Workshops at Hambidge are nurturing, creative experiences that facilitate deep learning, a reconnection with nature and a rejuvenation of spirit.

We offer workshops of three, five, and twelve days in a wide range of disciplines: from visual arts, crafts, and writing, to music, movement, and the culinary arts. No matter which topic you choose, you can look forward to an inspiring and restorative experience! Our workshop leaders are accomplished artists who offer in-depth lessons as well as thoughtful insights about their craft and practice.

Designed as immersive experiences, our workshops are kept small—8–10 attendees—in order to give you more time with your instructor, and also to encourage the creation of community through shared learning and conversations around the dinner table.

Attendees stay at the Antinori Village, our beautiful workshop facility, and take meals together in the gorgeous natural setting of the Bunnen Commons. The Hambidge campus is located on 600 forested acres in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. During free time, attendees can take advantage of our hiking trails, or simply sit and soak up some nature vibes.

Read more about the Antinori Village and guest rooms on our Room & Board page.
Find our Cancellation Policy and more in the Frequently Asked Questions.

If you have an idea for a workshop at Hambidge, please submit it to our Suggestion Box.
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2026 Workshop Retreat Schedule

We’re excited to share our 2026 workshop offerings at The Hambidge Center—an evolving series of immersive, retreat-style experiences that invite deep engagement with process, material, and place.  If there is a workshop that interests you that doesn’t yet have registration open and you’d like to reserve your seat, email ddavid@hambidge.org

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WORKSHOP RETREAT: Functional Clay Vessels with Martha Cook
Apr 9
WORKSHOP RETREAT: Functional Clay Vessels with Martha Cook

In this hands-on workshop, participants will have the opportunity to create functional forms through pinch pot, coil pot, and slab-built techniques.  Students will learn how to transform simple forms into thoughtfully designed vessels as mugs, bowls, plates, and small containers.

WORKSHOP RETREAT: Memory Houses with Lydia Thompson
Jun 11
WORKSHOP RETREAT: Memory Houses with Lydia Thompson

In this hands-on workshop, participants will create a free-standing clay structure inspired by memory, place, and personal narrative. Using handbuilding techniques such as slab, coil, and pinch construction, students will design and build an imagined house or abode that tells a story.

 

2025 Workshop Retreats

In 2025, we presented seven dynamic workshop retreats by world-class instructors in ceramics, plein air painting, audio field recording, culinary, meditation, botanical illustration, and printmaking. These workshop retreats were hosted in our beautiful Antinori Village where attendees enjoyed cozy weekend accommodations and hand-crafted communal meals.

2024 Workshop Retreats

In 2024, the inaugural year of workshop retreats in our Antinori Village, we hosted courses led by skilled artists, musicians, and chefs that covered topics from charcoal line drawing, improvisational music, and gourmet cooking, to basket weaving.