Registration will be open February 1st
Brookfield Craft Center’s Hands-On Summer Youth Program is celebrating its 11th year of inspiring creativity! This program is a great alternative to full-day summer-long education programs offering small class sizes where students receive individual attention in a warm and welcoming environment. Choose from a variety of classes offered in any of our eight studios and explore the joy of crafting.
We offer four one-week sessions with half-day and full-day class options. Classes are designed for ages 8-16 (unless otherwise noted). Each class is led by an experienced artist instructor who teaches various craft mediums at a basic skill level.
Classes will run:
Week 1 (June 23- 27)
Week 2 (July 7 – 11)
Week 3 (July 21 – 25)
Week 4 (August 4 – 8)
Morning Session: 9am – 12pm | Afternoon Session: 1p – 4pm
Parents will need to register their children in advance individually for AM and PM sessions.
A supervised lunch time between 12pm – 1pm is available for children staying on campus for an additional $40.
Lunches are not provided.
Classes Offered:
- Forge: Blacksmith Basics, Advanced Blacksmithing
- Modern Craft Studio: Fundamentals of Digital Photography, Viral Creations for Social Media, Digital Illustration
- Ceramics Studio: Crafting Clay Dreams
- Glass Studio: Glass Bead Making, Fused Glass, Making Mosaics
- Woodturning Studio: Basic Woodturning, Turn Your Own Bat, Bowls and Beyond
- Fiber Arts: Woven Wire Sculpture, Sashiko Stitching, Sewing, Embroidery, Tapestry Weaving, Frame Loom Weaving, Basketry, Needle Felting, Natural Dyeing and Indigo Dyeing
- Multi-Mediums: Linocut and Nature Printmaking, Acrylic, Watercolor and Mural Painting, and Drawing
Scholarship Information
Hands-On Art at the Brookfield Craft Center is supported by the Give Back Brands Foundation.
Thanks to generous funding from the Foundation and the State of Connecticut, we are able to provide children with exciting opportunities to explore their creativity. Recipients will receive free tuition for a class of their choice. The scholarship will also cover materials and registration fees. Please note that there is a $25 program fee that must be paid upon acceptance of the scholarship.
Scholarship recipients are chosen by a panel of Brookfield Craft Center staff. The panel reviews the applications and selects those that reflect the strongest need and desire to engage in creative exploration.
To apply, please fill in the form below and click the submit button. You will be informed of the award within a few days of submission.