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Gourd Bowl Workshop

Taught by Teresa Dunlap

Community Workshop: Open to all – no Duke affiliation required!

When
  • Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 6:00pm
Where

Duke Campus Farm
4934 Friends School Road
Durham, NC 27705

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Notes

Registration for this workshop will open on Friday, September 11 at 9am.

Gourd Bowl Workshop

Taught by Teresa Dunlap

Community Workshop: Open to all – no Duke affiliation required!

Using carefully prepared materials, participants will learn to attach and coil longleaf pine needles around a gourd, crafting a unique bowl. All materials will be provided, including hand-harvested longleaf pine needles from the sandhills of South Carolina. This workshop welcomes all experience levels as we explore the traditional art of coiled basketry, blending natural materials into a beautifully crafted piece.

Meet the Instructor

Teresa Dunlap

Teresa Dunlap is a Catawba multi-disciplinary artist based in Rock Hill, South Carolina. She specializes in traditional Catawba pottery, basketry, and hand embroidery. In 2021, Teresa moved to Rock Hill …

More Info

Duke Arts Create is a series of free, hands-on arts workshops designed to help all Duke students, including graduate and professional students (including Duke Health), as well as Duke faculty and staff develop a variety of creative skills in the visual arts, dance and movement, creative writing and more. Workshops are open to all skill levels and backgrounds. Most workshops are held in the Duke Arts Annex, the Rubenstein Arts Center or the Duke Arts Office 2101 and are typically held weeknights from 6-8 p.m.

Registration for the following week’s Duke Arts Create workshops go live on Friday morning at 9 a.m. – sign up in advance to guarantee your spot. Didn’t get a spot? No problem! We always reserve space for walk-ins and waitlist registers. Email DukeCreate@duke.edu if you have any questions. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here, which includes the full list of classes offered during the following month.

Duke Arts Create is sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts (Duke Arts).

This event is part of We the People: A Duke & Durham Initiative

Learn more about the initiative

We the People commemorates the 250th anniversary of the United States by exploring the nation’s evolving identity through art, scholarship, and civic dialogue. This fall, you can view a rare signed print of the Declaration of Independence at the Durham County Main Library from September 8–20 and the Nasher Museum from September 24, 2026–January 3, 2027. We invite you to visit this foundational document and explore how it was circulated and visually rendered in the nation’s early decades.

Visit nasher.duke.edu for more visitor details about the Declaration of Independence exhibition.

Learn more about the nasher exhibition

More from Duke Arts Create

This event is part of We the People: A Duke & Durham Initiative

Learn more about the initiative

We the People commemorates the 250th anniversary of the United States by exploring the nation’s evolving identity through art, scholarship, and civic dialogue. This fall, you can view a rare signed print of the Declaration of Independence at the Durham County Main Library from September 8–20 and the Nasher Museum from September 24, 2026–January 3, 2027. We invite you to visit this foundational document and explore how it was circulated and visually rendered in the nation’s early decades.

Visit nasher.duke.edu for more visitor details about the Declaration of Independence exhibition.

Learn more about the nasher exhibition