The In-Person Workshops take place at Bright Hill Literary Center’s Education Wing, 94 Church Street, Treadwell, NY. Space is limited, so early registration is advised.
All of the Bright Hill Literary Workshops for Youth include writing and visual arts and incorporate science and math for projects; we believe in STEAM.
THE WORKSHOPS
Bright Hill will provide morning and afternoon snacks, but kids should bring their own bag lunches. CHILDREN ages 6(in the first grade) – 14.
The fee for each five-day literary workshop is:
- tri-county youth $170
- out-of-area students $250
Registration is limited to 22 students.
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2025 Workshop Dates
Winter 1: February 17-21:
Penguins, Portals, and Puppets. We’ll explore the world of penguins in drawings and paintings, make portal sculptures, create a puppet show; and we’ll write poems, stories, and scripts about them.
Winter 2: April 21-25:
Foxes, Folktales, and Fancy Masks. Our woodland friends appear in many stories. We’ll learn about foxes and their habitat to make dioramas. We’ll read and write stories, poems, riddles, and make masks for our folktales.
Summer 1: June 25-July 2:Â
Sun, Moon & Stars. Imaginary Creatures and their friends. We’ll work in clay, drawing, speaking, singing as well as in movement and Costumes. Note: this workshop includes half days June 25 & 26 when DA children will take the bus to Bright Hill. Fri June 27, Mon. June 30,Tues. July 1, Wed. July 2 are 9am-2:30pm as usual.
Summer 2: July 28- August 1:
Trees, Rocks, & Water. An exploration of Keepsake stories: objects you hold close. Storytelling,Writing and Presentation.
Summer 3: August 18-August 22:
Sense and Nonsense. We all love the wacky worlds of nonsense poetry. We will read, write, recite, and practice acting skills. Characters,Costumes, drawings. We’ll also work with limericks and Haiku.
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Bertha Rogers co-founded with Ernest M. Fishman Bright Hill Press & Literary Center in 1992 and created the Bright Hill Literary Workshops for Kids Program in 1993. A Master Teaching Artist, Rogers has presented programs in schools, libraries, and community venues since 1975, including NYC’s Teachers & Writers Collaborative and the Catskills DCMO and ONC BOCES Arts in Education Program. 2025 Programs will be led by Vicki Davis and Steve Clorfeine.
Each BH Literary Workshop for Kids program includes 5 intensive days that begin at 9 am and end at 2:30 pm; after lunch on the last day, the kids present their poems and/or riddles in the Bright Hill Library to an audience of family and friends, after which they exhibit their completed projects in the Education Wing.
During each day’s session, the big kids and interns work with the younger kids as they write their poems, riddles, stories, and essays, and as they complete their visual works: artist books, papier mache sculptures, and performance pieces.