Quick-Look Menu of Creative Arts & Field Trip Activity Examples
Art & Artisans: Thursday Welcome Examples
Thursday Welcome Classes
Artisan Foods: Baking with Cynthia
Fibershed: Make Paint from Plants
Art: Monoprint Kinetic Sculpture
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Friday is a Village Pop-Up Makery - roll up your sleeves and Make It Yourself!
Art & Artisans Friday Workshop Examples
Friday Art Workshops
Painting & Sculpture
Art: Watercolor Workshop, Fri. 9-12
Art: Driftwood Sculpture, Fri. 1:30pm
Art: Driftwood Sculpture, Fri. 1:30pm
Friday Fibershed Workshops
Spinning, Weaving, Felting, Dyeing, Embroidery
Fibershed: Spinning Wool with Maria Nutt, Fri. 9-noon
Fibershed: Weaving on a Tabletop Loom, Fri. 1-4pm
Fibershed: Felted Animals, two sessions, 9am and 1pm
Fibershed: Indigo Dye. Friday, 1-4
Fibershed: Needle Felting Embroidery. Friday, 1-4
Friday Craft Brew Makers
Learn to Make Mead; Island brewery tour
Brew: San Juan Island Beer Brewery Tour, 11am, lunch optional.
Brew: Mead Making (2-days) with Aesir Mead Brewery, Fri 1-4 + Sat 11 & 2:30
Friday Folkways Workshops
Blacksmith, Leather, Wood, Tools
Folkways: Old Time, Off Grid Tools and Restoration Projects, Fri 9am-3pm
Folkways: Old Time, Off Grid Tools and Restoration Projects, Fri 9am-3pm
Folkways: Wood Spoon Carving, Fri. 9am-4pm
Folkways: Leather belt making, Fri. 9am or 1pm
Metalworking: Copper Spoon Making, Fri. 9am or 1pm
Blacksmithing: Create a wood froe blade, Fri. 9am
Blacksmithing: Draw Knife Forging, Fri. 1pm
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Saturday is for Exploring the Island through studio, farm and nature discoveries
Workshops & Field Trips, Sat. Examples
Saturday Art & Maker Studios, Farms & Field Trips
Advance enrollment required for most activities. Listed chronologically
Deep Seeing photography and poetry field trip and workshops, 9-4
Art: Peter Mohlman - Acrylic Painting, Sat. 1pm, at the Luminous Gallery in
Plants: Heritage Seed Sovereignty, Sat. 10am at Saturn's Return Farm
Fibershed Farm Tour at Oak Knoll Farm, Sat. 10am
Must be enrolled in a Friday Workshop, no fee for enrolled students
Fibershed Farm Visit at Krystal Acres Alpaca Farm, Sat. self-guided
Drop-in, suggested as follow-up to Oak Knoll Tour
Folkways: Holistic Animal Midwifery, Sat 10am
At Talking Horse Ranch
Art: Visit Paula West Pottery Studio, Sat 10:30am
Must be enrolled in a Friday Workshop
Art: Visit Joe Cooper's Studio, Sat. 10:30am
Must be enrolled in a Friday workshop, no fee for enrolled students
Art: Visit Tom Small's Sculpture Studio, Sat. 1pm
Must be enrolled in a Friday workshop,
Plants: Heritage Seed Soveriegnty, Sat. 10-12, Saturn's Return Farm
Plants: Floral Arranging with Siri Thorson, Sat. 1-3, Saturn's Return Farm
Blacksmith Studio: railroad tie bottle opener on Sat. 12-3pm
Folkways: The Off-Grid Living Workshop at Talking Horse Ranch, Sat. 12-3pm
Folkways: Walking with Goats at Talking Horse Ranch, Sat. 1-3pm
Craft Brew: San Juan Island Distillery of spirits and ciders, Sat. 1-4pm
Art: Monoprint Kinetic Sculpture, Sat. 1pm
Plants: Salish Seeds Native Plant Nursery Tour, Sat. 2-4
SPLASH! Art Party Night: Raku Firing, 4-8pm, includes dinner
SPLASH! dinner event for enrolled participants
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