Historic American Trades and Crafts

Workshop Series - 2026

Workshops By Category

Basket Weaving

Basket Weaving

Additional Workshop Opportunities

Saving Cultural Heritage from Ruin: Art and Artifact Recovery after a Disaster

This three day, hands-on workshop addresses the fundamental skills needed to save art, artifacts, and antiques from emergencies and disasters. The program will focus on Triage and Salvage Operations using art and artifacts from around Historic Eastfield Village. All participants must have professional or educational experience in conservation or be in allied fields such as collections care, historic preservation, the arts, or cultural heritage management to attend this program.

For more information and to register for this program, email eastfieldvillage@gmail.com with a one page Letter of Interest and your CV. The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2026. Accepted participants will be notified by July 1, 2026.

18th Century Singing School

Discover the powerful, communal tradition of Shape-Note singing. Join Tim Eriksen and Allison Steel for a weekend of 19th-century harmony, "tune-smithing," and hearth-cooked meals—open to beginners and experts alike.

About Us

Historic Eastfield Village is a campus of more than twenty historical buildings that are used to serve as a laboratory for the Annual Series of Historic American Trades and Crafts Workshops, a nationally renowned program of lectures, symposia, and hands-on classes.