The majority of the workshops offered at WildCraft Studio School fall into the category of craft. Whether wood carving, weaving, leather working, spinning, natural dyeing, or a myriad of other craft practices, a student taking this type of workshop is guaranteed to experience that skill in an intensive, hands-on way.
Many of these workshops focus on craft practices that have become nearly obsolete in contemporary society. Through our courses, students are presented with the opportunity to connect with the larger history of making useful objects by hand. Some of these classes teach a skill through a cultural perspective, passing along both technical knowledge and a deeper understanding of cultural production.
The majority of the workshops offered at WildCraft Studio School fall into the category of craft. Whether wood carving, weaving, leather working, spinning, natural dyeing, or a myriad of other craft practices, a student taking this type of workshop is guaranteed to experience that skill in an intensive, hands-on way.
Many of these workshops focus on craft practices that have become nearly obsolete in contemporary society. Through our courses, students are presented with the opportunity to connect with the larger history of making useful objects by hand. Some of these classes teach a skill through a cultural perspective, passing along both technical knowledge and a deeper understanding of cultural production.
WildCraft Studio School offer workshops for adults (16 & over) in the practices of traditional craft, textiles, Native American arts, and foraging.
The motivation to combine these practices stems from our belief that resourcefulness, creativity, and a meaningful relationship to place are integral parts of the human experience and deserving of more space in contemporary life.
From our Portland, OR studio -- as well as from the farms, forests, beaches, and deserts that make up our off-site classrooms -- WildCraft strives to awaken creativity and deepen an understanding of place through hands-on experiences in making.
WildCraft Studio School offer workshops for adults (16 & over) in the practices of traditional craft, textiles, Native American arts, and foraging.
The motivation to combine these practices stems from our belief that resourcefulness, creativity, and a meaningful relationship to place are integral parts of the human experience and deserving of more space in contemporary life.
From our Portland, OR studio -- as well as from the farms, forests, beaches, and deserts that make up our off-site classrooms -- WildCraft strives to awaken creativity and deepen an understanding of place through hands-on experiences in making.
WildCraft’s ACCESS program has a simple design, clear intention and big picture vision: • Our immediate goal is to make our workshops more accessible to BIPOC students of art, craft and design as well as BIPOC K-12 public school teachers • Each season, we’ll be offering 25 free seats in WildCraft studio workshops (Craft, Textiles, Native Art & Studio Art), for a total of 50 free seats each year. • We believe that having access to a rich range of educational opportunities will encourage and support BIPOC students to become leaders and teachers in the fields of art, design and craft in the future.
If increasing BIPOC representation in the fields of Art, Design & Craft is important to you, please consider supporting this program. We'd love to be able to offer additional scholarships and every donation helps us expand our reach. 100% of your donation will go directly toward our scholarship program.
