Summer Camps at Clay Art Center

Clay Art Center offers 28 fun filled and educational summer camps for
children, tweens and teens

February 4, 2014 Port Chester, NY- Clay Art Center, located in the heart of Port Chester on 40 Beech Street announces an enriching and exciting schedule of summer camps. This summer Clay Art Center offers 28 weekly, themed summer camps for ages 6-15. Camps offer young artists the chance to develop their imaginations and gain self-confidence while working in the transformational medium of clay.  Younger students ages 6-9 choose from exciting camps themes including “Colossal Coliseum”, “Minecraft in Clay” and “Monsters, Myths, and Magic”. Older students age 10 and up use the potter’s wheel as a tool to create unique functional and sculptural pieces of art during camps like “Reinventing the Wheel” and “Wheel Throwing Boot Camp”.

Parents can choose from half day, morning or afternoon camps, or full day camp including a supervised lunch break. Class size is limited to give students plenty of individual instruction and like aged students are seated together. Camp registration begins February 15, 2014, all registrations received February 15-March 15 will receive a 10% early bird discount. Visit our website at www.clayartcenter.org to see a full camp listing and to sign today!

Port Chester residents with children in the Port Chester public school system are eligible to receive a 20% discount, and full and partial scholarships are also available.  Scholarship applications are due the week before camp and can be found on our website.

Clay Art Center is also seeking reliable high school and college students who would be interested to volunteer or intern with us this summer to assist with our summer camp program.  Interested individuals, please contact communityarts@clayartcenter.org.

Clay Art Center is located at 40 Beech Street in Port Chester, NY.  The Center offers year round classes and workshops for children and adults, artist studios, a gallery with changing exhibitions and a gift shop featuring handmade ceramic objects.  The gallery and shop are open Monday-Saturdays 10am-4pm.