Summer Program

Join us for our summer season. Join fellow students and amazing faculty in classes exploring a diverse array of creative mediums, grounded in daily rhythms of shared meals and gatherings.

Usually starting in mid-June, our summer season includes 8-10 weeks of classes. Program weeks range from 4 to 6 nights, normally starting on a Sunday. Each week features between two and four classes, with most classes capped at 8 students.

During the program week, we share rhythms of class, meals, matins/vespers, and studio time. There is ample space for hiking, for hammocks, and for exploring Plain and Leavenworth.

Curious about past classes? Click here for a searchable and filterable list of past classes offered at the Guild!

All programs allow only one registration at a time.
If you would like to register as a couple or a small group, please contact us.

Weaving Where You Are

With Suzanne Halvorson and Nancy Marsh

June 16 – 22, 2024

Grunewald Guild

This weaving course will offer students of all skill levels the opportunity to learn to…

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The Muse, Your Dues, and The Fuse: Songwriting

With Jan Krist

June 16 – 22, 2024

Grunewald Guild

Sometimes we find our muse simply through the disciplined practice of art. In other words,…

Availability: Open

Illuminated Manuscripts

With Hannah Charlton

June 16 – 22, 2024

Grunewald Guild

In this class we will learn about the history of illuminated manuscripts and the ways…

Availability: Open

Wade Into Watercolor

With Jeanne Whitney

June 23 – 28, 2024

Grunewald Guild

Get a feel for working with pigment and water. Destroy the myths about watercolor’s difficulty.…

Availability: Open

Way to Being, Way to God

With Carla Erickson Orlando

June 23 – 28, 2024

Grunewald Guild

In this course, students learn and practice tools of reflective writing and creative expression in…

Availability: Almost full

Fabric as Mosaic

With Larkin Jean Van Horn

June 23 – 28, 2024

Grunewald Guild

Fabric collage provides the opportunity to explore as many styles as there are makers. In…

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Color! Line! Fusion! Cloisonne!

With Jean Tudor

June 23 – 28, 2024

Grunewald Guild

This course will cover process, materials, tools. It will involve drawing, working out color combinations,…

Availability: Open

Family Camp

With Cypress Manning and Cristina Airaghi

June 30 – July 3, 2024

Grunewald Guild Art Studios

This exploratory Family Camp is designed for all ages and all levels of art experience.…

Availability: Open

Hanging Clay: Crazy Pots the Old Fashioned Way

With Alexander Kamola

July 7 – 13, 2024

Grunewald Guild

Participants will feel and sculpt with clay in a way never before imagined! Hanging Clay…

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Watercolor Cosmos

With Vonda Drees

July 7 – 13, 2024

Grunewald Guild

In this offering we will learn the techniques of symmetrical and asymmetrical mandala design, the…

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Wood and Stone Carving

With John Thompson

July 7 – 13, 2024

Grunewald Guild

The course will help you create sculpture from wood or stone (or both). The wood…

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Pine Needle Basket Weaving

With Dede Shilling and Ron Cole

July 14 – 18, 2024

Grunewald Guild

Learn how to collect, process, and weave pine needles from out ponderosa pines! Explore different…

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The Felting Experience

With Mary Ann Sinclair and Angela Mietzke

July 14 – 18, 2024

Grunewald Guild

Experience the different forms of felting wool! Learn the following felting processes: Felt a bowler…

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Standing Like a Tree

With Ruth Fletcher

July 14 – 18, 2024

Grunewald Guild

Explore inner landscapes and share reflections in response to writings by Wendell Berry, Ram Das,…

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Slow Stitching as a Contemplative Practice

With Alicia O’Dell

July 21 – 27, 2024

Grunewald Guild

Explore basic hand sewing techniques, the philosophy of slow stitching, and principles of design. This…

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Storytelling Through Movement

With Beth Crowe

July 21 – 27, 2024

Grunewald Guild

Participants will have the opportunity to explore artistic and expressive ways to move their bodies.…

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Listening, Playback

With Eli Backer

July 21 – 27, 2024

Grunewald Guild

There is so much sound we ignore. And there are so many instruments not yet…

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Interpreting Mud: Demystifying Functional Pottery

With Ron Cole

July 21 – 27, 2024

Grunewald Guild

For those new and also perhaps those returning to the potter’s wheel, creating something functional…

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Fun with Jewelry!

With Tamzin Darden

July 28 – August 2, 2024

Grunewald Guild

Come join us for a fun time making all kinds of jewelry with an emphasis…

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Fork, Knife, & Pen: Reading and Writing Our Relationship with Food

With Amanda Roth

July 28 – August 2, 2024

Grunewald Guild

In this course, students will explore their individual, communal, and political experiences with food. We…

Availability: Open

Light and Color: Stained Glass with Copper Foil

With Rick Szeliski

July 28 – August 2, 2024

Grunewald Guild

In this short class, students will create a 1-2 soldered stained pieces using the glass…

Availability: Almost full

The Family Narrative

With Jessica Holleque

August 11 – 17, 2024

Grunewald Guild

This course is a look at family photography as inherited visual legacy. By reviewing our…

Availability: Open

Writing Through the Labyrinth

With Cypress Manning

August 11 – 17, 2024

Grunewald Guild

This class will focus on creative writing as a tool for self-exploration and growth. We…

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Watercolor in the Sacred Milieu

With Kristen Gilje

August 11 – 17, 2024

Grunewald Guild

Come play with me sacred realm of divine color! Let’s pay close attention to our…

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Look OUT: Ceramic Surface Design

With Tamzin Darden and Shan Wang

August 18 – 24, 2024

Grunewald Guild

Look OUT is a week-long intensive workshop designed to teach surface decorating techniques: how to…

Availability: Open

Emerging Journal

With Mary McLeod

August 18 – 24, 2024

Grunewald Guild

Students will make a journal and fill it with surface techniques such as collage, gel…

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