Focus Craft Founded 1954 | Website brookfieldcraft.org Type of business Educational | |
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Founder Nancy DuBois (Hagmayer) Location 286 Whisconier Road, Brookfield, CT 06804 Area served New England, New York tri-state region Headquarters Connecticut, United States Similar Worcester Center for Crafts, Haystack Mountain School of, Penland School of Crafts, Aldrich Contemporary Art Muse, Center for Contemporary Printmaking | ||
Brookfield Craft Center, located in Brookfield, Connecticut, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, founded in 1954 with the mission "to teach and preserve the skills of fine craftsmanship and enable creativity and personal growth through craft education." Subjects taught at the craft center include basketry, beadwork, blacksmithing, bladesmithing, ceramics, glass, jewelry making, metalsmithing, fiber and weaving, woodturning, woodworking, photography, paper and book arts, decorative arts, painting and drawing, and business / marketing for artists.
Its 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) campus is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Danbury, Connecticut, on the banks of the Still River, with an historic mill building as its centerpiece. Its six buildings house seven fully equipped studios, an exhibition gallery, a retail craft gallery and gift shop, and housing for visiting faculty.