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Craigardan’s alumni return to the Adirondacks in the spring for some fun, camaraderie, and rest — but they also help us open the campus for the residency season!

Join us and learn to fix your bicycle with Mark Nassan of Leepoff Cycles!

In this workshop you will learn how to compost food scraps, leaf litter, and more in your own backyard. We’ll cover different methods, dealing with wildlife, and how to make good quality compost that your plants will love.

Donnaldson Brown will be in conversation with Kate Moses and will read from her debut novel Because I Loved You (published Spring ’23).

In this course we will explore one pathway towards becoming effective liberation workers - the development of a liberatory consciousness through awareness, acceptance, analysis, action, and accountability. This is a two session course offered from 6PM - 8pm, August 15 + 22.

Come learn how we care for and manage our livestock, how these animals fit into an integrated living landscape, and how they really strengthen and provide for all of us. Pre-registration is appreciated, but not necessary.

The poet and performance artist, Theresa-Xuan Bui (they/them), will deliver a three-part series exploring how the nuances of our nation provide an opportunity to understand the complexity of our individual narratives. This is a three session course offered from 6 pm - 7 pm, July 27, August 3rd + 10th.

This introduction to beekeeping with novice beekeepers Michele, Sam, and Laura may just inspire you to maintain a hive or two of your own - if we can do it, so can you! Pre-registration is appreciated, but not necessary.

Join historian Dr. Loren Michael Mortimer for an immersive place-based workshop at Craigardan that invites writers, podcasters, and storytellers of all kinds to return to these Romantic-era narratives of the Adirondacks. This is the third class of his three part series History + Makers. You may choose to attend one or all three classes.

Join Dr. Loren Michael Mortimer for an introduction to the treaties and trickeries that transformed Native American homelands into the Adirondack Park during the 18th and 19th centuries. This class forms part of the three part series History + Makers. You may choose to attend one or all three classes.

If you’re a parent, then you know that little kids often don’t make complete sense. They act bizarrely and their emotions are erratic, even bewildering. This course helps make sense of a child’s behavior, as well as the complex emotions that drive the behavior. This is a two session course offered from 12 PM - 2 PM on July 8 + 15.

This session combines an introduction to the history of the First Makers who worked in this region and a pottery class taught by Katsitsionni Fox from Akwesasne Mohawk Territory and forms part of Dr. Loren Michael Mortimer’s three part series History + Makers. You may choose to attend one or all three classes.

Drop in and fix your own bike with Mark Nassan of Leepoff Cycles! Every other Wednesday from 6 pm to 8 pm. DATES: 06/08; 06/22; 07/06; 07/20; 08/03; 08/17; 08/31

Learn MTB maintenance and repair with Mark Nassan of Leepoff Cycles. **If you can’t make this session, classes will continue throughout the summer, please let us know if you’re interested!

Learn advanced maintenance and repair on your bike with Mark Nassan of Leepoff Cycles. **If you can’t make this session, classes will continue throughout the summer, please let us know if you’re interested!

Learn maintenance and repair for your non-mountain bikes with Mark Nassan of Leepoff Cycles. **If you can’t make this session, classes will continue throughout the summer, please let us know if you’re interested!