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Youth Arts Festival
After a break due to COVID restrictions and extensive construction next door to our studios, we are thrilled to announce that we will continue our tradition of a Youth Arts Festival! This festival is a day dedicated to demonstrating art and letting local children get their hands dirty making art. All the artists at the festival enjoy helping children to create their own works of art.
One of the one-day festival is the Green Energy Park 'Trash Dragon,' a gargantuan costume created and built by local artists totally out of trash. Timm Muth, Director of the Green Energy Park, said, "it's fun and educational when children can see something beautiful being created out of stuff that people throw away."
Autism Spectrum Disorder Classes
We are honored to offer free blacksmithing classes to both children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder in conjunction with Full Spectrum Farms. In the past, students have made magic wands, hooks or pendants made of metal. We are grateful for the opportunity to host these classes and will continue to offer them once a month.
Please see a write-up from the Sylva Herald: Metalworking series offered for those with ASD | News | thesylvaherald.com