Upcoming Workshops & Events

The West Kortright Center offers a diverse blend of high quality performances, learning opportunities and visual arts exhibits, while preserving its historic landmark church building and bringing together an evolving rural community.


Make Your Own Eco-Printed Table Runner $125
Sep
21

Make Your Own Eco-Printed Table Runner $125

Come learn the slow textile technique of Botanical Printing while also designing and making your own table runner. Each attendee will explore this unique natural dyeing technique that allows one to capture the fingerprint of Mother Nature onto fiber. Everyone will leave with their own cotton table runner adorned with seasonal and local plants – just in time to dress up your table feasts for Harvest Season!

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Restoring Historical Stone Walls w. Patrick Ryan $200
Sep
7
to Sep 8

Restoring Historical Stone Walls w. Patrick Ryan $200

Students will work together to restore a historic cemetery wall at Delaware County Historical Association. Participants will learn the basics of building and restoring free-standing dry-laid stone walls under the instruction of a stone wall professional with over 20 years experience.

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Carve a Spoon w. Scott Hill $50
Aug
31

Carve a Spoon w. Scott Hill $50

Carving is practical, useful, creative, fun, meditative, and artistic! Learn to carve a simple spoon that you can use, admire and proudly display. For beginners! If you have never carved a spoon before, you will learn how to create the basic rough shape with a hatchet, then refine and finish with a knife.

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Round Baskets: Intro to Willow Basketry $300
Aug
17
to Aug 18

Round Baskets: Intro to Willow Basketry $300

During this weekend course students will create beautiful round baskets from willow. Learn to construct a traditional basket with a circular base, rounded or sharp angled upsett, a choice of side weaves and a woven border. Time permitting, students can weave a complementary handle.

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Fiction Writing w. Mermer Blakeslee $200
Aug
8
to Oct 3

Fiction Writing w. Mermer Blakeslee $200

This popular longstanding workshop is returning this year though just with one series (rather than two). Bring a piece to read that you are working on, up to 6 or 8 pages. We’ll listen as a group and respond with honesty, engagement, and respect. We’ll discuss elements of fiction— voice, character, point of view, plot, imagery— as well as different processes that help bring a story forth

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Kids Workshop: Introduction to Acting [Waitlist]
Jul
22
to Jul 26

Kids Workshop: Introduction to Acting [Waitlist]

Actors will focus on character development, stagecraft basics, movement, stage presence, music, and improvisational skills, all while developing a strong sense of tribe and passion for theater. The workshop will culminate in two performances on August 2 & 3 (rain or shine) as part of the annual Shakespeare in the Valley productions.

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Teen Workshop: Tech for Shakespeare $315/$350
Jul
22
to Aug 2

Teen Workshop: Tech for Shakespeare $315/$350

The Tech Workshop is for anyone ages 13-19 with an interest in art, performance, lighting, leadership, sound effects, building, or just plain fun. Participants will learn about, and participate in, all aspects of producing a play, from designing sets, lighting, props, and sounds, to building and painting scenery, creating and sourcing props, and finally to working on stage and with actors and directors to rehearse and run the play.

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Teen Workshop: Acting for Shakespeare $720/$800
Jul
8
to Jul 12

Teen Workshop: Acting for Shakespeare $720/$800

Students will learn how to understand, interpret, and ultimately perform Shakespeare’s text. Instructor Lillian Meredith combines in-depth text analysis and verse study with more contemporary approaches like Viewpoints and Michael Chekhov character development techniques to help students develop a deep understanding of the play and introduce them to the craft of acting.

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La Perla
May
9

La Perla

La Perla is one of the most exciting projects happening in the Bogotá scene! The Colombian trio creates bombastic, percussive music with tight vocal harmonies. Their music is inspired by Caribbean traditional sounds paying homage to cultural legacies and yet fully representing the new sounds of Colombian music.

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