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The Clearing is a folk school founded in 1935 by landscape architect Jens Jensen (1860-1951). This “school of the soil” is nestled within 128 acres of Door County forests and meadows and overlooks the dramatic Green Bay shoreline. It was built as a place where ordinary people could, as the name implies, “clear one’s mind” by ...
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All Clearing classes are taught in a relaxed, informal...
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Summer Program. WEEK-LONG RESIDENTIAL CLASSES FROM MAY –...
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Jens Jensen moved to Ellison Bay to establish The Clearing...
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12171 Garrett Bay Road Ellison Bay WI 54210 Grab the Phone...
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The two-hour hiking tours begin at 1:00 p.m. at the Jens...
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Friends of The Clearing Life Members may register for all...
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The Clearing Folk School is once again pleased to offer...
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The Clearing “runs on volunteers.” They serve in many...
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The Clearing Folk School, Ellison Bay, Wisconsin. 3,936 likes · 77 talking about this · 1,550 were here. The Clearing is a year round adult folk school offering classes in the arts, humanities and...
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If you ever have a chance to enroll for a weeklong class at the Clearing in Door County, WI, you won't regret it. Thanks to the foresight of a brilliant landscape architect, Jens Jensen, the Clearing sits on a gorgeous, unspoiled slice of northern WI on Ellison Bay. The accommodations are simple, clean and homey.
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December 31, 1974. The Clearing Folk School, usually called just The Clearing, is a 125-acre (0.51 km 2) continuing education institution located near Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded by Jens Jensen in 1935. A successful landscape architect, Jensen began acquiring a private summer estate in 1919; the estate, re-landscaped ...
The Clearing is a folk school for adults founded in 1935 by renowned landscape architect & conservationist Jens Jensen. We offer classes year-round in the arts and fine crafts, humanities & natural sciences ranging from one- day workshops to week-long resident classes held in a quiet wooded setting on the waters of Green Bay.
