Preparations for 2026
The next Caz Northwest is eight months away! Registration will open within a month. For now, we are excited to announce the people who will lead next summer’s program AND ask for your help to make it the best yet by answering a 3-question survey.
Our Camp Directors for Summer 2026
Avery Hill
Camp Director, Session 1. Avery Hill has been teaching music for over 10 years. Her 'ukulele and songwriting classes, workshops and jams have become a staple of the Portland (OR) music community. She has instructed at regional events like the Menucha Ukulele Band Camp, the Reno 'Ukulele Festival and the Songwriter Soirée Retreat. Whatever the classroom, Avery strives to educate everyone’s inner musician, to elevate their self-knowledge and confidence, and to enchant them with insight, presence, and a handful of good jokes. Avery is also a performing singer-songwriter, and storyteller. Her latest album is The One Who Remembers (2024). Learn more at www.averyhill.studio.
Jeff Lee
Camp Co-Director, Session 2. Jeff is a long time member of the Caz community, and is excited to be teaching at Caz NW again. He is a graduate of the Creative Writing program at Stanford University, and writes a regular column for Seattle's Child magazine. He is the author of Catch a Fish, Throw a Ball, Fly a Kite, a book that teaches classic kid skills to parents and children, and True Blue, a middle grade fantasy novel. He has taught writing, photography and puppetry at Stagebridge Performing Arts Institute, The Northwest Writers' Weekend, Caz California and Caz Northwest. He and his family have been coming to Caz for many years.
Three-Question Survey
Please share your ideas on future Caz classes and refer people who could enjoy joining our community. Click here for the 3-question survey.
2026 Dates
Session 1: June 28-July 4
Session 2: July 5-July 11
Jessica Stanton
Camp Co-Director, Session 2. Jessica is a multimedia artist who started out in linocut and intaglio printmaking, working at Sev Shoon Print Studio in Seattle. She studied oil portraiture at Gage Academy in Seattle and Studio Escalier in France, and more recently letterpress and bookbinding at the San Francisco Center for the Book. She also completed the scientific illustration certificate program at the University of Washington, where she has taught art to elementary and middle school through the Robinson Center for Young Scholars. She particularly loves doing collaborative art projects with kids, which you can see on her website here, and is excited to be coming back for her seventh year at Caz.
