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Sixteen Spring Workshops

We’ve just finished uploading all Spring 2020 workshop descriptions to the Penland website, which means that a full year of workshops is available for your browsing pleasure! Take a look at all our upcoming offerings here.

Spring and fall at Penland both offer students two very different options: focused, immersive one-week sessions that delve into a particular skill or technique, and expansive, eight-week sessions known as concentrations that allow artists of all levels to cover a lot of ground in the studio.

Here’s a taste of the concentrations we’ll be offering next March 8 – May 1, 2020 for those who want to go deep in the studio:

  • Clay – Parts Unknown with Jenny Mendes
  • Glass – Intentions & Innovations with Dan Mirer
  • Iron – Attention to Detail with Andrew Dohner
  • Metals – Wunderkammer with Suzanne Pugh
  • Photo – Processing Process with Mercedes Jelinek
  • Letterpress – Print/Process/Production with Jamie Karolich
  • Textiles – Following Threads: Trusting Tangents with Hillary Waters Fayle
Students in Annie Evelyn’s Spring 2019 woodworking concentration pose with some of their chairs at the session’s final Show and Tell.

And, for those who want the Penland experience in shorter bursts, we’re excited to share these one-week offerings:

  • Glass – Ebb & Flow with Ben Elliott
  • Textiles – Handweaving: Foundations & Exploration with Amanda Thatch
  • Printmaking – Word & Image with Stuart Kestenbaum and Susan Webster
  • Paper – Paper of Place with Frank Brannon
  • Textiles – Felt & Straw Hats: Traditional Blocked & Freeform with Wayne Wichern
  • Wood – The Art of the Bandsaw Box with Jenna Goldberg
  • Books – Bookstone Bookwork Woodwork with Daniel Essig
  • Clay – Don’t Hate, Decorate! with Kurt Anderson
  • Wood – Creating Stringed Instruments with Beth Ireland & Keunho Peter Park

Registration for each of the above workshops opens on Wednesday, May 15 at 10 AM Eastern time. Students will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Scholarships are available for all eight-week concentrations. Scholarship applications are due by June 15 for fall workshops and November 28 for spring workshops. Beginners and advanced students alike are encouraged to apply!