Craft Night Series 2026-27 All Craft Geeks Welcome!

Welcome all craft interested folks! Meet our extraordinary instructors and learn about their craft and work through presentations, demonstrations, and exhibitions. You don’t need to be signed up for a workshop to attend Craft Night. Students, their companions and families, Chequamegon Bay local residents, and people visiting the area from afar are all invited.

Join us for a shared meal before the presentation. We provide the soup, wooden plates, spoons, and bowls. We ask you to bring a tasty side dish and your preferred beverage.

Schedule
6pm Doors Open—sign-in when you arrive
6:30pm Shared Meal
7pm Instructor Presentation

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Topics are subject to change

NEXT CRAFT NIGHT:

November 12 What They Wore Historical Hand Sewing overview and hand made clothing Show & Tell with homesteader and historical sewer LeeAra Anglin

2027 CRAFT NIGHTS:

April 1 Craft on the Road van life and mobile wood shop geek session with Gabe Strand

April 29 Catching Lake Superior Fish in Wood wood carving geek session with Mike Loeffler

May ? Ornamental: Wood Carving & Tree Pruning geek session with arborist Joey Traynor

May 21 Handspun Cotton & Tamba-fu from Japan demonstration and show & tell with weaver and indigo dyer Jazmin Hicks-Dahl.

June 11 Saji Fest in Japan slideshow & spoon carving demonstration with craftsman Jarrod Dahl.

June 17 Turned Round: Museum Collections geek session with wood turner Derek Brabender.

June 24 A Heap of Baskets show & tell geek session with craftsman Jarrod Dahl.

July 7 Splitting & Shaving: Splints for Baskets demonstration & geek session with craftsman Jarrod Dahl.

July 12 Japanese Folk Textiles with weaver and indigo dyer Jazmin Hicks-Dahl. Shibori, katazome, kasuri, Tanba-fu, sakiori, zanshi, hemp, ramie, and handspun from the late 1800’s will all be on display.

August 4 Split Wood Basketry: From Appalachia to Japan geek session Special Guest, basket weaver, shepherd and cooper, Micah Wiles.

August 12 Wooden Drinking Vessels: Kuksarama geek session with wood carver Alex Yerks.

August 20 Basket Mini-Mysteries geek session with farmer and weaver Emily Derke on willow basketry.

August 22 The Handmade Chair geek session with chair maker Gabe Strand.

September 23 Stays Put: Historical Corsetry geek session with homesteader and historical sewer LeeAra Anglin