ADIRONDACK FOLK SCHOOL

The Adirondack Folk School (AFS) is a non-profit organization, unique for its focus on preserving and sharing the history and culture of our legendary region through teaching the arts, crafts and traditions of the Adirondacks. Made up of local artisans, crafts people, and volunteers, we offer non-competitive education focusing on the student. Located in Lake Luzerne, NY with and our annex in Lake George, we are situated in the southern Adirondack Park, a State park of over six-million acres of "forever wild" protected land. The beauty and natural abundance of this environment influenced the skilled artisans that created the pack basket, twig furniture, birch bark containers, the Adirondack chair, the guide boat, and the Adirondack lean-to. These are the home furnishings, boats, and decor still found in cabins, lodges, and homes today throughout the region which have helped create the unique "Adirondack Style". Today, our region hosts these and numerous other creative forms of..

Registration numbers: 2176 US 9 (W)

Primary location: Lake Luzerne United States