The AFA supports traditional artists and makers across Alabama to teach hands-on community workshops.

Is there a tradition you’d like to teach or learn in your community? Reach out to the AFA today!

Upcoming workshops:

Orran Scruggs, a spoonmaker from Dothan, Alabama, will serve as our 5th Traditional Artist-in-Residence in Aug. 2026!

He will teach 5 free hands-on workshops in local communities around Auburn, Alabama. REGISTER TODAY!

Past workshops and events:

June 20, 2026: Float Prop Workshop with Mardi Gras Float Builders, Mobile Botanical Gardens, Mobile

June 9 and 11, 2026. Crochet for Beginners, Mobile Arts Council, Mobile

June 3, 2026. Making maamoul with Sara Cole and pine needle basketry with Annette Jordan, Alabama History Institute, Tuscaloosa

May 23, 2026. Celebration of the Art of Buddy Snipes, Macon County

May 2, 2026: Youth Drumming with LaDarrel Bell (The Excelsior Band) and Wayne Curtis (Africatown Drummers), Spring Hill College, Mobile

April 13, 14, 15, 16, 2026: Native Flute Making with Traditional Artist-in-Residence Charlie Mato-Toyela, Shorter, Tallassee, Dadeville, Auburn, Loachapoka

March 7, 2026: Community Culture Day at Woodville Public Library, Woodville

October 18, 2025: Float Prop Workshop with Mardi Gras Float Builders, Mobile Arts Council, Mobile

August 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 2025: Vine Weaving with Traditional Artist-in-Residence Andrew McCall, Shorter, Tuskegee, Auburn, Tallassee, Dadeville

July 26, 2025: The March Quilts Africatown Community Quilting Project, Africatown Heritage House, Mobile

July 17, 2025: Capital City Shape Note Singing, Old Alabama Town, Montgomery

March 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2025: Gee’s Bend Quilting with Traditional Artist-in-Residence Francesca Charley, Valley, Dadeville, Tuskegee, Auburn, Tallassee

Feb. 1, 2025: Rotunda Singing, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery

Dec. 1, 2024: Pine Needle Basket Weaving with Annette Jordan, Lower Alabama Native Plant Society, Mobile

Oct. 14, 15, 16, 17, 2024: Pine Needle Basket Weaving by Master Artist and Traditional Artist-in-Residence Annette Jordan, Tuskegee, Shorter, Auburn, Tallassee

Sept. 12, 2024: Bharatanatyam (Indian classical) dance, Alabama State University Dance Dept., Montgomery

Sept. 5, 19, 25, Oct. 3, 2024 : Crochet for Beginners, Lawrence County Public Library, Moulton

August 17, 2024: Rangoli, Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia

July 18, 2024: Capital City Shape Note Singing, Old Alabama Town, Montgomery

June 1, 2024: Greek cooking, Montgomery Greek Food Festival and Pastry Sale, Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Montgomery

October 28, 2023: Bharatanayam (Indian Classical) Dance, Armory Learning Arts Center, Montgomery

April 29, 2023: Choctaw Cultural Workshops: sassafras tea, sharing elders stories, pottery, pine needle basketry, Choctaw language, Native homes, dreamcatchers, MOWA Choctaw Tribal Offices, Mt. Vernon

November 15-17, 2022: Pine Needle Basket Making with Della Marsh, Foley Public Library, Foley

September 20-22, 2022: Pine Needle Basket Making with Della Marsh, Foley Public Library, Foley

June 3, 2022: Lye Soap Making with Betty Anderson, Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden

May 14, 2022: Alabama Folk: Lao cooking, Brazilian brigadeiro, and Mexican dance, Mobile Arts Council, Mobile

May 7, 2022: Native Flute Making with Charlie Mato-Toyela, Burritt on the Mountain, Huntsville

March 19, 2022: Chair caning with Roy Cooley, Landmark Park, Dothan

Sept. 1, 2021: Hanji: Korean paper making, A-KEEP, Montgomery

Thank you to our workshop funders and partners!