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Winterers' Gathering is happening November 21-23! Join us for a weekend of celebration, hands-on craft, presentations, and the Arctic Film Festival. Free and open to all.
The 2025 Arctic Film Festival lineup is here! Join us November 21-23 for over a dozen films that share some of the incredible stories of the North.
Meet Lauren Newby! Lauren is a woodworker and one of our new artisans in the Artisan Development Program. In this blog post, Lauren shares her four biggest influences on her craft as an artisan and instructor.
In 2024, North House launched Build With Purpose, a program that gets student-built timber frames into the hands of nonprofits. Applications for 2026 projects are open now—read on to learn about this unique program.
This fall, Kenta Watanabe (Japan) taught sukumo indigo dyeing at North House. But in order for class to happen, someone local had to prepare the dye vats. In this blog post, Jazmin Hicks-Dahl shares the process she used to carefully prepare the living dye for class.
Featured Events & Activities
Winterers' Gathering & Arctic Film Festival
November 21-23, 2025
Winter is the longest and most defining season in the North. Celebrate the crafts, customs, history, and stories that have been inspired by winter at the Winterers' Gathering & Arctic Film Festival. Featuring winter-centric coursework, a winter tent camp, gear sale, film festival, and more, this is a classic event to welcome the chilliest season.
- Arctic Film Festival
- On-campus courses
- Chili Feed, The Great Gear & Ski Sale, Contra Dance
- Greenland's Value Is Its Ice with Featured Speaker Dr. Paul Bierman
Winter/Spring 2026 Courses Are Here!
Registration is Now Open!
Courses for January-June 2026 are now live on our website, and our new digital catalog has arrived! With over 170 new traditional craft courses, it's time to start planning your next visit to the folk school.
January—June 2026 courses are now open for registration!
Click here to explore our 2026 course calendar, or click the button below to view all courses.
Fiber Week
February 10-16, 2026
Celebrate the fiber arts on the shores of Lake Superior!
Join us for Fiber Week 2026, special week-long event that celebrates all manner of fiber arts, featuring coursework, speakers, demonstrations, and community gatherings.
Fiber Week courses are open for registration now! Explore knitting, weaving, natural dyes, and more.
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Resident Artisan Blog
Read what our resident artisans have been up to!
October 14 – Meet Jake Fee
July 03 – Harvesting Hickory Down South
April 17 – Making Handplanes with Björn Svantesson
April 01 – Vernacular Habitation of Dalarna