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Period 1
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
6:45 pm +
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Art of Flint Knapping with Guy Neal
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
Stone tools were made all around the world. Discover this ancient craft to make something useful out of stone.
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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
Beginning and Intermediate Sewing with Virginia Harrison
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn all about sewing, from hems to buttonholes and more.
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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 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Bobbin Lace for Beginners with Katherine La Pietra
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
It looks hard, but it isn't! Discover the world of hand-made bobbin lace.
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Period 3
Class Spans
1 Period
Building Community Through Mural Making with Ellen and Don Elmes
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Gather the community! Gain the skills to plan and implement a community art project from start to finish.
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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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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: History and Practice with Qin Fang
Available:
Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
An introduction to Chinese calligraphy and painting.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Colored Pencil Illustration with Kelsey Wailes
Available:
Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn the techniques to create a wide variety of illustration types, from cartoonish to realistic.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Commotion of Motion in Photography with Randall Gornowich
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Capture movement in photos
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Period 5
Class Spans
1 Period
Creative Card Making with Carolyn Seabolt
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
Create your own cards with a creative twist
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Period 4
Class Spans
1 Period
Documentary Filmmaking Workshop with Richard Anderson
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
A basic guide for how to make an independent documentary film.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Drawing Nature in Still Life with Rachel Wojnar
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Explore different drawing media and techniques
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Period 5
Class Spans
1 Period
Dugout Canoe with Ken Koons, Shel Browder and Steve Mankowski
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Help make a dugout canoe from a spruce log
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Earth Colors with Pat Brodowski & Ken Koons
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Making pigments extracted from plants and minerals
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Foraged Colors for Dyeing and Printing with Pat Brodowski
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Plants collected from the field become dyes and printing ink on cloth.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Forging Silver with Linda Van Hart
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Changing the Plane, Direction, and Diameter of Silver with Hammers
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
From Rags to Richness with Cookie Washington
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a small Gullah rag quilt using both traditional Gullah methods and newer tools and techniques.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Fun with Brick Stitch with Joanne Bast
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Learn brick stitch to explore and depict two-dimensional scenes such as landscapes, flowers, figures, or faces.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Fun with Funky Junque Jewelry with Sara Murphy
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create playful jewelry pieces
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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
Guided Owl Drawing in Colored Pencil with Claudia Tonne Konkus
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to use colored pencils to build depth and definition by drawing a lifelike owl.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Hand Spinning Wool Yarn w Susan Withnell
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
Beginner
Learn how to spin wool into yarn that is suitable for knitting, crocheting or weaving.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
IPhone Macro Photography: Up Close in the Garden with Sasha Lane
Available:
Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
Get into your garden like never before with iPhone Macro Photography!
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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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