(Sept. 14, 2017) Furnace Town Living Heritage Village announced the launch of the Furnace Town Folk School with $4,750 in grant support from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore and Worcester County Arts Council.
The Folk School offers classes in broom making, weaving and printing with plans to expand the program in 2018 to include blacksmithing, fiber arts, and music and storytelling. Each four-hour class is appropriate for ages 8 and up and cost $35 per person, or $25 for members of Furnace Town.
“The overall goal of the Furnace Town Folk School is to promote and preserve the knowledge, skills and stories of the past and present. We’ve been talking about launching the new program for a few years because it’s a natural extension of our interpretive program,” Doug Glascox, Furnace Town board president, said. “Our artisans work throughout the season demonstrating their crafts and trades, and the Folk School offers us a way to strengthen the program. The support from local artisans has been fantastic.”
Hands-on classes and workshops are the foundation of the new program and are taught by artisans from Furnace Town, as well as throughout the region.
“Visitors at Furnace Town can now explore at a deeper level the daily lives of those that lived at Furnace Town and on the Eastern Shore in the 19th century,” Patrick Rofe, executive director, said. “The hands-on workshops are designed to help students understand the culture and daily routines of life in Furnace Town and a 19th-century village.
“The Folk School has been embraced by business and community leaders who understand the need to promote tourism on the Lower Eastern Shore. It lets us to give back to our community,” he continued. “Furnace Town receives generous support from our community and as the school grows, we’ll draw visitors from the region and beyond and they will all need a place to stay, eat, and shop. The Folk School will promote tourism to the region and strengthen our community both economically and culturally.”
The Folk School is set in the Pocomoke forest and among a unique collection of historic 19th-century buildings and a Nassawango iron furnace.
To sign up for a class, contact info@furnacetown.org or call 410-632-2032, or visit Furnace Town on www.Eventbrite.com. All classes are at Furnace Town at 3816 Old Furnace Road in Snow Hill.
Funding for the school is provided in part by the Worcester County Arts Council, Maryland State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Folk School offers classes in broom making, weaving and printing with plans to expand the program in 2018 to include blacksmithing, fiber arts, and music and storytelling. Each four-hour class is appropriate for ages 8 and up and cost $35 per person, or $25 for members of Furnace Town.
“The overall goal of the Furnace Town Folk School is to promote and preserve the knowledge, skills and stories of the past and present. We’ve been talking about launching the new program for a few years because it’s a natural extension of our interpretive program,” Doug Glascox, Furnace Town board president, said. “Our artisans work throughout the season demonstrating their crafts and trades, and the Folk School offers us a way to strengthen the program. The support from local artisans has been fantastic.”
Hands-on classes and workshops are the foundation of the new program and are taught by artisans from Furnace Town, as well as throughout the region.
“Visitors at Furnace Town can now explore at a deeper level the daily lives of those that lived at Furnace Town and on the Eastern Shore in the 19th century,” Patrick Rofe, executive director, said. “The hands-on workshops are designed to help students understand the culture and daily routines of life in Furnace Town and a 19th-century village.
“The Folk School has been embraced by business and community leaders who understand the need to promote tourism on the Lower Eastern Shore. It lets us to give back to our community,” he continued. “Furnace Town receives generous support from our community and as the school grows, we’ll draw visitors from the region and beyond and they will all need a place to stay, eat, and shop. The Folk School will promote tourism to the region and strengthen our community both economically and culturally.”
The Folk School is set in the Pocomoke forest and among a unique collection of historic 19th-century buildings and a Nassawango iron furnace.
To sign up for a class, contact info@furnacetown.org or call 410-632-2032, or visit Furnace Town on www.Eventbrite.com. All classes are at Furnace Town at 3816 Old Furnace Road in Snow Hill.
Funding for the school is provided in part by the Worcester County Arts Council, Maryland State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.