2026 Schedule
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Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, Vermont
A month-long exploration of space efficient design, off-grid systems and carpentry
Whether you're a professional entering the tiny house market or a DIYer ready to build your own home on wheels, this immersive course gives you the design and carpentry skills to bring your vision to life.
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Gillette School, Gillette, New Jersey
Through this two-week interdisciplinary residency K-2 students will explore life sciences, creativity and connection. We will begin by exploring a habitat and the living structures and creatures in that environment. We will learn how to move our bodies like the animals, birds, insects and water dwellers we study. Students create masks and collaborate on a mural backdrop of their chosen habitat. Students are met where they are, and are encouraged to lead with their curiosity. The culminating experience will be an hour-long performance open to the whole school community.
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Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Lenox, Massachusetts
Ready to pop out of your winter egg? Join us over Easter Weekend at Kripalu! Bring your family and friends and share an unforgettable weekend of interactive yoga, circus arts, and transformational play. This alchemy of connection and joyful fun results in a state of deep rejuvenation. For everyone, ages 7 and up.
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Bradley House Vaudeville: Creative Aging Social Engagement Arts Residency
Brattleboro, Vermont
The “Bradley House Vaudeville” is a two-week arts residency that transforms personal storytelling into art-making and performance, serving 15-20 older adults (ages 80-100) at Bradley House elder living community. This multidisciplinary program positions residents as both cultural historians and active artists, weaving their memories of the 1940s into a community vaudeville show that celebrates lived experience and fosters social connection.
Teaching artist Erin Maile O’Keefe will be in residence at the Bradley House for two full weeks, collaborating with in-house visual teaching artist Ross Smart and executive director Mike Jones.
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Harding Township School, New Vernon, New Jersey
Through this two-week interdisciplinary residency K-2 students will explore life sciences, creativity and connection. We will begin by exploring a habitat and the living structures and creatures in that environment. We will learn how to move our bodies like the animals, birds, insects and water dwellers we study. Students create masks and collaborate on a mural backdrop of their chosen habitat. Students are met where they are, and are encouraged to lead with their curiosity. The culminating experience will be an hour-long performance open to the whole school community.
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Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Lenox, Massachusetts
Wanna go to a weekend summer camp with friends and family? Join us at Kripalu in July! Share an unforgettable weekend of interactive yoga, circus arts, and transformational play. This alchemy of connection and joyful fun results in a state of deep rejuvenation. For everyone, ages 7 and up.
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We are still booking trainings for late spring, summer and fall 2026.
Join us for an unforgettable 2-3 days of multi-generational play and learning with co-founder/trainer Erin Maile O’Keefe. This is a program for those wishing to explore and expand their teaching, creativity, leadership and more. Whether you are a circus teacher, circus enthusiast, school teacher, facilitator, leader, dancer, yogi, or parent... come steep in the benefits of the Human Art of Play and infuse your practice with the embodied principles of inclusion, connection, co-authorship & empathy.
Please reach out if you’d like a HAP training in your community.
meet your instructors
Erin Maile O’Keefe
Erin Maile is a lifelong educator with a passion for creating accessible, engaging learning experiences. Known for her enthusiastic teaching style, she believes that growth happens when learners feel both challenged and supported.
Erin Maile + Kevin
Erin Maile + Kevin is a detail-oriented instructor who’s spent the past decade helping people develop new tools, habits, and mindsets. Their approach is clear, practical, and always infused with curiosity and care.
Kevin O’Keefe
Kevin's background spans education, coaching, and creative development. With a strong focus on process and progress, Eleanor helps learners move from where they are to where they want to be—one step at a time.