Camps with pottery in Connecticut

Ages 11–16

A freedom-of-choice performing and creative arts camp for ages 11–16 in the Berkshire foothills, offering 30+ non-competitive arts activities and income-based sliding-scale tuition (from roughly $9,275 for a 4-week session up to about $15,991 for 8 weeks at the top tier). Its distinguishing identity within this Connecticut set is being the one camp built entirely around an arts/no-sports model with staff described as "working artists and teachers."

As published: 2027 income-based tiered tuition (sliding scale): Tier 1 (highest income) Full Season (8 wk) $15,991, First/Second Session (4 wk) $9,275; scales down through Tier 6 ($0) based on household size/income disclosure. Pricing is per session (full season, half-season, or 6-week)

Ages 5–13 · $228–$386/week

Camp COMO is the state-licensed summer day camp of the Stonington Community Center (COMO), running 10 weeks of programming on a 16-acre campus for preschool through grade 7, with specialty options in arts, technology, and athletics.

As published: 2026 pricing: full day $321 (members) / $386 (non-members) per week; half-day $228 (members) / $293 (non-members) per week; $50 non-refundable deposit per week

Ages 6–16 · $2,675–$13,230/session

A girls' sleepaway camp on Bantam Lake in the Litchfield Hills operating 70+ years, sister camp to the boys' Camp Awosting, serving ages 6–16 with lakefront classics (waterskiing, sailing) plus gymnastics, horseback riding, and a trip program for older campers. It sits in the same Litchfield-County cluster as Camp Mohawk and Camp Sloane, competing directly for the same "girls' overnight camp" search intent.

As published: 2027 total tuition per session: 1 Week Rookie $2,675 early bird; 8 Week (Full Season) $13,230 regular

Ages 5–16 · $2,674–$4,849/session

A traditional YMCA sleepaway and day camp on a 560-acre property with a private lake in the Litchfield Hills, founded in 1901 and now over 125 years old — one of the older, larger-footprint YMCA camps in the state. It runs two-week sleepaway sessions, day-camp weeks, and an equestrian/ranch program, and is the only camp in this Connecticut set that publishes an explicit staff-to-camper ratio (1:4), signaling a supervision-focused pitch to parents.

As published: 2027 Tier 1-3 per 2-week session: sleepaway $3,349/$2,999/$2,674; 4-week LIT up to $4,849

Ages 8–16

A day camp run on the Kingswood Oxford private-school campus in West Hartford, entering roughly its 14th summer (founded ~2012), offering 55+ specialized sports, academics, arts, and outdoor-adventure programs for grades 3–11 with tiered early-bird/standard weekly and two-week pricing. It's positioned as an academically-branded, school-affiliated alternative to the area's YMCA and nonprofit day camps.

As published: 2026 per-week pricing: Early Bird (Jan 9–Mar 31) Half-day $375–$625, Full-day $400–$575, Two-week programs $1,100; Standard (after Mar 31) Half-day $375–$675, Full-day $400–$600, Two-week programs $1,200. $50/week non-refundable deposit

A traditional day camp run by the Mandell JCC on 75 wooded acres along the Farmington River in Windsor, with a 2026 season from June 22 to August 14. The camp lists pool and riverfront swimming, boating, water skiing, archery, a climbing wall, a ropes course, sports, pottery, woodworking and music. Water activities are supervised by Red Cross-certified instructors, and the JCC offers need-based financial assistance.

As published: 2026 rates are on the camp's Sessions and Rates page: two-week sessions run from $1,466 to $1,943 for grades K-9, with more than one price listed per grade group (by registration date and membership) and higher totals for longer enrollments; $150 non-refundable deposit per child per session

$365/week

A hands-on museum workshop on the historic site of Eli Whitney's armory in Hamden that runs week-long camps for young builders and experimenters. The 2026 schedule lists over 50 workshops across 11 weeks, each grouped by age band, such as woodworking, robotics, ceramics, theater, sewing and model building. Tuition assistance funds are available.

As published: 2026 workshops listed at $365 per child per week (full-day, 9am to 3pm); extended care 8-9am $10 per day and 3-5:30pm $25 per day

Ages 5–12

Week-long art camps for ages 5-12 and teens from June 22 to August 21, 2026, with morning and afternoon options in painting, drawing, metals, blacksmithing, sewing, sculpture, pottery, cartooning and stained glass. Taught by professional instructors experienced with kids.

As published: 2026: $240 per week-long class ($216 for members), plus a small materials fee

Ages 7–15 · $2,999–$7,799/session

The oldest continuously-operating coed camp in the United States (founded 1886 in NYC, relocated to Connecticut's shoreline region in 1929), now a 740-acre Episcopal-affiliated nonprofit combining a summer camp with a retreat/conference center. Pricing scales by age and session length from 2 to 8 weeks, expressed as a $750–$1,500/week equivalent, reflecting its position as a longer-format, multi-week traditional camp rather than a single-week option.

As published: 2026 per-session pricing (multi-week sessions): Ages 7–9: $2,749 (2 wk) / $4,399 (4 wk) / $5,499 (6 wk) / $5,999 (8 wk); Ages 10–13: $2,999 / $4,799 / $5,699 / $6,499; Ages 14–15 (Pioneer Village): $5,099 (4 wk) / $7,599 (6 wk) / $8,599 (8 wk). Camp itself expresses these as weekly-equivalent rates from $750–$1,500/week depending on age and session length

Ages 7–15 · $7,600–$10,200/session

KenMont and KenWood are brother/sister residential summer camps in Kent, CT, with KenMont serving boys and KenWood serving girls in grades 2–10. The camp offers 45+ activities across athletics, waterfront, arts, and adventure, including 20 tennis courts and a waterskiing program.

As published: 2027 four-week sessions $10,200 each; two-week option $7,600

Ages 3–14

A day camp run by Renbrook School in West Hartford for ages 3 through grade 9, organized in age groups from Falcons (preschool to kindergarten) to Eagles (grades 7-9). Summer 2027 is listed as three two-week sessions plus an optional one-week pre-season camp, with before and after camp care. Activities named include swimming, archery, ropes courses, rocketry, cooking, ceramics and woodworking.

As published: Not published as text (rates are on the camp's Dates and Rates page); a $75 per session registration fee applies and payment in full is due May 1, 2027.

Ages 3–17

Week-long art camps for ages 3-17 at the Silvermine School of Art with morning and afternoon sessions that combine into a full day, covering ceramics, printmaking, drawing, painting, glass flame working, comics, photography, jewelry and digital arts. The 2026 catalog lists ten weeks from June 15 to August 21.

As published: Not published in the 2026 catalog (half-day campers may add lunch for $125 if space allows; full-day campers get the lunch period free)

Grades 3 to 10 (about ages 7–15)

A screen-free residential and day camp at Marvelwood School, 476 Skiff Mountain Road, for rising 3rd through 10th graders, with archery, mountain biking, swimming, horseback riding, art, performing arts and optional learning-support enrichment (Orton-Gillingham, multisensory math, executive function). Sessions are June 27 to July 18, July 18 to August 8, or the full six weeks; the page does not label the year.

As published: Residential $2,500 per week; day $2,000 per week; a second enrichment activity is $425 extra per week; financial aid available

Ages 5–12

A nine-week art day camp for ages 5-12 at Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, with studios in clay, painting, printmaking, photography, comics and more. Campers are split into ages 5-7 and 8-12 and taught by nine named teaching artists.

As published: 2026: $495 per week (9 AM to 4 PM); 4-day week $395; aftercare $90 per week

Ages 4–18

St. Luke's School offers weekly day camps for ages 4-18 on its New Canaan campus, from a classic Day Camp (ages 4-11) to specialty camps in ceramics, marine science, mock trial, movies, theater and more. The 2026 schedule ran June 15 to August 28 and is led by school faculty.

As published: Day Camp $375 per half-day week ($325 for SLS families) or $750 for morning plus afternoon ($650 SLS families); Ceramics two-week camp $800 ($750 SLS families); Marine Science $400 ($350 SLS families)

Ages 5–15 · $500–$580/week

Week-long nature-skills day camps at Sticks & Stones Farm in Newtown, led by nature mentors who teach tracking, fire-making, shelter building, foraging and nature crafts. Groups are split into ages 5 to 8 and older ages up to 15, and the Advanced Survival week includes a Thursday overnight. The school states it was founded in 2000 and offers tiered pricing and a scholarship form.

As published: 2026 Newtown camps at the "Supporter" tier: $500 per week (most weeks, 9am-3pm), $515 for Wildwood weeks, $580 for Advanced Survival with Thursday overnight; discounted Friend tier available; $150 deposit per camp week

Ages 3–14

The Town of West Hartford Leisure Services department runs summer and vacation camps for children ages 3 to 14, from traditional neighborhood-park camps to art, sports, nature and specialty camps. Its own listing names Buena Vista, Camp Funtastic, Discovery Zone, Busy Bees and Westmoor Park camps, and describes Lego engineering, cooking, circus, colonial history and ice hockey camps among its offerings.

As published: Not published

Ages 5–15 · $483–$1,646/week

A traditional all-girls overnight camp in Litchfield dating to at least 1920 (per third-party listings, not confirmed on the camp's own site), serving ages 7–15 across sessions of 1–9 weeks with a roughly 40-activity weekly program and an on-site riding stable of about 20 horses. It's positioned as one of the longest-running girls' sleepaway camps in the Litchfield Hills cluster.

As published: 2027: Day Camp $483 per week; 1-week overnight $1,646; 2-week overnight $3,039 per session