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Period 1
9 - 10:15 am
Period 2
10:30 - 11:45 am
Period 3
1 - 2:15 pm
Period 4
2:30 - 3:45 pm
Period 5
4 - 5:30 pm
Evening Events
6:45 pm +
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Beautility Upcycled Baskets with Cookie Washington
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Use old fabric to create vibrant, functional basket.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Blacksmithing from Beginning to Experiences with & Steve Mankowski
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Blacksmithing for all levels.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Blissful Bobbin Lace (Beginners & Returners) with Katherine La Pietra
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
It looks hard, but it isn't! Discover the world of hand-made bobbin lace.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Build a Mountain Dulcimer with Ken Koons
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Build your own mountain dulcimer with master luthier Ken Koons
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Building the Ice Man's Arrow with Guy Neal
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Replicate the arrow of the famous Stone Age man Otzi, who was found in the frozen Alps.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: History and Practice with Qin Fang
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
An introduction to Chinese calligraphy and painting.
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Period 4
Class Spans
1 Period
Crafting a Custom Leather Instrument Strap w Ty Pittman
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Make a simple and adjustable leather instrument strap.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Crankie Storytelling: Making Moving Pictures w Katherine Fahey & Dan Van Allen
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Make an old cigar box into a storytelling machine!
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Earth Colors with Pat Brodowski & Ken Koons
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Making pigments extracted from plants and minerals
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Period 5
Class Spans
1 Period
Four-Prong and Bezel Stacking Rings w Wayne Werner
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Explore simple four prong basket settings as well as round bezels while creating silver stacking rings
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Evening Events
Class Spans
1 Period
Gallery Talks
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn more about the work of our many wonderful Traditions Weeks Visual Arts instructors!
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Introduction to Hand Painting Silk Scarves with Yuh Okano
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn the Japanese art of hand painting on silk.
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Period 3
Class Spans
1 Period
Introduction to Leathercraft with Ty Pittman
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn the basics of hand crafting leather projects.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Jewelry: Unlock the Key of Time with John Sosnowsky
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Design jewelry using miscellaneous metal pieces
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Let's Paint Outdoors with Pat Brodowski
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to paint in the great outdoors!
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Nantucket Lightship Baskets with Keith Taylor
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Create an 8" Nantucket Lightship basket
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Native American Ceramics and Dreamcatchers with Jeremy Wright
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a dream catcher, crafting beads and a hand worked form to be decorated with incised details.
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Period 5
Class Spans
1 Period
Old Textiles Reused for New Treasures with Judy Schonebaum
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create beautiful and useful items from materials that would otherwise be thrown away.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Pastels: Color, Markmaking, Form with Tara Will
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Learn techniques with pastels
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Realism to Abstraction (and back!) with James Griffin
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Explore abstract painting with James Griffin
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Sawing and Piercing for Jewelry Making with Tina Chisena
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Learn sawing and piercing techniques to enhance your jewelry making
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Southwest and Mexican Influenced Mosaics w Lalo Carrera
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn mosaic techniques while creating a piece inspired by designs of the Sonoran Desert.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Stained Glass Camp with Ragtime
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a stained glass work of art!
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
The Indigo Dye Village with Kibibi Ajanku
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Illumninating African Origins
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Transform Flowers Into Miniature Bouquets in Glass w Debbie Griffin
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Create decorative suncatchers with pressed flowers and glass.
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Something For Everyone
Schedule a week or two, or three! Or, just sprinkle some classes in between other commitments.
Week 1
6/22/26
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6/26/26
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Week 2
7/6/26
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7/10/26
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