Apprenticeships for Traditional Artistan Trades (What's Required?)

On a separate thread on this forum (Here: https://permies.com/t/151320/permaculture-approach-managing-treating-autism#2060816) a member said that her husband found that doing hand-work helped minimize the more debilitating symptoms of his autism diagnosis.

In the hope that pursuing training in a skilled artistan trade may also help improve my own mental health, I have also been looking into opportunities to learn a skilled artistan trade as a method to support myself financially: something more like blacksmithing, shoe repair, or leatherworking rather than plumbing or electrical work. Still, I've been encountering problems trying to find a place to get training for such a craft. Since I live in the United States, would I have to move yet again to a new town just to learn a trade or be forced to pay tuition for classes while still working an emotionally draining job full-time? I have yet to see any reasonable solutions for me to get any training in a skilled artistan trade.

I have previously suggested that if someone wants to learn a trade the best way to do that is to get a job in that field.

My husband started out as an apprentice plumber.  

I have known other folks who have started out as apprentice electricains.

Construction is one of the easiest places to find jobs to learn.

Ryan said, "something more like blacksmithing, shoe repair, or leatherworking

I feel those fields are few and far between if not non-existent.

My husband wanted to learn leatherworking so he bought kits from Tandy.

The way I see this is once a person learns leathercrafting where are they going to find a job? Most folks would go into business for themselves, maybe establish an online business.

It will be interesting to hear what other folks have to say.

An apprenticeship that actually feeds into a current trade plumbing, electrical, HVAC  would be relatively easy but for a skill like Blacksmithing I think one would be hard pressed to find anything other than a mentor now days. There is only one shoe repair business in our local area and he is so booked up it is unreal. Wouldn't it be great if one were to create a "Foxfire" type of school with traditional skills being taught.