Thu, Oct 3, 2019
Visit the Blacksmiths' Association of Missouri's annual conference, see how Three Trees Workshop creates handcrafted wooden toys and games, meet Peggy King of Snowflake Glass who uses fused glass to create unique works of art, and see how McCracken Saddles and Tack is keeping traditional saddle-making alive.
Thu, Oct 17, 2019
You need not to go to a galaxy far, far, away to find the droids we're looking for, when we visit the KC R-2 Builders Club. We also meet a farm family who reinvented themselves to become cheesemakers, see how Sarah Nguyen uses a variety of media to tell stories in her artwork, and learn the science behind centuries-old traditions of brewing with Public House Brewing.
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
Visit Print League KC where they are passing on the fundamentals of print-making, taste the sweet rewards of keeping bees with Messner Bee Farm, fire up the kiln with a couple who use different techniques to produce their ceramics at Hear the Art Studios, and learn why only the best ingredients and traditional baking methods produce the finest bread at the Green Truck Bakery.
Thu, Oct 31, 2019
Travel back in time to meet craftspeople who share their skills at the Central Missouri Renaissance Festival, go behind the curtain to see what it takes to put on a show with the University of Central Missouri Theatre Department, learn what scrimshaw means with Thunder Lodge Trading Company, and meet Tom McGinnis, a master bladesmith who believes anyone can make a knife.
Thu, Nov 7, 2019
Visit the Cherry Pit Collective where women have joined forces to build a creative space, get a taste of something sweet with the chocolatiers at The Candy Factory, interpret the unique sculptures of Matthew Zupnick, and see how fine jewelry runs in the family at Reed and Son's Jewelers.