Arizona News – New year, new schedule! In 2025, Arcosanti has added new dates to its robust calendar of immersive workshops, including the Natural Construction Workshop, the Arcosanti Archives Workshop and the Land Stewardship and Sustainable Technology Workshop.
The Natural Construction Workshop focuses on building using natural earth technology. Participants can learn how to work with natural materials such as clay, rock and reed to construct rock walls, cobb bricks, rammed earth, reed screens and clay plaster. Each four-week program is $1,550 and includes tuition, five-day per week lunch, housing, facilities and field trips.
The 2025 workshop dates are as follows: Monday, Feb. 10-Friday, March 7 Monday, Apr. 7-Friday, May 2 Monday, May 19-Friday, June 13 Monday, July 21-Friday, Aug. 15 Monday, Sept. 8 – Friday, Oct. 3 Monday, Nov. 3-Friday, Nov. 28 Monday, Dec. 29, 2025-Friday, Jan. 23, 2026
For more information and to apply, visit: arcosanti.org/workshops/construction-workshop/.
The Archives Workshop allows participants to help preserve history as it unfolds through this hands-on four-week program. Attendees will discover and document past work for posterity, including art, sketches, text documents, construction documents, architectural models, drawings and photographs.
Each four-week program is $1,550 and includes tuition, five-day per week lunch, housing, facilities and field trips.
The 2025 workshop dates are as follows: Monday, Feb. 10-Friday, March 7 Monday, Apr. 7-Friday, May 2 Monday, May 19-Friday, June 13 Monday, July 21-Friday, Aug. 15 Monday, Sept. 8 – Friday, Oct. 3 Monday, Nov. 3-Friday, Nov. 28 Monday, Dec. 29, 2025-Friday, Jan. 23, 2026 For more information and to apply, visit: arcosanti.org/workshops/archives-workshop/.
In 2025, Arcosanti also presents two Land Stewardship and Sustainable Technology Workshops, one in the spring and one in the fall. This four-week workshop helps participants connect to the majestic High Sonoran Desert of Arizona while learning new skills and helping to create community.
Attendees will learn how to steward land and sustainably manage water in a desert through hands-on experiences such as improving a rainwater catchment system, restoring and tending a bioswale orchard, adjusting solar panels for an aquifer well pump and more.
The spring four-week program takes place Monday, Apr. 7 through Friday, May 2; the fall four-week program runs from Monday, Nov. 3 through Friday, Nov. 28. Each four-week program is $1,550 and includes tuition, five-day per week lunch, housing, facilities and field trips.
For more information and to register, visit arcosanti.org/workshops/land-stewardship-workshop/.
To learn more about all of Arcosanti’s workshops, visit arcosanti.org/workshops/. Email workshop@arcosanti.org to request further details.
For more about Arcosanti, visit arcosanti.org.
- Dates: As noted above
- Time: Times vary according to specific program or event
- Location: Arcosanti (address below)
Arcosanti 13555 S. Cross L Rd., Mayer, AZ 86333 928-632-7135 arcosanti.org