Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp is an educational summer camp located in New Milford, Connecticut. The camp was established in 1942 by Dr. Ernst Bulova and his wife Ilse, Austrian educators who had studied under Maria Montessori. It was originally called Buck's Rock Work Camp.
Later history
In 2015, the camp was purchased by Noah Salzman, a former camper, from Mickey and Laura Morris. In 2020, the camp was sold and has become a not-for-profit camp, with alumna Antonia Steinberg serving as President of the board. Former camper and counselor Scott Kraiterman serves as the camp's current director.
Notable staff and alumni
Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry'sNadine Brozan, Chronicle, New York Times (June 13, 1992). Paz de la Huerta, actor Rebecca Drysdale, comedian and writerCarson Griffith, 13 East Coast Camps Where Hollywood Stars Spent Their Summers, The Hollywood Reporter (August 23, 2016). Sadie Dupuis, guitarist and singer in rock band Speedy Ortiz Molly Jong-Fast, writer, journalist Myq Kaplan, standup comedianhttps://www.unlockingconnecticut.com/2015/09/americas-got-talents-myq-kaplan/, Unlocking Connecticut (September 13, 2015) Elle King, singer and musician Ezra Koenig, frontman and singer of indie rock band Vampire Weekend Mattie Lubchansky, cartoonist and illustratorMattie Lubchansky Twitter Matt McGorry, actor in Orange is the New Black. Ezra Miller, actor in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and as The Flash in Warner Bros' Justice League Griffin Newman, actor on The Tick and Search Party Lionel Shriver, novelist Jason Zimbler, former child actor (Clarissa Explains It All)
References
External links Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp official website