classes // workshops // events
WASSAIL
Join us for a fun-filled tradition of waking our fruit trees for the coming season.
Portugal - 2025 International Clay Retreat
CLAY + FOOD + FIRE! Join us in Portugal this February for an unforgettable 10-day experience with Sam Taylor and Mark Shapiro!
2025 Writers Retreat
Craigardan will welcome acclaimed writer & mentor Kate Moses of Birds & Muses for a week-long spring writer’s intensive at Craigardan.
FREE WEBINAR - Portugal International Clay Retreat Q & A
Free live Zoom Q&A with Mark Shapiro, Sam Taylor and Michele Drozd to answer questions about our 2025 Portugal International Clay Retreat.
FREE WEBINAR - Interdisciplinary Residency Q & A
Free live Zoom Q&A with staff to answer questions about 2025 arts residencies.
APPLEBARN TALKS: Dr. Lise Deguire, Carly Marie DeMento, Hannah Plummer
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Elissa Lash, Lauren McElroy, Elise Jeanmaire
Free and open to the public
TRAIL WORK DAY
Craigardan’s 320 acre campus is a patchwork of new fields and previously logged forest navigated on a network of skidder tracks and new trails. We need your help clearing debris, stabilizing soils, and creating paths to open up new possibilities for walking, skiing, biking, and exploring the property.
WOOD KILN FIRING + COMMUNITY POTLUCK
Stop by the kiln house any time on Wednesday (5am - 10pm) to experience the wood kiln firing - a centuries-old mix of science and art!
APPLIED POETICS of PUPPETRY, PERFORMANCE, and VOGUE with Theresa-Xuan Bui
Come explore different gestures of movement through the lens of puppetry, performance, and vogue with Theresa-Xuan Bui as a means of understanding one’s relationship to self and how we move about the world.
WHEEL BUILDING
Join us and learn the basic concepts of wheel building with Mark Nassan of Leepoff Cycles!
EMPTY BOWL, FULL HEART MAKERS DAYS IN THE CLAY STUDIO
Come join Craigardan and Empty Bowl Full Heart in creating bowls for the 2024 fundraiser to support local food pantries. No experience is necessary! This is a fun event for adults and teens 12 and older.
APPLEBARN TALKS: Molly Hurley, Betsy Power, Chad Michael Lange
Free and open to the public
EMPTY BOWL, FULL HEART MAKERS DAYS IN THE CLAY STUDIO
Come join Craigardan and Empty Bowl Full Heart in creating bowls for the 2024 fundraiser to support local food pantries. No experience is necessary! This is a fun event for adults and teens 12 and older.
BUILDING A ROCKET KILN with Lisa Orr
We’re hosting potter Lisa Orr on campus this week to build a quick-firing kiln that is fueled with wood (but not a wood-fired kiln!).
APPLEBARN TALKS: Samuel Bowser, Michael Heyman, Harri Nourse
Free and open to the public
BICYCLE MAINTENANCE
Join us and learn to fix your bicycle with Mark Nassan of Leepoff Cycles!
GROUNDS for CREATION: With Allison Dobbs and Leanne Rabesa
Join 2024 Teaching Fellows Allison Dobbs and Leanne Rabesa for two hours of live music, art, and the common grounds between them.
APPLEBARN TALKS: Michiko Theurer, Karina Yanes, Jennifer Steil
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Audrey Blood, Jessica Mendoza, Emily Olick Llano
Free and open to the public
BACKYARD BEES
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.
STORYTELLING WORKSHOP with Michael “Yoko” Amos
Unlock the power of storytelling with us! Calling all aspiring storytellers to join our 2023 Craigardan Alumni Yoko for a captivating and free two-night workshop on storytelling.
APPLEBARN TALKS: Kiki Liu, Hendree Milward, Emily Sullivan Smith
Free and open to the public
EXPERIENCING CLAY with Kiki Liu
Join 2024 Teaching Fellow Kiki Liu for a beginners course to hand building with clay.
UNCERTAINTY ACADEMY: Adirondacks
In collaboration with artist Tal Beery and scholar Joshua Moses, Uncertainty Academy: Adirondacks is a unique residency program and roundtable discussion series at Craigardan exploring responses to the uncertainties—both material and psychic—arising from the climate crisis and other cascading crises.
(2nd) ANNUAL SUMMER FIRING CELEBRATION
Join us for our annual summer event! We’ll celebrate the fire that brings us together, the summer harvest, and the community of artists, scholars, and creatives all around us.
APPLEBARN TALKS: Emily Caris, Christie Gardiner, Beth Reitmeyer, Holly Friesen
Free and open to the public