New & Noteworthy
Unplugged 2022 was a massive success and an inspiring weekend of music, craft, and most importantly, community. See some photos and read about some of the highlights in this blog post.
Basket Week starts today! Featuring classes, free evening activities Wednesday-Saturday (open to the public) and Basket Gathering day on Friday, October 7.
Erden Eruç spent this summer as a captain on the Hjørdis while taking a pause from his effort to circumnavigate the globe entirely under human power for a second time. Read and listen to this interview with Erdan on WTIP.
Community classes are launching this fall! They are scheduled largely in the evenings so locals who work during the day can participate. Initial offerings include cooking, sewing, felting, and woodworking.
Long time instructor Jess Hirsch and collaborators have re-opened Fireweed Community Woodshop in Minneapolis, dedicated to empowering women, non-binary, and BIPOC makers.
Featured Events & Activities
Hiring Communications and Marketing Manager
Bring North House to Life
The Communications & Marketing Manager serves in key roles: sharing our story through our iconic Course Catalogs, Shavings Newsletters, and Annual Reports, forging connections with our community of students, supporters, and partners via social media & other tools, and projecting our vision to the world through special projects. Closing date: October 24, 2022 at Noon.
Basket Week
October 4-11
Join us for a gathering of basket-makers, both advanced and aspiring! Basketry embodies the soul of traditional craft: simple tools, natural materials and skilled hands result in purposeful, beautiful items. Birch bark, spruce root, pine needles, black ash-- the northern forest has been generous to basketmakers, and we’ll explore a variety of techniques and forms.
Family Weekend
October 20 - 23
Family Weekend at North House offers a dozen or more classes, some for kids only, others for adults and kids to take together. From cooking to fiber arts, woodworking to blacksmithing there is a skill to learn for everyone. The weekend includes both formal classes that require registration ahead of time as well as drop-in activities that are free and require no pre-registration. We’ll also host a Family Fun Night on Friday October 21st open to the community.
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Resident Artisan Blog
Read what our resident artisans have been up to!
June 02 – Sheep on the Map
May 26 – Hannah Ryggen Triennial in Trondheim
May 19 – Tanning Reindeer Hides in Norway
May 12 – A Visit to Sätergläntan