Ag in Art: Land Based Craft Series - Brooms and Broomcorn

“We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.”―Wendell Berry, The Gift of Good Land: Further Essays Cultural and Agricultural

The Ag In Art: Land Based Craft project seeks to strengthen the connections between land-based folk art practices and the land itself. Our goal is that these folk art practices be more deeply understood, recognized, and practiced and that small-scale farms in Appalachia can access new markets and incomes by producing the materials needed by folk art practitioners.

Join us for a 1-hour broomcorn planting workshop to learn how these crops could be added into your farm business or backyard garden.

Sunday, June 8, 1:00-2:00 PM

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Join us for a 3 hour hands on broom making workshop to learn how to make whisk style hand brooms. Tickets include the materials cost and students will leave with one or more handmade hand-brooms and the knowledge of how to continue doing this on their own.

Sunday, June 8, 2:00-5:00 PM