Natural Building Apprenticeship, 3 Months, Ashland, Oregon

Website for more info and to register: https://www.arc11.org/apprenticeship

THE Arc11 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

JUNE 15 - Sept 6, 2026 - Ashland, Oregon

We believe building is a birthright.

Four apprentices. Three months. Two natural cabins built from the ground up.

There is no shortage of short-form natural building workshops — spaces that offer inspiration, exposure, and first contact with materials. These have their place. But again and again at ARC, we witnessed the same gap: no space to stay long enough to understand the full arc of a natural build — foundation to finish — within a cohesive, mentored process.

What we built is the apprenticeship we wished we had.

During our three month program we will build two earthen homes. The first, you build alongside your instructors — learning by doing, every technique arriving at the moment it's needed, from foundation to finish. The second is yours, the apprentices take the lead repeating what we accomplished with the first in order to ground in the techniques!  Same methods, same materials — but now you bring your own eye to it. Your own decisions as a team. Your own hands leading the work with supportive educators there ensuring you feel the confidence and strength do do things well.

By the end, you will know how to read a plan, raise a wall, lay a floor, and finish a natural structure that will stand for generations. Not in theory — in your body, through repetition and real work with folks who have devoted their lives to the art and practice of natural building.

We believe knowing how to build your own home is a birthright. This is where that begins.