August 27        10am-12:00pm

Ages 6-13   

Class max:  8

You start with a pumpkin. Select and gather your favorite paint colors. Then Ms Val will show you how to make magic happen!!

Register the child. (Each registration includes one pumpkin and includes one adult to come along for free as an assistant to make one pumpkin. No need to have the adult's name.) 

However, if the adult wants to make a pumpkin, too, please register and pay for another registration so Ms. Val knows how many pumpkins to bring along. 

You'll create an adorable, unique Fall decoration!   And, don't worry - because the pumpkins aren't "real" pumpkins, your lovely work will last a long time! 

Snack and juice will be provided as well as all the supplies for the class.

Be sure to wear painting clothes, it could get messy!

Use the PROMO CODE sent to Grayling students by the school to reduce the cost.  Enter it on the final payment page in the upper right.  Contact the school or the Artisan Village Gallery.

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.

Saturday, Oct. 18 from 10:30-3:30

Ages 12+  Family and friend groups welcome

Min 3        Max 6

Fun with Broom Making

Dive into broom making by building several types of handmade brooms. Watch your skills and broom collection grow with each project. Use the lovely brooms you make as decorations, gifts, cleaning tools, or just as a beautiful display!

You will be making: 

• a 10”-12” whisk broom ( pictured at right ) will teach you the fundamentals of broom making.
• a hearth broom which teaches you how to build a broom on a handle. A hearth broom is built on a short handle with 18” broom corn.
• a turkey wing broom that uses an amazing way to show off your new skills. They are about 16” finished size.

Experienced folk teacher Nancy Binkowski will be conducting this introductory broom making workshop. What fun we will have!

All materials included in registration fee.

Nancy Binkowski of Wilder Creek Workshop, began her broom making career more than 10 years ago. Since then, her love for teaching and her joy of broom making have grown together and now she teaches at a growing list of festivals, private events and school and more. Recently, her work is being used at Fort Ticonderoga, NY which is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Her latest teaching assignments include teaching at Michigan Folk School and assistant teaching at John C. Campbel Folk School, in North Carolina.

Her lighthearted approach to teaching ensures every session is enjoyable for all participants. It fills her heart with happiness when her students comment on how much fun they have had in her workshops.

For more information: To contact Nancy Binkowski wildercreekworkshop@gmail.com 616-318-3960 www.wildercreekworkshop.com

Disclaimers:

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.