classes // workshops // events
WASSAIL
Join us for a fun-filled tradition of waking our fruit trees for the coming season.
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!
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.
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.
PROJECT SOW - Seeds of Wonder
Calling all High School students! Join CCE and Craigardan on the farm this summer.
WIC'N PICK SERIES
We’ve partnered with Essex County Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to offer educational on-farm experiences for families enrolled in the county WIC program.
MEN’S GROUP with Jeremiah Reiner
Men's Group is a powerful space for fostering connection, growth, and support among men. Free and open to the public.
COMMUNITY FLOWER PLANTING DAY
Help us plant our flower garden! Share in the joy that comes from planting seeds.
FIBER ARTS CIRCLE
Whether you’re sewing a quilt, knitting a hat, or creating something else entirely, bring your project and work in good company!
FARM TOURS + HANDS-ON EDUCATION
We offer educational farm tours for families, schools, and organizations.
TRAIL-WORK WEEKEND
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.
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.
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.
DONNALDSON BROWN: AUTHOR OF BECAUSE I LOVED YOU IN CONVERSATION with Kate Moses
Donnaldson Brown will be in conversation with Kate Moses and will read from her debut novel Because I Loved You (published Spring ’23).
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: LEARNING THE CONNIE CONVERSE LESSON with Howard Fishman
In the first segment of this two-part class, Fishman will talk about his work as a biographer and literary detective, and about why he became obsessed with Connie Converse’s life and work. Attendees will then be given an assignment that will inform the workshop’s second session, when the general public will be invited to engage with and celebrate the fruit of their endeavors. This is a two session course offered from 6 pm - 8 pm on August 17 + 24.
BRINGING OUR MOST EFFECTIVE SELVES TO OUR COLLECTIVE LIBERATION: THE ROLE OF AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE with Rachael Reichenbach
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.
LIVING LANDSCAPE: HOW SHEEP, CHICKENS, AND PIGS PLAY A ROLE
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 PRACTICE OF BEING TOGETHER with Theresa-Xuan Bui
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.
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.
HISTORY + MAKERS with Dr. Loren Michael Mortimer: (RE)MAKING THE ADIRONDACKS THROUGH CREATIVE NON-FICTION
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.
HISTORY + MAKERS with Dr. Loren Michael Mortimer: FIRST OBLIGATIONS
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.
CREATING HEALTHY NARRATIVES IN CHILDREN with Evan Shopper
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.
HISTORY + MAKERS with Dr. Loren Michael Mortimer: FIRST MAKERS
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.
FIRST FIRING: FREE COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE + BENEFIT
Join us for a summer’s day full of art, friends, music, food, and fire. Come with family and friends to explore the grounds, hang out by the campfire, picnic on the lawn, get your hands into some art-making, and be a part of the first firing of our new wood kiln. This is your new Craigardan!
Project SOW - Seeds of Wonder
Calling all High School students! Join CCE and Craigardan on the farm this summer.
COMMUNITY FARM PLANTING DAY
Help us plant our garden! Share in the joy that comes from planting seeds and starts with the satisfaction of knowing the fruits of your labor will help feed our local community and visiting artists all year long.
Food Justice Summit: Food Is Health
Announcing the sixth annual Winter Food Summit presented by the Food Justice Working Group at The W!ld Center.
FEED BACK, Move Forward: Responding to 2020
Announcing the fourth Annual FEED BACK Summit presented by Craigardan and partners with a very special keynote address by Karen Washington.
Farm Store Grand Opening Week
Join us for the grand opening (week) of our new farm store!