Summer Courses

Ox-Bow has a rich history of connecting artists to new skills, supportive mentors, and inspiring nature. As we embark on another summer season, we are excited for a new group of students to join and engage with us in our courses that bridge craft and concept, merge play and focus, and allow students to explore new techniques in the studio.  

Every summer Ox-Bow provides 1 or 2- week offerings—including our familiar courses in woodfired ceramics, glassblowing, and papermaking—that students come back for year after year. This season, our Summer 2025 Core Course Program offers special focuses with unique opportunities to learn: illustration from cartoonists, expansive fiber-based methods, and studio-based skills rooted in social, event-based practices.

All Core Academic Courses are open to anyone over 18 and are available as for- or non-credit enrollments. Class meets every day during the session, including any weekend, from 9:30 a.m.—5 p.m. ET. During each session, Ox-Bow hosts an exciting calendar of events after class hours including Visiting Artist lectures, spontaneous workshops, and social gatherings.

Registration, Tuition, & Scholarships

Weekly Info Sessions

This spring you can join Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists' Residency's Academic Program Director, Maddie Reyna, on Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m. ET to hear how to get involved in the core programming, Art on the Meadow workshops, scholarships, residencies, and more. This info session will contain general information about Ox-Bow and participants are encouraged to come with their questions. RSVP is required and can be submitted here.

2025 Course catalog

COVER ART BY: Macon Reed, As Above, So Below, 2022, Floating Installation, 15 ft x 15 ft x 6 ft, Location: Beam Camp, Stratford, NH, Materials: Wood, steel, aluminum mesh, hemp fiber, LED lights, white glue, recycled plastic barrels, latex paint, firewood

As Above, So Below is a collaboration with Beam Projects, consisting of two large-scale site-specific works I designed to help young people process their experiences of the pandemic. Working closely with Beam, I worked to develop a curriculum enabling 80 campers (ages 8-17) to build out the physical components of the installation. I worked with older campers to help them mentor younger campers in discussions about grief, the deaths of their loved ones, and lost time at school- leaning into what supported them through the early pandemic as well. Each camper then made a small sculpture to remind them of what helped forge their resilience and placed it inside small alcoves built into the installations during a ritual to help them move forward.