Shine
Shine Studio / One River Place, 1 River Place, Suite 603, New York, NY 10036
About
Shine offers pop-up classes, parties, camps, workshops, and private cooking classes that include activities such as cooking, art, science, music, dance, meditation, discovery walks, open ended discussions, and charity work. The program also runs Hamptons Summer Camps, including the Shine Summer Camp at LongHouse, where sculpture, artists, nature, and design are introduced to children of all ages. Shine additionally offers videos and craft boxes that are part of its programming.
• Ages: 0–12 years old
Shine was founded by Aaron Goldschmidt in 2004, went mobile in 2006, launched its website and lifestyle blog in 2012, and in 2021 opened its first process and creative arts space in Bridgehampton, NY. Aaron is the director and has been described as a master teacher who creates connections with children and adults and manages a wide range of behaviors in the classroom. Shine is described as a leading provider of pop-up classes, parties, and camps for kids 6 months to 12 years old in the New York tri-state area, with a team of educators, teaching artists, and musicians who custom create programming. The program’s stated goal is to unlock individuality and potential through exploration, creativity, and acceptance, and it is based in traditional teaching philosophies with an understanding of today’s modern child.
Shine takes children’s enrichment classes and birthday parties out of the classroom and makes them mobile, bringing experiences into homes, buildings, and the lives of families in the New York tri-state area. The Shine Studio serves as the headquarters and creative hub, a venue for events, classes, and camps, and a studio to film videos. Shine describes itself as a one-stop-shop for today’s modern child and their families, offering a variety of services custom tailored to bring learning, creativity, and community into one experience, and is for families of all make-ups to learn, play, and party.
LongHouse hosts the Shine Summer Camp and is connected to Shine through its Chair of Education, who notes that the camp includes open ended discussions, discovery walks, meditation, science, and work across music, art, and dance. The ParentingFamily & Early Childhood Center of the 14th Street Y is connected to Shine through its director, who has observed Aaron’s work with young children. Friends Of Shine are listed as partners who help Shine. Multiple parents describe Shine camps, parties, and cooking classes as creative, well structured, and smoothly run, and note long-term involvement of their children with Shine’s programs.
Last updated May 29, 2026.
• Ages: 0–12 years old
Shine was founded by Aaron Goldschmidt in 2004, went mobile in 2006, launched its website and lifestyle blog in 2012, and in 2021 opened its first process and creative arts space in Bridgehampton, NY. Aaron is the director and has been described as a master teacher who creates connections with children and adults and manages a wide range of behaviors in the classroom. Shine is described as a leading provider of pop-up classes, parties, and camps for kids 6 months to 12 years old in the New York tri-state area, with a team of educators, teaching artists, and musicians who custom create programming. The program’s stated goal is to unlock individuality and potential through exploration, creativity, and acceptance, and it is based in traditional teaching philosophies with an understanding of today’s modern child.
Shine takes children’s enrichment classes and birthday parties out of the classroom and makes them mobile, bringing experiences into homes, buildings, and the lives of families in the New York tri-state area. The Shine Studio serves as the headquarters and creative hub, a venue for events, classes, and camps, and a studio to film videos. Shine describes itself as a one-stop-shop for today’s modern child and their families, offering a variety of services custom tailored to bring learning, creativity, and community into one experience, and is for families of all make-ups to learn, play, and party.
LongHouse hosts the Shine Summer Camp and is connected to Shine through its Chair of Education, who notes that the camp includes open ended discussions, discovery walks, meditation, science, and work across music, art, and dance. The ParentingFamily & Early Childhood Center of the 14th Street Y is connected to Shine through its director, who has observed Aaron’s work with young children. Friends Of Shine are listed as partners who help Shine. Multiple parents describe Shine camps, parties, and cooking classes as creative, well structured, and smoothly run, and note long-term involvement of their children with Shine’s programs.
Last updated May 29, 2026.
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