Invite your friends for a night of fun and creativity at the Carrie Blast Furnaces! Not your typical “sip and paint” party, this workshop has quickly become one of Rivers… Continue Reading The Doodle Bowl Experience
Explore the metal casting process and step back in time at Young and Sons Foundry and Machine Shop! This workshop is a great way to explore the metal casting process… Continue Reading Scratch Block Aluminum Casting at W.A. Young & Sons Foundry and Machine Shop
(Six-day workshop) Monday through Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Visiting Artist Roberto Visani This workshop is intended for the creation of large molds and features extended shop time onsite… Continue Reading Large-Mold Iron Intensive
Work with experienced Rivers of Steel teaching artists and visiting artists to learn the basics of foundry work, including pattern and mold-making. It's a step-by-step overview of the iron-casting process! Iron… Continue Reading Metal Arts Workshop—Intro to Iron Casting
Join the National Aviary and Rivers of Steel for a birding experience like no other! As Rivers of Steel’s Captain Ryan O’Rourke steers the Explorer riverboat along the banks of the… Continue Reading Birdwatching Cruise with the National Aviary
Experience molten iron at the Carrie Blast Furnaces! Ever wonder what the process looks like to cast molten iron? Well, here is your chance! Bring some friends to the Carrie… Continue Reading Iron Casting Spectator Event
Choose your own adventure on this photo safari! The interplay of light and seasonality at the Carrie Furnaces offer endless perspectives of this industrial muse. Take inspiration from the wide… Continue Reading Photo Safari
While iron production may have stopped at the Carrie Blast Furnaces in 1982, the era of Carrie as an artistic muse was just beginning. Discover how creatives, from guerrilla artists… Continue Reading Arts & Grounds Tour
Learn to hammer hot metal at the Carrie Blast Furnaces! This 3-hour introductory workshop is a great way to explore the art of blacksmithing and create something unique. Participants will… Continue Reading Blacksmithing Basics: Hooks & Hairpins
Invite your friends for a night of fun and creativity at the Carrie Blast Furnaces! Not your typical “sip and paint” party, this workshop has quickly become one of Rivers… Continue Reading The Doodle Bowl Experience
