If you’re interested in discovering how to make pottery, work with metal, or learn how to spin & weave a basket, then you should visit Robbins Crossing this July.
Weekend classes will be held all month long in each of these pioneer-inspired art forms, which will be taking place in a 1850-themed village located on the Hocking College campus.
Below are the specific dates and times for each of these classes.
Pottery Class
When: Saturday, July 14
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Cost: $30
Blacksmithing Class
When: Saturday, July 21 • Saturday, July 28
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Cost: $30 per class
Spinning & Weaving Class
When: Sunday, July 22
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Cost: $30
Basket Weaving Class
When: Sunday, July 29
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Cost: $25
A feature of Hocking College’s campus since the '80s, Robbins Crossing also features a cooper’s shop, a one-room school house, and several restored nineteenth-century log homes.
Robbins Crossing is open to the general public every weekend between Memorial Day until the end of October from 11 a.m to 5 p.m.
Anyone interested in taking one of these classes should contact Jason Szostek at szostekj@hocking.edu.
Lastly, those who enjoy finding out more about how our ancestors lived should look into Hocking College’s Natural & Historical Interpretation program.