Within each thing you’re creating, no matter how you feel like you’re failing within that particular exercise or that particular framework of what you’re working on…there’s something in there that’s opening something up in you. – Carlos Murillo

What We Do

• We provide a welcoming space for all students.
• We bring students together in shared crafty interests.
• We measurably lower student stress by providing accessible and engaging hands-on activities.
• We engage students by having studios with specialized equipment, and guidance to use it.
• We provide employment that mentors students to be confident, have a deeper sense of self, and become part of a community that holds each other up.
• We work with student groups, organizations, and departments to bring students together in community and shared goals, with a focus on groups historically marginalized in the arts and crafts communities (BIPOC).

Our hopes for students

• We want students to craft things with their own hands.
• We know that in the making students will: connect, express, explore, convey, process, imagine, focus, de-stress, and much more. 
• Our goal is to promote student well-being by providing both engaging activities and ways to connect with each other.
• For our student staff  we create opportunities to develop their leadership and teaching skills in a nurturing environment.