Events

Join us for this evening edition of "Makers Morning" -- a special Ely Folk School 10th Birthday celebration for our regular weekly makers and anyone else interested in being in a community craft setting!

Learn how to throw pottery on a ceramics wheel over the course of this 7 week class.

Try paddling our 20 ft birch bark canoe built by students and volunteers -- a special Ely Folk School 10th Birthday event down at Semer's Beach.

As part of our "We Are Water MN" exhibit, please join us for a water themed poetry course.

Feeling overwhelmed? Always thought you had NO creativity at all? Come learn how to tap into the creativity that we ALL have!

Learn the basics of trail building on this combo nature hike/maintenance class.

Use scrap beaver hide to fashion an insulated pouch for you cell phone, perfect for winter outdoor adventures of all sorts.

Calm your nervous system with these plants that help center and calm.

Help us celebrate the Ely Folk School's 10th birthday at this potluck dinner!

Come jam with the band prior to the Ely Folk School Community Dance!

Music! Movement! Merriment! Open to all.
Join us at Ethel's Acres (2231 Robich Road, Ely, MN 55731)

Make a sweet treat on the fire pit outside!

A hands-on workshop about water-friendly landscaping practices with the North St. Louis County Soil & Water Conservation District

hrough thoughtful readings and free-flowing writing prompts, you will practice shaping truths and fictions from your own observations and experiences.

Join instructor Hudson Kingston as he teaches a youth program focused on baking bread.

Learn the art of upholstery in a supportive environment.

Join Wade and the Ely Folk School for this hands-on workshop. Wade will help you refine crafting large bowls, as well as give feedback as you give it a shot yourself.

Learn to personalize your own card for any occasion.

Join instructor Kaley Hotaling as he teaches a youth program focused on needle felting.

Designed for our littlest making hands, hearts, and minds!

Help us celebrate the longest day of the year with some poetry and music at The Meadows.

Forge a fire poker, shovel, or fire tender with blacksmith Warren from the Duluth Forging Co

Pair group conversation and mid-summer refresh with the art of woodburning!

Take a tour of Northern MN's orchids and capture them with photography.

Follow Sig Olson's legacy of nature writing in a supportive group at his historic town home, now the headquarters of the Listening Point Foundation.

Start off with a lesson on the evolution of root beer that includes our own hometown root beer hero Dorothy Molter and end with root beer sampling and instruction on making your own homebrew.

Join instructor Autumn Cole as she teaches a youth program focused on machine sewing.

Accessorize with something homemade!

Stop by the EFS Ceramics Studio for some fun time working and socializing with other ceramic students and members.

Students can select from four hat styles, gnome, wizard, bucket or loopy sauna. The practice of wearing a hat in the sauna insulates and protects your head.

Students can select from four hat styles, gnome, wizard, bucket or loopy sauna. The practice of wearing a hat in the sauna insulates and protects your head.

Join Wade and the Ely Folk School for this hands-on workshop. Wade will help you refine crafting large bowls, as well as give feedback as you give it a shot yourself.

Presentation and discussion with Grace Klein about her fiber arts work through the Donald G. Gardner Humanities Trust.

Start off with a lesson on the evolution of root beer that includes our own hometown root beer hero Dorothy Molter and end with root beer sampling and instruction on making your own homebrew.

Make a sweet treat on the fire pit outside!

Students will create and complete their own small pine needle basket using pine needles.

Join Wade and the Ely Folk School for this hands-on workshop. Wade will help you refine crafting plates, as well as give feedback as you give it a shot yourself.

Join us for a two part class introducing you to the ASL alphabet and common phrases.

Join us for a class for practicing "reading" hands

Start off with a lesson on the evolution of root beer that includes our own hometown root beer hero Dorothy Molter and end with root beer sampling and instruction on making your own homebrew.

Designed for our littlest making hands, hearts, and minds!

Customize a fashionable collar or leash for your furry friend!

An introduction class to clay--no prior experience necessary! All hand built ceramics project; accessible and fun.

Join Wade and the Ely Folk School for this hands-on workshop. Wade will go over a number of methods for throwing lids, as well as give feedback as you give it a shot yourself.

Follow Sig Olson's legacy of nature writing in a supportive group at his cabin retreat in this partnership with the Listening Point Foundation.

Join instructor Rosa Oesterreich as she teaches a youth program focused on making carrot cake.

Start off with a lesson on the evolution of root beer that includes our own hometown root beer hero Dorothy Molter and end with root beer sampling and instruction on making your own homebrew.

Through thoughtful readings and free-flowing writing prompts, you will practice shaping truths and fictions from your own observations and experiences.

Create your own bike bag, perfect for a way to hold essentials or your first foray into bigger bike packing systems.

Learn the art of constructing balanced and elegant mobiles.

Please join us for a water themed poetry course.

Stop by the EFS Ceramics Studio for some fun time working and socializing with other ceramic students and members.

Create prints using gelli plates and ink and transfer onto homemade paper

Designed for our littlest making hands, hearts, and minds!

Start off with a lesson on the evolution of root beer that includes our own hometown root beer hero Dorothy Molter and end with root beer sampling and instruction on making your own homebrew.

Students can select from four hat styles, gnome, wizard, bucket or loopy sauna. The practice of wearing a hat in the sauna insulates and protects your head.

Join us at the Ely Folk School for this beginner needle felting class with virtual instructor Laura Berlage.

Students can select from four hat styles, gnome, wizard, bucket or loopy sauna. The practice of wearing a hat in the sauna insulates and protects your head.

Join us for a two part class introducing you to the ASL alphabet and common phrases.

Join us for a class for practicing "reading" hands

Start off with a lesson on the evolution of root beer that includes our own hometown root beer hero Dorothy Molter and end with root beer sampling and instruction on making your own homebrew.

Through thoughtful readings and free-flowing writing prompts, you will practice shaping truths and fictions from your own observations and experiences.

Choose from several basic projects and learn the fundamentals of cutting glass, foiling, and soldering with glass.

Create custom flower earrings for yourself or others using beading techniques.

Join instructor Steve Toddies as he teaches a youth program focused on building with wood.

Start off with a lesson on the evolution of root beer that includes our own hometown root beer hero Dorothy Molter and end with root beer sampling and instruction on making your own homebrew.

Designed for our littlest making hands, hearts, and minds!

Learn techniques from a photographer who specializes in aurora photography

Writing and sketching combine in this class that will level up your current journal.

Students will create and complete their own small pine needle basket using pine needles.

Join us for a class for practicing "reading" hands

Join us for a two part class introducing you to the ASL alphabet and common phrases.

Start off with a lesson on the evolution of root beer that includes our own hometown root beer hero Dorothy Molter and end with root beer sampling and instruction on making your own homebrew.

Create with resident artist, Cecilia Rolando.

A two session class for folks who want to pay tribute through care and remembering to the places that they love.

Swedish crayfish party fun for the whole family!

Join instructor Joan Hunn as she teaches a youth program focused on natural dyeing.

In this course, you will learn the basic skills needed to safely identify and collect wild mushrooms. 

Start off with a lesson on the evolution of root beer that includes our own hometown root beer hero Dorothy Molter and end with root beer sampling and instruction on making your own homebrew.

Join instructor Rachael Pace as she teaches a youth program focused on printmaking.

Stop by the EFS Ceramics Studio for some fun time working and socializing with other ceramic students and members.

Please join us for a water themed poetry course.

Start off with a lesson on the evolution of root beer that includes our own hometown root beer hero Dorothy Molter and end with root beer sampling and instruction on making your own homebrew.

Join the club! Membership gets you access to all 12 of our 2025 herbalism classes.

Sew your own shirt customized to the style you want and that looks good on you--not just what some store sells.

Come learn about the ethics and tips for foraging, the life cycle of a mushroom, the physical parts and purpose of mushrooms, and how to begin to confidently identify both edible and poisonous mushrooms.

Northern Minnesota hosts a colorful variety of nesting songbirds each summer, from chestnut-sided warblers to goldfinches. Each species has a colorful song and this class focuses on learning to match the song with the singer while in the field.