Ventfort Hall Announces Ventfort Day Camp For Summer 200901:41PM / Wednesday, May 13, 2009
LENOX, Mass. - Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum is expanding its summer camp options this year with a brand new program that will complement its pre-existing summer children’s programs.
This year, the new Ventfort Day Camp will include both boys and girls ages 7-13 in week-long programs focusing on outdoor adventures and indoor discoveries located in and around the grounds of the magnificent 1893 mansion and its historic arboretum. Ventfort Day Camp offers seven week-long sessions featuring a blend of arts, crafts, forestry, history, architecture, landscape design, games, cooking, and just plain fun.
Ventfort Hall’s Executive Director, Jeffrey Folmer says, “One of our most important objectives is to teach kids about the Gilded Age in a fun and engaging way. Kids love coming here where we make sure to offer them a ‘Gilded Age experience’ that is just up-to-date enough to hold their interest and get them excited!”
Participants can choose among a variety of options within two programs, the ongoing American Girl® Sessions and “Ventfort Goes Wild,” the new outdoor nature and arts-based program. Each program runs for one week, Monday – Friday, from 9:00 to 3:00. The cost is $250 per week; with an advance registration and payment discount of $225 per week at least two weeks in advance.
The American Girl® Sessions foster a love of history and build a sense of community through projects, crafts, cooking, games, friendship activities and more! The week will end with a Victorian Tea put on by the girls and of course their dolls are welcome to join in the fun!
“Ventfort Goes Wild” is a new program that will explore arts and ideas that are rooted in history, but alive today, trying their hands at many art forms inspired by the interests of the Gilded Age. Designed to be both educational and fun, the children will be able to contribute in a lasting way to Ventfort Hall’s mission, for example by participating in the creation of the Ventfort Arboretum, helping with the forest garden, designing and shaping a nature path, and learning about trees and plants. An architecture program will examine the mansion, and other related structures on the grounds uncovering all the hidden secrets.
The schedule is as follows:
July 6 – July 10 - American Girl
July 13 – July 17 - “Ventfort Goes Wild” Light and Shadow
July 20 – July 24 - American Girl
July 27 – July 31 - “Ventfort Goes Wild” The Gardening Artist
August 3 – August 7 - American Girl
August 10 – August 14 - “Ventfort Goes Wild” Texture and Architecture
August 17 – August 21 - American Girl Goes Outdoors
For detailed program descriptions and a registration form, please visit www.GildedAge.org or call 413-637-3206. |
