Events

All Family Weekend courses are now open for registration! See courses here. Heading to Grand Marais for the long weekend? Sign up for family fun at North House over our…

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.…

 Celebrate the crafts, customs, landscape, history and stories of winter travel and traditional life ways in the North. Featuring winter-centric coursework, a winter tent camp, gear swap, dancing, film festival,…

It’s the 10th Anniversary of Fiber Week (formerly Northern Fibers Retreat) and we’re celebrating with an entire week of hands-on textile exploration! Choose from a dozen multi-day courses in everything from felting…

Chips, shavings and sawdust: they’ll be on campus in abundance during this annual favorite: Wood Week 2020. Choose from a dozen courses, including returning favorites in bowl carving with Jon…

Sunshine, camaraderie, projects, and pizza - what could be better? Mark your calendar for Volunteer and Service Learning Weekend 2020. We'll spend April 17-19 sprucing up campus for the summer…

Spring is an explosion of life in the North! Discovering the birds, wildflowers, insects and more of this dynamic and rich northern landscape is the focus of this festival. Participation…

Rows of hand-made and unique watercraft, a boat parade, craft demonstrations, an evening square dance, boat and tool auction, chowder and brats...there’s a bit of everything during our Wooden Boat…

Celebrate community, music, craft and storytelling along the lakeshore at our classic Fall celebration under the big top tent. Unplugged 2019 has come and gone, and we can't wait until…