February 7-9 Spirit of the Buffalo Powwow Auburndale, FL Primitive skills demonstration, retail basket, jewelry & stone sales, and educational fun for all ages! https://spiritofthebuffalopowwow.com/
February 28-March 2 Thundering Spirit Powwow Mt Dora, FL primitive skills demonstration, retail basket, jewelry & stone sales, and educational fun for all ages! https://thunderingspiritfamily.com/
March 13 Creative Arts Guild Dalton, GA Educational demonstration of flintknapping, bark basketry and other primitive skills. https://creativeartsguild.org
March 15 Creative Arts Guild Dalton, GA Introduction to Flintknapping workshop Come learn the ancient art of creating stone tools known as flintknapping. Students will be given a large piece of stone and, using a smooth cobble as a hammerstone, shown how to remove a “flake”, or small piece. Next, they will be given a pressure flaker tool and instructed how to thin and shape their flakes into a finished arrowhead. Each student will have the opportunity to create several projectile points, and they will take home their finished pieces and the pressure flaker, as well as several additional flakes to complete on their own. Safety equipment such as gloves and eye protection will be provided. 18+. No prior knowledge of or experience with flintknapping is necessary. https://creativeartsguild.org/
April 12 Gallery 441 Dillard, GA Build-A-Basket Workshop Students will be given a pre-removed, folded and dried poplar bark basket 'preform.' Students will use this preform to construct a basket (attach handle, rim supports, etc.), and have the opportunity to add various embellishments. Each student will take home their completed basket. No prior knowledge of or experience with basketry is necessary. $40/student, 1pm-4pm. https://www.facebook.com/gallery441intheheartofdillard/
May 2 Cowee School Arts and Heritage Center Franklin, NC Folded Bark Basket Workshop Learn how to remove, fold, & begin to dry a piece of bark. Students will take this unfinished piece and other supplies home to complete on their own, after the bark has dried. Students will also be supplied with a pre-dried folded bark basket to embellish with handle, rims, feathers, etc. https://www.coweeschool.org/
May 3 Cowee School Arts and Heritage Center Franklin, NC Folded Bark Basket Workshop Learn how to remove, fold, & begin to dry a piece of bark. Students will take this unfinished piece and other supplies home to complete on their own, after the bark has dried. Students will also be supplied with a pre-dried folded bark basket to embellish with handle, rims, feathers, etc. https://www.coweeschool.org/
May 15 Archaeology Homeschool Day Chief Vann House Historic Site Chatsworth, GA Demonstration of primitive skills to site guests, including folded bark basketry, flintknapping, cordage and pine pitch glue. https://explore.gastateparks.org/info/309155?c=31289957
May 16 Folded Bark Basket Workshop Funk Heritage Center Waleska, GA Students will be instructed in how to remove, fold and begin to dry a piece of bark. They will take this unfinished basket and other supplies home to complete on their own. Next, students will be provided a pre-removed, folded and dried poplar bark basket. They will use the preform to construct a basket (attach handle, rim supports, etc.), and have the opportunity to add various embellishments. Each student will take home their completed basket. funkheritagecenter.org/
May 18 Desoto State Park Ft. Payne, AL Cordage & Pitch Glue Workshop Part I is cordage, in which students will learn how to refine the leaves and stalks from various plant species in order to expose the fibers. Next, students will be taught the reverse-twist method of creating actual cordage. Part II is making pine-pitch glue, where students are provided three ingredients: charcoal, dried plant matter and pine sap. Each student will take home several ‘pitch sticks’ made in the workshop. The workshop will culminate in students using their glue and cordage to haft a projectile point onto a river cane handle. https://reserve.alapark.com/register/DSP-SSS-PrimitiveCordage?_gl=1*1yjf2x1*_ga*MTgzNDMyMzg0OS4xNzM4MDc5MDAz*_ga_BBJMJ1PBB0*MTczODA3OTAwMi4xLjEuMTczODA3OTM2OC42MC4wLjA
May 30-June1 John C. Campbell Folk School Brasstown, NC Learn how to remove, fold, & begin to dry a piece of bark. Students will take this unfinished piece and other supplies home to complete on their own, after the bark has dried. Students will also be supplied with a pre-dried folded bark basket to embellish with a handle, rims, feathers, etc. folkschool.configio.com/pd/2916
June 7 Folkmoot USA Building B, 112 Virginia Avenue Waynesville, NC 28786 Folded Basket Workshop 10am-4pm $90/person Learn how to remove, fold, & begin to dry a piece of bark. Students will take this unfinished piece and other supplies home to complete on their own, after the bark has dried. Students will also be supplied with a pre-dried folded bark basket to embellish with a handle, rims, feathers, etc. Class size is limited to 8, and ages 18+. To register: Choose your preferred method of payment; for CashApp, Venmo and PayPal, search primitivearts. For Zelle, search Andrew Lee or 706.978.1203. Also, see theprimitivearts.com/purchase-options.html After The Primitive Arts has received your payment confirmation, we will send you a workshop reservation. Please direct all questions to: andrew@theprimitivearts.com
June 21 Burritt Folk School Huntsville, AL Folded Basket Workshop Learn how to remove, fold, & begin to dry a piece of bark. Students will take this unfinished piece and other supplies home to complete on their own, after the bark has dried. Students will also be supplied with a pre-dried folded bark basket to embellish with a handle, rims, feathers, etc. https://burrittonthemountain.com/event/textile-arts-folded-bark-baskets-2/
August 9-10 Shelton House Blue Ridge Heritage Weekend Waynesville, NC Primitive skills demonstration, retail basket, jewelry & stone sales, and educational fun for all ages!
October 4-5 John C. Campbell Folk School Fall Festival Brasstown, NC Folded bark basket demonstration, retail basket & stone sales, and educational fun for all ages!
October 25 Smoky Mountain Bluegrass Festival Maggie Valley, NC Folded bark basket demonstration, retail basket & stone sales, and educational fun for all ages! haywoodarts.org/smoky-mountains-bluegrass-festival/