Tarweed Folk School

🙌 What an amazing weekend of September classes!! 🙌

🌾 Folks learned how to weave baskets, carve spoons, make acorn flour, fix their bikes, woodwork, and more!

🍕We had so much fun at our pizza potluck too, sharing what we learned and connecting with new friends over yummy wood-fired pizza.

🌿 We want to thank everyone who participated in a class, as a teacher, learner, or pizza eater!

🌼 Read our latest newsletter (link in bio) where we celebrate our successful September class weekend and feature upcoming community-led opportunities from our community calendar!

The countdown is on!⏳Only THREE days until our September classes and we can’t wait 🥳

📝Teachers and Steering Committee members are hard at work this week preparing all the last-minute details and logistics for our upcoming weekend of classes!

🍕If you are taking a class with us this weekend, you should have recieved an invitation to our Saturday pizza potluck in your email inbox. Please RSVP by tonight if you can make it!

Looking forward to learning, tending and building community with you 🌼

‼️Two spaces opened up in our Willow and Mixed Bark Basketry class ‼️

🧺 Learn the basics of willow and mixed bark basketry in a series of simple styles using local colorful weaving materials such as cherry, willow, and other garden barks.

📆 This class can either be taken as a one-day or two-day session, September 28th and 29th.

☝️The one-day session includes materials and time to create a small basket or cover for a water bottle or drinking jar. 
 
✌️The two-day session includes materials and time to create a larger weaving project, such as a woven backpack or large basket.

Link in bio to learn more and register 🌼

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If you’re subscribed to our mailing list, head to your email to read our latest newsletter! 👀

Not on the mailing list yet? Subscribe today through the form on our website! 💌

Our newsletters are posted in both our instagram bio and our website’s news page too 😉

Interested in a scholarship? ⬇️

🌱 Tarweed Folk School believes in removing barriers and bringing Folk School to all!

🖇️ We reserve spaces in every class for scholarship students and award these scholarships, no questions asked. We grant full and half tuition awards; these scholarships do not apply to class materials fees, which are paid separately.

We still have scholarship spaces available, please email [email protected] to learn more and register for an upcoming class 🌼

🚲 We are so happy to partner with folks from to bring you a home bike repair class this September! 🚲

⚙️ This three-hour course will cover basic maintenance and repair, with focus on shifting adjustment as this is an area folks find intimidating.

🛠️ Please bring your bike to the class if you have one, and come learn how to fix it!

Register today by clicking the link in our bio 🌼

🍁 Fall classes are only three weeks away! 🍁

🍐 We hope your summer harvests are bountiful and that you are enjoying this fruitful time of year!

📌We are looking forward to hosting students for a weekend of one-day and multi-day classes on basketry, woodworking, bicycle repair, ecological knowledge, and more on September 28th and 29th.
 
🍄‍🟫 It is not too late to sign up for a class! Flip through this post to see which classes still have space available. Waitlists are also open, so just email us to get notified if spots opens up in a class that is full!

🌿 We also reserved spaces in every class for scholarship recipients, so reach out to learn more about availability and logistics.

Learn more and register for a class through the link in our bio 🌼

🍁 Guess what… September class registration opens TOMORROW!! 🍁

We’re excited to woodwork, weave, deepen our connection with the land and learn with you in this LAST weekend of 2024 classes!

You’ll be able to discover and register for our September classes through our website linked in our bio 👀🌼

Feeling so grateful 🫶

🌱 For our wonderful organization partners among others,

✏️ For our local educators, craftspeople, scientists, tradespeople, small business owners, and members of our Willamette Valley communities that teach with us,

🌲 For the land we tend,

🌀For our amazing community,

🧡 For YOU!

Thank you for your support in this journey, we look forward to tending to the land, ourselves, and each other through the sharing of practical arts and place-based skills in the heart of the Willamette Valley with you 🌼

Thank you for a great weekend of July classes! ☀️🌾

🧺 From basketry to blacksmithing, eco-printing to earthen ovens, there was a class for everyone.

🌿 We are grateful to our community and the support that we have received from you in our 2024 season thus far!

🌼 Follow the link in our bio to read our latest newsletter!

Pictured: Jaci Guerena teaching Cultivating Reciprocity with Medicinal Plants for Mutual Benefit (July, 2024)

We are gearing up for a weekend of bounty with our summer classes taking place this weekend across town. You can still sign up for classes, swipe or read below to see which classes have spaces left, then register on our website! 🙌

SATURDAY, JULY 20th
🌿 Cultivating Reciprocity with Medicinal Plants for Mutual Benefit - SPACE AVAILABLE!

SUNDAY, JULY 21st
🔥 Sticks and Fire: Traditional Fire Science and the Values of Cultural Burning - SPACE AVAILABLE!
🪡 Needle Felting - SPACE AVAILABLE!
🧱 Build a Mud Oven in a Day - 3 SPOTS AVAILABLE!
🌽 Pupusas, Curtido and Salsa Tomato from Scratch - 1 SPOTS AVAILABLE!

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JULY 20th & 21st
🏺Clay: Marks, Methods, M’History - SPACE AVAILABLE!
🧺 Cedar Bark Weaving: Bark to Basket - 3 SPOTS AVAILABLE!

We reserve spaces in every class for scholarship students and award these scholarships, no questions asked. If you need a scholarship, please email [email protected] to register 🌼

July class 〰️ Clay: Marks, Methods, M’History 🪨🏺

🌀 If you have tended to feel drawn to the medium of clay but have not found many classes that speak to your “out of the box” curiosities in exploring the medium, this may tickle your creative reserves.

🔹 Students will explore finding their creativity process through handwork with clay, using writing/verbal prompts, and engaging in a conversation with the material without the expectation of a finished object.

🌼 Click the link in our bio to learn more!

July class 〰️ Needle Felting 🪡🐑

🦙 Do you love natural fibers? Have you ever wanted to learn how to needle felt? Come explore working with wool batting and roving, and some other fibers as well!

🌼 Click the link in our bio to register today!

🗣️ “I just wanted to extend my gratitude for teaching the broom making workshop. I have since gathered some friends and taught them how to make a hand broom and everyone was excited about this new skill!”

🌾 Thanks Dorothy for joining us and sharing your new skills at home with your community. That is the BEST way to build up our local culture!

🌼 Want to take a class and learn with us? July classes are live on our website!

July class 〰️ Sticks & Fire: Traditional Fire Science & the Values of Cultural Burning 🔥

🪵 This class is a hands-on exploration of traditional materials, fire-starting and fire-carrying tools and techniques. Students will learn about the importance of good fire and cultural burning in Tribal and Indigenous communities, as well as its role in a healthy and abundant ecosystem.

🌼 Click the link in our bio to register today!

July classes are live for registration!! 🎉👇🏻

Our second weekend of 2024 classes is coming up July 20th & 21st, with an exciting lineup of twelve classes! Full and partial tuition scholarships are available upon request, and remember that students and their families will also be invited to a pizza potluck the Saturday evening of classes. We hope you’ll join us!

Click the link in our bio to save your spot 🌼

Registration is still open for classes this weekend! We wanted to offer a special shoutout for Deb Curtis' Birch Bark Cylinder class this Sunday 9am - 4pm, located at the beautiful Bald Hill Farm class (a great class for the amazing mom in your life!). Learn a contemporary style of working with bark harvested from a birch tree to make a stunning and utile vessel out of natural materials.

Scholarships are available, and we also have spaces left in a willow weaving and bird watching class--check 'em out on our website, tarweedfolkschool.com (link in bio as well).

We hope to see you there!

(Please note that student projects will be most similar to the cylinders depicted in the first photo.)

That’s right, our Spring classes are just over a week away! 🙌

🌱 Teachers are preparing materials, the Steering Committee is sorting out last minute logistics, and we are looking forward to hosting students for a full weekend of coursework—all with a focus of tending to the land, ourselves, and each other here in the Willamette Valley.
 
✏️ It is not too late to sign up for a class! Click the link in our bio to learn about some of our classes that still have openings, and remember that if a class is full you can always ask to join the waitlist. We also reserved spaces in every class for scholarship recipients, so reach out to learn more about availability and logistics.

We look forward to learning with you! 🌼

We had a great time tabling at the Northside Open Studio Tour today--thanks everyone who came out and to for hosting us!

is open again tomorrow 10-4, don't miss seeing what all these amazing artists have for sale! Plus, tomorrow we'll be tabling instead 's Earth Day Jubilee! Come say hello, pick up some herb starts, and enjoy spring and community in the valley :)

May 2024 class highlight: Willow Basket Weaving - Irish Creel 🪢🌿

🧺 Students will learn all the steps involved in the manufacture of an Irish Creel style willow basket. The weaving is a ground up process where the upright structural members are pushed into the ground and the basket is woven upside down and finished at the bottom. If students have time, handles can be added after the basket is removed from the ground.

Click the link in our bio to register today! 🌼

May 2024 class highlight: Wooden Stools 🛠️🪑

🪵 A two-day exploration of stool making, this class delves into the principles of attaching legs to a seat with wedged through tenons. This same technique can be applied to a variety of forms, such as chairs, benches, and stands of all shapes and sizes. A mix of hand and power tools will be used for this class, with a bit of comparison between the two.

Click the link in our bio to register today! 🌼