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John C. Campbell Folk School

The website of John C. Campbell Folk School Visit the website · folkschool.org ↗

In short

The John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina, offers week-long and weekend classes in traditional and contemporary crafts, among them blacksmithing, weaving, woodworking and woodcarving, jewelry, enameling, leather, shoe making, stained glass, clay and instrument making. According to its history page, the school began its work in 1925, inspired by the Danish folk schools that Olive Dame Campbell and Marguerite Butler had studied. The school states that instruction is noncompetitive, with no credits or grades.

Where
Brasstown, United States
Founded
1925
Crafts
Weaving and textiles · Goldsmithing and jewelry · Fine craftsmanship
Website
folkschool.org
Email
registration@folkschool.org
Source
School website · checked on 25/10/2026

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