About Us

Hi, my name is Mari Linnman, camp director.

I am pleased you are considering the Art Farm. We believe every child should spend time on a farm, so we built a warm, working landscape with intentionally small groups so counselors can notice how each camper grows across a week or a full summer. Personal attention stays the rule, not the exception. The schedule is wide enough to stay safe yet full of choices that feel meaningful rather than rushed.

About Our Day Camp

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Our Bridgehampton campus gives children room to move. The in-ground pool anchors long blocks of supervised swim, stroke help, and water games. Soccer, basketball, tennis, and the modern gymnasium support gymnastics leagues and coached sports. Families who want extra court time pair day camp with the Camp/Tennis Combo for deeper instruction. (More on the combo.) When the athletic day still is not enough, many campers roll into afternoon Sports Camp blocks for another focused session on the field.

Organic gardening stays central. Country light and coastal air keep vegetables, flowers, and herbs pumping out weekly inventory for our young vendors. Homemade pies, cookies, muffins, cakes, and farm fresh eggs prepared by junior bakers fill the Farmers Market stands. Children follow food from soil to skillet to folding table so they understand the entire loop of small scale agriculture. Proceeds continue to support local charity work because we want young people to feel how commerce and compassion can ride together.

In that same countryside setting we teach daily care for sheep, goats, chickens, horses, rabbits, and our pot-bellied pig. Animal rounds feel like play, yet they quietly build empathy. Pony camp connects with the larger mission: children ride on a steady schedule while learning grooming, tack awareness, and safety language that travels off the farm.

Our art specialists love this place, and it shows in the studios. Children move through ceramics, drawing, sculpture, mixed media, and messy paint days with instructors who honor every idea. Recent projects ranged from portrait mugs and magazine-cover self studies to wire pig sculptures and miniature chairs painted to match the builder personality. We want that moment when a camper pauses to smile at something they truly made.

The activity list changes a little every season. Electives have included ceramics with our kiln, photography with darkroom work, and woodshop builds that start as raw boards and leave as treasures. Tuition tables and printable forms live beside the schedule pages on this site, so you can cross check costs while you read. We still look forward to a high energy summer with your family.

For older campers ages eight through fourteen, open The Extreme Team from the home page for wakeboarding, surfing, waterskiing, and the rest of the roster built for Hawks, Mustangs, Eagles, and Wolves.

Why we keep ratios small

Smaller pods let us match energy levels inside the barn, by the pool, and on the trail. Counselors remember which child needs encouragement before mounting a pony and which one only wants ten more minutes sketching feathers. Specialists plug into that rhythm instead of shouting over a crowd. That structure also protects downtime. Quiet kids find allies, vocal kids find outlets, and nobody waits half a morning for a turn at the pottery wheel.

Because groups stay tight, scheduling conflicts surface early. When a pod fills we close it rather than squeezing extra bodies past safe animal handling limits or lifeguard sight lines. Families tell us they notice the tone during week one drop off. Campers already know names by snack time.

Habits from camp that carry home

Campers who wash eggs for market suddenly volunteer to rinse berries in their own kitchens. Kids who weed beside counselors point out pollinators on neighborhood walks. Older campers mentor younger buddies during hayrides or craft cleanup, then bring that patience back to classrooms when September arrives. We hear stories about compost piles started behind garages and thank you notes written to donors after charity checks clear.

Those ripples remind us why farm chores, kitchen pride, creativity, and charity sales belong in one program. Parents sometimes forward photos of raised garden beds or animal shelter donations sparked by camp conversations. Summer ends, dirt washes off sneakers, yet confidence in caring for living things tends to stick around.

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