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Little Middle Classes
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All 2025 Classes
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Celebrating 100 years of Singing
Behind the Plow!

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Bridging & Bonding

Read Story & Watch Presentations

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Keeping a Legacy in Tune: Dance Musicians’ Week Welcomes Scholarship Students

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Winter 2025 Online Classes
Now Available

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Tuition Discounts For Active Military & Veterans, Locals, Young Adults,
and Teachers

Folkschool Landscape

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Online or In-person

Come Explore the
Craft Shop

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Hands-on community workshops located in downtown Murphy, NC

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Craft. Community. Create.

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Located in Brasstown, NC, the Folk School offers year-round weeklong and weekend classes for adults in craft, art, music, dance, and more.

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2025 Music & Dance events are back outside at the Folk School this season!

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April 28, 2025

2025 Music & Dance events are back outside at the Folk School this season!

For 100 years people have...

Spring 2025 Appeal Goal Reached

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May 14, 2025

Spring 2025 Appeal Goal Reached

We have reached our 2025...

From Inspiration to Creation: Butler and Campbell's European Quest for Folk Education

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April 30, 2025

From Inspiration to Creation: Butler and Campbell’s European Quest for Folk Education

Olive Dame Campbell and Marguerite...

Cultivating Creativity with Jason Ebinger

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April 28, 2025

Cultivating Creativity with Jason Ebinger

Jason Ebinger in the garden....

Tilling Though Time: A Garden Retrospective

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April 28, 2025

Tilling Though Time: A Garden Retrospective

Olive Dame Campbell working, 1945....

2025 Empty Bowls at the Folk School Supports Food Banks in Clay and Cherokee Counties

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April 15, 2025

2025 Empty Bowls at the Folk School Supports Food Banks in Clay and Cherokee Counties

Folk School staff, presented a...

Support our Spring Appeal: Connect Students Across Generations

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April 7, 2025

Support our Spring Appeal: Connect Students Across Generations

In 2021, the North Carolina...

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Who We Are

Tucked away in the mountains of western North Carolina, the John C. Campbell Folk School offers weeklong and weekend classes for adults in craft, art, music, dance, cooking, gardening, nature studies, photography, writing, and more. Our non-competitive and small-sized classes are offered year-round on a scenic 270-acre campus, attracting students from all over the world.