Wizarding in the Wild West
Blackburn Academy
of the
Magical Arts
We offer a selection of eight separate beginner magical classes for new witches and wizards looking to expand their magical abilities. Students choose and take two at a time, and they each last approximately forty-five minutes each.
We also offer advanced classes through our Creativity School. These classes are more involved and require a longer term commitment. They also may include additional costs, depending on the subject. Enroll today!
Beginner Classes
Candle Making
Learn the age-old art of candle dipping and take home your handcrafted treasure.
Quills & Ink
Have you ever written with a quill and ink? You'll use a real turkey quill and homemade English walnut ink crafted here on the premises and take home your masterpiece.
Herbology
You will learn hands-on about plants of every kind, from cacti to the carnivorous. You'll also learn how to pot and care for your own plant which you will take home!
Potions
Come learn to brew forbidden draughts in a cast-iron cauldron over an open fire.
Care of Magical Creatures
Come learn about and interact with our menagerie of creatures, including snakes, rats, dead lizards, tarantulas, a red-eyed tree frog, and salt and freshwater fish.
Divination
Do you have the Inner Eye? Ascend our Divination Tower, and learn how to see into the beyond!
Penny Whistle
Get your first lesson in learning to play the Irish penny whistle. From medieval tunes to iconic contemporary melodies, you just have to start! Practice instruments are provided.
Wand Making
Learn the high and subtle art of wand making from our resident wand maker, Master Mortimer Blackburn. You are outfitted with all the materials necessary for its construction, including knowledge, wood core, sculpting material, paint, and urethane.
Advanced Classes
Broom Making
Learn the craft of assembling an old-timey appalachian style broom.
Wood Working
Learn the old-fashioned technique of making useful things from of wood.
Instrumental Music
Take private lessons in piano, voice, violin, viola, penny whistle
Horticulture
Learn how to germinate and grow plants, as well as design and maintain a garden
Event Design & Planning
Learn to craft exquisite experiences that awaken the imagination of your audience and stay in your budget.
Rappelling Sports
Overcome your fear of heights and integrate your body and mind through the moving meditation that is rock climbing and canyoneering.
Film Production
Learn the ins and outs of movie-making from beginning to end, whether it be writing, planning, shooting, or editing.
Partner Dance
Take lessons in American
swing, latin social, latin ballroom. and standard ballroom techniques.
Production Design
Learn how to design a space by harnessing powerful tools and resources currently at your disposal
World Building
Learn how to harness what you know in order to create a plausible fictional world.
Future Offerings
Blacksmithing
Learn beginning blacksmithing on a coal forge.
Longsword Fighting
Learn the techniques and skills used in this historical European martial art.
Falconry
Learn all about birds of prey and what it takes to become a licensed falconer, and you'll meet some incredible birds of prey!
Chain Maille
Learn the labor-intensive methods of making defensive under armor.
Soap Making
Learn the simple (and potentially dangerous) process of saponification or making soap, all from scratch!
Sewing
Learn to use a sewing machine, design clothing, and create a costume of your own.
Book Binding
Learn the age-old stages and craft of sewing together the elements of a leather-bound book.
Rag Rub Weaving
Get your first lesson in weaving. Learn how to weave a rag rug. Limited looms available- you bring the rags.
Throwing Pottery
Learn how to throw a pot on the wheel, drying, and glazing.
Crafting Stained Glass
Learn to design, cut, and solder colored glass into worthy windows and pieces of art.