The Barn’s Big Summer Plans: More Camps, More Topics, More Ages!

By Christine Parker Executive Director

We’re going all out this year! The Barn will be offering camps every week, except July 4th, with really cool new topics and a focus on camps designed specifically for older kids and teens.

Just a few of our new camps for 2025:

Garden, Cook & Create: Spend the week doing all three, culminating in opening your own market/cafe for family and friends on the last day at pick-up time.

Beginner Sewing: For true Beginners, this camp is available to ages 8 through teen, broken into smaller sewing camps by age. Campers will quickly learn to become truly accomplished independent sewers using our machines, tools and fabrics. We provide everything!

Sewing & Fashion Design: Once you’ve mastered Beginner Sewing, get ready to dive in! Spend the week choosing fabrics and designing as well as sewing your own garment. End the week with a photo shoot in downtown Mariemont and a fashion show for family and friends at The Barn!

Best of Show Pet Camp: Spend a week making things for a beloved pet(s), or for yourself with an animal/pet theme. Your family and pets are welcomed on the last day for the show, just before departure.

DIY Studio Camp: We set up an entire studio of metal, wood, glass, and other starter projects, as well as an array of paints, papers, clay, twine/ribbons, and a huge selection of embellishments, not to mention the tools, tapes and trinkets needed to design and make projects for your room, your locker, your life etc. A million options!

Treasure Hunt: With all sorts of supplies available, campers can create all sorts of treasures. Then design the treasure map and hide them throughout The Barn so your family go on a treasure hunt on the last day of camp at pick-up!

There’s More! Check out all our camps at www.artatthebarn.org

Finally, A HUGE “Thank You” to everyone who participated in our Annual Fund Campaign. Thanks to your generosity, we were able to raise over $35,000 to support The

Barn’s ongoing operations and programming. We can’t do it without you, and we send our sincere thanks!

Renovations in Municipal Building

The Native American Cultural & Education Center remains closed to the public through early 2025, while the administration office is being renovated and using that space. We are hoping to open it back up by the end of March.

Inclement Weather

Winter is not quite finished with us yet! In the event of inclement weather, please move cars off of the street, if possible, to allow the streets to be cleared. Please remember to take care of the sidewalk in front of your property. Keep the sidewalk free of ice and snow.

Outstanding Citizen

Nomination forms are due to Joanee Van Pelt in the admin office by March 13. Forms are available at www.mariemont.org and in the lobby of the municipal building.

Taxes

2024 tax forms are available online at www.mariemont.org or outside the tax office on the first floor of the municipal building, outside of the tax office.