Workshops

2025 Workshops

Touchstone Center for Crafts workshops offer a range of creative experiences for all skill levels, from beginners to advanced makers. Explore 5-day immersive workshops, community classes, and kids’ programming, or try something new with a date night or a Try-It mini workshop. Discover hands-on learning in blacksmithing, ceramics, drawing & painting, glass, metals & jewelry, and other special topics, all taught by expert artists in a supportive studio environment.

Teen Week

JULY 7-11 | 5-DAYS (MONDAY-FRIDAY)
AGES 14-17
PLEASE NOTE: While Teen Week was previously listed as ending on Thursday, we’re confirming that the schedule includes Friday as well.

Sharif Bey with Teen Week 2023 participants

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May 7 - 28
2025 Community Class: Introduction to Blacksmithing
$250 Tuition (Includes Materials)
Date Night Collage
May 23
Date Night (May 23): Blacksmithing
$65 Blacksmithing
Jun 16 - 20
Entwined: Botanical Studies with a Focus on Connections w/ Leslie Tharp
$720 Member Tuition
$750 Non-Member Tuition
Jun 21
2025 Blacksmithing for Kids (1-Day Workshop): Ages 11-13
$65 Per Child Tuition: Ages 11-13
Jun 23 - 27
Eastern Chef Knife w/ Nick Rossi
$720 Member Tuition
$750 Non-Member Tuition
Date Night Collage
Jun 27
Date Night (June 27): Blacksmithing
$65 Blacksmithing
Jul 14 - 18
Stone to Steel: Bloomery Smelting 101 w/ Andrew Welton
$720 Member Tuition
$750 Non-Member Tuition
Jul 21 - 25
Damascus Rings w/ Robert Burns
$720 Member Tuition
$750 Non-Member Tuition
Jul 28 - Aug 1
ABANA Level I Instructor Intensive w/ Victoria Ritter & Becky Schimpff
$720 Member Tuition
$750 Non-Member Tuition
Aug 4 - 8
Forging a Viking-Era Axe w/ Jordan Borstelmann
$720 Member Tuition
$750 Non-Member Tuition
Aug 4 - 8
Foraging for Forms w/ Anne Bujold
$720 Member Tuition
$750 Non-Member Tuition
Aug 11 - 15
Whitesmithing: Beyond the Scale w/ Addison DeLisle
$720 Member Tuition
$750 Non-Member Tuition
Aug 18 - 22
Weld It Up! w/ Sophie Glenn
$720 Member Tuition
$750 Non-Member Tuition
Aug 25 - 29
Raising Copper, Japanese Style w/ Glen Gardner
$720 Member Tuition
$750 Non-Member Tuition
Date Night Collage
Aug 29
Date Night (August 29): Blacksmithing
$65 Blacksmithing
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Sep 13
2025 Try It! (Saturday, September 13): Blacksmithing
$150 Blacksmithing
Date Night Collage
Sep 26
Date Night (September 26): Blacksmithing
$65 Blacksmithing
Date Night (October 7): Blacksmithing
$65 Blacksmithing

Register in advance to guarantee your participation in a workshop.

Workshop enrollment is first-come, first-served, and many fill quickly with waitlists months in advance. Register as early as possible to secure your spot and allow time for planning and materials. Workshops are confirmed or canceled 14 days in advance, based primarily on participant registration.

  • All workshop participants must be at least 18 years of age, unless otherwise noted.
  • A processing fee of $25 will be added to 2-5 day onsite workshops and community wood firings. 
  • Materials and studio fees are separate from tuition fees and are to be paid in full once finalized (typically two weeks prior to the workshop).

To view a full listing of the Terms and Conditions as part of your enrollment, click here. Please review our updated Health & Safety Guidelines* and Cancellation Policy* prior to registering for any workshop.

*Subject to change based on health regulations and best practices. Registered participants will be notified if changes are made.


Touchstone Center for Crafts prohibits discrimination in employment, educational programs, and activities on the basis of race, national origin, color, creed, religion, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or association preference. Touchstone Center for Crafts also affirms its commitment to providing equal opportunities and equal access to its facilities and programming.