Spring 2025 Residency Application Period
Apply for our 2025 Spring Residency Session (mid-February through May). Deadline: September 15, 2024.
Hambidge Open House
Escape to our mountain retreat and wander through artist studios, participate in U-do-Raku, enjoy live music, along with festive food and drinks. The Spring Open House is FREE with Registration, and open to the public.
Gristmill Visit
Enjoy a demonstration of an old-fashioned, water-powered mill stone-grinding corn into grits and cornmeal at Barker’s Creek Mill.
4TH SATURDAY: Journaling for Creative Survival
Rabun County residents are invited to learn fun ways to maintain a steady flow of creative output through journaling at our free monthly Community Workshop.
2ND SATURDAY: Artist Talks
Hambidge invites you to campus to meet our residents and gain insight into their creative processes.
Gristmill Visit
Enjoy a demonstration of an old-fashioned, water-powered mill stone-grinding corn into grits and cornmeal at Barker’s Creek Mill.
4TH SATURDAY: Collaborative Drawing
Rabun County residents are invited to explore different ways of drawing and mark-making as a group at our free monthly Community Workshop.
2ND SATURDAY: Artist Talks
Hambidge invites you to campus to meet our residents and gain insight into their creative processes.
1ST SATURDAY: Gristmill Visit
Enjoy a demonstration of an old-fashioned, water-powered mill stone-grinding corn into grits and cornmeal at Barker’s Creek Mill.
Deadline to Sign Up for Anagama Firing Lottery
Interest in our Anagama firings is high, so participation is determined in advance by a lottery. Sign up by MARCH 1 for a chance to participate in our Spring Anagama firing.
Fall 2024 Residency Application Period
Apply for our 20224 Fall Residency Session (September-December). Deadline: April 15, 2024.
4TH SATURDAY: The Fire & Form of Raku
Rabun County residents are invited to make unique Raku-fired ceramics at our monthly Community Workshop.
1ST SATURDAY: Gristmill Visit
Enjoy a demonstration of an old-fashioned, water-powered mill stone-grinding corn into grits and cornmeal at Barker’s Creek Mill.
February Workshops at Hambidge
We offer workshops of three, five, and twelve days in a wide range of disciplines. No matter which topic you choose, you can look forward to an inspiring and restorative experience!
4TH SATURDAY: Fairy Doors
Rabun County residents are invited to make whimsical fairy doors at our monthly Community Workshop.
1ST SATURDAY: Gristmill Visit
Welcome the new year with a demonstration of an old-fashioned, water-powered mill stone-grinding corn into grits and cornmeal at Barker’s Creek Mill.
4TH SATURDAY: Ceramic Luminaries Workshop
Rabun County residents are invited to make your own ceramic luminary!
2ND SATURDAY: Artist Talks
Hambidge invites you to campus to meet our residents and gain insight into their creative processes.
1ST SATURDAY: Gristmill Visit
Enjoy a demonstration of an old-fashioned, water-powered mill stone-grinding corn into grits and cornmeal at Barker’s Creek Mill.
Summer 2024 Residency Application Deadline—NOW EXTENDED!
Apply from December 1 through January 15, 2024 for the SUMMER SESSION of the following year (June through August 2024).
Virginia Troy & Dynamic Design: Film screening, Book Signing, Hambidge Past, Present and Future
Virginia Troy will share her experience researching her new book after a showing of the Mary Hambidge documentary by Hal Jacobs in Atlanta at the Georgia Center for the Book.
Hambidge Artist Residency | Book and Panel Discussion in Athens, GA
Hear about the magical longevity and the artist experiences of the Hambidge Center. Come learn how to be awarded a residency, participate in workshops and all the growing projects that the Center offers.
Gristmill Visit
Enjoy a demonstration of an old-fashioned, water-powered mill stone-grinding corn into grits and cornmeal at Barker’s Creek Mill.
Hambidge Open House
Escape to our mountain retreat and wander through artist studios, U-do-Raku, enjoy live music, and festive food and drinks. The Fall Open House is FREE and open to the public.
Fall Anagama Kiln Firing
Join us for our anagama kiln firing this October. Ceramicists are invited to participate in this communal firing event. Visitors are welcome to observe for free.
2ND SATURDAY: Artist Talks
Hambidge invites you to campus to meet our residents and gain insight into their creative processes.
Gristmill Visit
Enjoy a demonstration of an old-fashioned, water-powered mill stone-grinding corn into grits and cornmeal at Barker’s Creek Mill.
28th Annual Hambidge Art Auction & Performance Party
Support Hambidge by bidding on a fantastic piece of artwork in our online Art Auction and buy tickets to attend our fabulous Performance Party!
2ND SATURDAY: Artist Talks
Hambidge invites you to campus to meet our residents and gain insight into their creative processes.
Gristmill Visit
Enjoy a demonstration of an old-fashioned, water-powered mill stone-grinding corn into grits and cornmeal at Barker’s Creek Mill.