About this trip

Memorial Day Weekend Retreat

May 23rd - 25th

This weekend retreat blends nature, community, and hands-on creativity, featuring a series of textile-based workshops ranging from screen printing and natural dyeing to block printing and sun dyeing.

Meals are centered around connection, with a standout four-course dinner by chef Amer, whose approach emphasizes seasonal ingredients and shared experiences, alongside more casual moments like a pizza party and campfire dinners.

Guests can also enjoy morning yoga, a curated bar program, and a lakeside sauna experience with SaunaGuus, creating a balance of activity and relaxation. With amenities like a hot tub, sauna—and a thoughtfully paced schedule of workshops, meals, and downtime—the retreat is designed as an immersive, community-driven weekend in nature.

The Workshops:

Screen Printing: Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve

Block Printing: Text & Texture

Memorial day participants will choose 1 primary workshop, either screen printing or block printing. (We will be able to bounce around between activities throughout the weekend, but day 1 will be dedicated to learning one craft and exploring its possibilities.)

Participants will learn the basics of block or screen printing using prepared matrixes (carved blocks, burned screens.) This will also showcase some of the work the artists are busy with (as well as provide diverse examples of work that can be created through these two mediums.)

Morning 1 will be largely practicing-- the act and technique of printmaking. How ink interacts with the fabric. How much pressure is needed. What patterning and textural techniques can we discover? Experiment with color, text, texture and layers on t shirts, paper, fabric. This practice isn't precious. Collaborate and get some print reps in!

There will be the opportunity to carve your own block, or burn your own ideas/designs onto silk screens. So come with sketchbooks and journals to brainstorm, write, sketch and design.

We will layer, collage, collaborate to build up our garments. We ask that you bring clothing (or any paper, fabric, alternative flat surfaces) you'd like to experiment on/with.

Possibilities are infinite! Layering, mixed media, collage-like printmaking. Think about this project as a wearable diary, or an interpretation of the environment we're printing in. Explore ways of communication. Explore methods of printing nature.

Special guest: SaunaGuus

Our friends over at SaunaGuus are bringing there mobile 20 person sauna and parking it by the pond for all of us to enjoy.

Other Activities

• Morning Yoga with Leah Yassky

The Bar Program

A rotating selection of specialty cocktails, beer, wine, and plenty of N/A bevvies—all weekend long.

Food

• Continental breakfast on Saturday & Sunday

• Saturday Pizza Party

• Campfire dinner on Saturday night

• 4 course dinner with Amy Karp on Saturday night

On-Site Amenities

• Flushable toilet

• Swimming pond

• 15 person cedar Jacuzzi

• 6 person Sauna

• Dog-friendly

About Camp Singers

Camp Singers sits on 88 acres in the Catskills, with mountain views, farm pastures, and wooded trails. There is a swimming pond, a wildlife observation pond, and a creek. Three lovely donkeys (Starburst, Snickers and Blossom) also live on camp!

Campers have the option to stay in our 1870's farmhouse or tent camp on site. The house, known as The Lodge, underwent an 18 month restoration to bring it back to all its original glory (and beyond). The Lodge has 6 private guest rooms and 4 shared bathrooms. Common spaces include: large dining area overlooking the woods, fireside kitchen seating, extensive chef's kitchen, game/craft table and gathering room, studio space and recreational activities.

Getting Here

Camp Singers is in Delaware County, NY--2.5 hours from the GW bridge. Some campers drive and others take the bus from NYC (Trailways PABT to Delhi). We can provide transportation from the bus station to camp--we'll pick up bus riders in Delhi at 1:45pm. Check-in is from 2-3pm on Friday. Roundtrip Camp Transportation seats are available, departing from Five Leaves in Greenpoint on Friday and returning Sunday. Please add bus pickup/dropoff or Camp Transport as add ons at registration.

Tuition Information

Tuition depends on your choice of sleeping arrangements: register for a private room, sharing a room, or camp on-site.

When you register, you will be asked to pay a deposit of 1/2 of your tuition. The remaining 1/2 of tuition will be split into 2 payments and charged to your card or bank account on file in accordance with your selected plan.

Your tuition payment is fully refundable up to 4 weeks before the first day of the session. It is 1/2 refundable up to 1 week before the start of the session, and non-refundable after 1 week before the start of the session.

Please contact bea@singersny.com with questions.

Day 1 – Saturday, May 23rd

• 9:00 AM: Pick-up & departure from Five Leaves (for those who opted for transportation)

• 2:00 PM: Arrival + icebreakers

• 4:00 PM: Workshop time

• 7:00 PM: Campfire-style dinner (hot dogs & burgers)

• 9:30 PM: Bonfire & stargazing

Day 2 – Sunday, May 24th

• 8:00 AM: Yoga

• 9:00 AM: Breakfast

• 11:00 AM: Sauna session with Saunagus

• 12:00PM : Pizza Party

• 2:00 PM: Workshop time

• 7:00 PM: Dinner with Amy Karp

• 10:00 PM: Ghost stories & s’mores

Day 3 – Monday, May 25th

• 8:00 AM: Yoga

• 9:00 AM: Breakfast

• 11:00 AM: Sauna session with Saunagus

• 12:30 PM: Workshop pack up

• 1:00 PM: Departure