Craft Night Series 2026

Welcome all craft interested folks! Meet our extraordinary instructors and learn about their craft and work through slideshows, exhibitions, and demonstrations. 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

April 30 Drink Up! Norwegian Ale Hens slideshow with Mike Loeffler

May 15 Baskets in Lichtenfels: International Basket Festival slideshow with Jarrod Dahl

June 3 So Many Scandinavian Baskets! slideshow & splint making demonstration with Jarrod Dahl

June 12 Turning Flax into Cloth presentation & demonstration with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl. Watch or take part in the processes of making flax plants into fiber, thread and cloth.

July 9 Japanese Textile Travels presentation with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl. A show and tell of textiles and photos from three trips to Japan.

July 16 All Blue: Japanese Indigo Dyeing Experience with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl. Watch or try out dyeing in a sukumo indigo vat. Registration is required to participate in dyeing, as space is limited. Register here.

July 31 Latin American Textile Travels presentation with Louise Young. A show and tell from Louise’s amazing textile collection and talk about her travels to Guatemala and beyond.

August 7 Urban Woodsman: Wood Carving in Detroit presentation with Joey Traynor.

August 13 Scandinavian Wood Carving Traditions & Travels presentation with Alex Yerks. Alex will give a slideshow about his recent travels as an ASF grant recipient.

August 20 Turned Round: Museum Collections presentation with Derek Brabender. Derek will present a slideshow about his recent wooden treen research.

August 28 Lively Baskets presentation with Emily Dirke on willow basketry.

September 4 Our Wooden Spoon Collection presentation with Jarrod Dahl. The Wooden Spoon Drawer Exhibition & Talk.