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 workshop:

Past workshops:

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

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

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, and 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, and 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 funders and partners!