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Summer Programs for 2025

Week of June 9, 2025

(Ages 6-12) Colorful Campus: Albers & Beyond

Fritz Horstman, Education Director at the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation and recent author of Interacting with Color will join us to start a week of color. Learn color relativity, gradients, and illusions of transparency to help us build <...

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Week of June 16, 2025

The Art & Science of Fire

Please Note: This is a 4 day camp week, there will be no camp on Thursday, June 19.

Explore fire in its many forms and its many uses throughout history. From its creative uses in glasswork and ceramics to its more practical use...

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Week of June 23, 2025

Materials Studies

A summer favorite returns with new projects and a return to some of our favorites. This week we are building a Design Engineer’s toolbox. How do you know which material to use? Delve into the intricacies of 5 types of materials:

  • Metal
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    Week of June 30, 2025

    Aerial Explorations

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    Week of July 7, 2025

    Old Walled City of Shibam

    Rising from the wadi Hadramount—a riverbed in eastern Yemen that is dry most of the year and flows during the rainy season—is the ancient city of Shibam. Located in a sparsely populated region of Yemen, Shibam is regarded as “The oldest skyscrape...

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    Week of July 14, 2025

    The Roman Arch

    Rome has left a legacy that has captured the minds and imaginations of many. Most enduring may be the amazing feats of architecture and engineering that Rome spread throughout its empire. Many can still be seen today. At the center of these engineering...

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    Week of July 21, 2025

    The Factory: Mechanical Movements

    Connecticut has a rich history of factories. From Eli Whitney’s Armory which was located on our site and built in 1798 to A.C. Gilbert’s factory Erector Square located 2 miles away in New Haven. In collaboration with Preservation Connecticut, the E...

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    Week of July 28, 2025

    Messing About in Boats: The Pond Yacht

    Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
    - Water Rat, Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Gramme 1908

    Throughout history, it was customary for a shipb...

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    Week of August 4, 2025

    Marble Madness

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    Week of August 11, 2025

    Intergalactic Battles

    A long time ago in a galaxy far far away… With those simple words, an entire universe was born. On May 25, 1977, a revolution began.

    Join us as we draw from this fantastical universe and imagine the tools needed to travel and explore ...

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