folk school
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She attended a folk school throughout her youth which engaged her in arts, crafts, music and working with her hands.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 22, 2017
Generally speaking, the typical folk school student is older, “someone who has the time, interest and the money, as well as a strong interest in lifelong learning,” Wright said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2017
The first folk school in the United States was the John C. Campbell Folk School near Brasstown, North Carolina, about two hours north of Atlanta, founded in 1925 by John and Olive Campbell.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2017
At eighteen, she enrolled in a Norwegian folk school and learned how to dogsled.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 26, 2016
That wakens the memory of the instruction of the old Karstensen, her teacher when she attended the folk school, from which we understand that he appears in the place of her father.
From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by J. Sadger
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