CLASSES
The Folk School of Fairbanks offers a variety of year round and seasonal classes.
Please check our events calendar or our upcoming classes regularly to see current classes we are offering.
The Folk School offers classes in many hands-on disciplines, including:
- Woodworking and Carving (view a photo documentary of a Greenwood Chair Building class)
- Basket Weaving and Bark Arts
- Wilderness and Homesteading Skills
- Fiber Arts
- Bone, Antler, & Skin Work
- Boat Building (view photo documentaries of a Chaisson 10′ Dory class, a Skin-on-Frame Boat Building class, and a Birch Bark Canoe Building class)
- Food Preparation & Preservation
- Gardening
- Music
- Visual Arts
- Boreal Forest Studies
- Log Construction (view full report from our 2020 Log Cabin Construction class.)
- Home Maintenance
- And More!
By definition a Folk School responds to the needs of the community.
If you have suggestions of classes you would like to see offered, please contact us!