classes // workshops // events
FREE FOOD FRIDGE
Offered in solidarity, not charity! Everyone deserves access to healthy, fresh, local food — no questions asked. Take what you need and/or donate what you can.
BRIDGING DIVIDES DISCUSSION SERIES: Mental Health in the Arts (and in everything else!)
We will have a conversation with writers Michele Parker Randall, Gregory Amos, and Jumi Bellow about their experiences with mental health, their creative journeys in response to those experiences, and mental health as a spectrum which is experienced differently by all of us.
APPLEBARN TALKS: Adam Vander Tuig, Yvette White, Jumi Bello
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Lu Chekowsky, Gregory Amos, Kayleigh Woodward
Free and open to the public
BRIDGING DIVIDES DISCUSSION SERIES with the Uncertainty Academy: Data, Art, and Action
We will have a conversation with artist Tal Beery, scholar Joshua Moses, and this year’s Uncertainty Academy cohort. Science and art have at times been viewed as opposing forces, and at other times, as necessary and even intertwined allies.
APPLEBARN TALKS: Theresa-Xuan Bui, Jodi Ferrier, Margaret Wiss
Free and open to the public
TUESDAY BEGINNER MTB RIDES with Mark Nassan
Join us at Blueberry Hill Trails in Elizabethtown every Tuesday evening (weather permitting) for group mountain bike rides with local guru Mark Nassan. This is geared towards beginners but all levels are welcome for this fun, supportive, laid back group ride.
APPLEBARN TALKS: Sidney Hale, Susan Hutner, Muriel Luderowski
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Michelle Lizet Flores, Gaby Del Valle, Jake Sell Hicks
Free and open to the public
EMPTY BOWL, FULL HEART MAKERS DAYS IN THE CLAY STUDIO
Come join Craigardan and Empty Bowl Full Heart in creating bowls for the 2024 fundraiser to support local food pantries. No experience is necessary! This is a fun event for adults and teens 12 and older.
APPLEBARN TALKS: E. Caris Rosefield, Erynn Richardson, Sally Pirie
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Kyle Brumsted, Bodi-Yemisi Anton Babatola, Chelsea Dodds
Free and open to the public
ALUMNI WEEK 2025
Craigardan’s alumni return to the Adirondacks this summer for some fun, camaraderie, and rest — and they also help us setup and execute our 3rd Annual Summer Firing Celebration!
(3rd) ANNUAL SUMMER FIRING CELEBRATION
Join us for our annual summer event! We’ll celebrate the fire that brings us together, the summer harvest, and the community of artists, scholars, and creatives all around us.
APPLEBARN TALKS: Jenny Breen, Alec Tiger, Shawndel N. Fraser
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Carly Marie DeMento, Dr. Lise Deguire, Hannah Plummer
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Lauren McElroy, Elissa Lash, Elise Jeanmaire
Free and open to the public
Fruit Tree Care and Pruning
Join us on Saturday, April 5th for a free educational workshop on fruit tree care with local arborist Peter Landau.
Empty Bowl, Full Heart Fundraiser
Join us for the annual Empty Bowl fundraiser at Keene Central School. All proceeds go toward fighting hunger locally.
APPLEBARN TALKS: Dr. Lise Deguire, Carly Marie DeMento, Hannah Plummer
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Elissa Lash, Lauren McElroy, Elise Jeanmaire
Free and open to the public
TRAIL WORK DAY
Craigardan’s 320 acre campus is a patchwork of new fields and previously logged forest navigated on a network of skidder tracks and new trails. We need your help clearing debris, stabilizing soils, and creating paths to open up new possibilities for walking, skiing, biking, and exploring the property.
EMPTY BOWL, FULL HEART MAKERS DAYS IN THE CLAY STUDIO
Come join Craigardan and Empty Bowl Full Heart in creating bowls for the 2024 fundraiser to support local food pantries. No experience is necessary! This is a fun event for adults and teens 12 and older.
APPLEBARN TALKS: Molly Hurley, Betsy Power, Chad Michael Lange
Free and open to the public
EMPTY BOWL, FULL HEART MAKERS DAYS IN THE CLAY STUDIO
Come join Craigardan and Empty Bowl Full Heart in creating bowls for the 2024 fundraiser to support local food pantries. No experience is necessary! This is a fun event for adults and teens 12 and older.
APPLEBARN TALKS: Samuel Bowser, Michael Heyman, Harri Nourse
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Michiko Theurer, Karina Yanes, Jennifer Steil
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Audrey Blood, Jessica Mendoza, Emily Olick Llano
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Kiki Liu, Hendree Milward, Emily Sullivan Smith
Free and open to the public
UNCERTAINTY ACADEMY: Adirondacks
In collaboration with artist Tal Beery and scholar Joshua Moses, Uncertainty Academy: Adirondacks is a unique residency program and roundtable discussion series at Craigardan exploring responses to the uncertainties—both material and psychic—arising from the climate crisis and other cascading crises.
(3rd) ANNUAL SUMMER FIRING CELEBRATION
Join us for our annual summer event! We’ll celebrate the fire that brings us together, the summer harvest, and the community of artists, scholars, and creatives all around us.
APPLEBARN TALKS: Emily Caris, Christie Gardiner, Beth Reitmeyer, Holly Friesen
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Sue Ellen Herne, Bessie Mbadugha, Fran Hoepfner
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Katherine Orfinger, Fanxi Sun, Emilia Gonzalez
Free and open to the public
APPLEBARN TALKS: Michele Parker Randall, Juliet Phillips, Susan Hutner
Free and open to the public
MEN’S GROUP with Jeremiah Reiner
Men's Group is a powerful space for fostering connection, growth, and support among men. Free and open to the public.
TUESDAY BEGINNER MTB RIDES with Mark Nassan
Join us at Blueberry Hill Trails in Elizabethtown every Tuesday evening (weather permitting) for group mountain bike rides with local guru Mark Nassan. This is geared towards beginners but all levels are welcome for this fun, supportive, laid back group ride.
COMMUNITY FLOWER PLANTING DAY
Help us plant our flower garden! Share in the joy that comes from planting seeds.