Create boldly.
Find your voice.
A 4-day creative summer experience for teens 14+ at Restoration Studio in Houston's Sawyer Yards. No art experience required. Just a willingness to explore.
Featured in Houston Moms Summer Camp GuideNot your typical summer camp.
The Forge is a creative, process-based studio experience designed for teens who want a space to explore who they are, express what they feel, and create without pressure.
Each four-day session blends guided artmaking with space for personal exploration — using painting, mixed media, collage, and expressive techniques in a welcoming, thoughtfully designed studio environment.
This is not about producing perfect work. It is about discovering what happens when a young person is given the freedom and the tools to make something that is entirely their own.
Six mediums. Infinite expression.
Participants are invited to explore a range of mediums throughout the session — trying new things, discovering what resonates, and building a creative vocabulary that is entirely their own.
Fluid, forgiving, and endlessly interesting. Watercolor and ink reward experimentation and produce results that are always uniquely yours.
Working with your hands in clay is grounding in a way that is hard to describe. Teens consistently return to clay as a favorite.
Textile-based work that brings texture, color, and process together. Meditative and endlessly varied.
Layering images, textures, and found materials into something new. Perfect for visual thinkers and storytellers.
Bold, expressive, and forgiving. Acrylics let teens paint over mistakes and discover what emerges from experimentation.
A range of methods focused on expression over skill — mark-making, abstraction, and personal visual language.
The Forge is a great fit for teens who…
What to know.
5 weeks. Limited spots.
Select a week and book through our session calendar. Spots fill quickly — we recommend booking as early as possible.
Five weeks. One that is right for them.
Spots are limited and sessions fill early. Book through our session calendar to reserve a week for your teen.
The Forge After-School Program.
The Forge isn't only a summer experience. During the Fall and Spring semesters, Restoration Studio offers an after-school creative program for teens — a consistent, weekly space to create, connect, and be seen. Case workers and school counselors are encouraged to refer students who would benefit from a structured, creative, trauma-informed after-school environment.
Thursday Program
4:00 – 6:00 PM · Thursdays
A 2-hour guided creative session every Thursday afternoon at Restoration Studio. Students work with a range of mediums in a small-group environment designed to be welcoming, structured, and restorative. All materials provided.
Refer a student to The Forge.
The Forge After-School Program is designed to serve teens who could benefit from a structured, creative, trauma-informed environment during the after-school hours. If you are a case worker, school counselor, or community advocate working with a teen who fits this description, we welcome your referral. We work alongside referral partners to make sure every student who enters the program has what they need to feel safe, welcomed, and ready to create.
Who is a good fit
Teens 14+ navigating stress, transition, identity questions, or trauma. No art experience required. Process-based and pressure-free.
What we provide
2-hour guided creative session every Thursday. All materials provided. Small group. Led by Adrienne Binder, certified educator and doctoral researcher.
How to refer
Use the form below. Include the student's first name, your organization, and a brief note. We respond within 48 hours.
Questions before you refer? Contact Adrienne at [email protected] or 832-600-4706
Student Referral Form
For case workers, counselors, and community partners. We respond within 48 hours.