We will search for these rare creatures every day and fancifully decorate and parade our camp horses on Friday.

Shady groves, dappled sunshine and Chatham County’s famous boulders create the perfect backdrop for imaginative campers with an eye for all things whimsical and magical. This week campers will learn to draw faeries, gnomes, castles and more.  Additionally, each day we’ll create costumes and props to encourage imaginations during creative play which will include turning real life ponies into Unicorns!

Pegasus, Apollo's Chariot and legendary Centaurs will be part of our discussion of how horses have interacted with humans through the ages.

Roll up your sleeves! Children love our clay classes and camps because they get to wedge, roll, coil, slab, paddle, pinch, cut and press their way through engaging clay projects and get downright messy while doing it! Parents love the sense of accomplishment they see growing in their child each day from turning a lump of raw clay into lovely objects useful in the home or garden. Everyone, returning campers and newcomers, will be challenged at a level appropriate to their age and skill level.

Dolls riding with their big people is fun for all-day campers. Morning only participants enjoy taking rides with any one of their favorite toys - yes, even the boys!

American Girl Doll fans will be counting down the days until this camp! Each day we’ll draw a lovely cameo portrait of a special girl. Additionally, we’ll spend our time in preparation for the tea party on Friday for family and friends by creating invitations, placemats, name holders, party favors and baking! And, as always, the dolls get to ride!

Bright Horses will dress up for the city in their finest saddles and harness!

Start spreading the news! This week is dedicated to celebrating the architectural beauty and cultural diversity of our nation’s largest city, the Big Apple. Landmarks, famous New Yorkers, central park retreats and much more will inspire our drawings and spark the imaginations of campers all week as we consider what it would be like to “be a part of it”.  Activities will culminate in a SoHo inspired art reception for friends and family showcasing the artistic efforts of each camper.

This week, the horses are going to the beach! NO HORSE CAMPS!

Roll up your sleeves! Children love our clay classes and camps because they get to wedge, roll, coil, slab, paddle, pinch, cut and press their way through engaging clay projects and get downright messy while doing it! Parents love the sense of accomplishment they see growing in their child each day from turning a lump of raw clay into lovely objects useful in the home or garden. Everyone, returning campers and newcomers, will be challenged at a level appropriate to their age and skill level.

Bunnies, chicks, foals, calves, piglets, kittens, puppies, ducklings and your little lambs, too! This week’s goal is to bring the cutest, cuddliest, sweetest critters to life as campers draw these farm friendly pals and create crafts designed to unleash their inner kid!

Dolls riding with their big people is fun for all-day campers. Morning only participants enjoy taking rides with any one of their favorite toys - yes, even the boys!

American Girl Doll fans will be counting down the days until this camp! Each day we’ll draw a lovely cameo portrait of a special girl. Additionally, we’ll spend our time in preparation for the tea party on Friday for family and friends by creating invitations, placemats, name holders, party favors and baking! And, as always, the dolls get to ride!

Is this saying true?  We'll discuss the ideas contained in this famous book of horse stories as we go through the week with heavenly Bright Horses!

Imagine this…campers beat the heat in our air conditioned art studio while learning how to draw horses, create horse related crafts, play organized horse inspired games, journal about fun horse facts and bake horse treats while real live horses graze serenely in a pasture just beyond a shaded outdoor play area.  Doesn’t it sound like a little bit–o-heaven for the horse lover in your family?

Pegasus, Apollo's Chariot and legendary Centaurs will be part of our discussion of how horses have interacted with humans through the ages.

Roll up your sleeves! Children love our clay classes and camps because they get to wedge, roll, coil, slab, paddle, pinch, cut and press their way through engaging clay projects and get downright messy while doing it! Parents love the sense of accomplishment they see growing in their child each day from turning a lump of raw clay into lovely objects useful in the home or garden. Everyone, returning campers and newcomers, will be challenged at a level appropriate to their age and skill level.

Yes, this is when Bright Horse camps are really heating up. Using our fabulous farm vehicle and our trusty ponies we will adventure down by the river for our big Friday blow-out in our very own real-life jungle.

Campers this week will be challenged to envision themselves deep under the living canopy of the Amazon jungle…filling their field journal each day with drawings and observations based on the beautiful flora and fauna of Brazil.  Our typical NC weather in August will certainly help make the experience feel authentic. Fortunately, for all of us, art camp is conducted mostly indoors so campers will stay cool as they seek adventure.

Toys riding with their big people is fun for for all-day campers. Morning only participants enjoy taking rides with any one of their favorite toys - yes, even the boys!

…came with me to camp at Bright Horse Farm and we learned how to ____________! Each camper will write and illustrate their own coloring book based on their shared  experiential learning adventures with of one of their favorite companions…their Build-A-Bear! Guided drawing lessons and teacher directed writing segments will assist campers as they organize their thoughts and create the pages of their very own coloring book. A teddy bear picnic will round out the week and offer newly minted authors the opportunity to share their efforts with family and friends.

Is this saying true?  We'll discuss the ideas contained in this famous book of horse stories as we go through the week with heavenly Bright Horses!

Still rearing for more horse stuff? Campers beat the heat in our air conditioned art studio while learning how to draw more horses, create more horse related crafts, play more organized horse inspired games, journal more about fun horse facts and bake even more horse treats while their horse friends graze serenely in a pasture just beyond a shaded outdoor play area.  Doesn’t it sound like a little bit–more-o-heaven for the horse lover in your family?

Too hot for the ponies! NO HORSE CAMP

Roll up your sleeves! Children love our clay classes and camps because they get to wedge, roll, coil, slab, paddle, pinch, cut and press their way through engaging clay projects and get downright messy while doing it! Parents love the sense of accomplishment they see growing in their child each day from turning a lump of raw clay into lovely objects useful in the home or garden. Everyone, returning campers and newcomers, will be challenged at a level appropriate to their age and skill level.

“You’re not in Kansas anymore- you’re on Pandora!” This week’s camp will investigate the breathtaking beauty of all things native to the magical world of the Na’vi as depicted in James Cameron’s epic film Avatar. Campers will learn to draw gentle characters and animals amid lush, gorgeous scenery unique to this distant earth-like moon. Additionally, using stationary replete with accurately named Pandorian flora and fauna, campers will create their own Na’vi/English vocabulary companions.