Child holding up a lopsided ceramic owl, beaming with pride
Paint-smeared forearms and hands on a wooden table
Counselor laughing mid-demonstration with ink on her apron
Children pressing ink to paper at a printmaking table
Flour-dusted hands shaping clay on a wooden board
Still-wet canvases hanging on a clothesline between oak trees
Group of children gathered around a pottery wheel
Child concentrating on weaving colorful textile at a loom
Summer 2026 · Barn Studio · Ages 5–14

They'll come home covered in paint and full of stories.

A sun-drenched barn studio where kids press ink to paper, shape clay with flour-dusted hands, and hang still-wet canvases on the clothesline.

See the work
500+ campers since 2019
4.9 stars from 200+ families
Millbrook, NY
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Printmaking
Linocut print of a bird in fern green ink on cream paper

Mateo, age 9 · linocut, first try

Ink meets paper. Every print a small surprise.

Kids carve linoleum, roll ink, and pull prints on a 1940s letterpress. No two prints come out the same. That's the whole point.

Monoprint with layered abstract shapes in terracotta and sage

Clara, 7

Block print of flowers pressed into handmade paper

Theo, 11

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He came home with ink under his nails and immediately asked when he could go back.

David Park

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dad of Mateo, age 9

Ceramics

Flour-dusted hands. Something real to bring home.

Pinch pots, coil bowls, hand-built creatures. Everything gets fired and glazed. By Friday, they're holding something they made from a lump of clay.

Small clay bowl with thumb-pressed texture and terracotta glaze

Eli, 6

Row of small clay figures drying on a wooden board

Priya, 10

Lopsided ceramic owl with painted spots, still on the drying shelf

Amara, age 8 · owl, pinch pot method

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She made a tiny bowl and now it holds her earrings. I'm not allowed to move it.

Priya Nair

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mom of Amara, age 8

Sessions & Pricing

Pick your kind of Tuesday.

Week-long immersions, Saturday drop-ins, and holiday workshops — all in the barn.

Week-Long Camp

Five full days in the barn.

Monday through Friday, 9am to 3pm. Each week focuses on one medium — printmaking, ceramics, textile, or plein air — with a Friday show at the clothesline.

$385/ week
Sessions filling fast

Drop-In Saturday

No commitment. All the mess.

Any Saturday, 10am to 1pm. Walk in, pick a project from the day's table, and leave with something you made. Ages 5–14, no experience needed.

$65/ session
8 spots this Saturday

Holiday Workshop

A full day for something special.

Themed around the season — a Fourth of July cyanotype, a Labor Day textile weave. Full-day 9am–4pm with a shared lunch under the oaks.

$95/ day
7 spots for Aug 29
Textile

Color, thread, and the patience to weave something beautiful.

Natural dyes from the garden, floor looms, shibori, embroidery. Textile week is the slowest and the most meditative — kids surprise themselves.

Colorful woven textile with irregular stripes hanging from a loom

Noa, 12

Tie-dye fabric in indigo and yellow spread on a table

Ines, 7

Hand-stitched embroidery hoop with botanical motifs

Jasper, 9

Macramé wall hanging with natural rope and dried flowers

Lila, 11

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My son who can't sit still for 10 minutes spent three hours at a loom. I cried a little.

Marcus Webb

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dad of Jasper, age 9

For grandparents

Give a week they'll talk about all year.

Instead of another toy that disappears in a week — give them five mornings in a barn, hands in clay, a canvas on the clothesline with their name on it. We'll send you a printed gift card to wrap.

Atelier

Art Camp Gift Card

One Week-Long Camp

$385

Valid for any 2026 summer session. Redeemable online or at the barn.

For: _______________
🎁 Gift-wrapped
Plein Air

Outside. Easels in the meadow. The whole world as a canvas.

Every morning they paint from life — the barn, the oaks, the creek. By week four, the clothesline is full. This is when it clicks that this community is already making things without you.

Watercolor painting of oak trees with loose gestural brushwork

Finn, age 10

Acrylic landscape with bright sky and green field, painted outdoors

Zoe, age 8

Charcoal sketch of barn exterior with dramatic shadows

Rowan, age 13

Child painting on an easel in a sunlit outdoor field

Sasha, age 9

Abstract oil pastel artwork with bright colors by young artist

Miles, age 6

Young artist showing completed canvas painting proudly

Ivy, age 11

Summer 2026 · Limited Spots

The barn's already warm.
Pull up a chair.

Week-long camps, Saturday drop-ins, and holiday workshops. Sessions sell out fast — especially the ceramics and printmaking weeks.

Ceramics Week — Jun 22 · 2 spots left
Printmaking Week — Jun 15 · 4 spots left
Textile Week — Jul 14 · 11 spots left