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9 - 10:15 am
Period 2
10:30 - 11:45 am
Period 3
1 - 2:15 pm
Period 4
2:30 - 3:45 pm
Period 5
4 - 5:30 pm
Evening Events
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Basketry Basics and Beyond with Keith Taylor
Available:
Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
Create two different types of baskets while learning basket-making basics
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Blacksmithing from Beginning to Experiences with Shel Browder & Steve Mankowski
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Blacksmithing for all levels.
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Period 3
Class Spans
3 Periods
Carve a Pair of Courting Rails with Rich Smoker
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
Learn to carve a pair of stylized birds with renowned master carver Rich Smoker.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Cherokee Pottery with Lillie Vann
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a small turtle using Cherokee symbols and techniques.
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Evening Events
Class Spans
1 Period
Gallery Talks
Available:
Week 2
Available:
Week 1
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn more about the work of our many wonderful Traditions Weeks Visual Arts instructors!
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Introduction to Leathercraft with Ty Pittman
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn the basics of hand crafting leather projects.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Making and Using a Tandoor Oven with Thomas Sterner
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Learn how to make and use a tandoor oven.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Native American Ceramics and Dreamcatchers with Jeremy Wright
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a dream catcher, crafting beads and a hand worked form to be decorated with incised details.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Native American Flute Making with Jeremy Wright
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Make your own Native American woodland flute, whose haunting sound will give you hours of enjoyment.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Opening Doors: Shrine Carving and Painting with Thomas Sterner
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Use hand and power tools to carve a personal shrine with doors.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Pull Up a Chair with Seat Weaving w Keith Taylor
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn the basics of seat weaving using shaker tape.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Relief Sculptures Using Traditional Motifs with Nicole Diem
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a relief sculpture.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Southwest and Mexican Influenced Mosaics w Lalo Carrera
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn mosaic techniques while creating a piece inspired by designs of the Sonoran Desert.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Stained Glass Camp with Ragtime
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a stained glass work of art!
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Sweetgrass Baskets with Mary Graham-Grant
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Make a basket from sweetgrass, a historical art form brought to South Carolina by slaves from West Africa.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Trio of Egg Baskets with Sharon Schaeffer
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
Weave a trio of egg baskets.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Wheel Good Fun with Nick Corso
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Experience the fun of shaping clay on the pottery wheel!
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
You Know You Need a (Wooden) Tote with Ken Koons
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Find out how useful this historic carrier is - and make your own!
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Something For Everyone
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Week 1
6/23/25
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6/27/25
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Week 2
7/7/25
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7/11/25
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Week 3
7/14/25
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7/18/25
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