Join us May 6, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for Friends & Family Day!
Kids and adults of all ages are invited to join us for a fun-filled day of hands-on craft, music, and dance activities. Discover all the Folk School has to offer with tours of our studios, demonstrations, and the chance to make something new.
We hope you’ll join us for a fun day at the Folk School! Tour our open studios, participate in hands-on making, watch demonstrations, enjoy music & dance performances, savor local food, and learn all about the Folk School. You won’t want to miss this day full of energy, creativity, and excitement.
Cooking Studio
Cooking: Cookie Decorating
Wet Room
Felt Making: Felted Soap
Open House
Nature Studies: Potting up Pollinator Plants
Blacksmith Shop
Blacksmithing Demonstrations
Music Studio
11 a.m. and 2 p.m. – Music: Learn a Song and Chords on the Ukulele
*The Folk School will provide ukuleles, and students can take them home!
Weaving Studio
Weaving: Drinking-Straw Loom Weaving
Quilting Studio
Quilting: Quilt Squares
Clay Studio
Clay: Hand build pinch a pot or an animal sculpture. See demonstrations of Raku firing & wheel throwing
Woodcarving Studio
Woodcarving: Hearts with the Brasstown Carvers from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. followed by live demonstrations
Jewelry Studio
Jewelry: Textured Pendant
Rock Room
Basketry: Weave A Daisy
Woodworking Studio
Woodworking: Build a Bee House
Woodturning Studio
Woodturning: Spinning Tops
Painting Studio
Painting: Watercolor
Book & Paper Studio
Marbling: Artful Papers
Keith House Living Room
Information
Keith House Community Room
Music, Dancing & Storytelling
History Center
Folk School History
Craft Shop
Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Live oil paint demo from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Visit the Craft Shop all day to enter our raffle, featuring fine art and craft items from instructors and local artists.
Keith House Loop
Food Vendors, Music & Dance, First Aid
Hansen’s Tasty Tacos
Tacos
Smoky Mountain BBQ
BBQ
Frank/Granieris
Hot Dog Cart
Heyman Kettle Corn
Kettle Corn
Black Stagg Coffee
Coffee
11:00 a.m.
Children’s Stories with Mountain Area Storytellers
12:00 p.m.
Folk School Junior Appalachian Musicians Performance
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Julie Nelms & Sonny Reighard
2:00 p.m.
Ghost Stories with Mountain Area Storytellers
3:00 p.m.
Tall Tales with Mountain Area Storytellers
3:30 p.m.
Folk School Cloggers Performance
3:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Morris Dancers Perform
We had a wonderful time at our first-ever Friends & Family Day on May 11! Community members of all ages toured our open studios, participated in hands-on making, watched demonstrations, enjoyed music & dance performances, savored local food, and learned all about the Folk School.
Please contact our Programming Department for more information around Friends and Family Day
1.800.FOLK.SCH (365-5724)
Mailing Address
One Folk School Road
Brasstown, NC 28902
