Craft & Fine Art Classes and Workshops in Marlboro, Vermont.
The Marlboro Studio School is an all-levels arts program offering hands-on instruction in a variety of craft and fine art media, with a focus on ecologically sound, environmentally-friendly techniques and processes.
Based on the 500+ acre Potash Hill campus in rural Southeastern Vermont, our spaces include a fully outfitted ceramics studio, a multi-media sculpture studio, a painting studio, and other multipurpose flexible work and stay spaces.
Fall 2025 class & workshop enrollment is currently open!
Spring Program Highlight
Youth Workshop: Shoebox Crankies (Storytelling Machines!)
November 16, 2025 | 9:00 am - 3:00 PM
Instructor: Maddy Conley
Crankies, also known as moving panoramas, are storytelling machines! Spend a day making an illustrated story on a scroll, painting and decorating your miniature theater box, and performing your crankie masterpiece.
Upcoming Classes & Workshops
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Gel Plate Printing: Pressed Plants and Cut Shapes
Instructor: Cathy Osman
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
November 4 - 13, 2025Explore the fundamentals and expressive possibilities of monotype printing using gel plates. Students receive a complete gel plate printmaking kit to use & keep!
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Soft Armor: Woven Sweatshirts & Jackets
Instructor: Rae Heller
2-Day Workshop: November 8 & 15
12:00 - 4:00 pmBring your own jean jacket or sweatshirt that needs some shine and create a one of a kind upcycled, woven wearable art piece!
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Needle Felting: Painting with Felt
Instructor: Morgan Loeffler
November 9, 2025 from 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Learn the foundational techniques of “painting” with felt—layering and blending fibers to form images and patterns on a flat surface. Students receive a needle felting kit to use and keep!
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Precious Metal Clay Jewelry
Instructor: Allison Korn
2-Day Weekend Workshop:
November 1: 1:00 - 5:00 pm
November 2: 1:00 - 3:00 pmCreate pure silver jewelry using precious metal clay, a substance that feels like clay but turns into pure silver after firing it in a kiln.
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Youth Workshop: Shoebox Crankies (Ages 8-13)
Instructor: Maddy Conley
Sunday, November 16, 2025 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Crankies, also known as moving panoramas, are storytelling machines! Spend a day making an illustrated story on a scroll, painting and decorating your miniature theater box, and performing your crankie masterpiece.
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Youth Ceramics: Wheel Throwing (ages 8-13)
Instructor: Nina Nabizadeh
Sundays from 2:30 – 4:00 pm
November 2 - 23, 2025Students will begin to develop their artistic identity as they build muscles and reflexes on the potter's wheel. Build skills and have fun!
This class is sold out! Please click below to join the waitlist.