Spring 2026 Crafternoons: Crafting with our Community

It's time for another semester of fun Crafternoon events!

Held both on our Main Campus and our Orange County Campus, Crafternoons are opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to take a minute to make something with others from their Durham Tech community.

This semester we're repeating a few favorites and adding a few new events.

At the end of January, help to set your intentions or keep up with your life goals by making personal punch cards/BINGO cards.

Want to visit some new outdoor spaces locally? Want to read more books? Want to host more dinner parties? Cook more vegetarian meals? Write more songs? Write your first song?

More portable than a vision board, these allow you to create goals and mark off when you compete them. We'll have paper and decorative elements available for you to use.

In February, we're getting stabby with wool needle felting to make some felted friends. Led by academic advisor and fiber artist Eliza Murphy, this is one of our favorite annual events.

In March, we'll decorate tote bags or a piece of your own clothing that you bring with you. Customize it with fabric paint or patches, including some awesome laser-etched images created in our Makerspace. Speaking of the Makerspace, the Main Campus event will be held there, so meet in Building 11.

Donation opportunity: We'd love your thick cotton or cotton-heavy denim scraps. Got some spare jean legs from those cool cut-offs you made? Bring them by the Main Campus Library.

Last but certainly not least, April showers may bring May flowers, but they'll bring succulents to Crafternoon. Paint your own terracotta pot and plant yourself a little succulent to nurture.

Donation opportunity: Have any succulent cuttings? We'd love for you to share them with us! Reach out to Sasha Deyneka to coordinate donation drop-off.

As always, all events are open to everyone. No previous experience is necessary, but a willingness to learn and do potentially new things is encouraged. No craft shaming for yourself or others-- you're not being graded.

This event is co-sponsored by the Library and Viva the Arts through a grant from the Eichholz Foundation.