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Revitalized summer camps slated for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West

Posted 3/4/20

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation recently announced a revitalized lineup of art and architecture camps for K-12 students that will take place this summer at Taliesin West.

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Revitalized summer camps slated for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West

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The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation recently announced a revitalized lineup of art and architecture camps for K-12 students that will take place this summer at Taliesin West.

Combining real-world lessons and challenges with Mr. Wright’s principles of organic architecture and solutions-based design, each camp will offer students its own variation of hands-on projects and activities that encourage them to think critically and creatively, according to a press release.

Nestled in the desert foothills of the McDowell Mountains, the location of Taliesin West presents an intimate camp-like setting that doubles as a firsthand demonstration of the impact that revolutionary architecture and design has on society.

The site is one of few in the country where visitors are encouraged to see, touch, feel, sit, admire and experience the property just the way one would as Mr. Wright’s personal guest.

“Bringing campers to Frank Lloyd Wright’s innovative desert home allows them to be inspired by his educational ideal of ‘learning by doing,’ while simultaneously harnessing creativity and guidance for their own projects,” Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Education Coordinator and Camp Instructor Natalie Pollet said in a prepared statement.

“Wright’s legacy has become the platform for skill learning, critical thinking, community building and more through these camps, and they provide a unique experience that can be treasured for a lifetime.”

In addition to two brand-new camps, The foundation has modernized the five returning camps’ curriculums to further encourage matriculation from one camp to the next for those who enroll year-over-year.

The new curriculum --- still strongly geared toward students with an interest in architecture and STEAM disciplines --- will include updated lesson plans, collaborative design challenges, model-building activities and educational games.

These will be in conjunction with tours of the site personalized for each camp’s focus and the incorporation of local subject experts into counseling roles.

With the updates and additions, both first-time and return campers can have novel adventure each year as they logically graduate from beginner to more advanced camps better suited to their grade and skill levels, a release states.

Full and half-day summer camps at Taliesin West are open for enrollment and include Architectural Discovery (third through fourth grades); Design Your Own Dream Space: Beginner (fourth through fifth grades) and Advanced (fifth through sixth grades); A Greener Tomorrow (sixth through seventh grades); Operation Mars (seventh through eighth grades); and Photographing Wright (seventh through 12th grades).

Scholarships are available for qualifying individuals with the support of Employees Community Fund of Boeing and Cardinals Charities. To apply, students can complete the scholarship application form.

Enrollment fees range from $250 to $350 for each of the five-day camps. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation members receive a 10% discount on camp enrollment fees. To purchase tickets or learn more about scholarships, visit FrankLloydWright.org/summer-camps.