Sponsored by the Fiber Craft Studio

Applied Arts Program:
Handwork Teacher Education

Now enrolling! Sixth Cycle begins July 27

The Applied Arts Program, a professional development opportunity for Waldorf handwork teachers and aspiring teachers, explores the art, philosophy, practice and pedagogy of teaching handwork. The course meets in the Fiber Craft Studio on the Threefold campus for two weeks each summer and one week each winter for four years. In their time together, students and teachers form a learning community that supports their artistic development as well as their spiritual and practical striving.

To download a brochure and application form (PDF), please click here; for more information, contact the Fiber Craft Studio by email or phone (845-425-2891).

Sponsored by Threefold Educational Center
and the Visual Art and Natural Science Sections
of the School of Spiritual Science

Transforming Capacities:
An Art and Science Exhibition

Opening August 8, 2009, 7:30pm, Threefold Auditorium

Transforming Capacities: An Art and Science Exhibition explores the role of artistic and scientific creativity in transforming human capacities for social renewal. The exhibit will feature original works in multiple media by contemporary artists and scientists, all of whom are working out of anthroposophy and concerned with the role of art in social transformation.

Exhibitors will include Laura Summer, Michael Howard, Jorge Sanz-Cardona, Jennifer Greene, the New Forms Project, and others. In addition, a special exhibit on the life and work of Ehrenfried Pfeiffer will afford a rare opportunity to view examples of Pfeiffer’s artistic and scientific endeavors.

The exhibit will open on August 8 in conjunction with the conference Inner Transformation and Social Renewal. The exhibition will run through October 4.

Sponsored by Threefold Educational Center,
the Center for Social and Environmental Responsibility at Hawthorne Valley,
and the Social Sciences Section of North America

Inner Transformation and Social Renewal:
Conference / Art and Science Exhibition

August 8-11, 2009

What spiritual capacities must we develop to address today’s crises, and create a renewed political, economic, and cultural life for the future? How can a spiritualized art and science help to develop these capacities and create a community life that fosters peace and prosperity?

Social change that draws on conventional ways of thinking never seems to get to the root of our problems. In this conference, artists, researchers, doctors, and farmers who work from a spiritual scientific foundation will identify inner capacities we will need to effect meaningful social renewal – and how to develop them.

Each day’s artistic activities, workshops, talks and guided conversations will spark stimulating and thought-provoking activities and exercises. Scheduled speakers and workshop leaders include: Henrike Holdrege, Michael Howard, Gerald Karnow MD, Gary Lamb, Mac Mead, Ulrich Roesch, Michael Steinrueck, Laura Summer, Nathaniel Williams, and members of Think OutWord.

A concurrent art and science exhibition entitled Transforming Capacities will feature new and innovative displays that highlight the themes of inner transformation and social renewal.

Fee: $285 (plus room and board). Click here for a printable registration form and detailed schedule.

Room and board: Threefold Educational Center offers reasonably priced dormitory housing to conference attendees (including shared kitchen privileges); click here to request a room; click here for a list of area hotels. Meals: Main House Dining Room, centrally located on the Threefold campus, will serve nutritious, mostly organic and biodynamic meals throughout the conference. The nearby Hungry Hollow Co-op offers groceries as well as organic take-out, and there are many restaurants within easy driving distance.

Extended early bird discount! Register before June 30 for $255!

Sponsored by the Threefold Mystery Drama Group

"The Portal of Initiation"
and Its Relationship to Goethe's Fairy Tale

August 12-16, 2009

Rudolf Steiner wrote four Mystery Dramas that unite mystery wisdom with stage art. He described the process of writing his first Mystery Drama, The Portal of Initiation, as a spiritual investigation that metamorphosed his own inner work with Goethe’s fairy tale, “The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily.”

This conference will feature four days of lectures, conversations and performances that will enable participants to deepen their relationship to these two works of art, which lie at the heart of Rudolf Steiner’s Spiritual Science, Anthroposophy. The Saturday performance of The Portal of Initiation will take place on the 99th anniversary of the play’s premiere in Munich, Germany.

Conference faculty includes Barbara Renold, Herbert O. Hagens, Joan Allen, Joan Almon, Els Woutersen, and Daniel Hafner.

For more information, or to register, contact Susan Wallendorf: 845-352-5020 x17 or register@threefold.org. To download a printable brochure with a detailed schedule, fees and registration information, please click here.

Sponsored by The Anthroposophical Society in America
in collaboration with threefold Educational Center

Creating Living Connections:
Christian Rosenkreutz and the Social Impulse

Annual Conference and Members’ Meeting
of the Anthroposophical Society in America

October 2-4, 2009

Join us in exploring the many faces of anthroposophy, where inner work manifests in practical forms to bring about social transformation. Creating Living Connections: Christian Rosenkreutz and the Social Impulse is intended to give anthroposophic organizations, initiatives, groups, and individuals the opportunity to meet, interact, and share their work. A rich array of talks and discussions, artistic activities, and social events promise ample opportunities to Create Living Connections among individuals and initiatives.

Featured speakers: Torin Finser, General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in America • Dr. Gerald Karnow of the Fellowship Community • Michael Ronall of Sunbridge College • Virginia Sease, from the Executive Committee of the Goetheanum • Elizabeth Wirsching, leader of the Youth Section at the Goetheanum.

Workshop presenters: John Beck • Judith Brockway • Frank Chester • Karine Finser • Michael Howard • Robert Karp • John McManus • Dorothea Mier • Diane Rossman • Dawn Stratton • Stephen Usher • Glen Williamson.

The weekend will culminate with the Anthroposophical Society’s annual members’ meeting on Sunday morning.

Innovative pre-conference activities: Beginning with the Threefold Community’s Michaelmas festivities on Tuesday, September 29, groups, initiatives, and organizations working out of anthroposophy are invited to arrive early and take advantage of Threefold's facilities for pre-conference meetings on Wednesday and Thursday, September 30 and October 1. Planned social and artistic events will enable participants to meet and share ideas and information about their work; a morning forum on Friday, October 2, will offer a unique opportunity for those present to exchange perspectives, identify common concerns, and see what else is going on in the movement.

Join us at the Annual Conference… click here to register on line, or click here to download a brochure and paper registration form (PDF).

Bring your group, initiative or organization to the Pre-Conference… Call or email Jordan Walker (845-352-5020 x19 or jordan@threefold.org).

Sponsored by the Pfeiffer Center

Fresh-Baked Bread from the Garden

We bake a sourdough rye and occasional special breads in the Pfeiffer Center's wood-fired cob oven. Pick up bread and pay in the garden cabin after 4:00pm on baking day (usually Friday). All proceeds benefit programs of the Pfeiffer Center.

Please sign up by Wednesday before baking day. Call 845-356-1673 (not the office) to sign up or with other questions.

Next baking day:
To be announced (watch this space)!