Basket Week

North House Folk School
Grand Marais, Minnesota
October 6–13, 2026

Join us for a gathering of basket makers, both advanced and aspiring! Basketry embodies the soul of traditional craft: simple tools, natural materials, and skilled hands result in purposeful, beautiful items. Birch bark, spruce root, willow, black ash—the northern forest has been generous to basketmakers. Through coursework, free evening gatherings, and basket gathering day, we’ll explore a variety of basketry techniques and forms that have arisen in many cultural contexts.