'Skills of Our Shared Humanity:' Kingsley Folk School Preserves Traditions, Builds Community
By Art Bukowski | Sept. 20, 2026
Josh Green found peace among the beads.
Green, who works in Grand Traverse County’s equalization department, decided to try an indigenous bead work class at Kingsley Folk School earlier this year. Truth be told, he wasn’t expecting to get much out of it.
“I’ve never thought of myself as a bead work person – I don’t do those tiny little artsy things,” he tells The Ticker.
But something unexpected happened as Green slowly and methodically worked to affix beads to cloth. Unplugged from a hectic and anxious modern world, he felt himself slip into tranquility.
“It was a great way to slow down and take a step back from life,” …
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