The Alabama Folk Art School at Camp McDowell in Nauvoo, Alabama offers year-round workshops for adult students. Students attend courses over a period of four days with classes offered in the morning and afternoon. The school takes place at Camp McDowell. Lodging and meals are included. Students can attend social events in the evenings that feature live musical performances. Courses include options such as fused glass jewelry, lathe turning and woodworking, decorative pottery, quilting, creating watercolor journals, white oak basketry, Appalachian brooms and beginning banjo.
The Three Sisters Folk Art School in Chillicothe, Illinois offers two-day class sessions throughout the year. Continental breakfast and lunch are included but students must make their own lodging arrangements. Class topics can include needle sculpting, pinhole photography, wood carving and metal and clay jewelry-making techniques. Classes are taught by master artisans. Students must be at least 18 years old to participate.
The John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina offers more than 800 classes each year. Choose between week-long or weekend courses. Lodging and three meals per day are included. Class options can include topics such as basketry, beading, cooking, dance, drawing, dyeing, knitting, metalwork, nature studies, paper arts, photography, storytelling, weaving and writing. The school provides optional afternoon and evening activities, such as dances, concerts, blacksmith demonstrations, poetry readings, yoga or chair massages. Students must be at least 18 years old.
The Penland School of Crafts in Penland, North Carolina offers craft education in the Blue Ridge Mountains region. More than 1,000 students participate in classes each year. Studio artists and professional instructors lead workshops in topics that focus on crafting with materials such as books and paper, clay, glass, iron, textile and wood. Other workshops include drawing, painting, printmaking and photography. The school offers 98 one- or two-week-long classes in the summer and eight-week concentrated sessions in the spring and fall. Housing and meals are included. Students must be at least 18 years old.
Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Folk Arts Cultural Treasures Charter School offers children an education with a strong focus on folk arts. This public, community-oriented charter school serves more than 400 students from kindergarten through eighth grade. The school's curriculum emphasizes folk arts, cultures and languages from around the world. Artists-in-residence may range from African storytellers to Tibetan sand artists.