Gabriella Isaac
Gabriella lives on her family’s small farm in Stillwater and has grown seeds for their massive garden for over ten years. Keeping our land and waterways clean is a passion that has led her to stuff journals full of trash and treasures gathered from riverbanks, ditches, and rescued from the bin at her retail job.…
Read More...Alydia Downs
Alydia Downs is originally from Marine on Saint Croix and is happy to be back teaching locally. She completed her bachelor’s degree from UW-La Crosse in Art and Archaeology and will be completing her MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Blacksmithing and Metalsmithing after a semester in Sweden this coming fall. Alydia has shown…
Read More...Emma Crutcher
Emma Crutcher has always been fascinated by trash and is thrilled to make it her life’s work! Emma is a maker based in South Minneapolis working with waste plastic to create functional and beautiful items. She is the founder of Cool Trash, started in 2022 as an official label for her creative exploits. Cool Trash…
Read More...Kim Burnham
I strive to create functional art that is meant to be seen and used everyday. Creating my work brings me so much joy because I know that each piece will continue to share its beauty with the world. A platter will bring people together as it is passed around a table, a mug will offer…
Read More...Rosie Peters
Rosetta “Rosie” Peters is a poet, author, public speaker, storyteller, and activist. She is of Yankton, Crow Creek, and Oglala descent and is excited to be a part of the revitalization of her ancestral language, Dakota. Rosie is the recipient of a 2020 Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Support for Individuals grant and a 2021…
Read More...Intergenerational Learning takes Center Stage this Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day weekend 2024, the mission of Marine Mills Folk School will come to life through a variety of intergenerational class offerings.
Read More...Barbara McAfee
Barbara is a master voice coach, singer/songwriter, author and speaker. She is the author of Full Voice: The Art and Practice of Vocal Presence and has eight CDs of mostly original music. In 2007, she founded the Morning Star Singers, a volunteer comfort choir that sings for people facing illness, end of life, depression, or grief. Learn more at…
Read More...Carrie Katzenmeyer
Carrie Katzenmeyer is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation and a Norwegian mixed artist living locally in Minnesota. Carrie is painting for storytelling and fun. She is a lover of animals, the environment and old houses.
Read More...How to Build Community
Laurelei Creuzer teaches Pysanky-Ukrainian Egg Dyeing at Marine Mills Folk School. Here are her tips for building community.
Read More...Gemma Lockrem
Gemma is a culinary expert with a passion for tea and baking. She previously had her own tea business and has had years of experience honing her baking skills and increasing her baking knowledge through teaching and baking demonstrating. Her greatest interest now is in sharing her expertise through teaching classes in these areas. She will give you…
Read More...Cathryn Peters
Cathryn Peters, based in Hudson, WI, has been teaching chair caning and basketry for over 40 years across the country at basketry conventions, folk schools, woodworking schools and online. Peters enjoys passing on these heritage crafts and loves watching the creative juices flow with students in her classes. Cathryn is a founding member and two-term…
Read More...Woodcarver’s Corner
Woodcarvers can supplement their craft and find a wide variety of books through the Washington County Library system.
Read More...Kay Anderson
“After spending years in the software consulting world using my creativity to build software solutions for my clients, I decided to retire. Then there was Covid. I decided I needed to make changes in my life. I bought a dog – a Siberian Husky full of life– and I learned to paint. I fell in love with alcohol…
Read More...Tina Green Krause
“I started my woodcraft journey in 2017, fueled by a desire to learn and create handmade, functional, beautiful objects that I could make for my home. There are so many ways craft and creating has made my life richer. I am grateful to have the opportunity to share what I know, be connected and inspired…
Read More...Jane Grant-Abban
“Through both my paintings and therapeutic art workshops and retreats, my goal is to help others experience the joy and wonder of creating with child-like freedom,” Jane says. “For many adults that inner child may have gone unnoticed and unexpressed for many years. I want to re-awaken that child within because it is an essential part of…
Read More...Carol Stec
Carol is a lifelong crafter. She learned to sew, knit, and crochet as a child and has shared her knowledgewith fortunate co-workers and friends for decades. In addition, Carol has developed and constructed herown patterns in all three categories. She has found her background in health care to be beneficial inteaching, as it cultivated patience,…
Read More...Wesley Hathaway
Wesley grew up in Indiana where being creative was always encouraged, whether it was playing an instrument, drawing, or just cutting up popsicle sticks. Wesley spent 6 years in the United States Air Force which is how he stumbled upon a folk school in Fairbanks, Alaska and got exposed to craft back in 2017. Wesley…
Read More...Tasha Hock
Tasha Hock is passionate about textiles—their history, their role in contemporary lives, and how they connect us to one another. She’s relentlessly curious and loves learning about people and what is most important to them. She believes that what we do and how we choose to do it matters; that art is not an elite…
Read More...Monthly Fix-it Clinic to Start at Osceola Senior Center
Dare to Repair is headed to Osceola as volunteers seek to seed the clinic in that community.
Read More...Jaime Souza
Jaime Souza has 20 years of teaching experience in the great outdoors. She has worked for incredible organizations, such as the Wild Rivers Conservancy of the St. Croix and Namekagon Rivers, Osprey Wilds, and the Tahoe Rim Trail Association, leading a variety of nature-based adventures, classes, programs, and workshops for people of all ages. In…
Read More...Steve Van Houten
Steve is a semiretired engineer with a longtime involvement in folk and bluegrass music. He wasa longtime member and volunteer with the Minnesota Bluegrass Association as well asan enthusiastic jammer and sometime performer. He is not a published or recorded songwriterbut says his music has been well-received.
Read More...Pam Heaton
Pam has been teaching as a certified clogging instructor, locally, for 25 years! “It is my passion and I love sharing this traditional American dance with anyone willing to give it a try. I love that it is an activity that all ages can participate in together. It is great fun and great exercise, mentally…
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