Young chefs will explore how farm-fresh ingredients make their way from soil to skillet in this vibrant, veggie-packed camp. Campers will harvest fruits and vegetables from our gardens and orchards and cook them up into tasty recipes. We will also spend time exploring the gardens and creating food inspired art. Topics covered will include knife skills, kitchen and food safety and cleanliness, measurement, how to read a recipe, and kid-friendly cooking techniques. All recipes prepared will be vegetarian or have a vegetarian option. Gluten free and vegan are possible with advanced notice.

*Camp Peregrine is open June 19th. We will include Juneteenth in our camp curriculum.

The Art of World Cuisine. Let’s take a world tour and enjoy flavorful favorites from each country we visit. Each day we will visit a different country, learn about the culture and food traditions and make a recipe or two to enjoy together. From Italian pastas to Argentinian empanadas to Vietnamese spring rolls, our recipes are sure to take you on a delicious culinary adventure. We will also make some art and crafts inspired by our travels. Topics covered will include knife skills, kitchen and food safety and cleanliness, measurement, how to read a recipe, and international cooking techniques. All recipes prepared will be vegetarian or have a vegetarian option. Gluten free and vegan are possible with advanced notice.
* July 4th Independence Day (No Camp)

Documentary filmmaking: Bicycle across Davis to create films that document the world around us. Investigate the natural world, interview experts in the field, and blend research with personal investigations to teach views on topics that are important to you. By the end of two weeks, the campers will have finished a short film that will appear in our end-of-summer film festival.







*July 4th Independence Day (No Camp)

Bicycle across Davis to create a movie that uses the natural environment to tell a meaningful story. Learn how to write, edit, and storyboard a script, act, and compose a shot. By the end of two weeks, the campers will have finished a short film that will appear in our end-of-summer film festival.

On cool days, bicycle across Davis to practice beautiful landscape videoography and enhance all of our summer camp films. When it's hotter, make claymation and LEGO stop-motion animation and visual effects to finish those films, and create some original shorts that (you guessed it) will appear in our end-of-summer film festival.

This is a ceramics-focused camp for the first week, with art history lessons about the ceramic funk movement, which is credited to Robert Arneson. We will take a field trip to UCD to see the Eggheads. Week 2 will be focused on sculptural funk in other mediums such as found objects and paper mache.









*Camp Peregrine is open June 19th. We will include Juneteenth in our camp curriculum.

Authors, Illustrators, and Actors will bloom in this fun arts and literacy based camp. Students will practice different elements of storytelling and bookmaking. Students will get a chance to practice making comic books, flip books, zines, picture books and more. Students will also get a chance to act out stories through dramatic games and plays.










*July 4th Independence Day (No Camp)

Join us for a culinary road trip across America. Get ready to taste your way through our country’s regional flavors as we head on this sweet and savory chef’s adventure. From Bagels in New York City to Deep Dish Pizzas in Chicago to Jambalaya in New Orleans, each day we’ll explore the local tastes of new cities. We will also make some art and crafts inspired by our travels. Topics covered will include knife skills, kitchen and food safety and cleanliness, measurement, how to read a recipe, and kid-friendly cooking techniques. All recipes prepared will be vegetarian or have a vegetarian option. Gluten free and vegan are possible with advanced notice.

Science in the Kitchen Learn the science behind cooking! Each day we will focus on a different ingredient, how eggs thicken, why gluten is important to bread rising and more. We will also spend time in the garden exploring the science of where our food comes from. Topics covered will include knife skills, kitchen and food safety and cleanliness, measurement, how to read a recipe, and kid-friendly cooking techniques. All recipes prepared will be vegetarian or have a vegetarian option. Gluten free and vegan are possible with advanced notice.

Narrative filmmaking: Bicycle across Davis to create a movie that uses the natural environment to tell a meaningful story. Learn how to write, edit, and storyboard a script, act, and compose a shot. By the end of two weeks, the campers will have finished a short film that will appear in our end-of-summer film festival.








*Camp Peregrine is open June 19th. We will include Juneteenth in our camp curriculum.

This session includes ceramic sculpture, sculpture abstraction, and interspersed art history lessons about abstract artists. With art history focusing on chimeras and how animals are represented in art in many different ways. We will use different sculptural and two-dimensional mediums to represent animals throughout the second week.









*July 4th Independence Day (No Camp)

Students will investigate how public art changes the environment. This will include how art can have a function or tell a story, such as in the garden and on the streets. Students will work with ceramic techniques to create individual and shared works. We will also work on mural and graffiti projects.

This session seeks to answer the question, "What IS abstract art?" with the first week focusing on ceramics and making abstract sculptures, and the second week exploring abstract art in other mediums. This session also includes art history lessons about abstract artists to build your child’s art literacy.