Category: Arts and Science News

June Project Round UP

Greetings to the Populace of the Citadel! I, Albrecht wish to know what secret projects you have been working on for the past month. Please share what you have been doing and make your project not so secret anymore. Show us some pictures if you are able by sending your project summary with any images …

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Tablet (card) Weaving Class

Reading a Pattern 7:00 PM 18 June (Tuesday) at the Baronial Estate 10512 Saigon Dr, El Paso, TX Our teacher Edmund will be doing his last class on tablet Weaving please come and join us as he teaches a very awesome skill to put under your belt. We will look into how tablet weaving patterns are …

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Tablet Weaving Class

Section 4: How to Read Pattern Graphs Friday May 31, 2019 will be the second part to the Tablet Weaving class series. Please join us at 3309 Nairn St. El Paso, TX 79925-4125 at 7pm. We will start with section 4 and talk about how to read pattern graphs. We will also introduce continuous warping. …

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A&S Class: Tablet Weaving

Citadel’s Arts and Sciences (A&S) Classes Series Monday May 13th, May 31st and to be aunnounced June 10th, 2019 will be a class taught by THL Edmund will be teaching table weaving. This class will be held at Lady Rita’s house, 3309 Nairn St, El Paso TX 79925-4125, from 7pm to 9pm. There is a …

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Kingdom of the Outlands Arts and Sciences Competition, Queen’s Prize Tournament, and Baronial Investiture

Their Majesties of the Kingdom of the Outlands and their Excellencies of the Barony of the Citadel of the Southern Pass invite you to join us for the Kingdom of the Outlands Arts and Sciences Competition, Queen’s Prize Tournament, and Baronial Investiture. There will be a youth category for Queen’s Prize Tournament only. Judging will …

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Baronial Arts & Sciences Night on February 11th: Pets Throughout History

The history of pets is intertwined with the process of animal domestication, and it is likely that the dog, as the first domesticated species, was also the first pet. Perhaps the initial steps toward domestication were taken largely through the widespread human practice of making pets of captured young wild animals. Eventually, a working relationship …

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October Clothiers and Textile Guild Meeting

This month’s Clothier’s and Textile Guild will be held at the home of Nate and Regina Mankel, 14188 Honey Point Drive, El Paso TX, 79938. Nate will be teaching people to make a shirt, (16th century) with hand sewing techniques. PM for details. You will need a piece of muslin, or linen about 3 yards, …

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Baronial Arts & Sciences Night (10/26)

Join us Friday night following the Hanks High School Demo at the home of Their Excellencies for an open Arts and Sciences Night! Have a project to work on? Bring it! Looking for a new project? Come and seek ideas! Interested in learning a new skill? Come over! There will be scribal, leatherworking, textile block …

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Scribal Arts Class Taught by Mistress Joella of Blue Lion’s Keep (9/13)

Arcis Calamus, the Baronial Scribal Arts Guild, invites one and all to its monthly Scriptorium gathering to learn from Mistress Joella of Blue Lion’s Keep, Laurel and long-time member of the Citadel. The Baronial Scriptorium will be held this month on Thursday, September 13th, at the Baronial Estate, 9900 Chinaberry Drive, starting at 6 pm. …

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Baronial Arts & Sciences (9/10): Leatherworking

Join us on Monday, September 10th at the Baronial Estate (9900 Chinaberry Drive) at 7:00 pm for an introductory class on leather tooling for SCA Projects.  This is a hands-on class where students will be taught basic tooling and surface treatments for vegetable tanned leather.  Tools and practice leather will be on hand so that …

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