classes // workshops // events
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.
Fruit Tree Care and Pruning
Join us on Saturday, March 16th for a free educational workshop on fruit tree care with local arborist Peter Landau.
Empty Bowl, Full Heart Fundraiser
Join us for the annual Empty Bowl fundraiser at Keene Central School. All proceeds go toward fighting hunger locally.
BOOKGARDAN 2023-24: GROW YOUR BOOK
For Women! Grow your book project to its fullest flowering in this year-long program of intense one-on-one literary mentorship and online group workshops, bracketed by two fall residencies at Craigardan.
FOOD CLAY FIRE: WOOD KILN BUILDING WORKSHOP
Build Craigardan’s new wood kiln! Join us for a special two-week, wood-fired kiln building workshop with Sam Taylor and Mark Shapiro!
Empty Bowl, Full Heart Fundraiser
Join us for the annual Empty Bowl fundraiser. All proceeds go toward fighting hunger locally.
Bookgardan 2022: Grow Your Book
Grow your book project to its fullest flowering in this year-long program of intense one-on-one literary mentorship and online group workshops, bracketed by two fall retreats as artists-in-residence at Craigardan.
Empty Bowl, Full Heart Fundraiser
Join us for the annual Empty Bowl fundraiser. All proceeds go toward fighting hunger locally.
Bookgardan: Grow Your Book
Grow your book project to its fullest flowering in this year-long program of intense one-on-one literary mentorship and online group workshops, bracketed by two fall retreats as artists-in-residence at Craigardan.
Empty Bowl, Full Heart Fundraiser
Join us for the annual Empty Bowl fundraiser. All proceeds go toward fighting hunger locally.
Bookgardan: Grow Your Book
Grow your book project to its fullest flowering in this year-long program of intense one-on-one literary mentorship and online group workshops, bracketed by two fall residencies with Craigardan.
Racial Equity Workshop with the Racial Equity Institute
Join The Racial Equity Institute and Craigardan for a two-day, Phase 1 Racial Equity Workshop. This will be a virtual event.
Bookgardan: Grow Your Book
Grow your book project to its fullest flowering in this year-long program of intense one-on-one literary mentorship and online group workshops, bracketed by two fall workshops at Craigardan.
La Via Di Gangivecchio: a retreat to Sicily
Meet us in Sicily for a one-week retreat at the 14th century monastery and world-class culinary estate, Gangivecchio. Offering two date options: 10/7-10/13 or 10/14-10/20
Materials Science: Weekend Workshop Intensive
A 3-day intensive introductory course on the science behind clay and glazes.
Empty Bowl, Full Heart Dinner
Join us for a special fundraising dinner event at the Keene School. All proceeds go toward fighting hunger locally.
Writing the Ingredients
Join us around the kitchen table for this experimental food and writing workshop with writer Erica Berry and chef Luke Ayres
Open Studio Day 2 // Empty Bowl, Full Heart Dinner
Come to the January open studios and learn how to make a bowl to donate to this year's special dinner event. All proceeds go toward fighting hunger locally.
Open Studio Day // Empty Bowl, Full Heart Dinner
Come to the January open studios and learn how to make a bowl to donate to this year's special dinner event. All proceeds go toward fighting hunger locally.
Wintering: A January Retreat
Inspired by Winterson’s writing and Craigardan’s majestic mountaintop views, multidisciplinary studio environment, and culinary focus, participants will be guided to develop their own balancing winter rituals – indoors and outdoors - while tending to their inner world and creative process.
Pottery Amplifies Community: A Wood Fire Workshop with Sam Taylor and Mark Shapiro
Join us for a week long workshop as we focus on our lives as potters, makers, and human beings.
Clay Camp!
Coming this summer... kids clay camp! A week of adventure in the studio and on the farm for ages 7-10.
Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop
Learn the basic principles of structural pruning with local expert, Peter Landau!
Empty Bowl, Full Heart Dinner
Come to the Feb 3rd open studio and learn how to make a bowl to donate to this year's special dinner event. Proceeds go to the Keene Food Pantry.
Gallery Sale + Makers Weekend
We are greeting the new season with a gallery sale and makers weekend!
Song of Myself
In a place-based writing and sound workshop, participants will explore what it might mean to find identity within the external (landscape), as well as how to find landscape (written and sonic) within themselves.
See What You See
During this workshop we will move through outdoor landscapes to experiment with collecting images on our smart phones. We will repurpose our ubiquitous and daily technology as a lens through which to capture the human form in nature.
Body and Earth
This place-based workshop is designed to share some of the compositional techniques utilized by TSWM with participants who may be less familiar with movement as a creative medium.
Built To Last
Day one of The Space We Make workshop series. The workshop will allow participants to put their creativity, bodies and minds towards a “making” that is truly built not to last, but to fold back into the ecosystem itself.
What Does Food Justice Look Like in the Adirondacks?
Taking a close look at issues of accessibility, inclusivity, nutrition, and justice in our local food system with keynote speaker, Margaret Gray.
Perfect Your Stir Fry
Join Holistic Nutritionist and professionally trained chef, Wynde Kate Reese as she shows you tricks of the trade to making the perfect Stir Fry