Updates
Lake Superior Chowder Experience
Join us for the Lake Superior Chowder Experience, an Empty Bowls fundraiser that features soups from local restaurants and freshly baked bread from our wood-fired oven.
Summer Programs at North House
Summer is here at North House, with sailing, craft demonstrations, mini courses, and more. Stop by campus this summer for a taste of traditional craft and life on the Grand Marais Harbor!
2023 Fall Courses Released
Courses for Unplugged, Hide Week, and fall online courses open for registration on June 8 (or June 7 for members). Read on for the full list.
100 Candles for Sätergläntan
This June, a delegation from Sweden's Sätergläntan Institute for Slöjd and Handcraft is visiting North House to celebrate 100 years of craft. Meet them at the 2023 Wooden Boat Show!
Boats-to-Tools Auction
Do you have craft tools, equipment, or a forgotten canoe you no longer use? Give them new life in the 2023 Boats-to-Tools Auction.
More From the Road: Scandinavia Update #2
Laura Brown's adventures through Scandinavia continue, complete with new sights, new friends, and a new travel quilt.
Sail Lake Superior this Summer
Hoist the sails—Hjørdis rides return on June 1! Bookings for June sails are now open.
Exploring Norway
In this blog post, Resident Artisan Nate White shares about the first part of his travels through Scandinavia, including feeling awe while exploring Norway's stave churches and the Norwegian Folk Museum.
Wish You Were Here! Scandinavia Update
Each year, Resident Artisans in their final year of ADP travel to Scandinavia and other Nordic countries to learn more about craft. In this post, Laura Brown writes about the first week of her adventures abroad.
Nate White on "Centered Woodworking"
Read Nate's latest update in Northern Wilds on learning from mentors that mindfulness might be one of the most essential tools for working with wood.