Classes & Workshops

Contact Improvisation Fundamentals Intensive

Join us for a Contact Improv Fundamentals Intensive at Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center in the mountains of NC! This retreat provides an immersive dive into the fundamental skills, concepts, and techniques of Contact Improvisation practice, providing a solid foundation for a lifetime of play. It is a great opportunity to get your CI practice started for the first time […]

11 - 14 Sep

6:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Arts, Ecology & Circus Camp (in July)

Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center is repeating its much-beloved day camp for youth, ages 8 to 14! Educational and recreational programming will run from Monday through Friday, July 21st – 25th. Then, family and friends are invited to a performance event and community dinner on Saturday evening, July 26th, to experience what the kids learned during the week.   […]

21 - 26 Jul

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Arts, Ecology & Circus Camp (in June)

Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center is repeating its much-beloved day camp for youth, ages 8 to 14! Educational and recreational programming will run from Monday through Friday, July 21st – 25th. Then, family and friends are invited to a performance event and community dinner on Saturday evening, July 26th, to experience what the kids learned during the week.   […]

23 - 28 Jun

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Rutherford County Mural Mentorship Program

Rutherford County youth and young adults have the incredible opportunity to join and be mentored through a collaborative public art project that uplifts the history and future of our local food system. The Mural Mentorship Program (MMP) participants will help paint a large mural in downtown Rutherfordton to be installed and dedicated this summer. We will organize three mentee cohorts, […]

09 - 29 Jun

Rutherfordton Club House

241 Club House Dr, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

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West African Drumming

Enter into the exciting polyrhythmic music of West Africa. Participants will learn the history, technique and tradition of West African percussion instruments such as the djembe, sangban, kenkeni, dununba and shekere. No previous experience needed. Repeat visits are encouraged to learn all the parts of a traditional West African rhythm. Instruments provided for up to 10 participants. Or, you can […]

21 Nov

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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Breathe to Release – Nov 19th

When we take time to exercise control over our breathing, it can become a life giving elixir that can expand our capacity, our aliveness and our freedom. Revelation Breathwork is an active style of breathing that gets you out of the mind and into the body,  helping to release stored energy and emotion. This 1.5hr breathwork class is for all […]

19 Nov

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

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The Joy of Salsa

Rutherfordton Food, Art, & Brew is excited to present this six week beginner-to-intermediate level Salsa Dance Class, hosted by Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center and led by Charlie O’Connor. Funding for this class comes from a Meta Community Action Grant and a NC Arts Council Grassroots Grant. This class is open to students age 16 and up and is being offered at no cost for the first 20 people […]

23 Oct

6:00 am - 7:30 pm

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Arts, Ecology & Circus Camp 2024

Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center is repeating its much beloved day camp for youth, ages 8 to 14! Educational and recreational programming will run from Monday through Friday, then family and friends are invited to a performance event and community dinner on Saturday evening to experience what the kids learned during the week. Instructional programs run from 9 to […]

22 - 26 Jul

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Basic Life Support + First Aid Training

Basic Life Support (BLS) + First Aid training helps participants recognize and respond appropriately to first aid emergencies, sudden illness, cardiac arrest with the use of CPR and an AED and life threatening bleeding and acute trauma using basic and intermediate medical intervention skills and equipment. Participants will gain knowledge and skills needed to give immediate care to an injured […]

13 Jul

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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Breathe to Bloom – June 18th

“How we breathe is how we live”- unknown author. Breathing is the one automatic function in our body that we have control over. This life giving elixir that we can use to expand our capacity, our aliveness and our freedom. Revelation Breathwork is an active style of breathing that gets you out of the mind and into the body helping […]

18 Jun

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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Understanding Biochar

We are postponing this event until the fall. We look forward to offering more wonderful educational and cultural programs and encourage you to check our program line up often. Biochar is at once a tool for managing woody landscape waste and is also a direct means of sequestering carbon, all while increasing the fertility of your soils for many years […]

05 May

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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Conflict is Renewable Energy: a Conflict Transformation Workshop

Conflict happens!  In many ways, the only way we build trust in cooperatives is through conflict, through how we repair when we rupture. The word conflict means “to strike together,” a friction that throws a hot spark into the room. The energy of fire can burn us or warm us, it’s a disturbance that can destroy like a wildfire or […]

02 - 03 Dec

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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