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Photos courtesy of SkillPop
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Photos courtesy of SkillPop
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Photos courtesy of The Porch
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Photo courtesy of USN Evening Classes
Craft South
Located in the heart of 12 South, Craft South is the area’s go-to resource for all things quilting, crochet, and knitting (not to mention embroidery, sewing, and felting). Since 2015, the fabric and fiber retailer has also offered monthly workshops and classes to meet the needs of everyone from novice knitter to pro quilter. Learn how to make a kimono in the popular Cozy Kimono class, or begin learning the basics in one of the ongoing knitting, crochet, or quilting basics classes. Classes are between three to five hours long and run about $40. Ready to dive deeper? Try one of the weekend-long workshops, which are offered once a month and range from $195 to $550.
2516 12th Ave S, 615-928-8766; craft-south.com
USN Evening Classes
Heading into its 26th season, USN Evening Classes have long been a staple in Nashville’s continuing education community. With all proceeds going toward University School of Nashville’s K-12 need-based scholarship endowment, class participants can learn something new and give back while they do it. The instructors, who all donate their time and expertise, represent some of the best and brightest in their fields. Learn how to cook in a wood-burning oven with executive chef and owner of Lockeland Table, Hal Holden-Bache, or join a lecture about American presidents from presidential biographer Jon Meacham. From Buddhist meditation to beekeeping, USN Evening Classes offer something for just about everyone. Each one-time, two hour class is held on a Monday or Thursday at USN’s campus. Classes range from $27 to $35.
2000 Edgehill Ave., 615-321-8019; eveningclasses.org
The Porch
Turn a new page, literally, in 2019 by writing more. The Porch, Nashville’s only nonprofit writing center, offers a wide variety of one-day classes and multi-week workshops for the writer who wants to write more, write better, or just write period. Come January 1, expect new one-day classes like Balancing Reality In Fiction and Writing About Home, and four-to-six-week workshops like Writing the Lyric Essay, Novel In Progress, and Foundations classes geared toward beginner fiction and nonfiction writers. Poets can expect one-day generative writing classes and a multi-week workshop. All classes and workshops are led by experienced, published writers with an eye and ear for creativity and craft. One-day classes are $50, and workshops range from $138 to $279.
SkillPop
SkillPop, which arrived on the Nashville scene in 2017 from Charlotte, North Carolina, is all about pop-up classes in cool spaces led by experts in the community. Offering everything from photography to marketing, SkillPop wants to make learning something new affordable and accessible. Each one-time class clocks in at two hours and is held on a weekday night at a local co-working space or retailer, like East Nashville’s Launch Pad or Scout & Molly’s in Hillsboro Village. Every Tuesday, SkillPop unveils their latest local offerings, featuring a mix of hands-on DIY, business, and personal growth classes. Just in time for January resolutions, they’ll also be launching a new batch of wellness and productivity, meal planning, and budgeting classes. Classes range from $30 to $35.