Welcome to Raven’s Nest. Here you will find camps and workshops for ages 9-16. Children blossom in nature and benefit greatly by learning functional arts. Nature and craft foster sustainable living practices. These programs will engage all senses, teach self-sufficiency skills, and above all be fun!
Best for Ages: 9-15yo
Session: $465 July 22nd-25th
Instructor: Linnane Armstrong
In harmony with the creative, playful, and curious mind of the crow, join us for fun, nature-based arts and crafts. Projects may include tie-dye, macrame, nature journaling, and nature printing. There will be plenty of time for exploring the magical spaces on the farm, including visiting the animals.
Best for Ages: 11-16yo
$375
July 9th, 10th, 11th
July 16th, 17th, 18th
10:00-3:00 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Instructor: Phil Stringer
In this three-day workshop participants will learn basic blacksmithing and woodworking through a project of their choice. We will have forges, hammers, anvils, and other tools to explore the plasticity of iron. We will work with hand tools learning basic woodworking techniques. Take home functional art made by you! Items may include kitchenware like butter knives, spatulas, ladles, and more...
Best for girls ages: 11*-15yo (6th grade or older)
Sessions: $465
August 9th-11th. (overnight on Saturday)
Dancing Goat Yoga Camp empowers girls to shine. Together we will weave a week of activity that honors and nourishes our feminine spirit. Creating a cozy space in our yurt for yoga, art, and meditation we will take the time to slow down. We will venture outside too, finding nourishment in the garden for our homemade lunches, as well as care, feed, and walk our goats everywhere!
We may make our own jewelry or create something in the wood shop for our yoga altar. We will hike to the lake and ocean to swim and have plenty of time to socialize and lounge in our tree hammocks, paint with henna, make herbal products, and tell stories. There will be a Saturday overnight campout.
Best for Ages: 9-15yo
Session: $465 June 17th-20th
Instructor: Anne Petersen
Do you love to wander in the garden, pick flowers, and cook using freshly harvested plants? Do you like to make nature crafts and potions from herbs? Like hummingbirds and honeybees who joyously collect nectar in the summer sunshine, we will fly and buzz about the garden collecting and making all sorts of beautiful and tasty things. This is a makers camp with time thrown in to play with the farm animals and take short walks to wildcraft in the forest.
Best for Ages: 11-16yo
Session: $465 July 1st-4th
Instructor: Jeff Petersen
Join us for a hands-on class of printmaking through relief carving. We will begin by learning about the use of printmaking throughout history but also its use in contemporary street art. We will play with various methods to work up sketches until they are ready for carving, maximizing contrast, to create bold images. The goal of this class is to gain an understanding of relief carving as a powerful graphic art form and leave with the confidence that you can manipulate various surfaces into your own poster, print, card, or wheat paste. Class will cover basic safety skills and tool care. Water-based inks will be used. The class will be taught by Jeff Petersen a painter and printmaker from San Francisco, California.
NOTE: Wear something to class you can get ink on!
