Penland School of Craft is excited to announce this year’s series of engaging, art-based day camps and teen workshops. These programs are a great opportunity to for young folks to get creative, learn some skills, and make new friends. This summer will include a range of one- and two-week camps plus two weekend workshops for teens taking place on Penland’s beautiful campus between June 9 and August 1. The age range for these programs is 3 to 17.
Camps and workshops are led by wonderful teaching artists with topics that include fiber arts, clay, woodworking, music, painting, photography, and more. The full list of camps and workshops can be found under the Community tab of the Penland website: penland.org. Registration is open now. Scholarships will be available through lottery, with scholarship spaces available in all camps and workshops.
Participants in a Penland summer camp visiting the nearby studio of potter Cynthia Bringle.
Penland School of Craft is a national center for craft education dedicated to the creative life. Located in Western North Carolina, Penland offers workshops in books and paper, clay, drawing and painting, glass, iron, metals, printmaking and letterpress, photography, textiles, and wood. The school also provides artists’ residencies, an outreach program, and a gallery and visitors center. Penland is a nonprofit, tax-exempt institution that receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resource. More information at penland.org.
