Summer Program
WEEK-LONG RESIDENTIAL CLASSES FROM MAY – OCTOBER
The Summer Program, which runs from May through October, is The Clearing’s oldest and the one that most closely resembles Jensen’s original folk school vision. The mainstay of the Summer Program is week-long classes, with 25 to 35 students and instructors living at The Clearing, eating family-style meals and renewing their spirit through close contact with the native landscape. The Clearing experience is made up of many special components. The classes, sense of community, forests, meadows, water, sunsets, home-cooked meals, traditions and history all blend to create a wonderful place to learn, relax, reflect and make new friends.
How to register online
“Jens Jensen Visitor Center Mural”
Ram Rojas
2020 Summer Program Calendar
Click on class titles below for complete class descriptions and to register.
July 5 - 11
Chamber Music For Strings #35
Katherine Decker & Jacki Thering
Hand Caning: The Seven-Step Method #36
Lynn Nulicek
Books By Hand: Introductory & Independent Study #37
Florian Bieschke
July 12 - 18
Recorder At The Clearing #38 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Pat Badger
Drawing Nature In Colored Pencil #39 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Kimberly Mullarkey
Hike, Bike & Paddle Door County #40 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Bob Bultman & Kelly King
July 19 - 25
Soft Pastel Landscape Adventure #41 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Kay Brathol-Hostvet
Edith Wharton: Myth-Maker For The American Soul? #42
Betsy Lovell Arsenault
The Joy Of Weaving: Open Studio #43 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Geke de Vries
Glass Fusing #44 - LIMITED-
Nance Tucker
July 26 - August 1
Watercolor Pure & Simple #45
Judy Barnewolt-Jones
The Writers Workshop: Exploring the Writer’s Muse – Spirit and Duende #46
Albert DeGenova
The Writers Workshop: The Poetry Workshop #47 - LIMITED-
Albert DeGenova
Creative Weaving From Nature #48 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Carol Heil
Entree: A Fine Pairing of Forging and Woodworking #49 - LIMITED-
Curt Wessel & Jeremiah Backhaus
August 2 - 8
Foundational Watercolor #50
Dawn Flores
Voices Long Silenced #51
Jeff Doane
iPhone-ography: The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You #52 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Jerry Hug
Making Glass Beads & Blowing Glass Ornaments #53
Julie Lukosaitis
August 9 - 15
Awakening The Art Quilter Within #54 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Wendy Butler Berns
Cultivating Mindfulness: Growing A Lifelong Practice #55
Beth Coleman
Glass Fusing #56
Nance Tucker
August 16 - 22
Door County Landscapes In Watercolor #57 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Chris Sommerfelt
Touch The Earth - Connect With Nature #58 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Deb Gille
Landscape “Painting” With Fabric #59 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Susan Hoffmann
Woodworking Bootcamp #60 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Mike Stapleton
August 23 - 29
Essential Somatic Movement Retreat #61
Theresa Evans
Geology & Natural History Of Door County & The Niagara Escarpment #62 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Roger Kuhns
Small Space, Big Ideas: Painting In Acrylic #63
Kay Brathol-Hostvet
Making Leather Handbags #64 - LIMITED-
Molly Grant
August 30 - September 5
Painting The Sky With Watercolors #65 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Gary Hanks
Landscape Design: Through The Eyes Of Jens Jensen #66 - LIMITED-
Bob Grese
Moku-Hanga: An Introduction To Japanese Woodblock Printmaking #67
Alfred Stark
A “Fire” Sampler: Raku Pottery, Glass Bead Making & Forging #68 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
John Dietrich, Julie Lukosaitis & James Viste
September 13 - 19
Watercolor Fresh & Loose: Paint With Confidence! #69
Jane Barnard
Knitting On The Cliff #70
Joan Sheridan
The Craft Of Wood Carving: Open Studio #71
Erik Rinkleff
Open Forge For Blacksmiths #72
Dan Nauman
September 20 - 26
Quilting: Brick By Brick, Block By Block #73 - LIMITED-
Judy Hasheider
Wood Carver’s Workshop #74 - LIMITED-
Ann Fawver
Social History Of America’s Underclasses From The Gilded Age To The 1920s: African Americans, Native Americans, Women, Children & Immigrants #75 - LIMITED-
Lou Covotsos
September 27 - October 3
Create Landscapes, Water, Beaches & Skies In Watercolor & Pencil #76
Lee Mothes
Women’s Writing Retreat #77 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Judy Bridges
Dostoevsky and Solzhenitsyn: Two Great Russians On God & Society #78 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Jim Severance & Les Longden
Sculptural Welding: Volumetric Fabrication #79 - LIMITED-
Nathan Hatch
October 4 - 10
Open Studio For Artists #80
Frankie Johnson
Open Studio For Experienced Knitters #81
Arnhild Hillesland
Off the Beaten Path: Exploring Door County’s Natural Treasures #82 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Terrie Cooper & Mike Schneider
October 11 - 17
Watercolor Studio #83 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Bridget Austin
The Art Of Nature & Outdoor Photography #84
Hank Erdmann
Open Studio For Woodworkers #85
Curt Wessel
October 18 - 24
Watercolor Techniques #86
Betty Delinck & Barb Farrell
Primitive Rug Hooking #87 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
Cathy Tokheim
Wood Turning #88 - LIMITED-
Robert Nelson
Beginning Blacksmithing #89 - FULL - Call to be added to wait list
James Viste