Muscadines are native to the southeastern US, full of flavor, and make a beautiful jelly! Students will make jelly from locally-grown muscadines while learning the process from start to finish.
Come join our beginners hand-building clay class. In this stress-free lesson, we will be making a snowman that you can decorate however you like to brighten your home through the chilly winter days.
Come and join us for a three hour class to design and create a candy dish that is perfect to hold all your Valentine's Day goodies!
Needle felting is the art of sculpting and shaping wool using special needles. In this class, each student will learn the techniques of needle felting and apply them to a wool heart just in time for Valentine's Day.
Grab your friends for a special Galentine's event! Learn how to make a scrunchie and a retro wired headband. Participants will enjoy appetizers, drinks, and special Valentine's themed goodies.
African Americans in Education and the Arts February 10, 2024, 10am-4pm To commemorate Black History month, come celebrate “African Americans in Education and the Arts” at Burritt. Experience what it was like to be a student at a Rosenwald Schoolhouse in the early 20th century with hands-on activities led by a Burritt educator. Express your creativity with an African American folk-art craft and participate in a themed scavenger hunt throughout the Historic Park. Explore the life and legacy of Booker T. Washington, reformer and educator who founded what is now Tuskegee University.
Busy on the weekend? This project is a composite of several 17-18 century rush lights. This beginner/intermediate class will focus on hammer control using half face blows, drawing, twisting, bending, and assembly by riveting.
Busy on the weekend? This weekday class features the traditional quilt block and is a perfect introduction to making a stained glass panel. There will be a selection of colors and prints available.
This fun and relaxed three-hour workshop is great for anyone who has never used a potter's wheel, but always wanted to give it a try.
This intermediate project combines wire wrapping technique as well as metal stamping. Students will also create their own design in the copper using metal stamping technique. Must have taken our beginner wire wrapping workshop.
This beginner/intermediate project is a composite of several 17th-18th century rush lights. It would use either a burning "wick" or candle to provide light for the home.
Learn the basics of hand stitching sturdy, beautiful, one-of a kind clothing. This beginner’s class will teach the essentials of hand stitching and leave you with the skills you need to finish a handmade apron of your own.
This class features the traditional quilt block and is a perfect introduction to making a stained glass panel. There will be a selection of colors and prints available.
Come join our beginners hand-building clay class. In this stress-free lesson, we will be making Bunny Tealights that you can decorate for the upcoming spring season!
2024 Leap Year Dinner February 29 6PM Baron Bluff Don’t wait another 4 years to celebrate Leap Year! Join in the fun at Burritt’s delightful Leap Year Dinner. The 5 Course Dinner applauds the extra day with specialties catered by Chef on Call. Kick off the evening with a “Look Before You Leap” welcome cocktail. Enjoy music by “Eric Rogers & Friends: Upscale Jazz” throughout the evening. Exclusive performance by the Alabama Youth Ballet Theatre as they “Leap” with grace. Non-alcohol beverages included. Open bar available serving wine, beer and cocktails for purchase.
A day of Open Hearth Cooking, Blacksmithing and Fires Burning throughout the Historic Park! You won’t want to miss Burritt’s Fire on the Mountain on Saturday, March 2nd, from 10:00 – 3:00. Our historic cooks will transport you back to the 1800s as you see, hear, and smell their work as they prepare historic recipes over our open fires and cast-iron cook stove. In addition, our blacksmiths will be firing up the forges throughout the historic park to demonstrate this fascinating skill.
