Fall Drop-In Craft Nights
Our 2025 Interns are hosting free Fall Drop-In Craft Nights! Join them for beeswax candle making on October 28 and natural dyes on November 4. Learn more here.
Making Japanese Sukumo Indigo Vats for North House, Unplugged 2025
This fall, Kenta Watanabe (Japan) taught sukumo indigo dyeing at North House. But in order for class to happen, someone local had to prepare the dye vats. In this blog post, Jazmin Hicks-Dahl shares the process she used to prepare the living dye for class—a labor of love that involved careful planning and tending.
Writing for the Earth
Professor Paul Bierman, our Winterers' Gathering featured speaker, is teaching a half-day writing workshop November 22. Writing for the Earth is open for registration now! Click here to register.
Meet Josie Cooke
Meet Josie Cooke! In her first blog post as a Resident Artisan, Josie writes about the Slow Fashion Movement, and her work creating locally sourced, ecologically friendly, and ethically produced textiles.
Build Your Own Yurt
We have an opening in Build Your Own Yurt, December 9-12! In this course you'll work with an experienced builder and leave campus with a simple, comfortable living space. Click here to register.
Binding and Unbinding the Enemy
What’s in a symbol? In this blog post, Resident Artisan Gabe Strand writes about carving—and then removing—a motif from a bench he made, exploring the role of symbols in culture, craft, and life.
Meet Jake Fee
Meet Jake Fee, one of our new artisans in the Artisan Development Program! In his first post, Jake introduces himself in the form of a diagram, writing about his guiding lights of Craft, Play, Land, and more.
Hand Tool Woodworking 2026
We're excited to host the course Hand Tool Woodworking: Getting Started this February! This course is the perfect starting point to build confidence working with hand tools. Register for this course here.
Nate Johnson MPR News
We were excited to see Instructor Nate Johnson featured in a recent MPR News article! Nate has taught hide tanning and other traditional craft courses for many years. Click here to read the full story.
Family Weekend 2025
Family Weekend is around the corner—join us October 16-18 for kid-friendly courses, free evening activities, and fun during MEA weekend.