EVENTS

fall 2024 events

Clapping Hands is a CREATIVE VIBRANT community of AMAZING HUMANS! Here are some of the many cool things coming up that our campers, staff, or camp parents, or Clapping Hands Farm is doing in the community at large! CLAPPING HANDS FARM events are in RED!

August 31, Sept. 14, Oct. 19. Camper, Bea Boggs, age 10,  BOOK RELEASE parties! 

August 31- at McIntyre books at Fearrington, 220 Market Street, Pittsboro, NC! Her book Plant Pets has just come out! It’s a book about how to take care of 27 different plants! Here’s MORE INFO! Sept 14-  NC State Friends of the Library (click the link below to register for free):

D.H. Hill Library, Fishbowl Forum (2 Broughton Drive, Raleigh)
(this event will have pickles from our garden! and also a planting activity!)
Oct. 19-  at the Chatham Community Library in Pittsboro:
(this event will include a plant party activity!)

Sept. 1, 8, and 29. Camp parent, Wendy Deason is leading a sound bath  at 6:30 p.m.- at the NC Zen Center in Pittsboro.

Participants will “bathe” in sounds and vibrations – A healing and meditative experience. SIGN UP HERE:

Please contact Jamie Deason at 919-260-5858 if you have any questions.

Sept 2. Camp Parent,  Guest Artist and vocalist Edith McCaskill will be performing with a full band 

from 2-3 p.m. at Pluck Farm! The whole event runs from 2-6 p.m.   https://triangleonthecheap.com/orange-county-living-wage/
To hear more of Edith’s music (singing under the name Deja Belle!): https://dejabelle.bandcamp.com/album/u-n-i

Sept. 7. Lead counselor Khallori Cosmey will be playing her original music with her band at the Pour house in Raleigh.

This venue serves alcohol, so 21 and up. This event is part of the Hopscotch Music Festival MORE INFO You can also listen to Khallori’s music on Spotify  on Apple Music or where ever you listen to music!

Sept. 8. Sarah Lyona Perry will be opening for the paper hand puppet interventions summer show at the Forest Theater in Chapel Hill!  6:20 Lyona and the confluence! 7:00 Puppets!

Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from now until September 29th! Paper Hand Puppet’s Summer Show EARTH and SKY  performing at the Forest Theater—

Our beloved guest artist and games leader, Jan Burger, plus camp dad Donovan Zimmerman, and quite a few other camp people including: Zella and Cosmo Magoo, Africa Mason, Taari Felice, Wolx, Sophie Joy, Laura Lindsey, and probably some more that I’m forgetting!!!

Sept. 21. Hispanic Liaison’s FIESTA! –  Clapping Hands Farm will have a booth with an art project!

Sept 29. Staff Fun Day for Clapping Hands Farm staff and volunteers!

details soon

Oct. 6th Clapping Hands Farm will be presenting a BIG WONDERFUL VARIETY SHOW 11:15 to 1:45 at Shakori Hills Festival

Lots of campers and counselors will be performing! There will also be a table with camper and staff created ART for sale. Proceeds will go to our scholarship program. 

Oct. 20th an Artful Life Camp FUNdraiser at the Bynum General Store!

This event will include an afternoon of Music, Dance, Poetry, Storytelling and more! PLUS Art for Sale! All proceeds go specifically to the scholarships at Artful Life Camp, our camp for young adults every May at Clapping Hands Farm. More info coming soon about this one! 

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LOOKING FOR INFO ON OUR FALL PROGRAMS? 

Homeschool Art Camp is open for registration Thursdays 9-3:30 all thru the Fall-Winter-Spring

Art Party Fall 2024
September 14, 28, Oct. 12, Oct. 26
Every Other Saturday!
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A special day of  art, music, movement, connection, community and play!
For children ages 2-8 with their parents or caregivers!

Natural Healing retreat with Angela Davis November 11, 9 am – 4:30 pm

Homemade Holidays A Studio Workshop for teens and adults, led by Louise Omoto Kessel make your own gifts, toys, cards, wrapping paper! Sundays in November and December details soon!