Adirondack Folk School

Strategic value

The Adirondack Folk School teaches the arts, crafts and heritage of the Adirondacks, promoting creativity, self-reliance, sustainability and cultural preservation.  By enlarging and improving blacksmithing equipment at AFS, the project will help retain essential instructors for one of the school’s most successful programs—strengthening the school’s important role in the economic and cultural life of Lake Luzerne region of the Adirondacks.

This project is part of the school’s overall commitment to teaching and encouraging involvement in traditional and contemporary arts and artisan activities in the southern Adirondacks. The school is hub of cultural and community activity in that region.

About AFS

Adirondack Folk School is unique for its dedication to teaching the arts, crafts, and cultural heritage of the Adirondack region. Made up of local artisans, crafts people, and volunteers, they offer non-competitive education focusing on the student.  instructors from around the country share their knowledge and skills, and inspire you with their enthusiasm. Year-round classes range from half-day sessions to multi-week courses. Subjects as diverse as Adirondack chair building, twig and rustic furniture, caning, paddle making, birch bark basketry, fly tying, weaving, connecting people with nature, organic gardening, fiber arts, soap making, boat building, ceramic arts, blacksmithing and more are offered. During these classes you will explore your creativity through hands-on learning. In addition to hands-on classes, Adirondack storytellers and musicians share the cultural heritage of the Adirondacks through demonstrations, special programs, and our fireside evening gatherings.

  • Grant Name: Forge Additions
  • Project Size: $75,000
  • Grant Amount: $15,00

The Adirondacks are full of organizations that we love and that are irreplaceable. Cloudsplitter will continue to evaluate and prioritize systemic threats so that we have the resources to respond now and into the future. Given the unknowns of the current funding environment, we wanted to be clear with our grant applicants that we may be less likely to fund capital projects, events, projects far outside the Adirondack park, and very large grant requests ($50K+) at this time. If you feel something within those categories deserves our attention, please contact chenelle@cloudsplitter directly prior to submitting a grant to discuss further.