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505 CARROLL ST
BKLYN (PARK SLOPE), NY 11215
TEL: (718) 369-0222
26 W 8TH ST
NEW YORK, NY 10011
TEL: (646) 225-6554
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Design: Dowland
© 2011 Textile Arts Center LLC
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About the Day Camp
Our Summer Day Camp is a great way for your children to spend a week or more during July and August! We offer Summer Day Camp in both Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Through daily exposure to textile media, kids explore new avenues of creativity, improve dexterity, and make new friends, while learning about historical and contemporary uses of the fiber arts.
Please see below for camp dates, and daily schedules!
Registration is now open! We will announce official camp site locations in early 2013.
Open House Dates:
Manhattan -- Friday, March 22 - 4-6PM
26 W8th Street, btwn 5th + 6th Aves
Register on the spot, and receive 10% off! (Manhattan camp only)
REGISTER Brooklyn REGISTER Manhattan
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Class Options + Information
Campers build specific skills sets through one-week, project-based classes. In addition to structured class and craft time there is daily free play and playground visits, weather permitting. Every Wednesday, the entire group ventures on a textile or art-related field trip. Each weekly session concludes on Friday afternoon with an Open House where family and friends are invited to view projects on display!
At registration, your child can choose between:
Weaving
In ou r weaving class students learn the basics of using a 4-harness loom, and the core principles of weaving and pattern reading while creating fabric of their own to be made into products such as bags and toys.
Early Bird Prices from Jan 9 - 31! REGISTER Brooklyn REGISTER Manhattan
Surface Design
Students will learn the basics of surface design through printing, dyeing, felting, sewing, drawing and design. Students explore stencils, block printing, and photo emulsion processes, as well as about resist and immersion dyeing with both natural + synthetic dyes.
Early Bird Prices from Jan 9 - 31! REGISTER Brooklyn REGISTER Manhattan
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Schedules and Rates
Each weekly session is $475, including materials + fees. Discounts available for more than one session!
Summer Camp Dates (for both locations)
Week 1 -- July 1 - 5 (no camp on July 4)
Week 2 -- July 8 - 12
Week 3 -- July 15 - 19
Week 4 -- July 22 - 26
Week 5 -- July 29 - Aug 2
Week 6 -- Aug 5 - 9
Week 7 -- Aug 12 - 16 (Manhattan only)
Week 8 -- Aug 19 - 23 (Manhattan only)
Daily Schedule (Brooklyn) Group A (5-7 Years)
8-9:30AM - Drop off
10AM - Textile classes begin at TAC
12:30PM - Lunch
1:45PM - Group play**
2:15PM - Craft Time
4:00PM - Group play**
5PM - Pick up
5-6PM - Late Bird
Group B (8-11 years)
8-9:30AM - Drop off
9:45AM - Craft time
11:30AM - Group Play**
12:30PM - Lunch
2PM -- Textile class begins @ TAC
4:30 - Group play**
5PM - Pick up
5-6PM - Late Bird
Daily Schedule (Manhattan)
8-9:30AM - Drop off
10AM - Textile classes begin at TAC
12:30PM - Lunch
1:45PM - Group play**
2:15PM - Craft Time
4:00PM - Group play**
5PM - Pick up
5-6PM - Late Bird
*Snack times are at 10:30AM and 3PM in both Camps
**Group play will be outdoors, weather permitting
A note about our camp locations: Textile Arts Center official camp site locations are not at our facilities. Our official locations are within a few minutes walking distance from our facilities, which we use for the Class times so the children have full access to our equipment and materials. Drop off/Pick up are at the official camp sites, as well as Craft Time.
Manhattan's camp location is at NYU's Kimmell Center located at 60 Washington Sq. S, NY, NY
Brooklyn's camp location is at the Berkeley Carroll School in Park Slope at 712 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Please call us with any questions you may have!
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