2025 Summer Camp Spotlight: Univ. of Arkansas Design Camp -

Editor’s note: Univ. of Arkansas Design Camp is a paid sponsor in the featured section of our 2025 Northwest Arkansas Summer Camps & Activities Guide. This featured post offers additional information about Design Camp and contact information.

Univ. of Arkansas Design Camp

About Design Camp:

In summer 2025, the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design will offer in-person camps in Bentonville, North Little Rock, and on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, as well as a virtual camp. Design Camp offers the chance to learn about the design professions through hands-on design projects, tours, discussions and other activities created by Fay Jones School faculty who teach the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and interior architecture and design. In the school-guided camps, students have the opportunity to work closely with faculty and collaborate with peers in a fun and creative on-campus studio or virtual studio environment as they explore the design process.

Address: Vol Walker Hall, University of Arkansas campus, Fayetteville, AR 72701; some camps are being held in Bentonville and North Little Rock

Camp hours: Generally, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily (some campers will stay overnight in the residential camps on the U of A campus)

For specific questions: faycamp@uark.edu

Where to register: Visit the Design Camp page on the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design website.

What Design Camp professors are saying:

“I really enjoy being able to share my passion for architecture with young students and hopefully help inspire them to pursue their interests in the design professions. Design Camp is a wonderful way for them to gain some insight into the process we go through in designing a project – and to take a little bit of the mystery out of how things are designed and built.”

— Alison Turner, architecture professor

Video sneak peek at Design Camp:

Camp session dates and locations:

North Little Rock Camp

June 9-13 / The Innovation Hub, North Little Rock
(entering grades 9-12)

Bentonville Camp

June 9-13 / Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
1:30-4:30 p.m. daily
Camp 1 – ages 8-10
Camp 2 – ages 11-13
Registration through Crystal Bridges website

Fayetteville Camp 1

June 16-20 — University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
(entering grades 9–12)

Fayetteville Camp 2

June 23-27 — University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
(entering grades 9–12)

Fayetteville Advanced Camp (two weeks)

June 15-27 — University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
(entering grades 11–12)

Virtual Camp (School-Guided)

June 23-27
(entering grades 9–12)

For more info: Click here for a complete list of camp dates, camp descriptions, times and grades/ages hosted by the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design.