Mission Statement
Our Mission
Mission Statement
Our Mission
TRURO CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT CASTLE HILL, INC.
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill has served a single purpose for more than 50 years: to create an inclusive and supportive arts community by providing a wide range of artistic experiences to students at all levels of ability. Energized by a faculty of distinguished artists and writers and enlivened by a welcoming and engaging community, Castle Hill offers workshops, lectures, exhibitions, performances, special events and short-term artist residencies. Located in an exquisitely beautiful rural setting, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill provides unique and inspiring learning experiences to all who come here.
MISSION STATEMENT
Truro Center for the Arts engages those of all ages and abilities who seek to deepen their experiences in the arts.
VISION STATEMENT
Truro Center for the Arts envisions an active community that explores, practices, enjoys, and honors the arts.
VALUES
Education, openness, and community are key values of Truro Center for the Arts:
• Educational experiences that foster intellectual, creative, and personal growth
• An open and inclusive artistic environment, encouraging freedom in creative endeavor
• A nurturing community through access to a wide variety of the arts for all.
A Letter from the Presidents
A Letter from the Board President
A Letter from the Presidents
A Letter from the Board President
FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT
It is my honor to save as acting president of Castle Hill, and I am pleased to introduce our 2024 lineup in this catalog. Once again, we have a diverse range of class offerings, including new programs and old favorites.
This year, Castle Hill will have a Digital Arts Week, bringing a new dimension to our programs. We are delighted to host the 17th International Encaustic Conference, featuring Petah Coyne as the Keynote Speaker. And we are particularly excited about this year's Woody English Chair, Elizabeth James–Perry, a dynamic artist from the Wampanoag Nation.
Our sculpture and mixed media offerings have expanded, with the completion of the sculpture studio and the addition of a roof over the welding pad area, providing new classroom space at Edgewood Farm.
If you have not experienced a Castle Hill class, I urge you to try one this year. Whether your interest is painting, basket making, welding, storytelling, hand-building, or honing your throwing skills on the wheel, we have something for everyone.
Choose from over 150 workshops, including a broad range of written arts programs, from memoir writing to poetry. We have classes for every level of experience. We welcome everyone with an interest in the arts, no matter their level of experience or skill.
Thank you in advance for being a part of the Castle Hill community. Take your time exploring our catalog or website; you’re sure to find something that catches your eye. We look forward to welcoming you to our campuses.
Damon Katz
A Letter from the Executive Artistic Director
A Letter from the Executive Director
A Letter from the Executive Artistic Director
A Letter from the Executive Director
I am delighted to announce the exceptional faculty lineup for the upcoming 2024 Spring, Summer & Fall Season at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. We have gathered a group of renowned artists who will inspire and guide you on your artistic journey. Some of the notable artists joining us include Judy Pfaff, Jongkuk Lee from South Korea, Sati Zech from Germany, the legendary potter Jack Troy, and Aquinnah Wampanoag artist Elizabeth James-Perry, the recipient of the prestigious 2023 NEA National Heritage Fellowships.
Elizabeth James-Perry will also be serving as this year's Woody English Distinguished Artist and Writers Chair. She will be teaching a workshop, delivering a lecture, and hosting an exhibition in the Castle Hill Gallery. Her presence and expertise will undoubtedly enrich our program.
Our diverse range of workshops covers various disciplines, including writing (memoir, poetry, fiction, screenwriting, personal essays), painting, mixed media, ceramics (both throwing and hand-building), sculpture, fiber, printmaking, drawing, and exciting workshops for kids. We are thrilled to introduce over 30 new faculty members while still featuring our beloved favorites. This extensive lineup ensures that there is something for everyone's creative journey.
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your continuous support of Castle Hill. I would also like to extend my thanks to the board of directors, who have dedicated their time and energy to this institution for over five decades. Lastly, I am grateful to all the individuals who visit Castle Hill and find inspiration through our workshops, lectures, author talks, art openings, or simply by exploring the beautiful grounds at Edgewood Farm.
Get ready for an exciting and transformative experience!
In solidarity,
Cherie Mittenthal
Artistic Executive Director
Campuses and Facilities
Campuses and Facilities
Truro Center for the Arts Campuses and Facilities
Castle Hill’s Main Campus, 10 Meetinghouse Road
Castle Hill’s “Main Campus” is the original home of Truro Center for the Arts. Tucked away in Truro, it is an unassuming hub of creativity and year-round arts community. All studio spaces have both heat and air conditioning for year-round comfort. We have plenty of parking for our students and visitors, and the ever inspiring Pamet River is just a short walk down the road!
The Tower is the Main Office at this campus.
The Barn hosts 2 studios used for painting, kids programs, mixed media, and sometimes writing classes. Also a fully equipped Dark Room with enlargers for film photography! *The dark room is located on the second floor, with only stair access at this time.
Ceramics Department, also in the Barn, features a wheel throwing studio, hand building studio, glazing studio, electric kiln, gas kiln, raku kiln. *The hand building studio is located on the second floor, with only stair access at this time.
The Gallery showcases the work of visiting faculty members throughout the summer, members of our community, and Members of Castle Hill. During the summer, shows usually display for 2 weeks, with a reception to celebrate each one.
Building #12 has an upstairs apartment used for housing faculty and ceramic residents as well as hosting cooking classes. A more intimate studio space is downstairs as well as a Digital Arts room outfitted with a Smartboard.
Gallery X, a small outbuilding on this campus, hosts pop up shows throughout the summer from visiting artists and staff, as well as a library of art books.
8 Meetinghouse Road, the newest part of the Main Campus, is currently used for housing.
Edgewood Farm, 3 Edgewood Way
Edgewood Farm is located on 7.5+ pristine and protected acres in Truro at the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts and bounded by the Cape Cod National Seashore on the east and the Town of Truro Conservation Land on the south. It is a beautiful campus located right off of Route 6 where you can find a slice of peace and quiet, connect with the natural world, and unleash your creativity here on the Outer Cape!
The environmentally conscious Printmaking Studio is home to 3 presses that can produce intaglio, relief, monotype, silkscreen, bookmaking and lithography.
3D Studio and Welding Pad, is well equipped for woodworking and includes a CNC machine. The outdoor Welding Pad is a great space for not only welding, but other metalwork, papermaking, and sculpture.
The grounds of Edgewood is the home to a sculpture garden, that was installed as a celebration of Castle Hill’s 50th Anniversary, as well as an outdoor stage, “Sam’s Stage” and community garden that is open for the public to join. The large meadow is a great place to take in the view, or find some shade under the magnificent walnut tree, or American Elm tree that grow in the garden grove.
The Wood Kiln, a part of the Ceramics Department, is located at Edgewood Farm. This train kiln is fired multiple times throughout the year.
The Barn at Edgewood is a favorite place for visiting faculty as well as the Artists in Residence. A cozy living area and large dining room makes this space ideal for writing workshops.
The Main House has 5 bedrooms that are available to students throughout the summer, as well as the Artists in Residence. The Cottage is a stand alone building that is also available for student and visiting artist housing.
All three buildings in the upper courtyard, the Barn, Main House, and Cottage, have been fully renovated to historical standards to maintain the integrity of Edgewood Farm’s rich history.
2023 Chairs
2024 Castle Hill Honorary Chairs
2023 Chairs
2024 Castle Hill Honorary Chairs
The Woody English Distinguished Artist and Writers’ Chair: ELIZABETH JAMES-PERRY
2023 NEA Heritage Fellow recipient Elizabeth James-Perry (enrolled Aquinnah Wampanoag) engages with Northeastern Woodlands Native cultural expressions, including basketry, finger weaving and quillwork and primarily sculptural and elegant woven forms of purple wampum shell-carving of the Atlantic Quahog with its connection to Native identity and maritime traditions. The artist both wild-harvests and grows species for spinning and dyes. James-Perry also designs public and private Restorative Native Gardens and Shellscapes. Her newest work was a Blue Shark Garden in Franklin Park 2023, and a Sea Turtle Mound Corn garden created with the Native students at Amherst College 2022, following her MFA installation Raven Reshapes Boston with artist Ekua Holmes.
James-Perry’s artwork has been commissioned at institutions including the Museum of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, and Allard Pierson Museum. Employed with her tribe, she was the Federal Tribal Co-Lead on the Northeast Regional Ocean Planning Body. The artist is concerned with sustainability in Native lifeways, and holds a degree in Marine Science and a certificate in Digital Tribal Stewardship for Washington State University. Recent art exhibits include Double Arrows at Tufts University Art Gallery and Seeping In at the Mead Museum, and in Boundless at the same museum.
ELLA JACKSON CHAIR - Cicely Carew
Cicely Carew wields the formal, material, and sculptural aspects of painting to evoke feelings of radical joy, hope, and liberation. Her works explore the fleeting magic of the present through vibrant color, rebellious mark-making, sweeping gestures, and references to the terrestrial and cosmic worlds. In addition to group exhibitions and commissions by Now + There at the Prudential Center in Boston, she has had solo exhibitions at the Fitchburg Art Museum, the Commons in Provincetown, Northeastern University, and Simmons University. She is the recipient of the 2021 St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award, an Artful Seeds Fellowship, and a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award. Her work is in the collections of Fidelity, Simmons University, Northeastern University, the Cambridge Arts Council, Google, MIT, and the Federal Reserve of Boston. In addition to her studio practice, she is a wellness coach and educator, having served as the 2021–22 artist in residence at Shady Hill School in Cambridge, as well as teaching workshops for the New Art Center in Newton and screen printing for Lesley University. Carew earned a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and an MFA from Lesley University’s College of Art + Design. She resides with her son in Cambridge.
LESLIE GILLETTE JACKSON CHAIR - Jongkuk Lee
Jongkuk Lee, a renowned nature artist, specializes in Hanji (Korean traditional paper). His materials are sourced from nature, even from his homegrown, paper mulberry trees. He is currently based in Cheongju, South Korea, where he serves as Director of Mabuel Gallery. In the 1990s, Lee settled in Bulat Village near Cheongju, which was long famous for its tradition of making Hanji, but as the demand for Hanji declined due to urbanization and industrial development, few were left in the village to continue the tradition. Lee’s passion for making Hanji, as well as his perspectives on the creative process as part of nature’s symbiotic relationship with humans, has been a driving force for the revitalization of Hanji in the village. Lee prompts us to reflect on how we can turn resources into artwork and commodities. He strives to create objects by examining the qualities and usability of different natural materials such as bamboo and silver grass (common redd). This approach to art is his way of responding to the current global ecological crisis.
JOYCE JOHNSON CHAIR - Kevin Snipes
Originally from Philadelphia and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Kevin Snipes received a B.F.A. in ceramics and drawing from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1994 and concluded graduate studies at the University of Florida in 2003. He is a studio artist whose work is widely exhibited and has garnered numerous awards. He works primarily in ceramics, blurring the boundary between craft and art.
PRESIDENT'S CHAIR: Sati Zech
Sati Zech (born in 1985 in Karlsruhe, Germany) is a versatile visual artist, curator, and art professor currently residing in Berlin since 1970. She earned her master's degree in Art from the UDK, Berlin University of Fine Arts, specializing in sculpture, objects, and drawing under the guidance of Prof. Lothar Fischer. In addition to her artistic pursuits, from 1979 to 1982, she underwent training as a nurse, specializing in psychiatry. Since 1984, Sati has been actively involved in teaching at both private and public universities in Berlin, Dortmund, and Marrakesh.
Concurrently with her art studies, Sati organized workshops for individuals with disabilities and children with cancer. She also underwent special training for working with art in prison, focusing on themes such as "How to handle your aggression" and "How to transform your energy into art."
Sati has been exhibiting her work since 1986, boasting an impressive portfolio of 242 solo exhibitions and earning numerous awards and grants, both within and outside Germany. In 2023, she was honored with the Berlin Working Grant. In March 2024, she embarked on a residency in Mexico City, conducting a research project that includes indigenous people and explores the theme "When do you feel a stranger?" This residency culminated in a solo exhibition. In September, Gebert Contemporary in Santa Fe showcased Sati's new works, followed by an exhibition at art-miami, Clark Gallery, FL, US, in December.
History
Our History
History
Our History
The Early Days of Castle Hill
by Joyce Johnson
Joyce Johnson Founder
photo by Marnie Samuelson
In 1971 Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill was taking its first tentative steps toward becoming a successful art center. And tentative was the word. There was no money, just a wonderful old New England barn that had cried out for years to be converted to an art center. Eventually the cry was heard by a group of people who wanted just that. The alternative would have been fateful for the Snow's Stables, over a century old and once the hub of community activity. Built around 1882, it was used by Charles W. Snow for multiple purposes, including keeping a team of horses, storing equipment for his building trade, and serving as a retail paint store. He also rented sections to ever-changing tenants.
Contractor Peter Brown, who bought the property in the 1960s, told a group of people who first assembled to discuss the barn's future that if artists were not interested in using the space as studios or for a school, he would demolish the building and use the lot for another purpose.
I attended that meeting of a handful of artists and craftsmen in August 1971. It was organized by the late Harry Hollander, who wanted a place to teach his specialty, working in plastics. Those who met at the home of craftsman Albert Kaufman were indeed very interested in the availability of studio space, even creating an art center. But without funds, and no one offering to produce them, the meeting ended without resolve, except thatBrown was encouraged enough by the group's interest to move forward with renovations to stabilize the building, with the hope of renting sections as artists' studios.
For five years I had been running the Nauset School of Sculpture at my studio in North Eastham. Several weeks after the meeting, Hollander found me at my Truro home. Someone had pointed the general direction of my isolated homestead in a kettle pot and he arrived, tramping through a swamp and brambles, having missed the dirt road leading in. He suggested that I move my school to the barn and add a few diverse workshops to the program, including his particular workshop on plastic techniques. He urged me to take a look at what Brown was doing to renovate and repair the barn-adding windows for north light and reconstructing floors and walls to convert the barn into seven individual studios.
I followed the suggestion the next day and when I saw the new space, any questions and concerns faded away. If nothing else, I decided to rent the spacious main studio for my sculpture school, convinced my luck for running the school in Eastham during rainless summers in a grove of pine trees without shelter would soon run out. Doris Harris, a ceramics teacher from Binghamton, New York, with a summer home in Wellfleet, had been a student in my school for several years and became very interested in the idea of a summer school in Truro also. She agreed to set up a ceramic department, a major start for a summer craft program. We told Brown we wanted to rent another room. Then we asked for two more as other artists and craftspeople expressed interest in teaching.
The first official meeting of a steering committee occurred in my Eastham home. It included Rigmor Holbrook Plezner and George Zilliac, both of Orleans, and myself. Eleanor Meldahl of Truro was invited but unable to attend. We decided to move forward. My sculpture school mailing list of about 200 people and a barrage of news releases began to inform people that an art center would be opening in late June close to the picturesque Pamet River in Truro. The news was well-received.
Funding was still an issue. I said I would work on the project without recompense until we saw what might happen. Brown said he would postpone the date to receive rent until June, a significant reprieve. And I borrowed $250 on my newly acquired Master Charge card-all that was needed to get out the first one-page brochure describing 15 workshops.
Teachers agreed that the Center would not be obligated to run a workshop if the number of students needed to break even was not reached. The list of instructors was small but, in retrospect, formidable. Among them wereRobert Vickrey, an internationally known egg tempera specialist who lives in Orleans, and New York sculptor Sidney Simon who has a summer home in Truro. Printmaker Jan Gelb of Provincetown agreed to teach, along with New Hampshire weaver Mary Bishop and Orleans poet Thomas Whitbread. Orleans printmaker Marcia Howe would teach experimental printmaking and Hollander, who lived year-round in Truro, would teach jewelry-making with plastics. His wife, Ruth, and Harris would comprise the ceramics department.
The Center had approached Dan Klubock, a Boston lawyer, to begin applying for non-profit status, which was finally certified a year or so later. He also counseled me, in the initial stages during the fall of 1971, to squelch a move by several residents of Castle Road to stop the Center. Since schools are allowed in residential areas, the attempt was groundless and thankfully faded away. We, of course, had no idea whether the Center would succeed. I was prepared to lose no more than $2000 that first summer. As it worked out, we made a "profit" of about that much, some of which was paid me as salary. We need not have feared. The response to Castle Hill was steady and enthusiastic. Volunteers began to surface. Many, such as Ella Jackson, Mary Lou Friedman and Eleanor Meldahl, are still working to keep the center afloat with fundraising and promotional efforts and of course there were Doris and Chet Harris, without whom there would never have been a ceramic department. The economic reality was that even with so many volunteers, tuition still covered only about half of the operating costs. A board of trustees to help with fundraising was critical and soon came together.
Truro proved to be the ideal location. The town had no center for artists and writers. All ages were soon attracted to Castle Hill as though there were a magnet hidden among the barn's weathered beams. Some came to learn, others to teach or to fold flyers and stick labels on them. Others came to meet others-to feel a part of a worthwhile project.
Josiah Child, a retired Boston architect, had recently bought a home in Truro just up the hill from the Center. As a board member, he saw its potential and invited Louise Tate, the director of the newly-formed Massachusetts Council for the Arts, to see Castle Hill in the early fall, after the first summer. She liked what she saw and gave the Center its first grant, $5000 for administrative salaries, which was repeated a second year. By the end of the first trial summer we were renting five of the seven studios. A year later we took over the entire barn and tower, which had become the Center's administrative offices.
The next eight years were thrilling and exhausting. Each summer the enrollment increased at least 10 percent. The evenings as well as the days were filled with classes and events. A lecture and concert series drew crowds of over 100 people. In a few years the number of classes rose to over 40 offerings, among them a series of writing courses. Courses on nature were added, such as experimenting with natural dyes with Cape Cod National Seashore naturalist Hal Hinds. Dr. Graham Giese and Barbara and Charles "Stormy" Mayo taught coastal ecology and sea life and were excited enough by the response to start their own school the next year-the Center for Coastal Studies, which is now nationally acclaimed for its whale research.
Some of the most exciting workshops in those early days centered on the ceramic department, with ceramicist Mikhail Zakin acting as the Pied Piper of clay. She led students to discover over 12 natural clays at local beaches, most low-fire, but a few high-fire. They experimented with the clays and one summer built a wood-fired kiln in the back area, staying up for 24 hours to feed the straw and clay hulk filled with hand-crafted pots. Primitive pit firing was another course that attracted large classes.
The success of the Center was not without its down moments. Harris, on Memorial Weekend just before our anticipated opening in late June 1972, complained of a backache and went home to Binghamton to see her doctor. Within a short time she was diagnosed with cancer. She taught only one day at the Center and passed away the next spring, leaving a gaping hole in our program and dreams. She and her husband had completely outfitted the ceramic department with its sturdy tables, secondhand metal stools, deck, and kick wheels lovingly designed and constructed for the program.
In 1975, with only three years under our belt, Brown said he intended to sell the property and offered it to the fledgling board at a generously low price. A yearlong fundraising effort produced the down payment and we became landowners, filled with both excitement and anxiety.
The need for a strong board became clear if the Center was to honor its new obligations in maintaining the two buildings and the grounds. Friedman, a summer resident, agreed to become president of the board for a year and was succeeded by comic strip creator Lee Falk, who also had a summer home in Truro. He instituted a financial plan that has kept the Center in the black for almost two decades, giving subsequent presidents freedom to address the many other challenges that have arisen since Castle Hill's infancy.
Joyce Johnson, a writer and sculptor, was the founder of Castle Hill, president for six years, and director for eight years. This story was printed in Provincetown Arts magazine.
Accommodations
Accommodations
Accommodations
Accommodations
We are very excited to announce that we now have limited housing available at Edgewood Farm and the Corn Hill Boat House for students who are taking workshops at Castle Hill. Click below for more information:
You can also contact local Chambers of Commerce:
Truro Chamber of Commerce
Provincetown Chamber of Commerce
Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce
Eastham Chamber of Commerce
Orleans Chamber of Commerce
Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce
Or check out "homeshare" websites such as:
Airbnb
HomeAway
We Need A Vacation
If you have accommodations to offer students and want to be included on our “places to stay” list, let us know! Email info@castlehill.org with listing details
Directions
Directions
Directions
Directions
How to get here…
BY AIR:
Cape Air flies from Terminal C, Gate 33 at Boston's Logan Airport direct to Provincetown Airport at Race Point. The 25-minute flight is beautiful in clear weather. Call (800) 352-0714 or (508) 771-6944 for information, or go to www.flycapeair.com.
BY WATER (seasonal):
Ferries between Boston and Provincetown run frequently in the summer months with limited schedules in the tail seasons. Check out the following options:
Bay State Cruise Co., Inc., Boston to MacMillan Wharf, Provincetown, passenger fast and excursion ferry service. Brand new state of art, fast, sleek M/V Provincetown III and M/V Provincetown IV. 877 783-3779, 617 748-1428, Provincetown 508 487-9284. Most daily departures. Tickets online and walk on, dock side. Wheelchair accessible.
Boston Harbor Cruises, passenger ferry Boston/Provincetown, 90 minute fast from One Long Wharf, Boston to MacMillan Wharf, Provincetown. This is the largest luxury passenger catamaran in the US, now with concierge service. Schedules and reservations 877-733-9425. Ptown office on MacMillan Wharf.
Captain John Boats Fast Ferry – Passenger ferry service between Plymouth & Provincetown. Galley & bar service. Open air decks & climate controlled cabin. Bikes free of charge. 77 Water Street, Plymouth – MacMillan Wharf, Provincetown. Purchase tickets at captjohn.com or 508-746-2643.
BY BUS:
Regular bus service from New York, Boston and Providence. For information, call (508) 771-6191, or (508) 746-4795 or go to www.p-b.com.
BY CAR:
Truro is very close to the extreme tip of Cape Cod (one town before). Driving time from Boston is about two and a half hours, from New York about six hours. Follow the directions below by car.
FLEX ROUTE:
This Summer the Cape Cod Regional Authority will run what is called the “Flex Route”. It will serve Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, Brewster and Harwich. To find out how to get to Castle Hill and get the times call: 1-800-352-7155 or go to: www.theflex.org for the schedule.
From the South To Castle Hill
Route 6 to Truro Center Exit/ Pamet Road - Look for the Sign (above). Take right at the end of ramp, another right and a right after going under the bridge. Follow road past Jam’s Grocery and Post Office. Take the first left past Post Office (about 200 ft) this is CASTLE ROAD. Proceed 1 mile. You come to a triangle intersection - take quick short right . The tower is in front of you - the roads that intersect are Castle Road and Meetinghouse Road.
From the North To Castle Hill
Route 6 - Past Hillside Farms, Bayberry Nursery. Take first RIGHT after Shady Rest Cottages. At split take sharp right. Proceed up the hill. At top of hill - take the middle road in front of you (Meetinghouse Road). At the bottom of the hill the tower is on the right.
FAQ's
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ's
Frequently Asked Questions
GENERAL
How do I get to Castle Hill?
Castle Hill's main campus is located near the center of Truro. From Route 6 (heading east towards Provincetown), take the exit to Pamet Roads/Truro Center. Keep right until you go under the bridge, and take another right at the stop sign. Pass the post office on the left, and take your following left onto Castle Road. Stay right at the next fork, and go across the street into Castle Hill's Parking lot. You'll see the tower!
From Route 6 (west) , pass Hillside Farm/Box Lunch on the right, take the following right onto Castle Road - Follow the sign for Corn Hill Beach! Stay left at the next 2 intersections and Castle Hill's parking lot will be on your left.
Where is Edgewood Farm?
Edgewood Farm is located across Rte 6 from Castle Hill, at 3 Edgewood Way. For more info, CLICK HERE!
Is Castle Hill open to the public?
We are open to the public Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. You are welcome to visit the Gallery and our workshop spaces - we only ask that you do not disturb workshops while they are in session. Stop by the office (the Tower building at the front of campus) for information or a quick tour.
Do you have a Gallery space?
Yes! We have rotating exhibitions throughout the year, featuring Castle Hill instructors, members, and artists in the local community. Check the Gallery section of our Events page to see current and upcoming gallery exhibitions.
Do you have Events in the summer?
We sure do! Visit our Events page for all upcoming events.
WORKSHOPS
How do I register for a workshop?
The easiest way to register for a workshop is right here on our website! Visit our Workshops page to view all of our upcoming workshops. Click "Add to Cart," then click the black shopping cart icon in the top right corner to complete registration.
I'm having trouble registering online.
No problem - we are happy to help! Contact the Castle Hill office at (508) 349-7511 or info@castlehill.org. You can also stop by the office during regular business hours, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.
Where can I stay during my workshop?
Rooms at Edgewood Farm are also available for students. They go quickly, so CLICK HERE for more info! There are also a number of inns, motels, and cottages available for rent on the Outer Cape. For a list of recommendations, please get in touch!
What is Castle Hill's cancellation policy?
If you need to cancel your workshop registration for any reason, the following refund policies apply:
- 80% of the total cost will be refunded if Castle Hill is notified of withdrawal thirty days prior to the start of class.
- If you cancel your registration less than thirty days before the start of your class, your entire payment will be forfeited.
To view all registration policies, CLICK HERE.
What should I bring to my workshop?
When you register for a workshop you will receive a copy of the Materials List outlining what you need to bring to the workshop, and what will be provided with the materials fee. The materials list will also be available on our website under the workshop description.
I'm a teacher and would like to take a workshop for Professional Development Points. How do I receive documentation for this?
When you register for a workshop, make sure you contact the Castle Hill office to let us know that you will be taking a workshop(s) for PDP points. The Registrar will write a letter certifying that you took the workshop, number of total hours, etc. according to your specifications.
Do you offer scholarships?
Castle Hill offers a number of scholarships throughout the year, as well as work-study opportunities. For more info visit the OPPORTUNITIES section.
How does the Work-Study program work?
Our Work Study program is for adults who have a strong desire to take a workshop but who may not have the opportunity to take our classes without financial assistance. Work study students receive credit to be applied towards the tuition of their workshop. For every 1.5 hours worked, one hour credit will be applied towards workshop tuition. Work study awards are based on need as well as prior work experience.
Can my child/teen take an adult workshop?
Castle Hill encourages kids/teens to take classes! Depending on the instructor and the skill level of the workshop, we can determine if an adult level course will be a good fit for your young student. It's best to call ahead if you have any doubts about signing your child up for a workshop. We also offer a number of workshops just for kids throughout the summer and even in the off season too!
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
2024-2025
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: Damon Katz
Co-Vice Presidents: Sarah Lutz & Mary Ann O’Loughlin
Treasurer: Rob Silverstein
Recording Secretary: Karen Dukess
Corresponding Secretary: Ann McQueen
BOARD
Judy Ain
Harriet Bee
Meg Clarke
Kathleen Collins
Karen Dukess
David Grayson
Kathy Jackson
Ely J. (Terry) Kahn III
Vanessa (Nomi) McGuire
Denise Mullen
Robert Rindler
Elsa (Tina) Tarantal
Christian Termyn
Gloria Vigliani
Amy Waltch
ASSOCIATE
BOARD
Ellen Anthony
Carmi Bee
Kristina Bird
Tim Dickey
Joe Diggs
Nathalie Ferrier
Joseph Fiorello
Leon Friedman
Doug Green
Judith Greenberg
Stewart Grossman
Judith Huge
Marni Katz
Marianne Kinzer
Alan Motch
Judith Motzkin
Anna Poor
Kim Possee
Isabel Souza
Peter Sullivan
Steve Tarantal
Jamal Thorne
Anne Webb-Johnson
Ellyn Weiss
Erin Woodbrey
HONORARY BOARD
Joan Lebold Cohen Lee Elman
Curtis Hartman
Kim Kettler
Daniel Klubock
Lisa Linnehan
Eleanor Munro
Nancy Rahnasto Osborne