December 30, 2021
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November 3, 2021
Give to the Max!
November has been a month of organized charitable giving in Minnesota since 2009, when ‘Give to the Max Day‘ began. We’re thrilled to join the fun of Give to the Max this year! The folk school started as a great idea, and a labor of love. Tim Bates, Bryan French, and Carmel DeMaioribus have spentContinue Reading
October 5, 2021
Art: From Photos to Fabric
From Photos to Fabric Photo-Inspired Art Quilts by Helen Smith Stone This show runs through the month of October, 2021 Helen has been a quiltmaker for 40 years, generally making quilts designed by another person, or following a printed pattern. Influenced by many local and national artists she admires, Helen has had a burning desireContinue Reading
September 28, 2021
MEA Weekend Craft Camp!
During the Thursday and Friday (Oct 21 & 22) of Minnesota’s MEA weekend, the Duluth Folk School will be offering a Craft Camp for kids in the 3rd – 5th grades! Duluth Folk School’s Craft Camp provides campers with an opportunity to use new tools and materials to create their own take home projects! CraftsContinue Reading
September 7, 2021
Art: Neighborhood Youth Art Projects
Come celebrate the work of two youth art groups, Wednesday, September 8th, from 5:30-6:30pm. Kids from the Steve O’Neil Apartments and Damiano Kids’ Kitchen worked for eight weeks on art projects. There were over 30 people (12 families with youth, parents, staff and AmeriCorps Volunteers) from each organization who participated. The art camps focused onContinue Reading
August 19, 2021
Building a Canoe: Finished!
On our final day of canoe building, we cut the strings that held the ‘skin’ (ballistic nylon) in place, trimmed the skin back to the gunwales, and made a few other final, last minute clean ups. We took the canoe for a test paddle to make sure it floated (and yes, it floats!), and we’reContinue Reading
August 9, 2021
Building a Canoe, Day 10 (and 11)
After everyone’s COVID tests came back negative (phew!), we got back to work on the final parts of the canoe build, including sizing the fabric to the skeleton of the canoe, sewing everything up, and then applying the goop! Most of the final work was done on Friday, while Dennis from Urban Boatbuilders was stillContinue Reading
August 5, 2021
Building a Canoe, Day 9
Today certainly took a turn none of us were hoping for! One of the folks who has worked on the canoe over the past two weeks had a family member test positive for COVID. In an effort to be as safe as possible, we ended the youth-facing portion of the canoe build. We were sadContinue Reading
August 4, 2021