Whether you are a returning student or if it is your first time at Alfred, Alfred Summer Arts offers courses for credit and four weeks or interdisciplinary workshops and a new summer festival. Hosting a diversity of one-week intensives ranging from indigo dying, painting, and printmaking, to hip-hop, somatic movement, and podcasting, there is something for anyone seeking hands on creative growth. Focus on a single method, or join during the festival week to create with world class international artists and scholars from across the disciplines in our unique setting.

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Alfred Summer Arts

June 23 to July 18, 2025

Alfred Summer Arts offers four weeks of workshops, high school institutes and residencies across disciplines in our world class facilities. From ceramics to sound, printmaking to dance, 3-D printing to theatre, we welcome you to explore all our magic valley has to offer you this summer.

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Workshops

Fearless Performance 6/23 - 6/27

RISO Printing Workshop 6/23 - 6/27

Coastal Maine: Manual Photography Intensive 6/23 - 6/27

Performing Arts as a Social Engagement 6/30 - 7/4

Songwriting in the Natural World 6/30 - 7/4

Experimental Print Residency 6/30 - 7/11

Hand Papermaking from Cotton Rag 7/7 - 7/11

Introduction to Wood Turning 7/8 - 7/18

Fluff and Other Stuff 7/14 - 7/18

Sound Hacking: DIY MIDI for Everyone 7/14 - 7/18

Coastal Maine: Body, Landscape & the Creative Process 8/4 - 8/8

High School Institutes

High School Art Portfolio: Color 6/23 - 6/27

Wheel Throwing Intensive 6/23 - 6/27 or 7/7 - 7/11

Auditioning for Theatre and Film 6/30 - 7/4

Darkroom Photography 6/30 - 7/4

High School Art Portfolio: College Admissions 7/7 - 7/11

Songwriting in the Natural World 7/7 - 7/11

Emerging Curators 7/14 - 7/18