SABLE 2026 WORKSHOP SERIES
You’re invited! Join us for arts workshops at the start of select Food and Art Fridays.
Each workshop will be led by Sable Alumni and/or local artists enthusiastic about
art-making in community.
June 12, July 10, July 24, September 11: 5:30 - 6:30PM
*please arrive by 5:15pm
June 26: 5 - 6PM
*please arrive by 4:45pm
$10-25 suggested donation to contribute to facilitator stipends and cost of materials.
All welcome, no experience necessary.
See details on each workshop below!
June 12th: Miniature Crankie Making with Storm Welch
5:30 - 6:30pm - sign up at 5:15pm
Come learn how to make your own tiny crankie out of matchboxes! As a process that usually takes a long time, Storm has streamlined everything so that everyone, regardless of age, will leave with a finished, matchbox Crankie to call their own! Come for tips and tricks and start making your own Crankies out of what's around you.
Storm Welch (they/he) is a Crankie-maker and performer from the Monadnock Region of NH. Their work entangles life, printmaking, music, community organizing, murals, and finding ways to support and employ other working artists for a living wage. Previously a traveling artist, Storm currently makes their home in Brattleboro, VT where they are developing their skills at curating puppet slams, building shows, and slowly cultivating friendships within their neighborhood and ecosystem.
All ages! All materials provided!
$10 - 25 suggested donation
June 26: Which Side Are You On?: Protest Songs Through the Ages with The Pandora Consort
5:00 - 6:00pm - sign up at 4:45pm
Join the Pandora Consort and guests to learn and sing songs from the North American canon of protest music! We will discuss the history of protest music in the United States, influential songwriters, and what makes these songs last the test of time. Participants will even learn songs from the Pandora Consorts' original folk opera, the Fire Within Her, to sing along to during the performance. No formal singing experience required.
The Pandora Consort is a Boston-based early music ensemble that reimagines classical music performance by integrating multimedia, interactive elements, and highlighting works by historically marginalized composers, especially early female composers. The ensemble has performed on the New York State Baroque and Pegasus Early Music Young Artist Series, Gotham Early Music Series, Otter Creek Music Festival, SoHIP Boston Summer Concert Series, the Saint James World & Early Music Series, King’s Chapel Concert Series, Salon Avec Moi (NYC), the BEMF Fringe Series, and in residence at the Portland Bach Experience and the Sable Project. Some highlights of the upcoming 2025-2026 season, include the Pandora Consort performing Hildegard Reanimated: Vision in Vision with Vermont Public Classical Radio, releasing an album of works of Hildegard von Bingen, and premiering their new program, The Fire Within Her, an original folk opera of early North American music about women’s liberation in the United States.
All ages!
$10 - 25 suggested donation
July 11: Butterfly Puppet Art Build for Migrant Justice with Uncle Erok & Hilary Glass
5:30pm - 7:00pm - No early sign up required
Come make Monarch Butterfly Puppets to be used at future Migrant Justice actions! No experience required, local artists Uncle Erok & Hilary Glass will lead participants through all steps of the process in this fun, interactive, and hands-on workshop. The monarch butterfly serves as a reminder of the natural beauty of migration, and the resilience of our immigrant neighbors.
Migrant Justice is a local organization that builds the voice, capacity, and power of the immigrant farmworker community to organize for economic justice and human rights. They bring together community members to analyze shared problems and envision collective solutions. To learn more about their ongoing work visit: https://migrantjustice.net/
All ages!
$10 - 25 suggested donation
July 24: A Funny Workshop: for the clown, clown adjacent and clown curious with Gemma Soldati
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Check in at 5:15pm, please register in advance by emailing bex@thesableproject.org
Discover and reunite with your playful spirit and comedic vocabulary in this workshop of fun. Using clown, physical games, and improvisation, we'll explore our imagination, pleasure, and our relationship with an audience. We'll find what we may have lost or forgotten on our journey to become “good.” This class is for folks of all experience levels.
Gemma Soldati (she/her) is an American performing and teaching artist. She won Best Comedy at the 2019 Melbourne Fringe with The Living Room. She has taught in Los Angeles, New England, Chicago, and Toronto for both adults and children. Gemma was Hopkinton NH’s Elementary’s School’s Artist in Residence for 2024. She was the 2023/24 resident at Ars Nova’s Makers Lab in NYC. She also won Artist of the Year 2023 from Stay Work Play.
18+
$10 - 25 suggested donation
September 11th: Writing Workshop with Leah Beckhoff
5:30pm - 6:30pm - Sign ups at 5:15pm
More details coming soon!