AR Workshop Youth Workshops and Summer Art Camps

AR Workshop Youth Workshops and Summer Art Camps offers hands-on craft classes, DIY workshops, group activities, private parties, and summer art camps. Participants can make wood projects such as wood signs, trays, porch signs, and seasonal projects, as well as canvas projects like canvas pillows, wall hangings, tote bags, and youth aprons. The program also offers candle pouring workshops to mix scents and create custom candles and fragrances, chunky knit blanket workshops with classic and specialty knit blankets, and additional options such as watercolor, embroidery, mahjong, hat burning, jewelry, cookie decorating, charcuterie, and handlettering workshops, with tools and materials provided and cleanup handled by the studio.

• Ages: 5–18 years old

AR Workshop Youth Workshops and Summer Art Camps is part of AR Workshop, which was introduced in 2016 by co-founders Maureen Anders and Adria Ruff. The broader AR Workshop organization describes itself as a destination for all things DIY, with charming boutique studios and a curated retail selection of gifts, home decor, DIY-to-Go kits, and a variety of personalized projects and designs, and it has more than 125 franchises across the country, including some locations that offer DIY kits at home and a crafty cruiser mobile format. The leadership team includes Maureen Anders (Co-Founder / Chief Executive Officer), Adria Ruff (Co-Founder / Creative Director), Ryann Fairweather (VP of Operations), Libby Martel (VP of Strategy and Brand Development), Emily Ostrowski (Director of National Marketing & Brand Partnerships), Joanna Rapuzzi (Director of Franchise Development), Kellie Smith (Operations and IT Manager), Melissa Bowen (Brand Manager), Jillian Russell (Franchise General Counsel), and Jen Carver (Content Contributor).

Last updated July 31, 2026.