Classes & Workshops

Our beginner and intermediate courses will help you improve your skills on-site at our blacksmith shop, in a student-focused environment. Alongside your small group of classmates, students will learn specialized techniques for twists, rivets, forge welds, and more! You will walk away with your finished project(s), a history of its uses, and the advice of our master blacksmith, Kevin Thompson of Electric City Forge.

Our woodcraft courses will teach students about carving and joining techniques used throughout history. Use tools from the past and meet their modern counterparts in our shop.

From spinning to weaving, BGAMSC will guide classes in creating textiles and using them, whether you want them to become hangable art or something utilitarian or wearable. Dye yarn and weave at looms the old-fashioned way! Take the chance to weave on a loom from the turn of the century and immerse yourself in the labor of fabric’s creation.

Learn the lost art of broom making at BGAMSC. We have examples of centuries-old tools in our collection, used to make hand brooms and larger versions for the home. We will instruct you on how to trim and braid straw and reeds to create a functional keepsake, as well as how to keep it in good condition.