First, GRATITUDE. For the changing season, the rain, you folks who registered for a class, attended a Spoon Jam or Fiber Jam, celebrated tarweed (the plant) with us at the Tarweed Awakening festival, and shared our excitement for gathering and learning together.
We still have space in some fall classes (including a few new openings in previously sold out classes). Our full list of fall classes follows, as well as information on upcoming free community events, no registration required!
Summer is soon coming to a close and tarweed plants all over town are going to seed, marking another season of blooms come and gone! While the folk school is taking a break from hosting classes in August, we turn to the autumnal months and announce that our fall 2026 classes are open for registration! This session, we welcome 6 new teachers and 18 new classes, along with some returning favorites. Read on to view our offerings, register, and explore new skills in woodworking, fiber arts, foods, natural dyes, basketry, and more!
This time of year, in the morning and again late in the day, tarweed is blooming. Folk schooling is feeling that way too! We see students with their pack baskets at farmers markets, on the hiking trails looking for lichens and dye plants, and folk school friends convening all over town. Most recently, we saw many friends during Corvallis' annual Open Streets festival!
Read more to find a class update (fall classes will be released soon), a dispatch from Fiber Jam monthly meetup, and a few upcoming community events that we wanted to share.
