Overview

A sleepaway program for Making & Collaboration in Strafford, NH. This is a summer of Making, Building and Collaborating for kids and teens.

Additional Information

2026 Camp Dates

• 4-Week Session: Tuesday, June 30 to Sunday, July 26 (Ages 11-17)
• 2-Week Session #1: Tuesday, June 30 to Sunday July 12 (Ages 9-15)
• 2-Week Session #2: Tuesday, July 28 to Sunday August 9 (Ages 9-15)

Financial Information

• All balances are due by April 1, 2026.
• For registrations received after April 1st, 2026, tuition will be due within 15 days and are ineligible for full payment discount.

Program Details

• Every session our campers and staff build a unique and spectacular large-scale collaborative Project that serves as the centerpiece of the Beam experience. Projects are chosen from dozens of proposals by artists, architects, and big thinkers in our annual international design competition.
• In the first and second week of the session, campers will participate in 90 minutes of Project Fundamentals each day. Project Fundamentals will include training in project management, structural design and the specific construction and fabrication methods, such as carpentry and metalwork, required for the Project.
• Program & Schedule includes: Big Project, Guilds, Domains, Community Work, Fellows.
• Camper Independent Projects: Beam Campers blew us away with their creativity and vision for their Independent Work projects.
• Camp Highlights: Special highlights from the moments of togetherness presented at campfires, after dinners, Talent Shows, Dances, Theme Days, and the Circle Rules Football Big Game.
• Project 2019 involved: 104 campers, 35 staff, 1400 thermochromic (color-changing) tiles made of recycled HDPE, 55 barrels for flotation, 3000 board-feet of lumber.

General Information

• 3 sessions of Beam Camp in 2026!