to interact and socialize with your friends and learn golf's 9 Core Values including, respect, honesty, responsibility, confidence and more. Open to ages 7 - 15.
3 - 3 day sessions June 22, 23 & 24, June 29, 30 and July 1, August 10, 11, 12.

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waubeeka.com