Artisan Showcase

Crafters create unique items, with knowledgeable volunteers available to discuss their crafts, such as indigenous drum making, scrapbooking, watercolor painting, jewelry making, Woodworking, and so on.

Ceramics & Pottery Workshop

Offered by local studio

What you learn:

  • Wheel throwing techniques
  • Hand-building methods
  • Glazing and firing processes

Benefits: 

  • Improves fine motor skills
  • Encourages mindfulness and stress relief
  • Teaches patience and craftsmanship
  • Opportunity to sell handmade pottery
Leather Crafting Program

Includes making wallets, belts, bags, or footwear.

What you learn:

  • Cutting and tooling leather
  • Stitching and finishing techniques
  • Pattern making

Benefits:

  • High-income potential for handmade goods
  • Develops precision and attention to detail
  • Strong small-business opportunities
Woodworking & Furniture Making Workshop

Offered by maker spaces or trade schools.

What you learn:

  • Joinery techniques
  •  Wood finishing
  •  Tool handling (hand tools & power tools)

Benefits:

  • Practical DIY skills
  •  Can lead to custom furniture business
  • Builds problem-solving skills
     Produces functional, long-lasting products
Bread Baking Program

Traditional methods by professional baker in a qualified kitchen

What you learn:

  • Sourdough fermentation
  • Dough shaping
  • Oven techniques

Benefits:

  • Potential home bakery business
  • Understanding of food science
  • Creative and therapeutic process
Jewelry Making Workshop

Focuses on metalsmithing and / or beadwork.

What you learn:

  • Soldering
  • Stone setting
  • Design principles

Benefits:

  • High-value, small-scale products
  • Strong online selling opportunities
  • Enhances creativity and branding skills
Textile & Weaving Program

Includes hand weaving, dyeing, embroidery.

What you learn:

  • Loom techniques
  • Natural dye processes
  • Pattern development

Benefits:

  • Sustainable craft skills
  • Cultural preservation
  • Opportunity for niche luxury markets
Blacksmithing Workshop

Traditional metal forging techniques.

What you learn:

  • Forging tools and decorative items
  • Fire and metal safety
  • Shaping and tempering steel

Benefits:

  • Rare, high-demand specialty skill
  • Strong artisan branding appeal
  • Combination of art and physical skill
Glass Blowing Program (not provided locally)

Information session only
Studio-based training in molten glass shaping.

What you learn:

  • Furnace work
  • Color application
  • Sculptural techniques

Benefits:

  • Unique, high-value art pieces
  • Develops coordination and timing
  • Strong gallery and exhibition potential

Please check the “Events” page for updated information on our upcoming workshops. Check to stay informed.

Musical Inspiratation

Local musicians entertain, encouraging dance or stretchercise to music, or chair movement promoting increased range of motion.