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Blender 101

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Blender 3D is a free, open-source program which can be used for 3D modeling and videography; let’s learn the basics together! Class Dates: April 22nd, April 29th, May 6th, and May 13th This is a 4 Part Class on Tuesday Evenings from 6:30-9PM This class is designed for those interested in learning to use the […]

Beginner Bladesmithing: Seahorse Knives

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Forge your own small knife and learn about blacksmithing along the way! This is a required pre-req for advanced classes to come! In this class we will cover forging out a small, simple, all-steel knife along with some blacksmithing history, tooling information, and other basic concepts. Once the forging is complete, we will heat treat […]

Intro to Cricut

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Learn the basics of Design space, vinyls, and iron-ons with Cricut! If you have a Cricut and aren’t sure how to use it, or you are considering getting one but aren’t sure if it’s for you, this class is perfect! Become comfortable using Cricut software making vinyl decals and heat transfer vinyl for iron ons! […]

Intermediate Bladesmithing: Railroad Spike to Knife

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Forge your own knife from a railroad spike and learn about blacksmithing along the way! Prerequisite: beginner blacksmithing/bladesmithing workshop OR prior blacksmithing experience. In this class we will cover forging a railroad spike into a knife and cover some blacksmithing history, tooling information, and other basic concepts. We will also discuss the properties of spike […]

Beginner Bladesmithing: Seahorse Knives

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Forge your own small knife and learn about blacksmithing along the way! This is a required pre-req for advanced classes to come! In this class we will cover forging out a small, simple, all-steel knife along with some blacksmithing history, tooling information, and other basic concepts. Once the forging is complete, we will heat treat […]

Intermediate Blacksmithing: Forged Calla Lilies

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Come learn how to forge a Calla lily!! Prerequisite: beginner blacksmithing/bladesmithing workshop OR prior blacksmithing experience. Take the next step in your Blacksmithing journey in this Intermediate Forged Calla Lilies Class. Students will learn how to forge a Calla lily from bar stock. This class will cover heat management, using the peen faces of hammers […]

Intro to Stained Glass: Hot Air Balloons

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Join us in making stained glass hot air balloons! Choose from an assortment of glass colors, textures and transparencies to completely customize it into a one of a kind piece. You’ll learn how to cut glass, grid it to fit a pattern, apply copper foil and finally solder it all together. This is a beginners […]

EVENT CALENDAR PURPOSE AND CRITERIA

A calendar has been created called the This is Kingsport events calendar which will serve as a non-public forum to provide citizens with information about social and organizational gatherings held within the city. The city will disseminate information to the public through this online calendar about social and organizational gatherings which are conducted or promoted by community partners with which the city currently has partnership agreements. Additionally, social or organizational gatherings held on city owned property to which the public at large is invited will be published on this calendar.

Each year the city enters into partnership agreements with multiple community partners some of whom in turn support the city by organizing events or promoting events of members and affiliates. By creating a common source for the dissemination of information about community events the city will be furthering its support of those community partners which in turn support the city. Moreover, the city wishes to and will benefit from highlighting gatherings which will be of benefit and enjoyment to the public.

Community partners may communicate their events or those which they promote to the city which will disseminate the information through the event calendar. Furthermore, the city of Kingsport will publish on the calendar those community events which are held on city property. In order to achieve the city’s goals only those events described herein will be published on the This is Kingsport event calendar which will be curated by city staff.