Beam Camp is calling all engineers, designers, sculptors, builders, videographers, architects, artists and makers of all descriptions and disciplines for proposals for ambitious collaborative projects for 2009 and future summers.

You supply the plan and vision. We'll supply 100+ energetic campers and staff and 700+ acres of forest, mountain and lakes as studio, canvas and workshop. Submit your proposal to be Beam's 2009 Project Master.

Each summer Beam commissions a Project Master to design a unique large-scale collaborative endeavor that campers produce and enjoy. The Project can range from the conceptual to the structural. We are looking for big ideas that will challenge and excite our campers and staff. Our Project Management Team will work with the Master to "translate" the Master's project blueprint into the camp context.

Project Criteria
- Make it big.
- Don't limit yourself to "camp-y" themes.
- Construction can be a central component, but doesn't have to be.

Beam Camp is a 4-week summer program (July 18-August 16) for boys and girls aged 7-17 in Strafford, New Hampshire. Beam Campers cultivate hands-on skills while exploring innovative thinking, design and the creative process. They transform ideas into artifacts and personal achievement into community success.Teams of campers work on different aspects of the Project each morning. In the afternoons, they participate in mini-courses in arts, athletics, science and nature studies.

Project Budget: We generally spend 10.000 Dollars on project-specific materials including any necessary new tools /machines.

Upon selection of a project, masters have until 01 May 2009 to create a blueprint or working plan for the project. We ask that the master be available for at least two pre-camp planning meetings and join us for at least three days during the camp session.

Project masters receive a stipend plus reimbursement of travel costs.

Proposals due: 01 March 2009.