The Folk School, What is that?

When people talk about The Folk School, the typical response is, huh, what is that? or Is this here? What do they do? Is it a charter school ? Well, in reality, It’s a collective that teaches lots of arts, traditional crafts, outdoor skills of all kinds, building and crafting skills such as carpentry, blacksmithing, tool maintenance, etc. to people of all ages.  A place like a folk school provides a venue to share what you know and pass lifetimes of knowledge through generations. The Folk School is an incredible Fairbanks institution, full of really friendly, talented people from a broad range of backgrounds, They have been around for over 25 years! The Folk School offers classes and programs for all ages in a wide variety of hands-on disciplines including: traditional crafts, woodworking, fiber arts, boat building, wilderness skills, visual arts, music, farming, gardening, food preservation, log construction, and so much more! Folk School is open year around, one of the foundational programs of The Folk School is Week in the Woods. This program stemmed from the idea that it is important to know the context of the materials we use in craft. Rather than make an object from materials you purchase in a store, it is far more informative and fun to harvest the materials yourself. Check them out!  They are located in Fairbanks, Alaska in the Alaskaland park, Cabin 66. You probably have walked by it many times. Look them up on their website https://folkschool You will be amazed at the good woirk they do!