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At The Burritt Folk School it is our mission to inspire, educate, and cultivate a creative community of active learners
through preservation, demonstration, and participation in traditional arts, crafts, and skills.
Have you ever wanted to learn a traditional craft or art? At the Burritt Folk School, we offer hands-on workshops in a variety of disciplines taught by regional artisans who are passionate about preserving their craft. Bring a friend or make new friends as you join us for these fun and exciting classes. Check out our upcoming workshops at the link below. You are sure to find an experience that it just what you are looking for!
For more information, please contact the Folk School Program Manager, Jana Parris, at jana.parris@huntsvilleal.gov or call 256-427-5196.
Folk School Disciplines
(Including, but not limited to.)
Decorative Arts: Stained Glass, Fused Glass, Jewelry Making, Wood Burning
Fiber Arts: Quilting, Sewing, Knitting, Embroidery, Spinning, Crocheting
Functional Arts: Blacksmithing, Pottery, Basketry, Chair Caning, Leather Crafting
Foodways: Cooking, Baking, Canning and Preserving, Gardening, Herbs
Visual Arts: Printmaking, Drawing, Photography, Painting, Calligraphy
Thank you to The Alabama Council on the Arts for their support of our Folk School Programs.
In this class, each student will learn the techniques of needle felting and apply them to a wool creature. Each student may create up to two animals. This workshop is perfect for all levels, including beginners.
In this class you will learn how to hand build clay gnomes. It will be a step by step process, so no stressing! We will teach you a few different clay techniques and help you be creative with the finishing touches.
Busy on the weekend? This weekday class will focus on several basic forging fundamentals. Using the forge, anvil, and basic hand tools and techniques, students will forge a spatula, and a steak turner.
Busy on the weekend? This Tuesday class will cover glass cutting, ’Tiffany style’ copper foil application, tinning and building dimensionally. You will take home a beautiful 3 dimensional star so that you always have a star to wish upon.
Students will create and design earrings out of Precious Metal Clay, when after firing in a kiln, will be 99.9% Fine Silver.
This beginners class will cover glass cutting, ’Tiffany style’ copper foil application, tinning and building dimensionally. You will take home a beautiful 3 dimensional star so that you always have a star to wish upon.
This beginner wheel throwing workshop will cover the basics of shaping clay using an electric pottery wheel. Your instructor will guide you through the essential steps of creating a wheel thrown vessel.
This class will focus on several basic forging fundamentals. Using the forge, anvil, and basic hand tools and techniques, students will forge a spatula, and a steak turner.
Make your own lampshade from kudzu vines! Using whole and split kudzu vines, students will learn the free-form open weave method to create their own unique kudzu lampshade. Beginners welcome!
This 5” brass ring holds a butterfly and part of a sunflower for you to enjoy throughout the year. Construction for this Intermediate class uses copper foil and the openwork technique. Glass cutting experience required.
his project is for any skill level. This elegant sterling silver and Czech glass Ginkgo beads create a beautiful and comfortable bracelet that ad a pop of color for any outfit.
Join us for this youth workshop (ages 12-18) to make out-of-this-world wearable art! Students will use a variety of dyeing and resist techniques to make a cotton scarf or *t-shirt reflecting the night sky or outer space.
This two day “Master Level” class is a tribute to the master architect and glass designer Frank Lloyd Wright. Our concentration in this class will be on fitting the glass and on soldering. The geometric “Prairie Style” design is a classic and is classically beautiful. Must have previous cutting and foiling experience.
In this class, students will create a flower that will last forever. Crepe paper makes up the construction of the flower and with the help of our instructor you will have a large flower to decorate the backdrop of any event, or any place you want to make a little more magical.
Come join us for a relaxing class painting a 16 ounce Stoneware mug! This will be a glazing session where you will learn how colors layer together. We will then fire it so it will be food and microwave safe.
Join us for this beginner brush lettering class where students will learn everything they need to know to get started including basic strokes, basic brush lettering ideas, how to hold their pens, tips and tricks and more. Supply kit and markers included!
In this class, each students will learn how to remove, fold and begin to dry a piece of bark. They will also construct a basket of their own.
Busy on the weekend? This weekday beginners class contains several types of mirrored glass and several color selections.
In this stress-free class students will be making an adorable ceramic beehive. You will be shown different tricks and techniques to create your clay masterpieces!
Come and join us for a two part class to design and create a set of four flower-themed garden stakes that will add a touch of beauty to your potted plants or flower beds.
This beginners class contains several types of mirrored glass and several color selections.