Design
Learn more about upcoming DiRT & Glitter Youth Art & Adventure Program design offerings below!
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Current design offerings
Mending / Reworking
a free sewing open studio
Have old clothes in need of mending that have been sitting in a pile for ages? Or working on a sewing project you’d like some encouragement on?
Join DiRT & Glitter’s Education Director, Nicole Casado, for a FREE open studio every Thursday from June 11 to July 16, 12-2:30 p.m., to work on projects you want to alter or revive! No need to register, just show up for an afternoon of creative community!
FREE for all in the community!
At the DiRT & Glitter Studio (10120 US Hwy 199, Gasquet)
Every Thursday, June 11-July 16
12-2:30 p.m.
Past Design offerings
Salvaging Abundance Together
A 4-Part Community Permaculture Workshop Series
with Ben Zumeta of Old Growth Edible Landscapes & the Wild Rivers Permaculture Guild
This FREE workshop series helped students identify and use abundant–often free–materials to grow food, harvest water and protect our homes from fire and flood, all while helping biodiversity flourish.
Series included:
Workshop #1: An Introduction to Permaculture: Planting seeds of restoration, resilience & community
Workshop #2: Salvaging Abundance: Turning potential pollutants into fertility & filtration
Workshop #3: Fire on the Mountain: Shaded fuel breaks for fire protection & biochar production
Workshop #4: Be the Beaver You Wish to See in the World: Water cycle restoration with woody debris, inspired by beavers
How Did We Get Here?
Radio Play & Documentary Course
In 2025, we offered a 10-week Sound Design Course for youth in Del Norte and adjacent tribal lands, ages 14-24, facilitated by KFUG/ Redwood Voice.
Participants earned $1,500 bringing the graphic novel How Did We Get Here? to the airwaves. In this course, students learned sound design, audio and video editing
