Summer 2025 Schedule

Summer 2025 Schedule

Please note that this page also includes Spring events.  Scroll down to view all summer programming.

Summer 2024 Schedule At-A-Glance

Summer 2024 Schedule At-A-Glance

FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST–Session 1A: July 1 – 3 (9-11:30am) Sensory Fun! (Ages 5-10)

FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST–Session 1B: July 1 – 3 (1-4pm) Fiber Fun in the Sun (Ages 6-11)

FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST–Session 2A: July 8-12 (9-11:30am) Drawing and Painting (Ages 6-11)

FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST–Session 2B: July 8-12 (1-4pm) Experimental Photo Lab (Ages 9-14)

FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST–Session 3A: July 15-19 (9-noon) Exploring Art & Music in collaboration with Little Roots! (Ages 6-9) ** Drop off at Little Roots; Pick up at Art Always

FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST–Session 4A: July 22-26 (9-11:30am) Sculpture (Ages 6-11)

FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST–Session 4B: July 22-26 (1-4pm) Sewing and Fabric Design (Ages 9-12) 

FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST–Session 5A: July 29-Aug 2 (9-11:30am) Art Exploration (Ages 5-10)

FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST–Session 5B: July 29-Aug 2 (1-4pm) Fiber Fun in the Sun (Ages 6-11)

FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST–Session 6A: August 5-9 (9-11:30am) Go Figure! (Ages 8-12)

FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST–Session 6B: August 5 – 9 (1-4pm) Creature Houses! (Ages 8-12)

Registration Info

Spaces are held on a first come, first serve basis once a registration form, signed waiver AND full payment are received (check or venmo @Lindsay-Fogg-Willits). Students who withdraw from a summer session ON or BEFORE May 15, 2024 will receive a 75% refund. After May 15, 2024 no refunds will be issued.

** Sibling Discount: take 15% off the sibling’s tuition

Daily Schedule (Morning Programs)

  • 9-9:10am arrival and meeting
  • 9:10-10am Art Block 1
  • 10-10:30am snack and games
  • 10:30-11:15am Art Block 2
  • 11:15-11:30am finish, choice, clean-up and goodbyes

Daily Schedule (Afternoon Programs)

  • 1-1:15pm arrival and meeting
  • 1:15-2:15 Art Block 1
  • 2:15 – 2:45 snack and games
  • 2:45-3:45 Art Block 2
  • 3:45-4pm finish, choice, clean-up and goodbyes

Our Staff: 

Lindsay Fogg-Willits is the owner of Art Always, a parent, painter, and frequent visiting artist/teacher to local schools and programs.  Before diving into Art Always full time, she was an art teacher at Northampton High School and spent 9 years as Administrative Director of Deerfield Academy’s Summer Arts Camp (DASAC). She lives in Florence with her husband and two children. 

Molly Carlisle is an artist and educator living in Florence, Massachusetts. When she isn’t at the drawing board or in the classroom, she can be found exploring the woods and riverbanks with her husband and dog.

Talia Lefton has been a maker and daydreamer for as long as she can remember. She hot glued everything until she finally learned how to sew. Since graduating from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2011, Talia has developed her fiber art and teaching practice with a focus on community building and facilitating welcoming art-making spaces.

Sara Lasser Yau grew up looking through her camera’s viewfinder, looking for new perspectives of the world. She earned a BA in Photography and History of Photography from Bard College and an MA in Arts Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is now an arts and museum educator, which means that she gets to help viewers and makers of all ages to connect with works of art. She has taught photography in several arts and museum programs for adults and kids across Massachusetts and lives in Florence, where she takes oodles of pictures of her husband and two sons.